The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-15
SOVIET UNION OCCUPIES FLOOR
OF AMERICAN FEDERATION MEET;
LEWIS ATTACKS THE LEFT WING

gavel, stopping the speaker and ask
ing him, Are you for or against the
committees report?"
Criticism Don't Hurt.
"I'm coming to that, too" declared
Hayes. I'm not Communist. /
have never been a Communist. don't
know whether I'll ever be one or not, )"
and the delegates laughed.
Hayes then claimed he had also
been attacked and criticized by Com
munists. He claimed it didn't hurt
him.
Il take the same view as the British
delegates" said Hayes. 1.-THE Commu-
nists are not such bad lot at heart.
Just let them blow or their steam
and then they'll buckle down to
work.
II am not in favor Of the world rev.
olution," continued Hayes. II am not
in favor Of the soviet form of govern
men,"
Where Was Federation During
czardom.
Then he denounced the fascist
tyrannies in Spain, Italy and other
countries, asking the committee why
it had not prepared resolutions at
lacking these governments.
"If we are not in favor Of relations
with the Soviet Union" he said, then
we ought to be in favor Of annulling
our relations with all these other
countries. Why not apply the same
principle to all. No one in any Amer
lean Federation Of Labor convention
ever got up to demand the recall of
the American ambassador to Russia
under the czardom.
For a Delegation.
LET US approach this question open
minded. Let us send a commission to
Russia to investigate and make re-
port on what they find there. We
owe this duty to ourselves and the
world at large.
THE time is here" he concluded,
cor ought to be here, when We ought
to designate some one TO go to Europe
to investigate conditions to see how
much Russia is progressing"
They Know It All.
Delegate Frey got the floor and
claimed there was nothing about Rus
STA that the A. 3. of l.. leaders did
not already know. He declared that
the purpose of the Russian Commu-
mist Party was to bring about, thru a
world revolution, the same kind Of a
Soviet government the world over.
He stated that, "The experiences we
have had with the Communists In this
country ought to be enough. We don't
need to know more than we know
now" and Frey is touted as the most
earnest student in the A. F. of L.
Delegate John H. Walker, OF the
Illinois Federation Of Labor, entered
into a long explanation Of HIS part in
getting permission for DR.. Eddy to ad-
dress to convention. He supported
Green's explanation of this affair.
Walker Didn't Like Us.
Walker then denounced The DAILY
WORKER, from first issue to last,
claiming it never had friendly word
for the officials of the labor move
ment.
1t was here that Delegate Healy got
the floor, declaring: II can't under
stand the attitude Of the A. F. OF, L.
toward Russia"
He cited the visits OF labor delega-
lions from other countries to Russia
and said: 1.-THE A. F. of L. should take
the same action in that line. am not
an advocate of the Soviet form Of gov
eminent, but have signed resolutions
demanding the recognition of Soviet
Russia"
Got Truth from British.
Healey then told of his visit as fra
ternal delegate of the A. F. Of L. to
the British Trade Union Congress and
getting his first real information about
conditions in Russia from British la.
Dor spokesman, especially from James
O'Grady, who spent some time in Rus
STA as chairman of a British mission
there. After narrating some of the
difficulties facing the Russian work
ers, he said:
THAT country is coming along with
out assistance from anybody. II we
entered into trade relations with Rus
STA we could have big trade with
Russia"