The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-05-18
CONVENTION Of
A.C.W. ADJOURNS
MIDST ORATORY
Defer Steps Towards a
LABOR Party
BY JACK TOMBSTONE

Especial wire to Inc Daily Worker.)
MONTREAL, May 10. - With last
blast of oratory from Arturo Glovan-
nittI, Judge Jacob Pankin, Leo VOL
man Of the Unions research depart
ment and w. o. Thompson of the Fair
banks Soap factory, the selection of
Cincinnati for the next convention;
the nomination Of HiIlman and
Schlossbere Without opposition, and
the nominatift OF nearly fifty candl-
dates for the general executive board
With tliftsenfto De eIected, the con-
vention Of thdp AmaIgamated Clothing
Workers of America adjourned at zoo
p. m. this afternoon. Of the candl-
dates for thes executive board who
we're nominated, number are pro-
eressives.
Pankin Crates.
Judge Pankin, in his speech, got
quite excited over the thirteen billion
dollar foreign investments of Amer
lean imperialism. He attributed the
British strike to the foreign invest
ments of British capital and seemed
to fear that a similar occurrence
would happen here unless all this
capital is used for the development
of America (which has the potential
tiles of feeding a population of five
hundred million"
Giovannitti, speaking for Italians in
both Italy and America, aroused the
enthusiasm of the delegates by his
plea for a struggle against fascismo,
but like all other speakers he warned
the union to stay away from politics,
avoid political parties-but of course,
support I'll Nuovo Monde"
Labor Party Resolution.
During the Friday afternoon session
the committee discarded the resolu-
ton demanding that the officers of the
union take an active part in the for
nation of an all inclusive labor party
and substituted one that merely ex.
pressed the hope that labor party
would come into existence in the
future.
Schneid Fight for L. p.
Delegate Hyman schneid of Chicago
criticized the officers of the union for
not giving active support to the forma-
ton of labor party. He said the Of
ficers took an active part in only one
convention-the c. P. p. A. conven-
ton in Cleveland--which did not pre-
sumo to be labor party and that at
the Chicago July convention and the
following one in ST.. Paul they went
only as observers.
Schneid said, For years we have
been giving lip service to the labor
party idea. We want no more G.. p.
p. AS" He urged the convention to
vote down the committees report and
to vote for the original resolution.
Wants Class Party.
Delegate Rumugilla said that when
the executive board endorsed the can.
didacy of LaFollette for president in
the last elections that il did not rep
resent that attitude Of the members
He said the endorsement OF LaFollette
was the rankest OF opportunism and
that what we want is a class party
and not a party of disappointed re.
publicans and democrats. Wilkins of
Baltimore expressed similar senti.
ments.
Hillman, speaking for the commit
tee. justified the LaFollette campaign.
He said that Schlossberg was one OF
the few who were honestly opposed
to participation in the G. p. p. A..
The committees report was adopted.
A national referendum asking for an
assessment. time and amount TO be
left to the discretion of the executive
board, was carried.