The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-07
Amsterdam to Enter the A. F. of L.

Amsterdam 10 Enter me "A. r. or l..
The leadership preparing
take the International Federation of Trade Unions CANISTER
dam just Wall Street has taken European industry and
by agreement depart
the F. affiliate with Amsterdam and the recent
affiliations their respective international declarations of the Car
l,enters Miners and Aachinss
conference by Mexican Con
federation of Labor which the question utilization is be dis
cussed with representatives of the A. Of L. and Amsterdam
Perhaps before this conference takes place there wiz be public
announcement by the F. of L. officials of their intentions
We say that the Federation preparing take over" Amser
rather than Joining" this what hap
pening The A. of L. WILL with certain limitations make its
aaon the labor agents of American Imperialism
the A. f. of L. leadership follows the flag.
Look the invasion of central eastern Europe
by the American metal trust represented by the Anaconda Copper
Mining company Standard Oil subsidaywhch has entered
into the Gschke combination producing metals and chemicals in
Germany Then there the trust with
The American General Electric the leading group, which the Ag
meme Eekhe Gesechatt part The role played by the
United Steel corporation the Belgian
Luxembourg steel trust yet clear the
of Ebert H. little doubt that
encouraged this grouping
German industrial official trade union delegations here
studying American efficiency methods and hardly issue of the
metropolitan appears without advertisement o.
industrial loan for European capitalists
With such huge Europe pacfcaon European
labor becomes paramount American capitalism better
agency there for this than the A of L. leadership with its
workeremployer theory which dispatches being
adopted by various European labor German par
uar and to which the Amsterdam leadership will subscribe win
ingy they will undoubtedly L. leaders insist on
recognition this principle their conditions
moral and financial support the F. which, cap
italist friends needs money very badly
Following the Ell where delegation from the
German trade unions welcomed warmly predicted the
prochement between Amsterdam the We
wise that the A. F. of L. leadership
patriot labor leadership of Germany than British
leadership which, following also the lead its mperast
would show more hostility to American domination.
This still the while the efward pressure
of the British viii bring words of sympathy
and sane" official Trades Union Congress leadership
welcomed warmly the bosom of American
will the German socialdemocrats.
The development of the process by which
cialdom for itself similar labor
Europe is occupied in industry and finance by the
peas has been than expected not vet com
pleted but after all years long official
foreign policy of the American change
isolation participation in line with
that of American Imperialism
court with less opposition in America il
probable that the policy would have changed rapidy
The left wing in the American labor will
mistake if regards this progressive
labor ocadom Potentially it is it will tend give the
American trade union broader
and famarze with struggles European workers.
from the official standpoint is nothing strength
enng of the bloc against the trade
Soviet Republics and guarantee that the leadership
union unity Its influence viii be used also rising
antagonim toward American capitalism among the European
Masses
Already the utilization of the Carpenters Machin
lists the Amsterdam declarations puts the question world trade
union unity and the recognition of primary
importance the order business wing in America
With the end Of isolation of the A. f. of L. which y
recent Developments these questions Importance
for American labor particularly view era of compe
ton in the world markets which opening formation of
European trusts they do for the European movements
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