The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-12
MANY BIG UNION
DELEGATIONS TO
LABOR DEFENSE
Known Labor Speakers
at First Session

Numerous trade unions will be
represented by their delegates when
the third annual conference of In
ternational Labor Defense opens at
Irving Plaza Hall, 18th Street and IT.
wing Place, today at p. m. Unions
as far apart as New York and Chi
cago will participate in the confer
ence which will review the work of
the organization since the last con-
ference and lay out plans for future
activities.
Arnold of Chicago Painters Here.
Emil Arnold, of the Painters
Union, Local 275, one. of the best
known men in the Chicago labor
movement, has just arrived to repre-.
sent his organization at the confer
ence. Other unions have sent warm
greetings of support to the confer
ence, being unable for financial
reasons to send delegates there.
wishing you the best of luck
and progress" writes the United
Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joint
ers of Chicago, Local 1856. The Chi
cago branch of the International
Wood Carvers' Association Of North
America writes that it as heart and
soul with you in your constructive
work and wish that our greetings to
the convention will be fraternally sub
mitted in the above spirit. This
branch has just terminated five
months hard strike"
Other Chicago Union Delegates.
Other Chicago unions of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor which have
pledged their support to the confer
ence, and are affiliated with the Chi
cago local of l. L. D. include the Bak-
ers' Union, Local 237, the Machinists'
Locals, Lodges "a, 337 and 800, and
the Chicago Joint Council of Cloak
and Dressmakers Special greetings
were sent for the conference by the
International Association of Machin-
lists, Lodge 124.
New York Delegates.
From New York there will be a
large delegation Of representatives of
local labor unions. Two of the bakers
locals of the Amalgamated Food
Workers Of America, Locals 8 and
1874, are sending delegates. The
Architectural Iron, Bronze and Struc-
tural Workers Union of New York
and vicinity, the Bonnaz Embroidery
Workers Union, Cloak, Skirt and
Dress Pressers' Loacl 35, Dressmak-
ers' Local %, Cloak and Suit Tailors.
Local 9, Sample Makers, Cloak and
Suit Tailors Local 3, Locals of the
Furriers' Union, the Glass Blowers
Local 528, Local IT of the Interna-
tional Jewelry Workers Union, Lo-
Gals Of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners, the Paper
Box Makers Union, and Locals of
the United Textile Workers of Amer
lea from New Jersey and New York
are among those who will be repre-
sented at the conference.
From Philadelphia, the Metal Cor
nice Roofers' Union is sending Will
liam Whitman and Ben Gallen as it's
delegation to the conference.
More Coming.
1t is expected that when all the
credentials are handed in to the con-
ference at it's opening session today,
there will be many more delegates
from trade unions in all parts of the
country. In addition to the labor
union delegates there are scores of
other working class organizations,
fraternal societies, working women's
councils, and branches of the Inter
national Labor Defense that have al
ready sent in their credentials.
Opening Business.
1t is intended to open the confer
ence, after it is organized and it's of
ficials selected, with the report of the
work Of the organization in the last
year and the program for the coming
period, which will be given by the
national secretary, James P. Cannon.
Discussion from the floor by the dele
gates will follow the report.
Prominent Labor Speakers.
Among the speakers who will ad-
dress the conference will be Lucy E.
Parsons, who will speak on the Hay
market martyrs and the significance
of their heroic struggle; Carlo Tresca,
who will give report on the status
of the Greco-Carrillo case; Earl R.
Browder, just returned from the Colo
RADIO mine fields, who will speak or
/ the strike that is going on there at
the present moment; Paul Crouch,
Communist soldier who was recently
released from Alcatraz Prison to
which he was confined for carrying
on revolutionary propaganda among
the soldiers stationed in Hawaii;
Charles Cline, noted I. w. W. who
served thirteen years in Texas pris-
on for his work in support of the
Mexican revolution; Ben Gitlow,
noted former class-war prisoner, who
will speak on the prosecutions Of
workers in other countries, and many
others.