The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-07-06
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By T. J. o'FLAHERrY.


allst." From now on Matty should
experience difficulty in working up
moral indignation over the activities
of "those subversive forces that are
trying to undermine our constitution
by injecting into our social anatomy
the political poison of International
ism" Woll proposed the organization
of "world trade union cartel" as a
counter move to the organization of
capitalist cartels. What is Mr.. Woll
getting excited about? Surely he has
not suddenly changed his position and
is now in favor of international trade
union unity.
THERE is nickel under the heel we
suspect. Unless one examined
Woll's statement on the subject the
following excerpt from it might create
the impression that Matty had gone
to the devil and was corrupted by
Moscow gold" Look: "The time is
here when international labor forces
should no longer be divided because
of considerations relating solely to
political theories and political gov
ernments. Now is the time for the
workers everywhere to rally them
selves internationally on the economic
and industrial field, rid their labor
movements of the political follies of
the past and unite in improving the
working conditions of the wage earn
ers the world over" The emphasis
is mine.
MIR. WOLL is the favorite capitalist
AVA labor lieutenant on the executive
council of the A. F. of 1.-The favorite
of big business. Green is considered
more or less of dumbbell who is
loyal but lacking in originality. What
Woll means by political follies" is
radicalism. His object in proposing a
world trade union cartel is to serve
the imperialistic program of the
American capitalists on world scale
as the Pan-American Federation of
Labor is designed to serve those aims
in Central and South America. The
policy of the A. F. of L. follows that
of Wall Street as diligently as buzz
yards follow a retreating army.
WHO'LL calls attention to the giant
W steel combination that was organ
lied in Europe between France, Bel
gium and Germany. The United States
Steel corporation looks on this devel-
opment with a cold and fishy eye.
So Woll thinks it would be we'll for
American business to have a labor
auxiliary to hold the fort against the
labor takers of Europe, who are serv-
ing the interests of their own capi-
talists. Woll would eliminate every
vestige of "folly" from the interna-
tional labor movement. 1t would be
transformed into a gigantic lash to
whip the workers into submission to
imperialism and the workers Of the
various sections of this trade union
F, cartel would be used to aid the en-
ploying classes of their own countries
in the latter's clashes with their for
\ eign rivals. Woll would have the
+. American section of this international
\ trade union cartel carry out what
b ever policy Wall Street adopted in its
/, drive for world regemony.
|; THIS is the brand of internationalism
!, that Woll favors. 1t is perfectly
I safe. No doubt Woll talked the mat
! ter over with his cronies in the Ma
I tional Civic Federation. Information
|. alism is wicked thing when it means
I the unity of the workers of all lands
to fight for more food, clothing and
\ shelter now and for their ultimate
freedom from wage slavery. When it
means class-collaboratio on an inter-
national scale it is noble idea.
THE workers should not be fooled by
1 this specious plea of Woll's for
unity to improve the conditions of the
workers all the world over. The man
/, who plays the role of strikebreaker in
the United States cannot be expected
to be anything better in some other
part of the world. The man who is
urging the police and the courts to
use more violence against the striking
a furriers and inflict severer sentences
on them cannot be other than an enc
my of the workers. The British min
ers have just conferred the Order OF
the Hobnailed Boot on Frank Hodges
capitalist tool, with record re-
markably like that of Matthew Woll
When will the American workers dc
the same to the scabby Vol?
III IOHN HAYNES HOLMES is moth.
y ing if not optimistic He thinks
n loyalty to ones country should enc
Y when that country goes to war. This
is about as silly as the threatened sex
strike of the feminists some years age
when the wild and woolly male was
opposed to letting them play with the
vote. But boys will be boys and sc
with Mr.. Holiness pacifists. Wher
the war comes, they will either go tc
WAR or to Jail, sell liberty bonds or be
tarred and feathered. We hasten tt
add that it all depends on what kline