The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-04
Aiding the Capitalist Offensive
Against Labor

Fully juStifyng those who StgmaZe the
corrupt labor bureaucracy the face of the EARTH the report of
Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor might
written by any avowed enemy of labor
buon to the general offensive that being waged by the
itaist class against the working class.
1t did mention the monstrous against the working
class that was pererated when the aceys of imperialism sent
bolts of lightning through the tortured bodies
zett but referred only to its shameful aid to their
ecutioners.
utterly the great mass demonstrations in this
and other countries in behalf of these victims Of class vengeance
It did not mention the vicious offensive being conducted
against labor order weaken the working preparatory
to another imperas boodbah where untold millions will be
herded into the human slaughter house
It did not refer the attacks being waged against the
foegnbon workers in the heavy industries in this country
part of the general drive beat down labor Instead report
Of the executive council joined hands with Secretary
James j. Davis of the MeonCoodge administration in at
tack the oreignborn workers by demanding further i'm
migration harmony infamous proposed
by Johnson chairman of the immigration committee of the house
of congress.
Patoncay speaking in favor of the veday week and the
organization of the uorganzed the report was totally devoid
practical recommendations to how these things be
realized In fact the policy of striving for the woray
in order offset the effect of constantly improving aboavng
devices adopted two the Atlantic City convention has
been thrown overheard and contribution "he higher
strategy put forth The report recommends the establish
ment of elaborate statistical agencies inventory of the
economic conditions OF industry IN order to ascertain whether the
cost OF production the of profit make
possible for the employers reduce hours wages
appearing to be innocent proposition this is
Gus thing ever concoced by the loyal ckeys capitalism
head of the official labor plainly an effort to
confuse the workers. to bedde them with dirty capitalist
illusion that there such small margin between what workers
receive and what the employers get in profits that fire.
quety this margin would be completely wiped out workers
were granted the smallest wages Every Marx
lst knows that there difference b
tween the time required for the produce the equivalent
what ne received in wages the surplus produced by
sim for the capitalist The necessary for the
this country to produce what he i | average
from two and onehalf to three The balance of the dow
he works for the boss for nothing The fact can b
without any special statistical Hence in view of known
ac1s the proposal to create fact finding
es mere fake to be used to prevent workers stro NJ
IaForaoe situation arises while the experts investigate 49,
ssS BUSINESS 20 flnd whether nav +ho
What they demand reduce labor the last
asls 1t IS also powerful the hands the employ
FRS and an Invaluable aid in the drive against labor
While boastng of increase in membership of eight
thousand the report also andered the Communists and declared
that we have been eliminated from the Quite
vnen the executive council neglected to state that the total
can be traced to Communist activity the Passac strike
alone when than that number workers brought
the American Federation of Labor In the Communist activity
other industries thousands of formerly unorganzed workers
have been brought into the ranks of organized labor The in
crease IN membership due anything done the officials
them In view of the known against
Communists falls flat.
To the climax of their report they further
peflalst bandtt that they will not again off
the wake of third party the aFoette cam
palgn IN 1924 but will continue the old policy "rewardng
friends and Furnishing enemies in the parteshat is
when they find who their friends means toward
this end they to ask the democrats republicans to insert
progressive panks in their platforms they will propose
at labor support the most progressive This that the
bureaucracy will maintain in the in the past it's alliance
Wlu the capitalist class through the medium the two old
parties and that the fight for class party of labor must be
REQ on IN lace OF this opposition of the bureaucracy This is
course no surprise and would be absurd to imagine these mis-
cradle bely-crawlers to take any other stand
The report taken all in ALL should be welcomed even hv tbe
unrelentng foes of labor in the Angeles chamber of
ere who ought to be convinced Msss Green and VOL
and Morrison and the the menagere are among oi~
loyal and devoted ~ ~