Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-24
LABOR CONFERENCE
IN CAPITAL CLOSES
President Green's Address
Features Fifth Annual
Meeting.

Delegates to the fifth Pan-American
Labor Congress today are on their
way to their homes bearing assur-
ances of the continual friendship and
cooperation of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. Just before the
congress adjourned yesterday after
noon President William Green told
the delegates that the American Fed.
Grafton will continue to exercise its
influence so that policies of the
United States will be such as to hold
the friendship Of Latin American
countries.
There exists in the minds Of Latin
American people distrust of the at
titude of our people," he said. THAT
distrust must be removed If we are
to develop commerce and understand
ing. This can be accomplished by
pursuit of policy recognizing justice
as an elemental principle. 1t is the
desire of the American Federation of
Labor. representing 100000 workers.
that such a policy should be fol-
lowed"
Meeting Was Stormy.
Green's statement came at the end
OF stormy six-day session, in which
not only the policies of the United
States but the integrity of the fed.
Grafton and it's officers were attack
ed. Refusal Of the American dele
cation to join in several attacks on
United States imperialism brought
repeated outbursts from Ricardo
Martinez of Venezuela, and Friday
Green rebuked the Venezuelan for
bitter TRADE against the Monroe
doctrine.
At the final session yesterday
Martinez issued statement in which
he charged Green with helping ito
conceal rather than expose American
imperialism"
Far from disparaging the Amer
lean people" the statement said, IT
believe that we workers of Latin
America have the most intimate in.
terest in common with the workers of
the United States. and that it is
necessary to establish the closest DOS.
sible relationship in order to fight
shoulder to shoulder against the i'm.
perialistic oligarchy of Wall Street
and Washington that Expresses us
BOTH"
During the six days the congress
was in session it adopted more than
80 resolutions dealing with Latin
American conditions. Most of these
dealt with strictly labor problems.
But In spite of the declaration of
President Green that the congress was
not "a clearing house for all the
grievances Of the Latin American
people," the delegates succeeded in
passing several resolutions attacking
United States policies south of the
Rio Grande.
That the congress accomplished a.
great deal in assuring the laboring
people of Latin America of the
friendship of the workers of this
country. however, was demonstrated
clearly by the reelection of Green as
burst of applause which followed his
final address yesterday.
Communism Denounced.
The opposition of the federation to
communism and kindred movements
was voiced emphatically by Green in
his opening address, and his attitude
was supported by the congress when
it adopted a report denouncing as
''cowardiy" propa ganda disseminated
by the Communist Internationale
This report was adopted at the final
session yesterday. Other parts of it
reaffirmed exceptions taken to State
Department policies toward Nicaragua
and Mexico. The final session, in con-
trast to previous ones when fireworks
went off on the slightest provocation,
was fast and orderly, and practically
no opposition was voiced to the re-
port of the resolutions committee read
by its chairman, Matthew Woll.