Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-10-14
Communism, Fascism OPP
pOnent Reelected Presi-
dent of A. F. of L.
.RAPS MUSSOI I'M
Trade Unionism Opposed
to Dictatorship, President
Declares.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, R,--An-
other year of conservative rule for
the American Federation of Labor
was voted by it's convention here
today with the reelection of Presi-
dent William Green as the head Of
organized labor
The reelection of Green, who rose
from laborers in a Pennsylvania
mine to succeed the late Samuel
Gonlpers as labor's chief, was with
out any opposition, as was also the
reelection of other officers of the
federation.
The choice Of New Orleans as the
site of the next convention, to be
held November 81, 1928, completed
the annual election.
Throughout the convention it had
been a foregone conclusion that the
man who presided so skillfully at
its sessions and ironed out trouble
SO quickly and adroitly would be re-
elected as president. On every issue
the delegates backed the policy laid
out by his administration-op
to communism, cooperation with the
government, no-interference in inter
national policy, and the expansion
of labor's activity to new industrial
fields.
Green was president of the United
Mine Workers and vice president
of the federation at the time Of
Gompers' death. After filling the
unexpired term of the veteran labor
leader he was elected at the follow
ing convention Today'S election
marks the second time he has been
given the approval of the federation
in convention
Other officers elected were; Dan
iel j. Tobin of indianapolis, treasurer;
Frank Morrison of Washington, D. c.,
secretary; James Duncan of Quincy,
Mass, Frank Duffy of Indianapolis,
T. A. Rickert of Chicago, jacob
Fischer of indianapolis, Matthew Wou
of Chicago, Martin Ryan Of Kansas
City, Mo-, James Wilson of Cincin-
natl, and James P. Noonan Of Wash
ington, D. c., vice presidents.
One of the bittereSt battles OF the
convention developed late today
when d resolution offered by the
electrical workers union asking that
the Brotherhood of Railway signal
men be forced to turn over to the
electrical workers jurisdiction over
members of the Signalnlen'S brother
hood who spent more than 81 per
cent of their working hours in cleo
trical work The resolution said such
action was in conformity with the
ot ~
vention in 1924.
The report of the resolutions COM
mittee, approving the resolution,
contained the ultimatum that if the
brotherhood failed to conform to the
ruling within 80 days it should be
suspended "if the executive council
deemed this wise move.
Delegates of the SignalmenS
Brotherhood, springing to angry at
tack on the resolution, charged that
the electrical workers had no right
to hold Jurisdiction over amy bro
therhood members. They argued that
the electrical workers might With
equal justice hold jurisdiction over
a barber because he handled electrl-
cal apparatus or over a streetcar
motorman because he controlled cleo
electrical power.
A yelled charge of bad faith was
tossed back at the signamen by
James P. Noonan, vice president OF
the federation, who defended the
committee report.
The administration again showed
it's strength when the convention
adopted the committee report order
ing the brotherhood to comply with
the resolution and giving the ultl-
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