The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-24
(By a Worker Correspondent


DEFORE take pains to show that
the convention of the Minnesota
Federation of Labor held at Interna-
tional Falls on August 10, 16, and II,
was a travesty on the labor move
ment, | will quote, to create the
proper atmosphere, that hilarious
poem by Comrade Jim Waters, can
Administration Delegate Reports:
well brothers,
/ got back from the convention
last night,
And | sure want to thank you for
the trip,
We all had good time go.
Most of the boys spent their
time in. .(Fort Frances)
That's sure some town
They don't have keys in that
town i.
Whiskey two dollars quart
=. good stuff -.
Plenty of beer /.
We sure had plenty to drink
And women mans a hog
that wants better variety. 49,.
Also refer to the three brilliant car
ICONS by Bob Minor entitled, "The
Slave Auction at Ell Paso," "Gompers
at the Gates" and "The Dead Hand.
lust the fact that the convention
y was held at International Falls,
almost the most northerly point in the
state, is an indication of the calibre
of these labor lieutenants of imperial
ism.
Bear in mind that Ontario, across
the line, has just repudiated its pro-
hibition laws, and that beer, wine, and
whiskey are in abundance. Not long
ago local Elmer Gantry, attending
convention of Baptist Rain-makers,
referred to International Falls as the
wickedest town in the state, abound
ing with brothels, blind-pigs, speak
casies, and other immoral stamping
grounds of the devil.
$780,, e4.e large paper mill, 100 pei
tcAp LrganA1ed, puC USED as u plI-
aole TOOL " Il. ". DackuS l am not
no4u aCseAlpCmg 10 brand NE 4ocal
leauers Vi ulsnonesLy = tney are
proua by honest enough, Dut
.Aorougnly lnefIecCuai, since tney ao
nJC lAloM the IeasG tnlng about the
class-sGruggle) gave SOME Justltlca-
CIon Tor Tie cnolLe, but remember tnaI
even IaDor IaKerS must presenG a re-
apecCaole IronC.
M previous convention the con-
II sel~aCrves pushed thru an enact
menc that virtually excludes all mill
tanC razor members. This enactment
was AIMED primarily aC hathaway OF
Cne Macnln4sCS ONION and ms Dand OF
''porcts nom wiCnln, out ali PROCESS
ives are OF course, IN the eyes OF Jne
Feaeration's cher fascist, hall, IN The
pay OF Moscow. The enactments are
becoming stricter each year.
THE only way Communist Union
man, for instance, can take his
seat, is if ne dlsavows, BEFORE the en-
tire delegation, his party member
ship. tIIUy-nine progressives, a lew
OF Them Communists, did gain seats
and these fitty-nine progressives were
responsible Tor most or the militant
resolutions. They introduced strong
condemnation OF Governor Fuller anp
asked for the immediate pardoning
Of Sacco and Vanzetti, this resolution
was accepted at the first draft.
They also introduced strong pro-
test on the high-handed way the
"strong and silent cowboy" was con-
Quoting affairs in Nicaragua, Mexico
and China, which was also accepted
Before adjournment, however, the
conservatives woke up to the fact that
the "Reds" (including brother William
Mahoney) had put one over on them
and they proceeded to tone down the
resolutions in the best Green style.
THE -Vanzetti resolution be-
came in the final draft, a very
humble plea for clemency; the strong
and silent cowboy" resolution became
futile watery and craven protest"
This you understand, was done pri-
marily as a slap at the radical min
ority. The Sacco-V anzetti case con-
Germs, at this time, more than any
thing else, barring war on Soviet
Russia, the workers vitality, yet these
political and labor shysters castrated
the resolutions of all effectiveness
simply because they were "engendered
by the Reds
THE greater part of the convention
was spent in attacking the Reds. "