The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-04-29
Los Angeles Labor
Council Prepares
To Exclude LETS


nation has leaked out to the effect
that reactionary officials of the Cen
trail Labor Council are going to be-
gin a wholesale expulsion campaign
against the left-wing and progressive
delegates of the Council at its next
meeting. They have been given doc
unents by the police departments
"Red Squad" and compiled a list Of
ten to fifteen delegates who are
charged with being Communist SYM
pathizers, and if precedents will be
followed, there is no doubt that an at
tempt will be made to unseat these
members in a red-baiting campaign.
Lead BY Buzzell.
The first step in this direction was
when Secretary Buzzell Of the Cen
trial Labor Council, appeared before
the Carpenters District Council, who
had endorsed Sam Globerman's cam
didacy for the Board of Education,
and demanded that the endorsement
be withdrawn on the grounds that
the candidate was Communist. He
claimed to have minutes and other
records, thru the stool-pigeons he is
associated with, to prove that Glober-
man is secretary of the Workers
(Communist) Party.
An investigation committee was
elected, which did not even interview
the accused man, but reported back
recommending withdrawal of endorse
ment, which carried, (although a
strong fight was put up against it),
thru pressure of the reactionary ma
chine.
Fear GlOberman.
The fear of the influence of Glober-
mans candidacy, which has been Off
cially endorsed even by the Central
Labor Council itself, prompted the Of
ficials to take the next step to pre-
vent their own defeat; expulsion Of
delegates. Another reason is Buzzel's
desire to have the opposition elements
in the Council, so-called progress
sives" who are flirting with the left
wingers for their votes, branded as
"reds" if they take the floor to de-
fend the right Of delegates to sit in
the Council regardless of their politi-
cal belief.
Win Work Carefully.
The left-wing will watch this group
carefully, to see if they will have the
courage to defend them against ex-
pulsion. There are two tendencies
within this opposition group; one is
led by a former Socialist, Fielder of
the Electrical Workers Union, Which
is purely reactionary in character; the
other is led by John Valentine, Secre-
tary of Los Angeles County Building
Trades Council, and who is expected
to run on the opposition slate against
Buzzell for secretary of the Central
Labor Council.
Valentine claims to be a fearless
progressive" and was secretary Of
the Labor Party in this city in 1923,
at which time he was more or less
friendly to the T. U. E. L. group, at
the time when dozens of carpenters
were expelled by the officials, follow
ing upon police raids on the headquar-
ters of the 7. U. E. L. It is only now
that the T. U. E. L. is beginning to
revive since that period.
Four States.
If this opposition group does not
adopt a clear-cut progressive pro-
gram, there will be four states in the
field in the June elections Of the Gen.
trail Labor Council; Buzzell, the pres
ent secretary; Horn, former secretary
and friend of Buzzell, with whom he
has had falling out; the opposition
group under Fielder of the Electrical
Workers, Valentine of the Building
Trades Council, Wright of the Car
penters, and Hassel, Labor Temple
manager; there may be, then, the
fourth slate of left-wing progressives
if they are not expelled from the Gen.
trail Labor Council very shortly, as is
planned by the machine.