The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-07
Rank and File Delegation
Goes to Moscow as Reaction
Wars on Soviet Recognition
- ]. LOUIS ENGDAHL.

1t happened as predicted-NO RESOLUTION HAS
BEEN INTRODUCED IN THE LOS ANGELES CON
VENTION OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF
LABOR DEMANDING RECOGNITION OF THE
UNION OF SOVIET REPUBLICS.
1t is safe to say that this could not happen in any
other similar body in any other country in the world
Turkey has often been looked upon as a backward
ton But the Turkish government years ago, not only
recognized the Workers Republic but has offensive
and defensive alliance with the Soviet Union.
In the matter of recognition the American Federation
of Labor is therefore only backward than the
Turkish and the Persian nations but of at least
of other capitalist governments including both
Germany and France, enemies in the late world war,
and even the Fascist tyranny Of Mussoln in Italy All
these have recognized the Workers Republic. Thus
the A. F. of L. reaction offers another method of
uring the darkness of its reactonary hue.
The failure of recognition resolution to appear in
the A. F. of L. convention does not mean that there is
not considerable sympathy to be found among the dele
gates in favor of the Soviet Union.
Every delegate, however, was reminded of the fate
meted out to Tim Healy president of the Stationary
Firemens Union because he dared champion recognition
year ago at the Detroit Convention and because he
presumptuous enough to claim the right to be a
member of the proposed trade union delegation visit
the Soviet Republic Healy is longer president of
his union. The reaction has carried it's threat
get rid of him destroy his union 1t got rid of him.
Similar punishment has been probably will be meted
out to those who did join the delegation that recently
returned from the Soviet Union with favorable report
The errorstc methods invoked against the delegates
only served to stop up temporarily but not eliminate
this source of the demand for Soviet Recognition
There have been resolutions recognition before the
last eight conventions of the A. F. of L. These resolu
TONS at various times, have been signed by many rep
resentative trade union officials, of them with
considerable following
With all of these sienced, however the Greenwood
Morrison regime fearful that some Communist
might be seated in the convention as a delegate The
aid of the police we'll the cooperation of the right
wing labor offcaldom in Los Angeles, enlisted
prevent this much feared development
This resulted in the refusal to seat William Schneider
man, the delegate of the Los Angeles Office Workers
Union. Schnederman allowed to state his case
before the convention The credentials committee never
considered his It merely taken up in an i'm
promptu meeting of Vice President Matthew VOL and
Secretary Frank Morrison, accompanied by William
Hynes OF the Los Angeles police department. who sub
med documents alleged have been signed by Schnei-
derman seized in Sacco-Vanzett raid
Schneiderman charged with Communist activities.
Il he had been seated delegate, he would certainly
have introduced resolution demanding recognition if
no one else had done The barring of Schnederman
from the convention and the DISTINGUISHING of the work
belonging to the organization he represented
another method adopted to combat Soviet recognition
or other left wing resolution.
But the reaction went even further 1t decided to
carry its proceedings behind wall of police protec
Eon The same police agent, William Hynes caused the
arrest OF Sidney Bush member Of the Workers (Comu-
nst) Party who searched for dangerous" resolu-
tions gried by the police to any knowledge concern
ing other Communist delegates who might have slipped
into the convention and finally charged with violation
Of the hideous Anti-Criminal Syndicalist Law
Thus the reaction, with capitalist police aid "pro-
tects the convention against any emblance of an idea
that might attempt to seep into it,
But the of the police club to answer the demand
for Soviet Recognition at the Los Angeles convention
will only have the effect that the use of the iden
tcal police club under Green Wo cGrady direction
has had in the settlement of left wing issues in the
needle trades struggle IN New York City.
1t merely to anmask still further the official
labor reaction allies of the bosses before the ewes of
the toing masses
It is very significant that the month that sees the
barring OF Soviet Recognition resolutions from the A.
OF L. convention, also witnesses the of
port of the first Trade Union Delegation to visit the
Workers Republic 1t is expected that this report
signed by list Of headed by James H Maurer
president OF the Pennsylvania Federation Labor one
of the largest state organizations of the A. F. of L.
will blackeye the hostility of Green Woll- Morrison
regime
1t is also very significant, according to announcement
made another page in Federated Press report that
the A. F. of L. convention Los Angeles will have
hardly adjourned when delegation of rank and file
trade unionists will leave New York City bound for
Moscow, to take part in the celebration of the Tenth
Anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917
The actions of the regning family in the A. F. of L.
makes them more acceptable to exploiting class the
bosses, who the enemies of the workers But it also
dscredits them in the eyes of the workers. who be-
radical