The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-09-19
BY WILLIAM F. dunno.

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Within two weeks the American
Federation of Labor will meet in con-
vention in Los Angeles at time
when it's most important union, the
United Mine Workers, is fighting for
its life.
At the convention the various Of
fetal committees will report on the
activities of the executive council,
laud its members, and denounce the
Soviet government, the Communists
and the left wing.
The officers will hurl defiance at
the open shoppers of Los Angeles but
nothing will be done about it. There
will be detailed descriptions of the
splendid services rendered to affili-
ated unions by Vol, Green and
others. Lewis will tell with tears in
his voice of the plight of the miners,
a resolution urging aid for the min
ers' strike will probably be passed,
some formal resolutions for organ
ization work in various industries
will be referred to the executive
council, the reward friends and pun
ish enemies" political policy will be
reaffirmed and the delegates, Off
Gals for the most part, will return
home to devote most Of their time
for the next year in peddling their
influence to this or that candidate of
the bosses parties.
There will probably be more en-
phasis on achievement" at Los An
geles than at recent previous con-
ventions-for reasons already men
toned in previous articles.
Events Showing Uneasiness.
There are certain developments in
dicating that there is considerable
uneasiness in official labor circles
and that an attempt is being made
to put up a front" before the mem
bership-to create the impression
that the official leadership is really
trying to fight corruption, prepare
to meet the drive of the bosses, or
ganize the unorganized etc.
Altho caring nothing for the in
terests of the working class, seeking
always to avoid struggles which tend
to develop class consciousness and
militancy, trying always to remain
within the bounds of a narrow craft
unionism, taking its lead always from
the spokesman of such organizations
as the National Civic Federation in
questions Of domestic policy, follow
ing the lead of the state department
in matters of foreign policy, the of
fetal labor leadership nevertheless
must try to conceal it's role of agent
of Imperialism in the ranks of the
working class.
Therefore it must make occasional
gestures stimulating indignation (such
as its outburst against the hardboiled
section of the Detroit open shoppers
during the last convention). 1t must
appear to be waging a fight against
injunctions, it must appear to be try
ing to organize the unorganized.
Since American labor leadership
processes to believe that american
ism" is catalytic agent resolving
capitalists and workers into zone hap
Ply family Tin spite of the fact that
American capitalists have never ad-
mitted that unions have a right to
EXIST labor officialdom claims that
the trade unions are 100 per cent
American, stresses its own patriot
ism, grumbles at "unenlightened"
employers but joins with them in war
on the Communist and left wing
workers and trusts to the limitations
of its craft union and it's reactionary
political policy, aided by the on
slaughts of the bosses, to prevent any
of its gestures resulting in genuine
struggles.