Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
BACKGROUND OF EVENTS
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS.

admitted under croSs-eXamination that
men were beaten and that some of
these men had union cards and that a.
policeman was present in the hall
when these men were beaten. When
asked why men carrying union cards
were beaten, Resner and Mencher re-
piled; They We're not members of the
union. When a man ScabS he is not
a. member In other words, the pick
citing committee took the power into
their own hands to automatically sus-
pend or eXpel members of the union
without respect to the rules or regu
lationS of the organization. ,
Prominent members of the union, who
not only were on strike, but actually
did duty on the picket line for weeks,
and at least one international officer
were severely beaten"
President Schachtnlan, who worked
with the Left Wing (Communist) and
whom they supported for president
charged Gold, the manager of the
joint board and leader of the Left Wing,
with lying, embarrassing, taking or
ders from the Workers party Com
munist) and that they did not want a
peaceful settlement. Gold is alleged
to have replied, 1.-THE Communist
party will shape the policies and con-
duct of this strike
X X X
In the Soviet program referred to
in the opening paragraph of this ar
ticle is this explanation:
by methods 5, 6 and to cause con.
fusion, industrial upheavals and So
cial unrest; to precipitate the collapse
of the body polite and thereby OBJ
tain the sympathy and active support
of the proletariat for bolshevik coups
d'etat and seizure Of power"
x x x
The report of the investigating COM
| mittee of the A. F. of L. describes
the effort of the Left Wing (Commu-
nist) to pass a resolution at the Fur
Workers international convention in
| Boston, demanding the release of all
| political prisoners" held in prison
| in "capitalistic countries" When it
was proposed to amend the resolution
| so as to ask for the release of political
| prisoners in all countries, the Com
munists opposed the amendment, as
| that would have asked the release Of
political prisoners in Soviet Russia,
who were enemies of communism.
x X X
After the close of the Communist
auditing firms were employed to make
Independent audits of the funds. The
auditors say the records were largely
kept from them by the Communist
leaders, but the auditors found Total
disbursements of $S38,203.55. OF this
the auditors had an opportunity of au-
diting only $194, 745.09, leaving a bal
ance of $643, 43S.46 which the auditors
had no opportunity to audit
One item. audited only in part, was,
Meal tickets. $45, 117.31" Another
Lawyers fees and expenses, $751;
906. So"
The report adds: 1.-THE prolongation
of the strike increased the expenses
union and resulted in the loss of
wages to the employees for ian added
nine weeks"
The union, before the strike, held in
trust a fund Of $4,000, which had
| been put up by employers as cash
guarantee that they would adhere to
their contract with the union, the
money held in trust to be returned to
the employers at the end of the term
of agreement. During the strike, &C.
cording to the investigating commit
tees report, that $9S,000 was trans
| ferred to the strike committee, and it
! is not yet accounted for. The union
is still responsible for it's return to the
employers, and is wondering how it
is to be replaced.
| So there is war within the ranks of
| labor, for President Green and the
rest of the fright Wing" of the
American Federation of Labor are de-
termined that Communists shall be
eliminated from that organization.
Copyright. 1922. By Paul v. Collins.A