The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-05-09
MATTERS Chief
SPIKES UNITY IN
CAP CONVENTION
No Amalgamation But
Only Cooperation"

Amalgamation is evidently not ia
vored by the United Hatters of North
America. This was made quite clear
Friday in the speech Of M. r.
Green, president Of the United Hat
tiers, before the convention Of the
Cloth Cap, Hat G. Millinery Workers
international Union, being held in
Beethoven Hall on East 9TH Street
Green was introduced by the chair
man, Max Zaritzkv, with effusive
compliments and offered the "key to
the hearts" of the capmakers and mil
liners. Great emphasis was laid puon
the close cooperation of the two
unions, and the closer relation to
come.
But while Green hopes for amalga-
nation of the two unions Gin the fu-
ture," he believes it best at present
to have the United Haters stay in
"our Bible House, and you in your
Beethoven Hall; and we will keep on
cooperating as we have for the past
two years"
Boasts OF Left Gain.
Another sneaker at Fridays ses-
sion, was Julius HICKMAN who came
representing the international Ladies
Garment Workers Union. He began
/ by Dragging about the "forty hour
week which we have gained" and
talked about how far in advance of the
rest Of world labor this gain is. Us
ually the Communists are denounced
/ by the right wing clique for having
prolonged the strike until the forty
hour week was won; but Hickman
never mentioned that the Commun-
lists had anything to do with it.
Instead, he launched into the Gus
tomary TRADE against all Commun-
lists, past, present and future. The
very word seemed to set him off into
an automatic denunciatiou Of every
thing connected with Communism, in
Guiding The DAILY WORKER from
which he quoted an editorial. Some
Of the delegates remarked at the
change in Hochman's style Of speech.
Formerly he talked always of sun
shine and flowers and the springtime
which was scarcely more interest
ing to the workers than his latest
I line.
The chief debate at the convention
Friday conferred around a resolu-
ton calling for denunciation Of the
| Citizens Military Training Camp. The
resolutions committee reported no OBJ
icctions to the Whereas" sections;
but as delegate l. Feingold pointed
out:
"We differ as usual when it comes
to taking some action instead Of just
resolving
The opposition in connection with
this resolution was an opposition to
instructing the delegates to the next
convention of the American Fedora
ton of Labor to introduce a measure
opposing the camps.
an Principle"
1--WE are unanimously opposed to
the C. M. 7. c. in principle, but"
said the resolutions committee, and
the convention.
1t was decided to leave it to the
| discretion Of the delegates whether
they should introduce such a resolu-
ton at the A. F. of l.. convention. If
the A. +. Of l.. was not going to take
such stand, and If the capmakers'
delegates would be the only ones OPP
posing the camps and would thus be
conspicuous and ridiculous because Of
their opposition, they were not to be
forced to do it.
Speakers pointed out the fact that
at the last convention the capmakers'
delegates were the only ones to favor
recognition Of Soviet Russia and they
felt ridiculous when all the other dele
gates stood up in opposition to this
motion And their action in this mat
ter was used against them when they
went organizing in out-of-town cities.
They must be careful how they took
a stand opposed to the A. f. Of l..
A. f. L. Probing Camps.
And then when II had been decided
to leave the delegates to act at their
own discretion, speaker brought out