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and using everything, even the radio,
to defeat the bill to construct the
dam. He also denounced corruption
in Pennsylvania, defended the primary
law, and declared, amidst cheers from
the delegates, ga few men shall not
ride, booted and spurred, on the backs
of the millions"
On Passaic "Reds."
Sara Conboy, of the United Textile
Workers, declared that the relief of
the Passaic textile workers was
stopped when the "Reds" "were ex-
PEELED from Passaic."
Plans continue for a great gather
ing of A. F. of L. officials to discuss
miners relief Nov. IA, which is a
date late enough to mean starvation
for the miners still left on strike
.sftsr the present partial settlements
being carried out.
Deplores Labor Strife.
"The labor movement" declares
President Green at the opening of his
report, sis an agency thru which the
workers may develop partnership
with management in the doing of
work itself" This workermanage-
ment cooperation forms the keynote
of the report. He deplores "spectac-
ular incidents of strife" that "over-
shadow the more important events
of constructive development"
He mentions the five-day week as
a goal for the labor movement, but
there is not word as to how it is
going to be achieved. He emphasizes,
however, among the constructive"
activities of the trade union arbitra-
ton schemes, raising productivity
standards thru the speed-up, and
other standard DISQUALIFICATION
ideas.
The report lauds the Conference on
the Elimination of Industrial Waste
held in Philadelphia as one of the
outstanding achievements of the A.
f. of L. in educational" work. The
chief policies in the educational field
to be emphasized, it appears, are
"union cooperation, trade schools,
apprentice schools, organizing meth
DDS, and insurance"
Green claims for the Workers Edu-
cation Bureau the credit for winning
away the workers of Passaic from
Communism and for "trade union
ISM" "While the Passaic develop
ment is a local matter, yet the impli-
cations of -the industrial situation
concerned have focused attention or
that district for a considerable period
of time"
An entire section is devoted tC
"communistic control" Eve have
been successful during the past veal
in defeating plans of Communists tt
get control of trade unions. That VIZ
have made distinct progress in de
feating the philosophy and the propo
nents of Communism is in the inter
ests of the general welfare of the
workers of our nation as well as o.
our national institutions"
Criticize Labor Banks.
Two subjects are recommended fol
study upon which policies should bt
formulated; Old Age Pensions, anc
Union Investments. The reaction O.
the A. F. of l.. officials to the debaclC
Of the Locomotive Engineers bank
ing enterprise is typical: "The invest
ments of union funds is a serious
problem for the labor movement.
Results of labor banking experiment
confirm the warnings that the Amer
lean Federation of Labor has repeat
edly made. These banks should have
the advice of banking experts. +.
Some unions that have financed vari
GUS undertakings have involved them
selves in most embarrassing Difficult
ties. 1t would be well to study the
causes of failure in labor banks an(