The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-01

| the pseudo-degelate from Central
America felt obliged to warn the
gathering against accepting the Gu
ban proposals without the most care
full study.
Guatemalan Tells Truth About Cuba.
81 don't want to cast any suspicion
whatever upon the Cuban delegates, "
sid Quintana of Guatemala, NOR do
want their proposal defeated, but
I would suggest that the executive
committee of the Pan-American Fed
Grafton Of Labor should act very
cautiously and investigate conditions
carefully, so that we may not be VIC
timized and taken by surprise. In
our brief stop in Cuba on our way
here we saw many things that did
not look very lovely"
The Cuban delegates-who allowed
message of greeting to the conven-
ton to go into the minutes without
jection-had a number of obviously
governmental proposals to present
I shall take them up in sui soquent
articles At present it will be suf-
ficiert to reproduce the following
resolution submitted to the conven-
ton by the delegation:
Yellow Resolutions Fail.
Whereas, considering that the del
egates of Cuba to this Congress have
heard read attentively and with great
interest, The documents and COM
mentaries referring to the labor stu
alton of their country, which are in
serted in the report of the Executive
Cornell, and
Whereas, considering that oppor-
tunely they sent reports to the Pan
American Federation of Labor in re-
latiol to the labor events in Cuba,
and the attitude that the government
of President Machado has observed,
and maintains at the present time;
therefore be it
Resolved, By this Congress that
its attitude toward the Cuban gov
eminent be determined by the fol-
lowing:
81. The Congress declared that it
is satisfied to know by the declara-
tions made by the labor delegates of
Cuba that the workingmen of that
Republic are rnt at present restrained
or prevented from organizing freely
any unions or syndicates or in de-
veloping their work while their ac-
Invites have the character and aim
of favoring labor conditions, civiliz-
ing industrial conditions and estab-
fishing social and economic reforms,
when they do not employ practices
and procedures against the public or
der, or the institutions of the gov
ernmcnt.
50. The Congress remains inform
ed also that the genuine organiza-
tions and labor leaders of Cuba have
had to contend at all times with diff
ficult situations created by the action
Of the government, while opposing
several times the extemproray radi-
cal movements whose deeds gave
place to situations of violence which
affect the true activities of labor in
the country as whole; and the con-
gress has the hope that the difficult
ties which have arisen in Cuba in
the functioning of the genuine labor
organizations will disappear COM
pletely, these labor unions having
the guarantees and protection of the
law ami Of the constituted govern
ment from which they await protec-
ton and constitutional opportunities
without favor or privilege"
This resolution was not adopted,
but the mere fact that it could be
presented with the unanimous APP
prevail of the Cuban delegation
speaks volumes as to the integrity
of that delegation.
Support of Machado was, fifty
enough, linked up with support of
American Imperialism. Joining in the
condemnation of the resolution sub
mitted by Martinez of Venezuela, one
Of the Cubans remarked:
Platt Amendment Blessing"
"All the Cubans without exceptions
whatsoever owe debt of gratitude
to the United States We are in
favor Of the Plat Amendment, which
has made possible the present sue
cessful regimen under President Ma
chaoo. There is perfect liberty in
Cuba except for trouble-makers and
Communists. Our freedom from
Spain was due precisely to the Mon
roe Doctrine which the Venezuelan
delegate would have us reject"
A word about the Guatemalan del
egation which did not like the Cubans'
support of Machado. AS soon as the
Guatemalan conscription- labor law
was criticized the Guatemalans wax
ed indignant in their turn The law,
they said, was not so bad. Guate-
mala was the freest country on earth
except for reds. Labor was we'll
taken care Of. Why, only short
time ago the government put in a
Bureau of Labor and will soon ele-
vate it to the rank of department
80 3-hor "Why should we pass such