The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-11-28

than one-eighth of the American workers
are organized. And when we contemplate the
matter moment we remember that since
1920 the membership OF the American trade
unions has been steadily going down-and
this is precisely the period in which the
strlcteSt bar against immigration has been
enforced! Surely it must be something else
The one consistent thing (besides strike
breaking) that the A. F. of L. bureaucracy
has done for a long series of years is to
refuse to organize the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
less OF their present promises intended only
to thwart the organization drives of the
Communists
So why do the bureaucrats want to in
crease the restrictions on immigration?
1t is because restriction of immigration
is fundamental part of the American i'm
perialist policy, and the A. F. of L. bur
eaucracy is bound up with the imperialist
policy. The bureaucrats base themselves
upon the small and narrow base of the 'la-
Dor aristocracy," frankly fighting to dis
organize and defeat the real proletarian
masses, as in the mine and textile fields.
Their whole philosophy is that of imperial
ism-the theory of helping the capitalist
nations, colonial and semi-colonial peoples
Uatin-America, Philippines, China), and
seeking to share in the super-profits of that
double exploitation of inferior peoples in
the form of higher standard of living for
a thin layer of skilled workers at "home"
But even within this country their policy
is to aid in the heaviest exploitation of the
masses of unskilled and semi-skiled work.
ers-especially Negro workers.
Thus they are against the organization
of the unskilled masses, against the organ
ization or equality of Negro workers., against
any fight for raising the general standard
of living, necessarily against the internatio-2-
al cause of labor-and against anything
that would tend toward wide movement
of the unskilled in the basic industries, and
supreme against any struggle against the
employers-the allies of the labor bureau
Gratis.
1t is but natural that the conspiracy goes
further and includes the agreement of the
bureaucrats to help the capitalist class (the
capitalist government to control the flow of
labor supply to suit the needs of the exploit
ers. The existing and proposed laws re-
stricting immigration constitute the iron
hand of the employer class in control of the
movements of the working class, as of herds
of cattle to be driven where required and
held back when required.
The bureaucrats lie when they say the in
terests of the American working class are in
accord with the restriction of immigration.
The bureaucrats fear the rehabilitation of the
masses, the seven-eighths of the workers who
are unorganized, they fear the International
cation Of the masses of workers, they fear
that a wider movement for organization of
the masses would result from immigration
They fear their own unseating from power,
and in common with their masters they cry
for more tyranny against the working class
But all well-informed and sincere members
of our class will demand, with the Workers
(CommunisD Party, the immediate repeal
of the immigration laws-the abolition of all
restrictions upon the going and coming of
the working class. The organization of the
unorganized masses-the fight for higher
standards of living for the great masses of
workers, foreign and native-born-the class
struggle against the bosses-not a con-
spiracy with the parasite class against the