The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-18
VOLTS Civic Federation misunderstanding Attention From
the Starvation Of 100000 Men, Women and
Children in the Coal Fields

President Matthew VOL Of the American Federation OF
his capacity acting president of the National Civic
Federation of the chief shop agencies in the United
which he fraernse with such individuals Haley
Fke president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company who
recently smashed attempt organize the 10000 underpald
clerks and enographers working for his company has little time
the drive of the coal baons
the United Mine Workers and the suffering
100000 men, and children in the coal camps.
Vol find time to take part in attempt to
start drive against the Soviet Union Speaking In the
National Civic Federation, VOL has sent letter
the American Russian Chamber of Commerce which he re-
quests the latter body appoint committee to meet with like
body Federation to discuss Soviet activities
the United States
Vol wants an executive the committees and
dark secrets to disclose which it would
not be prudent to include in this letter.
We would be the last to deny the possessor of
much shady knowledge but is conviction that this is in
the activities of himself and other labor leaders
conjunction with capitalists their organizations rather than
with any of the Soviet Union in the United
States.
VOLTS letter follows the stereotyped form He cites the
Workers Communs Party of the organizations thru
which Soviet Union works for the of promoting plans
for boring into the the schools and
short institution OF our country IS to be attacked IN the
interest of Communism
VOL also says that heir destructive programs promoted
only the labor field but in all the foregnborn and Negro
for the of namng them against our govern
nlent and our Institutions"
1t will be news to the coal miners families that
the Union American Communists blame for the
and federal njuncons intended to srange the strike
IF the coal and iron police and the eons and the
clubbing and children which taking place
part of the drive for the destruction Of the United Mine Workers.
president of the American Federation of Labor why
should Wo object any organization of workers telling the
about nuncons the role of the state and federal
their courts the attack the labor movement
especially the United Mine Workers. by the combined forces of
the capitalist class?
But Vol object purpose letter
distract attention from the unosmashng drive of the bosses
their drag the weknown red herring
trail of his and focus attention other things than
anabor nunctons and the crisis in the labor movement
Vol objects to the made by the Communists CO
the forces behind the drive the labor movement Doubtless
he also has in mind William Fosters book Mseaders
e Labor which strips such imperialst agents Wo stark
naked showing by documentary evidence which not be dis
puted the long series of just such betrayas Wo is
engineering and their devastating results for the labor movement
and the whole working class.
The DAILY WORKER, the official of the Workers
(Communs Party of America exposed VOL his
of it's ability VOLTS latest statements
ing president of the National Civic Federation confirm
thing have said about him.
We shall continue to urge agent of abors enemies
be driven from the labor movement and shall continue to
point out to worker whom reach that Vol and
his kind nothing less than instruments of the labor
hating capitalists
Any labor leader who out of his way to defend the
the courts the police and the army and navy
time these forces openly attacking workers home and
countries like Nicaragua and who tries divert attention
these attacks and make the workers and
the Soviet Union and its supporters here the target
himself at of treason to the labor movement
Vol hardly could have done anything that would have
Wol however, has furnished with additional ammuni-
ton the battle against bosses agents the labor
and shall that his latest perfdy
ton several hundred thousand workers who
ing of militant labor movement which will place for
VOLS and Lewses and other labor leaders, who have
been bought and paid for by labor's enemies.
The Soviet Union with the support of millions workers
and farmers throughout the world will notice the pnprcks
of Vol in the eleventh of its existence Workers
Communs Party the revolutionary section of the American
working class will further proof millions of work
whom the VOLS would beray to Imperialism that labor
movement needs drastic disnfeon and thru The DAILY
WORKER will call the attention of the to this task