The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-11
KELLER, DAWSON
EXPELLED FRO NJ
UTW CONVENTION
Expose Strikebreaking
,Misleaders
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appeared before the convention to
report, they recommended that
Dawson, Keller, and John Di Santo
be denied seats as delegates.
Di Santo is a delegate from Lo-
cal 1923, Passaic, and was marked
for exclusion because of his mill
fancy. 1t was only after Keller rose
to protest at being denied the right
to represent his union, and after he
had demanded reasons for his ex-
clusion, that Mcmahon, U. r. w.
president, assigned John Campos Of
Fall River, Mass, to state "rea-
sons"
Young Workers Party"
Campos launched into a vicious
attack against the two delegates,
who, he said, were members of
dual union. 81, as an official of
the u T. W., was almost mobbed
by the textile workers due to their
propaganda" he said. Mcmahon
then contributed to the attack of
the progressives, by assuring the
convention that he is not afraid of
"red scares," but that Keller and
Dawson are both members of the
Young Workers Party" which
holds meetings at 799 Broadway.
Dawson" he added, sis also secre-
tary of the international Defense
League which is also red"
Particularly hysterical did Nc
Mahon become every time he men,
toned Albert Weisbord, passaic
strike leader. "Weisbord quit you,"
he shouted, despite the fact that the
U. T. w. had made public demands
that Weisbord leave Passaic before
they would admit the Passaic locals
into membership in the U. T. w.
Mcmahon delivered himself of the
prize gem of the day when, in talk
ing about Passaic, he lamented,
"these workers had the juice
squeezed out of them; / was handed
q squeezed lemon when we took the
Passaic locals in"
Instead of defending themselves
against the accusations" Keller
and Dawson launched into an attack
against the U. T. w. officials. After
insisting that they could be mem
bers. Of the U. T. W. and at the
same time be adherents to the pro-
gram of the T. M. c., which they
termed militant organization
movement, the progressives branded
U. T. w. leadership in New Bedford
as nothing short Of, strikebreaking.
Refutes SANDER.
Keller pointed out that when the
T. M. c. entered the New Bedford
strike the conservative union there
had been outside the U. T. W., and
that he had a right to enter the
struggle under those circumstances.
"'Only after the leaders of our union
Joined hands with the Textile Coun-
Gil there in it's reactionary policies,
did we fight the U. T. w." Keller
said. He then assaiied Campos for
his open declaration to the Fall
River workers TO scab while the T.
NJ. G. was leading strike there
He charged Campos with giving
direct aid to the brutal police ter
ror against the strikers. AS for
McMahon's liking for Juicy" work
ors only, Keller declared that this
fact is already known, not only to
the Passaic workers, but ever-grow-
ing circles of textile operatives.
After strenuous but fruitless at
tempt on the part of the machine
TO fasten an excuse for expulsion on
John Di Santo, and after speech
by Di Santo, in which he condemned
the absence of democracy in the or
ranization, the Mcmahon machine
railroaded the exclusion of Keller
and Dawson. Gus Deak, president
Of the Passaic local, and Di Santo
remained as delegates.