The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-09-18
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WAXFAT, IGNORE
KODAK WORKERS
Green Is Guest of Open
Shop Boss

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ROCHESTER, N. Y. (Bv Mail)
With slight opnosition, Governor
Al Smith. one of Wall Streets can
didates for president, recently re
ceived the formal endorsement fol
the president of the United State:
by the 65th annual convention Of
the New York State Federation Of
Labor assembled here. In this ac
ton, organized labor of New Yorl
State was again mislead and be-
ftrayed.
Opposition Steam Rollered."
When the resolution endorsing
Governor Smith was voted upon
there were about half a dozer
noes" Edward Walsh and Theo.
dore H. Freese, Rochester delegates
of the Typographical Union, asked
for a division of the vote. Presi-
dent Sullivan, veteran labor faker
rejected this demand with the re-
mark that 81 see and hear that
the vote is overwhelming"
"Then we ask to be recorded in
the negative" shouted Walsh and
Freese,. who support the republican
machine. But President Sullivan
quelled the uproar by pounding the
gavel while other resolutions were
being railroaded through. Resolu-
tons favoring the recognition of the
Soviet Union and amalgamation of
craft unions were rejected by the
labor takers.
Pay Raises For Takers.
Pay increases of $1,000 each was
voted to John Sullivan, president
and John M. O'Hanlon, secretary
treasurer. This brings their sal
aries up from $1,000 to $4,000 a
year.
At the opening session, President
William Green of the A. F. of L.,
lauded the candidate of Dupont and
Rascob as ''the great friend of the
labor movement" This was part of
his prosperity" hokum.
Mr.. Green forgot. to mention
the great nationwide offensive of
the bosses which is fast wrecking
everything worth while in the A. F.
of L. Not once did he mention the
struggle of the miners, the textile
workers, and needle trades. He
readily dispensed with the problem
of organizing the unorganized work
ers, by denouncing them in the fol-
lowing words: "Those who are on
the outside, working 10 and IL hours
day, have only themselves to
blame, because they are working a
greater number of hours than are
included in the recognized working
day."
''For Efficiency and Speed Up"
High wages and greater produe-
ton go hand in hand and combine
to make a high standard of living"
Mr.. Green does not wish to be re-
minded about the wage-slashing
campaign that accompanies in
creased production in every big in
dustry-in mining, textile, steel, and
others.
"This is golden age" Green
continued, when referring to the
present high productivity of labor.
He urged greater productivity for
every worker.
Distribute Kodak Shop Paper.
Every one of the 600 delegates to
the state convention was handed a
copy of the latest issue of the
"Kodak Worker" organ of the Com
munist nucleus in Eastman's plants
A special letter appearing on the
front page was addressed to the
delegates of the A. F. of L. state
convention.
The letter cites the betrayals by
the A. F. of l.. leadership of trade
unions and calls for their removal
1t also points to the millions of I'M
organized workers in auto, steel
rubber, and other. plants that the
A. H. of L. willfully refuses to or
game, and calls upon the workers
to support the Communist Party
program for such work and in the
coming elections. President Green,
in his opening speech, indirectly re-
ferred to the Kodak Worker and
other shop papers published by
Communist factory groups as not
being representative of the senti-
ment of the American worker. The
fact that the Kodak Worker nrn.