Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-29
.A'DOR POSTPONES
AAVANAC CONGRESS
light "for Life of Organized
ONIONS" in South Planned
I by Federation.

81 the Associated Press
the executive committee of the Pan
American Federation of Labor, headed
bk william Green, president of thu
American Federation of Labor. today
Announced the indefinite postponement
offthe sixth Pan-American Labor Con-
gress on the ground that "the very ex-
tstsnce of the organized labor move
msnt" is. threatened by conditions In
the Southern States. ..rr
The labor movement in the. South,
Gaeen's statement said, finds itself
confronted with enc Of the most gigan-
It'd campaigns ever launched by en-
p1Ayers to prevent organized labor from
doing its duty.
Thus it will be seen that with more
than a million members to be called
nrsi. the American Federation OF Labor
firRds it necessary to concentrate all lts
enArgies and resources on this t,tantc
stAlggle. in which the very existence OF
tht organized labor movement Is al
stake"
/ Special Campaign Is Planned.
1Ehe Pan-American Congress would
have opened January IN Havana
rs postponement is due, the state.
r,ant added. to the need for a special
or(sanizing campaign which mas oeen
lslfnched and is being carried on among
the working people in the south ano
els, where by the American Federatlon
of labor, where over a million members
ard employed in the different industries
Of khe Southern States and elsewhere.
3Because of the heavy demands,
tina announcement continued, which
viii be made upon the officers OF tne
American Federation of Labor, 1t Will
be 1mpossible for the American Fedora
tioA of Labor to send its delegation 10
the Havana congress if it is held next
January" A..
federation, said today the heads OF all
national and international unions would
beHalled into conference before Novem-
bees 10 to discuss methods OF organizing
tlael workers of the South.
Morrison said that President Green
would issue the call. He did not dlvulge
where the conference would BE- held
but; there is the possibility that it may
be IN the South.
TA1e conference was provided for in q
resolution passed unanimously at the
recent labor conference in Toronto ana
CALI for campaign for organization
amsng Southern workers, regardless OF
craft or calling" 80
One of the leading subjects which will
coI&e before the officials Is the anti
unMn activities of Communists in the
So&h. Mr.. Morrison cited the textile
troubles at Gastonia, N. c., and Eliza
bet eown, Tenn, as recent evidences OF
co: nunistic activities.
FnnnnfIv cont SpnAs
tor NWheeler, Democrat, of Montana, a
communication asking that the Senate
action a pending resolution proposing
an NnyeStigation into conditions In the
tex1#e industry. His resolution was in
tro}Wtced after rioting at Southern tex
tile mills where strikes have been IN
progress during recent months. Action
On the resolution has not been taken
and is considered unlikely at the spe-
ciat session. - a&.
Other Troubles Are Hinted.
n,ficulties in obtaining a full rep
resentation from labor organizations in
thes Southern reouioffsstsss. also are limited
at In the statement. as follows:
"pn the other hand. reports coming
froEh South ard Central America about
ecessomic and other conditions prevail
ing there, although of an ent rely diff
feTpht nature, indicate the ACCESSIBILITY
of temporarily postponing the Havana
CoAgress with the hope that Within
tho inear future conditions may be SO
chqhged that it Will be possible "
ha7s a full delegation from each Oh
thGs.20 other American republics.
%.rhe postponement also will aferd
pldsgty of time to the national labor
declarations of the South. and Central
American republics and the Antilles
to saevise ways and means of sending
a Sail delegation of five members from
we realize that the expense of send
ing their full quota of delegates Is
very great. ard for that reason we
especially recommend to the national
lalssf declarations of each OF the pan
American republics that measures DE-
tah&n in advance to provide the neces-
sara funds for defraying the expenses
of &lhe delegations from the bona noe
latAg organizations to the Havana Con-
Is the desire of the executive COM
mi3ee that each and every one OF the
Pa3.American republics, from the
UnAed States and Mexico to Argentina,
be Represented by five delegates at me
HaAana congress, and realizing that this
wils hardly be possible If the congress
is Aeld next January, the executive
corSmittee has decided to postpone the
Hatana congress.
Act it be understood that this Is
onls O temporary postponement OF the
sixsa Pan-American Labor Congress.
WlRsn it is found that convenient and
satisfactory date can be arranged Tor
holNing the sixth congress, the call will
be hsued and invitations will be extend
ed 80 all Labor centers to send a full
0udAa of delegates to the convention.
and the Labor organizations OF the
Isa$n. American republics are hereby
RESPECTFULLY advised to this effect"
ya,e statement was signed by Mr..
Gr..Sn. and by Luis Morones of Mexico,
vic&l president; Matthew VOL, treasurer
and Santiago Iglesias of Porto Rico,
secIetary of the executive committee.