The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-24
Confabs Send Many
To Cleveland
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for meetings and election of dele
gates to the Charlotte Conference,
Oct. II and 10.
On their return trip from Cleve-
land, they will again visit these mill
centers and speak at the meetings
arranged. The delegation consists of
William T. Murdoch, Rich, Walter
Lloyd, x. 0. Byers, and X. R. Pitt
man. The latter three are under
charges of assault with secret
weapons with intent to kill. They
will not come to trial with these
charges Monday; their trial is post
poned to Oct. Is.
Nothing will keep our delegation
from going to Cleveland" said
Henry SAFER, member of the Execu-
tive Council of the Metropolitan
Area Trade Union Educational
League. "But unless we collect 49,
600 this week, we'll have to walk"
SAFER announced that all pledges
made at the Conference must be paid
today. He made plea for contribu-
tions, declaring that although special
rates were procured to send the hun
dred delegates to Cleveland, more
than half the amount is still short.
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Scores of preliminary conferences
in many industries are called for the
Saturday and Sunday preceding the
Cleveland Trade Union Unity Con-
vention, Aug. 81. In addition, Trade
Union Educational League city-wide
and district conferences throughout
the country, are scheduled for every
day until the 31st.
The Indiana district Of the Ma
tional Miners Union will open its
first annual convention in Bicknell,
Saturday, Aug. "a and continue it
over Sunday. Davy NJ. Jones, pres
ident of the Indiana district, has
already been elected to the Cleve-
land Convention together with two
others from his local, by $50 men,
bers. Practically all of the locals
in the district have elected their
delegates, and additional delegates
at large will be sent by the Conven-
ton.
At the same time, automobile
workers will gather in Detroit to
concretize their plans for organic
ing strong industrial union. Will
liam 2. Foster, secretary treasurer
of the Trade Union Educational
League and Jack tombstone, ma
tional organizer of the League, will
be present in an advisory capacity.
Foster will speak on the Cleveland
convention and present the letter
recently sent by the R. I. L. U. A
strong delegation is expected in
Cleveland from the automobile
plants.
The National Textile Workers IN
ion announces two conferences and
many mass meetings for Sunday,
the 25th. The First National Silk
Conference is scheduled for Pater-
son, N. j., Sunday morning, and the
New England Cotton Workers Con-
ference will open at the same time
in New Bedford.
Silk workers from New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut and New York
will be represented at the Paterson
conference. While delegates have
been elected to the Cleveland Con-
vertion by many shop committees of
the plants to be represented at the
Sunday conference, additional dele
gates will be elected by the body.
The mass meeting will demand the
release of their Is leaders who face
trial Monday. Many delegates are
expected from the south.
The TUEL Philadelphia, Chester,
Trenton and Wilmington Area Con-
ference will be held at the Needle
Trades Hall, 80 N. 10th St., Phila-
delphia, also on Sunday. The Bal
timore and Washington Conference
is scheduled for the same day.
Credentials for a large delegation
from steel, needle, transportation,
textile, marine, shoe and leather,
building trades and coal industries
have been received from Pennsyl-
vania by the national office of the
7. U. E. L., 2 West 18th St., New
York City.
During the past weeks the tempo
Of activity, especially among unor-
ganized workers in basic industries,
has been accelerated, John William
son, assistant secretary Of the T. U.