The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-08-01
u. S. Delegate Tells of
LQtlm-AmeuC0n Labor Meet

William Simons, metal worker,
recently returned from five weeks
in Montevideo, Uruguay, and Bue-
nos Aires, Argentine, where he at
tended the conference that created
the Latin American Confederation
of Labor, states:
The workers of Latin America
take seriously the solidarity pact
signed with the representatives of
the Trade Union Educational League.
They expect great deal of it. We
Rave real duties to the workers of
Latin America, oppressed and men
aced by American Imperialism. AL
ready, since returning to the United
States, l have received a letter from
one of the Montevideo congress del
egates from Sac Paulo, on a tour
of the affiliated organizations in
shat Brazilian state, which is high
ly industrialized. Everywhere, he
says, the workers are happy to hear
of the pact signed with the revolu-
tionary workers of North America,
and will do all they can to carry. it
cut. They expect this of us. too.
Our Responsibility.
ut is our responsibility to popu-
larize it, and carry it into effect, to
prevent any scabbing on Latin
American workers when they are on
strike and to check the plans Of
American Imperialism, which is en-
shaving them.
Delegates at the conference,
when shown the Daily Worker were
we'll pleased with the articles on
the fruit plantation strikes in Co.
lombia. Raul Mahecha, leader of
the banana strike in Colombia last
year, was enthusiastic about the
Daily's support. The delegates were
pleased with Harrison Georges in
terview with the Bolivian minister
in Washington at the time U. S.
imperialism was driving for a b.
livia-Paraguay war, in which the
minister admitted the decisive role
played by Standard Oil.
Smash ImperiaIist Lies.
"After hearing the address to the
congress by the two fraternal dele
gates of the T. U. E. L., Isaiah
Hawkins, Negro miner from Penn
sylvania, and myself, the Ecuador
can delegate declared that he was
glad to hear OF the real conditions
in North America, as United States
imperialist propagandists were try
ing to convince the workers in Ecu
ador that every worker in the United
States lived better than the bour-
geoisie of Ecuador.
Gone of the difficulties in estab-
fishing the proper relations between
the workers of North and South
America is the language difficulty,
which mist be overcome.
Big Congress.
"The Montevideo congress itself
had SIS delegates from Is countries.
all the mist important except Chile,
where the labor movement is driven
underground by a fascist govern
ment"
The agenda dealt with the follow
ing: Report of the Montevideo Com
nittee; Struggle against British and
American Imperialism and Against
Native Reaction Attitude toward
the Pan American Federation of
Labor and Amsterdam; Program of
Immediate Demands; National and
International Trade Union Unity;
Problems of immigration and Emil
grafton: Problems of the Indians
and the Organization of the Agri-
cultural Proletariat; Creation of the
Latin American Organization of the
Agricultural Proletariat; Creation
of the Latin American Confedera-
ton of Labor. The Negro, Women
and Youth problems were also con-
sidered. On each point, except
Negro, and Women, elaborate theses
had been worked out.