The daily worker., 1930-10-01
Two Imperialist Conventions

celebration on Labor Day in Boston Commons
and in his praise of the wonderful service the
A. F. of l.. renders to American Capitalism ma
tonally and locally stated the following: During
the World War the representatives of organized
labor (referring to the A. F. of Id were welcome
guests at the National Capital where their aid
advice and activities were needed to combat COM
munism and sabotage" Naturally at this time
of the year they needed very badly again
And when speak of fascination of the A. F.
of L. apparatus and the functionaries the above
is clear explanation.
What Are the Issues Before the Convention?
From what we can gather the executive council
is coming to the convention with two main issues
~ Unemployment; (2) the South will be
booneranged the outstanding features. On
unemployment they will propose to Congress to
study unemployment insurance paid by the work
ers from their low-wage envelopes. And then
they will decide to go in to organize workers
of the South This is already prearranged thing
with of the Southern textile employers.
This arrangement is part payment by Capital
ism to the arch betrayers of labor for their
advice and activity"
These things will be raised and widely spread
in the capitalist newspapers in order to mislead
the working class, and also to try and raise the
prestige of the A. F. of L.
The Tasks of the Communist Party and Revou-
tionary Union
There were no left wing delegates to any of
the A. F. of L. state convention nor are there
going to be any to the national convention. The
national convention especially will be composed
the upper layer of the A. F. of L. functonaries.
We know from experience that to get left wing
delegate to the A. F. of L. convention is myth
at present. However, we may be severely citi-
cized for inactivity in the A. F. of L., and not
having any delegates to the state convention.
Delegates to the state conventions are being
elected from the locals whereas to the national
conventions national and international bodies
elect delegates.
The job before the party and the T. U. U. l.. is
tremendous one. We must intensity our actvi-
ties among the rank and file of the old unions
and win over the membership to the line of the
T. U. u. L. This A. #. of l.. convention must
be brought to the workers The working class
must understand the real role of the A. F. OF l..
as agents of American Capitalism. Our major
part, however is to concentrate the bulk of
unemployed and employed unorganized workers.
Organize them under leadership. The Or
ganize and strike against wage cuts speed-ups
campaign must be undertaken more energetically
by the party and T. U. U. L. The unemployment
social insurance bill is being taken by many COM
rades just as the election campaign--a thing that
is unrealizabe. Unless such attitudes cor
rected in time the party and T. U. U. L. will pay
heavily for it.
To up
l. The line and policy of the A. F. of l.. has
changed in accordance with policy in Wall Street
and Washington
2. The issues that they will bring before the
convention have the approval of the bosses and
they are put forth at present in order to blur
the eyes of the workers and try to take away