The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-10-24

munist Party, the Unemployed Councils, and
the International Labor Defense, and copied all
the militant slogans Of struggle of the Com
munsts, which he knew to be popular among
the workers. He grudgingly admitted, when
pressed by questioners from the floor, that the
Trade Union Unity League was the only trade
union organization which organized the workers
to strike against wagecuts, but failed to explain
how such a "revolutionist" as he claimed to be
could reconcile his speeches with his role in
keeping the workers tied to the A. F. of l.. strike
breaking machine.
Following Franks speech, Nels Kjar demanded
the floor for the Minneapolis Unemployed Coun-
Gil, and the chairman, sensing the sympathies of
the audience, granted him the floor to speak
while the chairman fidgeted nervously. Comrade
Kjar warned the workers against revolutionary
speeches that were only empty phrases without
action to back them up He pointed out the
role of the Unemployed Councils in organizing
the struggle for unemployment relief and social
insurance, a role which forced the leaders of the
Building Trades Council to issue an empty "en-
dorsement" of the Unemployed Councils. He
pointed out, amidst great applause, that there
we're no Communists outside the ranks of the
Communist Party Also that it was the Inter
national Labor Defense which was leading the
fight for the release of all class-war prisoners,
d
little bit late in acknowledging this fact He
pointed out that the defense of the Soviet Union
did not depend on the speeches of Walter Frank,
but upon the mass action of the workers them
selves.
Kjar then presented resolution in the name
of the Unemployed Council condemning the
Vancouver convention of the A. F. of L. for OPP
posing unemployment insurance, endorsing the
program of struggle of the Unemployed Councils,
calling for support to the City Hunger March
on November 20, and the National Hunger
March to Washington on December 7. and call
ing for recognition and defense of the Soviet
Union. The resolution was greeted with enthu-
siasm by the audience, and was unanimously
adopted.
A resolution also adopted calling for the
release of Mooney and all class-war prisoners,
and endorsing the Mooney Harlan Defense Con-
ference October 80 called by the International
Labor Defense.
Thousands Of leaflets we're distributed in the
Auditorium by the Communist Party. and Com
munst literature was eagerly bought by the
workers who ignored the literature of the A. r.
of L.
In the evening three neighborhood mass raj
lies at O'Clock were held by the Communist
Party. with about l,500 attending, in spite of
the fact that many of the workers had been
meeting till O'Clock and hardly had time TO go
home. Dozens of workers Joined the Commun-
LIST Party and the Unemployed Council includ-
ing many rank-and-file A. F. of L. members.
The headquarters Of the Communist Party is
receiving applications for membership every day
on the backs Of the leaflets distributed by the
Party.
The October 10 demonstration and meetings
showed clsarly that the influence of the A. F.
of L. left leaders among the workers is rapid
y being replaced by the leadership of the Com
munist Party and by such mass organizations
as the Unemployed Council the Trade Union
Unity League and the International Labor De-
tense.