The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-08-15
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Contrast Conditions
Here and In USSR
Metal Industry
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protection against accidents and
have paid vacations every year.
The national secretary exposed the
policy Of the A. F. L. unions to ac-
cept wage cuts, and to fight against
unemployment insurance at the ex-
pense of the state and the employers.
Meldon emphasized the necessity Of
fighting for the rights Of Negro
workers. He outlined the weaknesses
of the league especially in the devel-
opment Of leadership and in or
ganizing the struggles in the mills
against immediate grievances, also in
not uniting sufficiently the struggle
of the unemployed with that of the
employed workers.
Concentration
The speaker proposed a program OF
action which is for concentration on
the main steel and metal plants, and
development Of struggles there, along
with recruiting into the union and
building up of a strike fund. He
called for the founding of a union
paper to be called the Steel and Metal
Worker.
Ford Speaks
At the second session, James w.
Ford received a tremendous ovation
when he rose to speak as fraternal
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League and as vice presidential nom
inee of the Communist Party. APP
plause at the end Of Ford's speech
was just as heavy as at the beginning.
Ford spoke Of the struggles Of the
steel workers, and the necessity Of
building strong union on the basis
Of the Red International of Labor
Unions program.
Ford exposed the anti-working
class character of the A. F. l.. and
Socialist leaders and the demagogy
class policy of the Republican and
Democratic party leaders. He showed
the Communist Party only fights for
the interests of the workers. He
pointed out that the Communist
Party is not merely campaigning for
votes but is utilizing the elections to
develop a struggle of workers and
unemployed workers around the inn
mediate demands of both.
Motion to Endorse Communists
A native born American delegate
from Warren a former Socialist
moved, in a we'll delivered address
that the convention endorse the
Communist Party platform and can
didates.
Enthusiastic applause greeted this
motion, clearly showing the approval
of the delegates. However, the con-
vention committee moved the motion
be referred to the resolutions COM
mittee to bring in resolution on
the election campaign so that the
convention can act after allowing full
discussion on this important ques-
ton.
| AS this is written, the convention
is discussing the reports so far made.
Seventy-seven of the delegates are
native born; Is are Negroes; Is are
young workers. OF the regular del
egates so are employed, % are unem-
ployed.
| Negro Chairman.
| The convention at its first session
selected a convention committee Of
Is to lead and arrange the work of
the convention. The chairman OF
the first session was Pat Cush, vet
eran leader of steeel workers. The
chairman of the second session was
a Chicago Negro delegate.
Greetings in person and through
kilograms were received from the
National Miners Union the Marine
Workers Industrial Union, the Ma
tional Textile Workers Union, the
Food Workers Industrial Union the
Trade Union Unity League national
bureau and the International Labor
Defense national office. There were
also cablegrams of greeting from the
metal workers unions of the Soviet
Union Germany and France and
from the International Committee of
Metal Workers in Berlin. A large
number of other greetings we're re-
ceived. Can editorial embodying the
greeting3 of the Communist Party
appeared in Saturdays Daily WORKER.