The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-16
DUNE SAYS REDS
W IN CONDITIONS
FOR W OR X Err IS
Exposes ALL, Agents
Before Senate
Committee
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violating their oath Of office by al
lowing Dunno and Weinstock to
testity)
flushing insisted on entering in
the records his defense of Green and
read from the records of the A. r.
of l.. Convention in Cinncinati the
statements in reference TO the shorter
work day strike action, increase in
wages, etc flushing also cited the
record of the A. +. Of L. Convention
unseating Dunno at Portland in 1923
and defended John L. Lewis and the
officials of the United Mine Workers
Dunno again interrupted the pro-
eeedings and insisted on the right to
reply.
flushing introduced for the record,
the testimony of Dunno before the
House Committee on Immigration
and Naturalization last autumn OPP
posing the bill for the deportation of
worker aliens who subscribed to the
program of or supported the Com
munist Party.
flushing introduced only extracts
from DUNES testimony before this
committee. Dunno proposed that the
entire proceedings and testimony
before this committee be introduced.
flushing claimed DUNES testi-
mony before the House Committee
on Immigration and Naturalization
proved he was representing a foreign
government. He stated, obviously on
the defensive, that the A. F. of l..
had done all that was possible to
serve the interests Of workers and
denied categorically that the A. F. OF
L. officialdom was serving the in
terests of the bankers and employers
as Dunno had charged.
Charges without Evidence
He said that he would prove that
the Communists were financed by
the Soviet Government but he pro-
duced absolutely no evidence to sub
stantiate this charge.
He said that the Communists were
responsible for the trouble" in the
Illinois coal mines. Dunno ques-
toned his use of the word trouble"
and said that the Communists and
the Communist Party were not in
the leadership of the struggles of the
miners in Southern Illinois, much to
their regret, and that if he would
read the Daily Worker of certain
date he would find a detailed criti-
cism of the leadership of the Pro-
gressive Miners Union.
flushing announced that John l..
Lewis would appear personally on
Tuesday before the Committee to
answer the charges made by Dunno,
flushing prefaced his attack upon
the Trade Union Unity League and
its representative by proposing an
amendment to the Black Bill prohi-
biting foreign goods produced under
forced labor conditions" from inter-
state commerce. The exchange of
remarks between Senator Black and
flushing on this point showed clearly
that this amendment was directed
against the Soviet Union.
The whole performance of flushing
was evidence of the bankruptcy and
fear of the A. F. of L. officialdom OF
the militancy of the masses of the
membership and of the influence of
the Communist Party and the T. u.
u. L.
Speaking from his seat among the
audience Dunno said: 'The charge OF
representing a foreign government
made by flushing is serious matter.
Under certain circumstances this
charge, which amounts to a charge
of treason, is met with the death
penalty. Communists are charged
with treason for many other reasons
but not for representing foreign gov
ernments. Such charges are merely
an effort to cover up the delinquent
cies and failure of the A. F. of l..
officialdom to do anything for work
ers. 'Lenin orders" cited by flushing
is an outstanding example of the
ignorance and desperation of the A.
F. of L. bureaucrats.
Recalls Sellouts
Dunno said in regard to his rela-
lions with the A. F. of L. that he
was unseated at the Portland Con-
vention in 1928 as a Communist and
for exposing the treacheFy of the Of
ficiaIs of the United Mine Workers.
He said that the articles in the Butte
Daily Bulletin referred TO by Hush
ing were simply copies of statements
made by Lewis, Frank Harrington
and Walker themselves during the
course of an election struggle in the
United Mine Workers.
In the course of this struggle for
control, harrington charged Lewis
with selling out the West Virginia
strike for $4,000 in stock and cash.
Lewis in return charged Harrington
with selling out the Peabody strike
in 1929 for 100000.
These statements by Lewis and
harrington, said Dunno, were made
public by John Walker while he was
the head of the Illinois State Fed
Grafton of Labor.
Communists Win Conditions
Replying to the statements by
flushing that the Communists and
the T. u. U. L, did not want any
favorable legislation or better condi-
tions for workers, Dunno challenged
flushing to show where he coulo
match the record of the A. F. of l.. or
any of its unions in the struggle
for Unemployment Insurance, against
wage cuts, against evictions, for re-
lief, with the record Of the t. U.
U. L., the Unemployed Councils and
the Communist Party.
In the face of Interruptions by
Senator Black and his threats to
eject him, Dunno stated that the
A. F. of L. officialdom did not dare
to defend their program before the
workers. Answering the statement
that the communists were using the
sllh- committee on the Black Bill as