The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-09-22

must recall a few OF the
speeches made at the 53rd
Annual Convention of the A,
?, of L. in Washington, D. C.
A rank and file delegate, Brother
Suny of Philadelphia, in his criti-
cism of the NRA and in demanding
the withdrawal of the A. F. of L.
officials from the NRA Beard,
stated:
q. With hundreds of thous-
ands Of coal miners, steel workers,
cultural workers, etc, engaged in
heroic struggle for the right to
live like human beings, met as
they are by martial law, tear gas
attack, wholesale arrests, outright
murder, and armed terror of all
kinds, many of them killed while
this convention is nesting, bru-
tality-which in many instances
exceeds the brutality of Hitler
lied Germany, the only resolution
calling for support of these adj
vance guards Of the working class
interests are objected to and ruled
off the floor. Not single union
official, nor a single member Of
sthe Executive Council Of A. f. of
L. in this convention has called
for support Of these great nnass2,
Of workers or hailed them as
lighting for the interests of the
entire American labor movement"
At the same convention Mr.. Will
liam Green, president Of the A. r,
Of L., in introducing General john
son on the seventh day of the con-
ticn, made the following remarks:
g. I have been privileged to as
scciate with General Johnson and
TO work with him and serve with
him. ... "He is the very man who
was needed to serve as Admins
traitor of the National Recovery
Act" g. 1 want to repeas again
what 1 have previously said, that if
all others fail, if all other grcups
become discouraged and give up
the flgnt, Labor will stand with the
Gen2ral and see i. all through.
pledge to him our support"
Mr., Green made a pledge to stand
with the General if everything else
fails him, and possibly William
Green will live up to his pledge.
Organized labor, however, never
made such a pledge; it was only
Mr.. Green and his fellow reaction
aries who promised to support Cen
eral Johnson.
Jchn5cn's Crocodile Tears
Today when more than half a
million textile workers are on strike
facing gunner, militia, strikebreak-
ers, the terror Of the employer
when the entire labor movement in
the country is watching keenly the
developments in the textile strike
General johnson sheds tears for the
Textile Institute, Mr.. Sloan, the
same Mr.. Sloan who is responsible
for the death Of IA workers and the
woundirg Of more than 100 strikers.
Delegates to the 54th Annual
Convention Of the A. r. of l.. must
not forget the close alliance of Cen
eral johnson, Mr.. Sloan, William
Green, Thomas MacMahon, Francis
T. German and other ;eactionary
leaders of the l.. F.. of l..
Delegates to the 54th convention
of the A. F. of l.. will demand that
the A. F. of L. go on record for I'M
employment insurance, concretely,
for the Workers Unemployment
and Social Insurance Bill (known as
H. R. 1899.
They will further demand that
the A. F. of L. give not merely lip
service to unemployment insurance,
but that they mobilize all forces In
the organization to fight together
with the millions of unorganized
workers to force the House of Rep.
resentatives and Senate to inn
mediately establish an unemploy-
ment insurance system paid for by
the government and employers.
The right to strike without watt
ing for sanction from higher bodies
will be demanded at the convention
by rank and file delegates.
The question of sympathy strikes,
the fight against company unions,
the struggle against the use Of
troops and National Guardsmen in
strike areas, the struggle for trade
union democracy in the unions anc
the fight against gansterism and
racketeering will be forced on the
floor of the convention by the rank
and file delegates. The fight for
these demands will be carried from
the convention floor into every local
union affiliated with the A. F. of L.
Should Expose Red 3aiters
The red scare" raised by William
Green at the last meeting of the
Executive Council will be brought
to the floor of the convention. Mr..
/ Green ard his fellow Executive
Council members must be exposed
as enemies of organized labor, who
are using the red scare" to weaken
! the resistance CT the workers in
their fight for higher wages, better
conditions, against wage cuts and
fer union recognition.
The whole policy of the Execu-
tive Council Of the A. F. of L. will
/ be challenged by the membership.
! Mr.. Green and the Executive Coun-
Gil leadership is now being repudi-
ated daily in the strike struggles
taking place.
In the textile strike, in the gen.
eral strike on the West coast and in
ether strikes where workers have
gone out over the heads of the bu-