The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-05-10
BY BILL GEBERT


GENERAL JOHNSON, who carries
u the title of Recovery Admins
TRAITOR" in a speech to capitalists
in washington on March II, de-
clared:
Tn fact-take IL from me and
wealth of experience-their inter-
ests Green's Lewis, McGrady's,
etc. are your (cspitalists) inter-
ests."
There is nothing we can add tC
this Characteristic Of the role Of
the AT. of L. The leaders Of the AT
of L. fully and thoroughly under
stand their role as the main socia
prop Of capitalism At the recent
conference called by the Chicago
Federation of Labor of local union,
and the officialdom of the A. F. o.
L. and Railroad Brotherhoods
Ruben G. Soderstrorn, President o.
the Illinois State Federation Of La
Dor and State Senator, declared
Personally I don't believe in
depressions. They are such need
less things. 1 am for the National
Industrial Recovery Act hook,
line and sinker-alI of it,"
His co-faker, Oscar Nelson, Vice
President of the Chicago Fedora
ton, Republican floor leader in the
City Council of Chicago, explained
why the Chicago Federation of La
Dor is for the Roosevelt New Deal
He declared;
my firm opinion is that il
those who live from invested capt
tai persist in a refusal to take a
decided reduction In dividends
and profits, by insugurattng the
shorter work day and paying a
wage sufficient TO create purchas-
ing power, then the other ex-
tremists and the ranks of the
Communists will develop, and
our form of government, with It's
basic ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS own
ership of property-is in danger"
These statements Of the Leaders
of the Illinois and Chicago Fedora.
lions Of Labor fully confirm tht
statement Of General johnson.
Delegates Against Wagner Bill
The Conference called by tn,
Chicago Federation of Labor wa
supposedly ito put 100000 mel
back to work" AS the rank anC
file opposition movement of the A
F. Of L. correctly characterized it, i
was a conference not for this pur
pose, but for the purpose of Great
ing more ballyhoo around tn
Roosevelt New Deal and in the Off
cial organ of the Chicago Fedora
ton of Labor, Federation News,
the report OF the conference
given under screaming headlines
Labor Backs N. r. A. Determine
to Go the Whole Way in Supper
of the Roosevelt Program"
While this is the position of tn
officialdom of the Chicago and Hi
nois Federation of Labor, the con
ference registered strong oppositio
to the New Deal First of all, tn
opposition against Wagner Con
merry Labor Dispute Act" and, abov
all, against the Wagner-Lewis fax
Unemployment Insurance Bill. j
number OF delegates who we're abb
to secure the floor spoke agains
Wagner's so-called unemployment
insurance bill and in favor of tn
Workers Unemployment and Socia
Insurance Bill Oh. r. 1899. AS
matter of fact, not a single ran
and file delegate spoke in favor o
the Wagner bill.
Delegates from the Painters
Metal and Typographical Union
spoke in favor of the Workers Un
employment and Social Insuranc
Bill (H r. 1899. The Wagner Bil
was not endorsed by the conferenc
despite the ruling Of Oscar Nelson
who was chairman of the confer
ence. There was larger humble
of Nos" than IT'S" when the vot
was taken for the Wagner bill an
the demand for a rising vote wa
denied. This indicates the GROWN
resentment in the ranks of the
F. of L. against the leadershi
which is hook, line and sinker" fo
the N. r. A., and which is ais
closely connected with gangstel
and recketeers. Oscar Nelson him
self admitted at a recent rack
eteering trial that he had confer
ences with Al Capone.
June Conference
In view of this, it is of tremer
dous Importance that all the revc
lutionary forces, and Communists i
particular, will intensity their Wor
inside of the A. F. of L. locals an
especially for the Workers Unen
ployment Insurance Bill, H. r. 1853
The conference Of the local rlnior
of the A. r. of L. and Railroa,
Brotherhood called for June II /
Chicago to rally the organized work
ers in the A. F. of L. and Brother
hoods in behalf Of the Workers Ur
employment Insurance Bill H. 7