The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-30


the men and women in the aut,
plants. This lack Of confidence ha
its basis in the no-strike, Oily
dallying policy of the burocrs
She gave an example of the pol
Of the burocrats from her o.
Ternstedt local. The president
the local Joined the company unit
and called upon all the other mem
bers to do likewise. The member.
rejected it, elected her as mill.
tant delegate to the conference, anc
instructed her to introduce tn,
Workers Unemployment Insuranc,
Bill H. r. 1898 to the conference
Fight Inside BurOcraey
The conference recorded a hgh
inside the burocratic machine foI
power. Arthur Greer, president o.
the Hudson local in Detroit or z
salary Of $50 weekly, opposed Col.
Inns in the Conference. Greer has
the backing Of Richard Byrd, the
so-called labor man on the N. R. q
auto board. The open letter o
the Auto Workers Union, affiliated
with the T. U. U. L.. had ALREADY
warned the conference delegate,
against Greer
Greer ManeuvOrs
Greer had a resolution before
conference favoring a Natl
Council without a Green appoi
chairman-that the Council il
should appoint the chairman. w
he took the floor in the discus
he shifted his position to an
definite opposition against Coll
in order to confuse the rank
file; in order to pretend that
fayors a national union, when
really is opposed to it. This ma
euver Of Greer was used to the
tent of sending Richard Byrd IN
the rank and file caucus, where
pretended that he favored the ne
luton for one industrial unioip
the industry if the word fight =
against the N. r. A. boards" wer'
stricken out. Your correspondent
must admit that this tactic sue
ceeded in creating a good deal Q
confusion in the rank and I'll
ranks. In the course of Greer
speech Collins challenged him 3;
speak in favor Of his own resolu'
ton. but he refused to do SO. HI
feared that his stand for a "Coun'
clip did not differ basically from
collins Council" and this wouii
only expose him among the ram
and f1lers.
Company Hand Seen
After the Conference Greer Or
ganized a caucus and the runor
floating among the delegates wer
that he favors a split in the A. T
L. If this is so then it would b.
in line with the policy of the Ger
eral Motors Co. to break up TIL
federal auto locals and build thei
company union. They haven't con
fdence in Green-Collins that the
can hold the members in checi
prevent strikes, etc.
Delegate Shepley of So. Ben
spoke and said he had compre
hensive proposal for an industrial
union; that he was against craft
unions and any attempts to split
I'D the auto workers. Woody, presi'
dent Of the Pontiac local, Collin
man, YVES shouted down by th'
delegates when he started to fill
buster the morning sessions an
confuse the delegates. Martin O
Kansas City, Mo, a spokesman 10
the Resolutions Committee, wa
charged on the floor with being
special agent of Green on a sa1al
of $3.50 monthly. Wood Of So. Ben
member of the Resolutions Comm
tee, spoke up against the Comn1i
tees Report. Delegate KillingeTA
the Buick local in Flint complaine
that the officials didn't give Il
locals enough time to prepare Fl
the conference. In the Saturds
session Ramsey, Toledo mis-lead,
launched into an attack against tt
open letter of the Auto Worke
Union. He said the Communis
are trying to disrupt us from il
side and outside the union. Kee
the Communists and UnemplOys
Leaguers out of the union he sal
Byrd Of the Labor Board also spoil
on Saturday and admitted that The
have hundreds of cases of discr
mination before the board whic
are not acted on.
Late Sunday afternoon, just b.
fore the final vote, Collins took 4
floor and started to tell the dele
gates that he was doing them goc
and if they wanted to vote for h
resolutions he would appreciate
A number Of delegates took til
floor and said he was out of orde
that motion was on the floor.
Steam Roller At Work
The vote finally came. Collins 6
chairman would not recognize an
motion except the motion to comet
or not concur with the Resolution
Committee report. The burocrai
even refused to read the rank an
file resolution for one industri;
union. Even the attempt of dele
gate Shepley of Indiana to amen
the proposed bylaws of the M
tional Council was ruled out
order. Despite this railroading a.
proximately so votes were recorde
against the Collins Resolution Con
mittee Report. Before the deli
gates had a chance to think abql
it the Collins machine rush
through their slate on the NatiolI
Council. Greer's Hudson delegate
didn't even participate in the nonl
nations to the Council.
Rank and File Disgust
After the railroading and II
conference was quickly adiourliI
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