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Steel and similar corporations to
Wsgner's bill is "but the expression
Of the inherent inertia Of the most
reactionary sections of reaction
airy class, strengthened by the be-
lief that with the present official
leadership of the A. F. of L. they
can lick the American workers in
the developing struggles without
any further legislation of this
kind"
At one point Dunno held up a
copy Of Time" magazine, on the
cover Of which was a picture of
Wagner with the line underneath:
Wants a club to keep industrial
peace" The magazine explained
that was the significance of the new
Wagner bill. Dunno said, Mild as
the Senator looks, I'm convinced
that is just what he wants-a club.
Wagner, looking particularly con-
fused, blurted: II want to say did
not write that article" And Dunno
responded, wiping smile from his
face: I'm willing to admit, SEN
ator, that you didn't even know
anything about the article"
To Senator Davis, the Moose Or
der king who recently was tried and
acquitted in connection with his 40
tivities in the Moose lottery, and
who has buddied with the most
corrupt of A F. of L. leaders while
doing the bidding OF Melons men
in Pennsylvania politics, Dunno
turned and said: Il can understand
how Senator Davis is interested in
finances" It was Davis who gave
German the cue for the charge that
the N. T. w. was subsidized from
Russia"
Without going into that, Davis
asked Dunno what kind of leader
ship he wanted the working class
to have. Then Dunno declared for
leadership that represents its work
erS and is elected directly by the
rank and file" and is responsible to
and removable by them, as in the
case of the T. U. U. L. unions.
Senator" explained Dunno,
you're not contending that there
is democracy in the A. F. Of L.?"
"Oh," Davis replied, I'm tast
trying to get some information"
Haven't you heard of gang
sters and racketeering by union
OfficiaIs?' asked Dunno. Don't
you know that even a vote against
the machine in many instances
incurs the death penalty?"
do you think that's true in the
A. F. Of LIZ" Davis asked again
innocentIy.
II not only thiak so," said
Dunno, Il know so. Why didn't
the A. F. of L. officials stop it?"
The essence of the new Wagner
bill Is the old theory that the in
terests of labor and capitalists are
identical, Dunno explained; the
same old theory that ushered in
efficiency unionisrn" that meant
nothing but a cessation of labor's
struggle against increasing attacks
on their living standards. The
same theory that is behind the A.
F. Of L. leaders, such as Green,
participating in the Strikebreaking
activities Of the National Labor
Board under the guarantee that
General johnson gave to the en-
ployer-'their interests are your in
terests' The same theory that &C
companied the great new delusion
scheme of Section IA"
A. F. of L. Helped Cut Wages
With all these, the income of the
working class as whole decreased,
until a new series of struggles arose,
and now contingents of workers
are going into combat in coal, steel,
metal, textile, shoe and leather, the
garment industry, taxi drivers,
longshoremen, seamen, etc"
To meet the lowered living
standards of the working class,
Dunno proposed on behalf of the
T.U.U.L. the following demands:
Union shops, with full recog-
milton of representatives of work.
ers democratically elected by the
rank and file; a flat IS per cent
increase in wages for all the en-
ployed workers in the United
States; immediate enactment of
the Workers Unemployment In
surance bill, guaranteeing to all
unemployed workers at least a
standard Of living of minimum
! decency; cessation of the use Of
private police, gangsters, labor
spies; cessation of sending police.
, state troopers and the National
Guard against striking workers;
cessation Of the organized lynch
terror and murder and discrim-
nation against the Negro masses
of the South; abolition of the use