Montana labor news., 1937-09-02
Ameritanism verus
Communism Basis OF
ALL. Fight on Clio.

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ever chances of peace between the
American Federation of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization might have existed van
ished like snow in the summertime
when it was discovered that the fed
Grafton officials have been waging
the fight against the CLIO on terms
of "Americanism versus Commun-
ISM, it was learned here.
The federation is distributing a
pamphlet to all its officers and field
men entitled, "Gleanings. Ameri-
canism versus Communism or Am
erican Federation of Labor versus
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton. 1t is a compilation of clip
pings from the Southern Labor Fed
e~rationist of Jackson, Mississippi.
The federation also plans to DR.
ganize and distribute a special edi-
ton of the Washington Herald,
Hearst-owned paper, which will be
devoted to an attack on the CLIO, ac-
cording to a prospectus circulating
in federation offices here. The pro-
spectus is entitled, Progress, an edi-
ton to be devoted to the authentic
history of American Labor"
Rates for advertising included in
the prospectus are $1120 for a full
page. The regular commercial adj
yertising rates in the Herald are
$358.40 a full page. 1t is planned to
issue the special edition through la
Dor organizations in various states.
Included in the prospectus are let
tiers from VIM. Green, president Of
the federation, Sen. A. Harry Moore
Cd, N. j., and Sen. H. Styles Bird
ges r., N. HI. The special edition
is to be edited by Abe Lincoln Ma
honey, local newspaperman who, it
is alleged, wrote the Green state
ment declaring Haywood Broun,
president of the American News
paper Guild, an "infantile leftist''
and suggesting his resignation as
president.
Green's letter, addressed to Ross
L. Smith of the Washington Herald,
declared that the special edition
should prove to be an extremely
valuable contribution toward get
ting the real facts before the gem
eral public and Congress relating
to the controversy which arose
within the ranks of labor. l ven
ture to express the hope that the
publication of this special number
may serve in a very large way in
bringing home to a large number
of people the real issues which lie at
the very basis of the conflict which
arose within the ranks of labor"
In CLIO offices it was claimed a
great deal of similarity exists be-
tween the material contained in the
pamphlet distributed by the fedora
ton and the pamphlet distributed
by the Constitutional Educational
League of America. American
workers, says the Southern Fedora
zionist, must join hands to destroy
this red menace Workers, the real
issue is Americanism versus Com
munism."
The Constitutional Educational
League recently distributed $780,
900 copies of a pamphlet entitled,
Join the CLIO and Help Build Sow
let America" The pamphlet, accord
ing to reports, was written by j.
Kamp of New York city, associat-
ed with Harold L. Varney, one time
IWW and now allegedly a Nazi
agent.
The newly formed vigilante out
fit, the National Citizens Committee
Of Johnstown, Pa. and the Indepen-
dent Labor Federation Of America
have been carrying on a campaign
against organized labor's fight by
clubbing both the CLIO and the A. F.
of L. "communistic' and "red or
CARNATIONS" The present campaign
of the A. F. of L., however, marks
the first time that either of the con-
tending groups have openly engag-