Montana labor news., 1938-05-26
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The labor unions and the Farmers
Unions in Montana and those of
other states have been steadily
moving towards a coalition around
Labor's Non-P Partisan League. The
need for unified expression of the
political voice of farmers and labor
ers has been recognized by them for
years. The machinery for that eX-
preston is now operating and it
needs only the organized power of
the working voters to give it the
force necessary for democratic ac-
ton.
Senator Vandenberg's speech in
Boston shows the Tories recognize
that the laborers and farmers have
the political machinery necessary to
enforce democracy. Acting in the role
of Cupid, Vandenberg is trying to
wed the tory Democrats and Repub-
licans in a monstrous alliance whose
primary aim is the destruction of
all that labor has gained under the
New Deal.
The only power which can defeat
the tory alliance at the polls is the
united political action of farmer and
laborer.
Along with the action of the
tories there is activity unhealthy to
labor itself by William Green and
several members of the A. F. of l..
Executive Council. Green's recent
filtration with the tories on corporate
tax reduction is hardly r%eassuring
to the rank and file of labor. His
attacks on Labor's Non-Partisan
League are fortunately not backed
by the rank and file of the A. F. Of
L. The controversy between the
A. F. of L. and the c. L. 0. has re-
solved itself into charges by Green
that the c. 1. o. is run by commu-
nists. Such childish antics on the
part of men long in the labor move
ment show utter disregard for IT.
rent problems and the lessons of
history.
The American workers have been
too long exposed to Red scares not
to recognize their vacuity. The at
tacks of the tories on labor have
reached the point where anyone who
asks for a living wage is called a
Red. Tory newspapers and tory
speakers decry all demands except
those of big business as Bolshevik
aims at overthrowing the govern
ment.
The rank and file of labor, wheth-
er in the A. F. of L., the c. l.. o., or
the Farmers unions, cannot be
fooled by Bill Green's aping of tory
DOGGY stories. Labor's Non-Parti-
san League is the answer to the
needs of labor's rank and file in
politics. If Bill Green cannot or
will not see rank and file needs, the
rank and file of labor in the A. F.
of L. will work out its own saliva
ton with all other workers. Through
Labor's Non-Partisan League, with
out Green's questionable felicita-
tons and benediction, labor can do it.
AS workers and laborers the
membership of the A. F. of L., the
c. I. O., and the farmers unions all
are struggling for the standard of
and economic security which
the United States is well able to
produce. Workers and farmers
everywhere have no time to waste
in furthering the personal ambitions
of the Bill Greens. The workers
want action, not words, and a work.
er with an A. F. of L. button on his
can get as much action
through Labor's Non-Partisan
as can n with a c. /. O.
button on his lapel.
This is no time to condone the
of labor leaders no matter
who they are or why. Labor must
surge to the front in political effec-
.tiveness or lose all its present gains
10 the alliance of Americas Eco
nomic Royalists.
RUSSELL WINTON.