The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-09-29

wide revolution.
Picket lines established by the Am
erican Federation Of Labor have been
violated by representatives Of the C.
I. o. Agreements have been signed by
the Committee for Industrial Organ
ization with employers, hostile to the
American Federation Of Labor, at
wages less than the prevailing rate
for that particular kind of work in the
given locality.
Unholy alliances have been entered
into with reactionary employing inter
ests who have consistently fought the
American Federation of Labor in it's
efforts to better the economic condi-
tions of their workers.
All the laws of decency and ethical
standards developed by our Labor
Movement have been violated. the law
of the land has been violated and the
Labor Movement in general has been
in danger of being brought into disre-
pute due to the overt acts perpetrated
as result of the Communist influences
within the C. l. O., and the stupidity
Of the C. /. o. leadership which has
been demonstrated time and time
again.
Many Communists
One hears with astonishment that
hundreds Of members of an organiza-
ton that is committed to the over
throw of our government, and the sub
stitution of the dictatorship of the
proletariat, have been employed under
the personal direction of John L.
Lewis; and we are further amazed at
the bland assurances given US by Mr..
Lewis, that he has no quarrel with a
mans political philosophy.
You know, and | know, and Mr.
Lewis knows, that Communism is not
a political philosophy, but social
philosophy, worldwide in character,
dedicated to the overthrow of capital
ism and the setting up of a dictator
ship of the proletariat; dictatorship
that takes it's place alongside Of
Nazism and Fascism, a dictatorship
that would ruthlessly destroy all the
democratic institutions that guarantee
our rights as free citizens of two Of
the greatest countries in the world.
Criticism of A. F. of L.
There are those who profess to see
in the program of the Committee for
Industrial Organization nothing Of a
destructive nature, but on the con-
trary, the solution to our problems of
organization. These persons are either
blinded by their own emotions or lack
of common sense to discern the differ
ence between good and evil.
There are ever within our midst
those poor emotional creatures who go
to make up the lunatic fringe of the
Labor Movement, and who, with no
understanding of the fundamental
principles or philosophy of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, create dis
sension within our ranks by indulg-
ing in asinine, and sometimes malicious
criticism Of those of our leaders who
are endeavoring to further the inter
ests of the workers. These poor de-
luded persons who are so easily
swayed by dramatics and Shake
spearean phrases are unfortunately
rendering a disservice to their associ-
ates and fellow members.
Many thousands of workers have
been misled by alluring promises and
assurances bordering on the Utopian
A campaign of villification, calculated
to poison the minds of the uninitiateo
; workers against the American Fedora.
ton of Labor, has been carried OF
without stint.
The membership of the American
Federation Of Labor hold no animus
against the members of the rank anc
file of those unions affiliated with the
Committee for Industrial Organization
The fact of the matter is that in many
instances the organization of these
workers had its origin under the guild
; ance, through the efforts, and with
money spent by the American Fedora
tion of Labor in assisting them to or.
; ganize their industries.
Notwithstanding the effort that has
been put forth by those hostile to Us
in their attempt to poison the minds
of the members of the G. l. o. against
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