The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1945-06-08

| there with the ex-
| PLANTATION that this new world labor
power, called the World Trade Union
Congress, was merely looking for re-
Elected publicity from its proximity
to the conference, or something SIM
ilarly inconsequential.
| 1t is no wonder the story was hid
den securely beneath rubble Of
| confusing explanations because it
would have disclosed a coup de con-
ference planned by Mr.. Hillman
and his Russian associates-a coup
which was squelched completely in
secret meeting of the conference
steering committee, despite inter-
vention by no less power than Mo-
lotov himself. These are the facts:
The Oakland labor assembly was
completely under control of Hillman
and the Russians, with the British
riding quietly behind them. The
head of the Russian labor delegation
at Oakland was also an official dele
gate for Russia in the San Fran
cisco peace meeting and the pipe
| line between.
PLAN WORKED UPON
Through him the Hillman crowd
| worked up program whereby they
would all get into the conference and
into the permanent peace setup by
| being established as the group to
handle world labor problems.
They succeeded in getting the eco
nomic committee of the conference
to approve their entry as consult
ants. The economic committee in
| cludes strong representation of
smaller nations, particularly Latin
| America.
A resolution carrying out this pur-
| pose was handed by the economic
committee to the steering commit
| tee which is composed of all nations.
After some warm discussion, that
| guiding committee of the conference
decided it would not even 60 into
the matter thoroughly and defeated
the resolution.
When Hillman saw this coming he
got Molotov to champion his cause,
and it was the Russian foreign min
lister who pressed the matter as far
as it went in the steering committee.
BY his own adr0itness, Hill
man thus Outslicked himself
and disclosed his hand. That
MOl0tov would champion his
cause was all-to0-obvious evil
dence to everyone ON the inside
that their fears and suspicious
about Hillman's trade union con-
gress had solid ground-that il
was more Russian than worldly.
A few days later the Oakland
meeting quietly adjourned without
taking any noticeable action and
| Mr.. Hillman went off to southern
California for a rest.
The Illustration of the coup repre-
scented a victory for Bill Green, the
ALL president, who has been vigor-
ously fighting Hi1lman's attempt
since the last election to establish
with the Communist a world labor
front.
WORLD LABOR PLANS
Green demanded in resolutions
passed by his executive council
| (May 81 that world labor be repre-
scented in the future world order by
the International Labor Office, q sue
cessful creature Of the old League
Of Nations.
Shrewdly he did not seek the place
for his own AFL world group which
is represented by an organization
known as the International Fedora
ton of Trades Unions.
He did not seek to steal for him.
self the world authority and power
which he would deny to the CLIO
crowd, but would leave it to an es-
tablished League of Nations organ
ization. His protection was impreg-
nable.
I hear that even the British have
become suspicious Of Hillman's eff
fort to align with the Communists
in a front which would in some ways
be as powerful as the peace setup
of the nations and-if Hillman's coup
had gone through-able to influence
the Judgment Of nations. The Rus
sian unions are not free trade unions.
understand that even Sir Walter
| Citrine, the British ultra liberal
leader, is looking for open doors be-
hind him to escape politely the
agreement.
The British trade unions which
were unanimously represented in
that London gathering have now
split, and I do not expect they will
60 very much further with Hillman
and the Russian effort to capture
world labor control.
Hillman, by this effort coming
atop his domestic electoral activi-
ties, has lost much ground in WASH
ington, particularly in congress.