A. F. L. REPORT STRESSES UNION NEED IN SOUTH
A.F.L Report Stresses Union Need In South resolutions ask reversal on brook wood and admittance of the a.gw. to ranks 'TORONTO (FP).—Zhscusskm of special fields or union organisation in...
...The "Miner" declares that "only about 50 per cent of the qualified voters of the United States vote in presidential elections...
...It declares that six months previous to the election not one member paid a cent of dues yet it was permitted to cast a total of 2,6864 votes...
...Goldman said the endorsement had been voted at a meeting of the general executive board of the union Monday night at the Union's headquarters, 53 West 21st street...
...A. C. Lewis, chief counsel of tbe Illinois organization, brought a libel suit against President Lewis for $250,000 and the latter wrote the district officials to either approve or disapprove the action of their chief counsel...
...Some results of this work were shown in scattered organizations, but it was not until the stretch-out system lashed their sense of injustice into action that they realized tbe need of unionism...
...to ranks 'TORONTO (FP).—Zhscusskm of special fields or union organisation in the past year, contained In tbe report of the Executive Council to ths convention of the American Federation of Labor, deals with the South and Its textile workars...
...Shall it, too, sink down among the debris...
...But unless these industries are prepared to give a square deal to workers they are not only pillaging the resources of the South but are sowing seeds of class conflict in moot dangerous soiL The Southern worker "wTU not meekly bear injustice when experience teaches him standards of Justice...
...It cites the history of the decline of other districts in membership, power and influence and contrasts this dismal history with the good record of District 12...
...The preamble of the resolutions declares that the progress of organised labor has been jeopardized by jurisdictional disputes and Jealousies between International Unions which have militated against the organization of the workers in the great industries of tbe country...
...The resolutions ask for the appointment of a committee of fifteen to present a plan of consolidation to the 1930 convention...
...What folly to ask...
...The awakening in the South came as a spontaneous revolt," says the Council...
...Y.) central labor body...
...Aggressive revolts occurred in Efizabettaton...
...The wrecker is at hand...
...Similar instructions were issued to the delegate from the Schenectady (N...
...And it is Just a little over 5,000,000,000,000 miles beyond the bounds of human probabilities that there should be not one single error, not one single spoiled ballot among 2,686Vs votes...
...5, it accepts the challenge of President Lewis and the International Executive Board...
...The libel suit was based on an article published in the United Mine Workers' Journal, over the names of John L. Lewis, O. L. Garrison, his privats secretary,and the treasurer and vice-president of the International Union, The article purported to be a confession by deposed officials of the Franklin County sub-district in which State officials are implicated in alleged mishandling of a $50,000 relief fund...
...Brownsville Labor Lyceum has been completed and is now ready for Inspection...
...A front page news story declares that the two confessions were made by "discredited criminals" and three prominently displayed editorials are devoted to the history of the conflict between Lewis and the Illinois organization...
...The miners' organization in Illinois la the one strong district that is left of the once powerful United Mine Workers and the "Illinois Miner" charges that Lewis seeks to control it for his own purposes...
...Membership In the Oil Workers' Union in the Southwest has been doubled in the past year, with formation of 12 new locals...
...9. Officials of District 12 were not present when the alleged confessions were made...
...It has proved to be an ideal olace...
...The board also voted to donate $500 to tbe Thomas campaign fund, and the circulate collection lists in the shops of the industry in crder to raise an additional $500 or more...
...We urge all organizations to include in their organizing plans for the coming year definite provisions for work in the South...
...Will you permit him to complete the desolation that is all about you...
...It will be remembered that John Brophy of Pennsylvania sept an analysis of the election results a few years ago with figures that charged fraud on the part of the national officials...
...Strikes In textile mills have not been uncommon, but this movement was different...
...The official claim of the United is 47,500, however...
...Team., several cities in South Carolina, Georgia and North Carolina...
...The "Miner" supplements this charge of fraud by citing the figures frcm District 30, Kentucky, in the election of 1926...
...The "Miner" reprints the official report of the vote as published and shows that every vote, Including the one-half fracion, was reported as cast for the Lewis slate...
...1 The Rolland Theatre at St...
...Socialist Campaign The endorsement of Norman Thomas, Socialist candidate for Mayor, by the International Pocketbook Workers' Union, an organization of 9.000 members affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, was announced Tuesday by Charles Goldman, secretary-treasurer of the union...
...The fact that the article was printed upon the unsupported testimony of the two former officials has aroused much heat among the Illinois miners...
...The Illinois organization publishes an eight-page weekly, "The Illinois Miner," which goes to every member, and in its issue of Oct...
...Attention is also called to the disproportionate cost of overhead involved in the maintenance of many International unions of small membership...
...The action of the committee must be ratified by the membership...
...In.New York City and vicinity, the report says, the fur workers have led the movement to rehabilitate tbe needle trades unions, while the women's garment workers have "established Joint machinery whereby constructive standards can be established and maintained...
...It is rarely that 70 per cent of the membership of an active miners' local cast their ballot at miners' elections...
...I have known you for thirty years and I know you will not" Brownsville Socialists Plan Theatre Party On Nov...
...Of these, tbe account of tbe textile revolt is the more detailed...
...Reviewing the story of the decline of the national organization of the miners under the administration of Lewis, the "Miner" says: "Illinois still stands like a lone column above the ruins of the fallen temple...
...BROWNSVILLE GYM OPENS The gymnasium and recreation room in th...
...Johns and Eastern parkway, Brooklyn, has opened for the season with an all-star cast and a wonderful performance, "The Eternal Dance," which induced the Campaign Committee of tbe Socialist Party of Brownsville to engaffr tbe entire theatre fnr Friday ervenlna...
...It is a most opportune time for all organisations to strengthen then: unions in the South...
...Ask A. C. W Be Admitted The ban on Brookwood Labor College, rushed through the New Orleans convention of tbe A. F. of L. last year, will be brought to the floor of the Toronto convention by Delegate Patrick Deloughery under instruction from the Butte labor body on the ground that "Brookwood Labor College has been condemned upon uncertain evidence without a trial of official charges made against the institution...
...Consolidation Urged The Schenectady Trades Assembly, central body of organized labor of Schenectady, N. Y, will present a resolution to the convention calling for the consolidation of the mare than one hundred existing International Unions into from ten to twenty International organizations...
...the confusion in the New York needle trades, and the oil industry in the Southwest...
...Illinois Fight On John Lewis Grows Hotter District Attacks Interna • tional President of United Mine Workers of America (by a New laastr Correapoudent) CPRINGFIELD, 111.—The controversy between John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, and the Hllnois District organization, has reached a stage that may promise repercussions throughout tbe whole labor movement...
...The Butte delegate also stands lnsructed to move for admission of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers to the A. F. of L. The Amalgamated, his instructions declare, has 100,000 members In the men's clothing Industry while the United Garment Workers, the A. F. of L. charter owner, has only 10,000...
...Goldman said he expected unanimous approval of the donation to the Thomas fund...
...1Pocketbook Union Votes $1,000 to Aid N.Y...
...The South has raw materials, American workers, power resources and a need for more industries...
...It was general throughout the Industry...
...The Federation responded to their call for help by sending organizers to help direct efforts along instructive lines and by appeals for financial assistance from all unions...
...Want Southern Unions Strengthened "The initiative to action came from the textile workers...
...For the past 30 years the A. F. of L. and the United- Textile Workers have been trying to organize Southern textile workers...
...Organizing work in the South cannot stop until all industries are thoroughly organized...
...Permanent progress cannot be built up on low wages, long hours and special concessions...
...The article in the United Mine Workers' Journal whieh provoked the suit against President Lewis charges "corruption, misappropriation of funds and embezzlement on the part of officers of District 12," and is based upon alleged confessions made by two former officials of Sub-District No...
Vol. 9 • October 1929 • No. 10
