A F L WRESTLES WITH PROBLEMS AT DENVER CONVENTION
The 41st A F L convention in Denver faces wage cuts and unemployment as leaders seek federal aid. Gompers warns of postwar labor crises while delegates debate open shop threats, immigration, railroads, and Russian affairs. Thomas cites Irish questions, stirring protests.
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A. F. of
Denver
Gompers
Committee On Organization
W. Va
Vumployers
Beant
Eugene
V. Debs
A. P. of L
Con Leress
Coton Mills
South
J. H. Thomas
Thomas
Ireland
Two Important Announcements From The Party Convention
The national convention of the Party opens in Detroit on June 25 to address American and international working class questions. Comrade Lewis, our in hall representative, will report from opening gavel to close, promising accurate coverage of Marxist principles and the revolutionary movement. William Z. Foster, in Russia for the Third Congress of the Communist International, writes a series of special Federated Press articles on Russia as he sees it now, to begin soon in The Toiler.
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Detroit
Ted
Third International
Toiler
Lewis
Foster
Russia
William Z. Foster
Communist International
Red Trade Union International
Federated Press
The
Should Syndicalists Join The Communist Party
A translated article from La Vie Ouvriere in the French Confederation of Labor weekly organ presents a symposium topic. The piece is signed by "A Communist Doctor" and discusses whether syndicalists should align with the Communist Party.
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Communist Party
Frederick A. Blossom
la Vie Ouvriere
French Confederation of Labor
Labor unions and revolution clash in class struggle debate
A reader letter argues the Communist Party seeks members who share its aims, while unions admit workers regardless of politics. The piece contrasts labor unions with political groups, notes discharges from a strike, and discusses intellectuals, political allegiance, and the role of Communists in labor activism versus Socialists.
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Albert Lemoine
Communist Party
Communitat
Open Shop hailed at Cedar Point coal convention
At Cedar Point Ohio the Michigan-Ohio-Indiana Coal Association endorsed an Open Shop in every coal mine. Tom L. Lewis now with New River Coal Company warned miners against “intoxication” from recent gains and urged education of the public to keep coal prices high. C E Maurer praised the Open Shop and urged its nationwide adoption for profitability. The meeting ended with a celebratory dance as attendees concluded the convention.
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America
Michigan-Ohio-Indiana Coal Association
Cedar Point
Ohio
Tom L. Lewis
E. Maurer
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
New River Coal Company
Congress
C. E. Maurer
Glen Run Coal Company
United States
Prosecution Witnesses Weak in Sacco and Vanzetti Case
Dedham, Mass. witnesses for the prosecution failed to identify Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti as bandits after four days of testimony. Louis Pelser faltered under cross examination, admitting to prior statements and acknowledging gaps in his account. Hana Behrain testified he could not identify Sacco from a distance, while Miss Splaine’s accuracy is questioned by new testimony showing better vantage points but unclear identification.
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Dedham
Mass
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Louis Pelser
Pelser
Rice & Hutchins
Pelcher
Berardelli
Berard Deli
Harold Williams
Sacco
Dafensy
Fred A. Moore
Robert Red
Ingenaisettie En
Reid
Moore
Williams
Willams
Jeremiah McAnarney
Mary Eva Splaine
Hana Behrain
E. W. Slater
Braintree
Miss Splaine
Unemployment Rises Across Major Industries
A Federal Reserve Board survey reports 25 percent of workers unemployed in 22 leading industries with the rubber sector hardest hit and Kansas City as the jobless center. July could bring severe unemployment in iron and steel, with low pay in Cleveland and rice fields in Louisiana. Eastern dockbuilders’ strike ended with wage cuts, shipping cutbacks, and a sharp drop in strikes nationwide.
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Federal Reserve Board
Kansas City
Iron and
Cleveland
Louisiana
Amerian Marine
New York
United States
Sealgn
Senator France Arrives in Berlin on Russia-Trade News
Maryland Senator France, who sailed from New York for Russia, has reached Berlin. The drag patch quotes him asserting that Leonid Krassin, the Soviet Trade Commissioner, will soon visit America for significant trade negotiations.
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France
Maryland
New York
Russia
Berlin
Leonid Krassin
America
Deportation Order Upheld for British Subject Reid
Patrick H. Reid, arrested in Montreal last winter for participation in broad raids and food raids on restaurants, lost his appeal on an order for deportation. Reid, a British subject, had taken out his papers as a citizen of the United States.
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Patrick H. Reid
Montreal
Canada
Reid
U. A
A Fair Wage Debate Stirs Labor Struggle
The passage argues for a living wage as the A F of L demands, describing capitalist tactics to depress wages amid unemployment. It frames the workers’ fight for a “fair” share of labor’s output against capitalist calculations and the old motto “a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work.”
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A. F
A. F. of
California court pauses Anita Whitney case on syndicalism act
Oakland news reports the State Appellate Court temporarily halts Anita Whitney's case while awaiting the California Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the criminal syndicalism act. The appellate court previously upheld the act and expects the high court to likely concur, with the case awaiting further action.
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Oakland
Cal
Anita Whitney
State Supreme Court
John ©. Taylor
Socialist Party
Communist Labor Party
Supreme Court
Mtus Am
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Railway Workers’ Union of England
Pailianks
Quentin
San Francisco
John L. Lewis
Lemoina
Labor Union
Revolutionary Party
Lemaline
Jack
Jim
George
Sheriff Stannard
Tamoine
Altho
Dick mi Harry
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Himenut
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Vanzetti
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