t - International Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers

FEBRUARY, 7940
MILLIONS IN PANAMA?
(Contlnued from page 731
ernor has stared that all the work will
be dole by contract, and the Army has
decided to let their wrtk out ion ctr-act
to the lowest bidder. It is necessary now
for tilhe Americinn Federation of Iahbor to
secure Iegislationi overing all appropriation
for the A imly Navy, Pananm Canal.
etc., and this is expected l uring the 1940
openitig sessiotil ol Conreiss.
To you, the rnader of this artiei, does
Francnie was. The Communist Party has
closely followed the podlitiia amlbitions of
the C. TO,. andO has supturted each one
of its politali moves. The CorIniuniut Party
105
organized all over the world upon tile direct
instructions of the Communist International
and the Red Trade Union Internations,
which supplicl ampie funds for their organilation.
The purpo.o of a port bureau
was to establish a center in each port
that would be active in contactiig sailors
not . 1
hopes I t he huh politic l activities and
tlis . i.i .d incendible that the
Armny aind Navy oficers who were edu
cated ald tinied at \VWst Po it ad
A...apol is at illr tax IxpeilSe, should
favor mnployiig ,hese citizens of England
and Pan.r.n rather tlialn t) employ
citizeiis of the United States? In Ih e final
aalysis, who, has a bitte r right to mniploymnent
provided thruLgh aplPI.p -
iIen from tilh l.reasur. y of th- lUnitcd
Stilates tian the very citiznis ho l ,aced
the nfioflC th. ilpii tilhe l Illr of taxt llio ?
RIUSSI. II ATICIEl PLAN
foniiniett[ froi pagILe 65/
reptel]Iy, but without siuccess, i 1926
the (E,>iinuni; L iinterlnatioial sent special
instructieorns to Iir party, alirecting IlS to
tak e steps to orgalize aln opposith)U bIoe
in the trade ,,iion. In Ilie with these
instructions w lihePw l p ,a detailed progra.i
on how it htoldd bh iolne Tle e.l
paign in the iiiilrs' unLion against JehAn
L Lewi ' Fis [a i nt oLf ai move. to formn suh
an opjusition WLe. It was hoped that by
defeating Lew- is .id cteinig Brophy as
pre.i.Itit of thel United Mine Workhers of
America, brit if operations .lui...i be
estabi shed which touid ena ble s i{o
create i brM oppositiiidl lIlnVlllpiit
ullder cOl..il.t.Sit, control. These attfempts
finaily lcthlt ; mtedl ill a measure of succss
10 y,,is later, with thile organization of
the Conmittee fur Idtlus trila Organi zation.
The Coun.innnist Partsy nit only
supported Hillimn and Bropih. with
whoI it had had reataions befloe, btt it
went frothr. It threw its whohehearted
su.pplrt to John L. Lewis. the samn John
L. Lewis who 0 years b, fore was to be
driven out fronil the labor move.li.nt
pressure of the C. 1. O. to force the Dem-ll
airti ]artily to adopt a po ty which will
lead the United States ilther into a war
against Japanl or into a combination ineluding
ilthe Soviet Union. It is a eonstious
pilicy IIfor tile eihliilme nt of the lnited
States in war. The Co nimullLt plarty is prepared
to surpirt John L. ,wis illn every
adventule. provider In will rottlitue to
favor thilos policies which in their opiion
are in thile interest the Soviet Union.
As l av ilrioiledl out,. our party sougilt
tp gain a foothold in every iuade ulion,
espeially il the baimi industri, This was
in tine wihii the instrueltiolun if tile (>'inmunist
]nteriatii)lln
tlrastrate .u lhe
rllllirittioiis of the (Ionrllnlllst Party inl
the trade unitions. let ae five i Y ls
meetilL
John I.. Lewis now became not the blackguard
hut the hero of organized labor.
Fuloiu the comitaniunst staniullint the rapid
strides de y the C. . 0. in ain ain a
strong roothold in the trade unions aid
in organizing orkers iI in. Ihustrie never
organized berniu was a vidationr, nf its
~oppii~ti i to lu. p.ulliy. IIho suddeit friend
ship of the Russlan Ailiassaid or for Jinhn
i. lewis had nirr to di, with the (L i. O
positionI on initeiTitona/ aflfairs than it did
on trade unjo{ in attrs Joih, L. lewis had
been for years uni oJf the miost ouf Lpnen
erities n.! elir ea f the Soviet Union.
Sudden.ly he wis iiteod to the nmIont i.portarit
recentinis arruav lby fd Ar.b.rmsadrl
Troyanuvsky . H n riot ia tre C I. I taken
a posItIun in 1ii lernatilntlI affrirs in lI ra
with Slivit policy. [ am eta Lin that Jillhn
L. Lwi.s wouil .nt have einll a welome
gueIt ihe t[ Soviu, liiorn r embassy ill Wailjngton.
'Tho pditiha ] ci).ietlUeneCP ,if 'he
C. I (I. are unite in poI LanuI to Ihe conInau
iists thIan ia trade IIIIIIIn pollici e . hecatu
the Ie eiii.tittl hsts JhiIe throuih Ihe
vei cle of thII I(. 0 to e-sla ish a Iiailit'e I
froL iil he ]liHierl StaLi, tlhat will he tlhe
ceuepalt of wit t People's he Front of
~ oF tielt trade union eourntittec of
the c'ralli executive remiiitee. oIII held
June 2, 1920. in luChkag Th. agenda cnrilisted
of IC points. as follows:
nimPT g. Railroads, Metal, *lextile, Needle.
Shoes. IRullr. Foo,,, lrintilg. StaLte FILL
elaioTI of illhr l'rra .ls.i. Nw York PortIL
Breau, liiiL)b Strike Relielf.MunieblUeu
(Iofereiiu. Youth. Tirai Uiioii EdIIuea
tilat Leaue jerutto. ilr. llian PelteIs.
']his a eetu g ctriisdre]d ti.e organizati*)i
of subcomittee; fIia. evxery tLrade. P )lHe
id, John-ti'e were ik trut(lL to submit
ptlns on hoew thres Bt e to arganile dbe
program. for connli it arid left win
activity woII wlrkI d out fur the meta
hludr3 th, textile indtitry. the needle
I rates. a,,d matter4 conrrneinS the oth~er
iliind,,tie weart cn I' leIired.
Let us take rulbber ms uiL esxapile of ba;;
Iah sitrmlatoni wi;O o>,sidored L ho, report
to the Ioinl .ttee was iLhat the ,ituation in
the rubher tactu'rios of Akron was a "eay
diarfult olle, hlcaue there were two organuiati..s
in the tild, an A. F IIf L.
uian (100 h ,it iie iir s arid i lub, ith
5,0 mcialirs opposed to the A. . of t. ']hi
iTdart hal i"w nubei in the hops, hult u,
eapralite leaders alini the ,local comradls
iince real dyiar I: leadlership ;as arluee
s/riy, it was de ide d to get siirae ne to take
harge of things andi, give directil to the
struggle for organlitin the ruIbber workeris
Meanwihile we were to penetrate whaterer
existing organigationts there were in the
tiine ,and Iittlenlan were disignated to
and workers aships. ll Through the activities
of the port bulreaus it was hiloped al
effectiveuŽ commu 'ist network of safa ring
workers could be organilzed in the ports
and on the ocean liners, who could be of
invaluable service to the Soviet overl,neiit
for espionage purlloses and in the
eve li of a war.
'Through our membership of 15,000, insig
nificant il uiliein, we ept a careLul walltci
on every trade uion situa ition. Tile national
office of the palty was ie a railroad ceneri
.from which tracks led to every imllpanrt, it
trale union and. indu striMa district of the
country. We were l bui(ldi ig up an in trieatL
network of these irlqlorl/ntll routers, for the
express purpose of eerilltully do tinnlialn
the tilade union aud ildi. tlial ejltIrl tIf
the countril. Ir contacts kpt tihe aIatriainl
fleie fully informed oil all illportant develOha..lnts.
Our Iratlnad ofliee acted as a
elerin-g hos. lilnd , the plitical . o.ihiite
as a board of u .ire.toL f)r this intricate
coinnlutniAs induinstrial ltwork. The Infor
ilaia received was digstled by the palitial
colannitlel, ;high nailae the deeitiloan
iL,,kid up with ti L network were the party
ternIiinas iI il- vlrinl,ls enetersl the distriiet
ofi es fii the party. It. ei wi h I dis
tees, tr aid nlitte the i ;argmus arid irndur lbrafih ial and uleumm industrial hl
orgaizations of the Tradh Union Educa
ioaM ILteague. %% Wel perfectIlrug the
netit for lk realhin g the Imlasses, the wil
ning of the asses depending upon our
alility to erganic the woriers anild apture
the tlade uniu.n. Taking care of this letwork
Itas no -ay ,iatter, for it taxed to
the utmo.st the i altoil tetid* , of the party
aid the di, tit leader. We had to work
a inimum if from 18 to 20 hours a day
to take care of tile problems ai d situation,
that naeeumutated incessaiii tlv. We, the lead
ers, hrcaie so wrapped uip in the industnrial
a(faurs af thy- party. iin the exeiting internal
fights and potilirs of Ih urnigns. thiat we
had little or ni itUne left t, consider what
;xe ere~ doini and where all our confusing
intriugules and oeorimplieated maneu vers would
csii
ARNOLI) BURNS BARN
draw up a plograIn for the illndustry Foster
inade a series of n. tinn s. which were generIIly
nade in such siltuations. They were:
- That the diistrict organizer in Cle enild
distri:t lbe instructed tll concentrote
upon the estalishmeiit of hop nuclei in
every ruiberii plant.
2. Thai we itlitrui our best romlrades to
join the lub arnid also the A F. of L. orailzationi
and uLIndeltake to get onltrol af
bith.
3. In ch, it, we hould17 fo.llw the pnlir'
of quietly liilding Up commlttees basqe]
upon tie ret eethie plants arld dporitme1li1
in these pilnI., in peparation for tLhe ship
,ll ruinitte syste.nl.
4. That scive ,.ireparationi ie begun itI
Akroni' fill eveloprig a t compatign to ap
pja, h the worker directly ou thlie basis of
iorlinile denianls. This eaal pig. to ile
arfcieize e d l n tihat thil club, itself dloes .ntI
alppearto lake the initialtive
5l, W priope that .aclk PIr.a.on be reIt
to go tio work is tha ailis an.li undertakl
,1 take I hlrrr ifr tllhe oraniiIaioni.
It was at this meet]ifg that ste pg w"e
ist take, to ol'ganL l e a pnila bureau ii
New York City. Port bureaus were irillg
(Coniidille troain pae 6L )
Cuardina Act aid i the philosophy of the
deisions of Senn v. Tile Llayers Union and
New Negro Allbrce v. Sani tary Grocery Co.
Thus far I have reWfin ae, inr'm re fe.rnc
to the specijic Pro'oIuceiient of the D,parunct
ofr ustie recentl y because it is
better judged in the tight of the background
of the anti' tru st laws inI their rae-law
emi)lutina,. lti tl.., are to be .rosevute.d:
It Far rnrcerlted effoit, to prevent uIse
of h ipbper lnaorials or nin'e erncialrt moth
.ds. %N herc i{ the boraderline of exploitation,
or s.ld"r-upl Inetlild? I this within the
ou....se.ie c of Ian aulnii.trat.ve official ?
ill .proserUtl .inow sulpplant the ourtIL anl
Liehi..e a new legislative authority? Having
had judicial legi/llation. ar r we aw to have
adrInnittrative lerislati'n 7?
For i onl aipIling the hiring of lse/{s
r tinieeessalry ahor. (.r.pae thli with
Sen v. ria ,ni.r n Wih iiio h invosls the
pioseiutir with ',ieh ea iuly ti delerrllnle
ren orIh T vital nis aiiis he ne,
nlon rii eiitdeleydd erT bli biolcgy i 7 When
arId if Iuu thrdliy (autIre si,, this
nacI in time Lb ecomIe a proper field for an ad-