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Show 'Secretary Wilson Warns S Convention Against Any Participation in "Liberation" Strike. Resolution Urging Rec-i Rec-i ognition of Red Gov ernment in Russia Is Among Others Filed. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Juno 13. Secretary of Labor Wilson, speaking before be-fore the convention of the American Federation of Labor today, urged organized organ-ized labor to refuse to support the nation-wide strike which has been proposed pro-posed as a protest against the conviction convic-tion of Thomas J. Moouey. Mr. Wilson told the delegates that the government was investigating the claim that new evidence justified' a new trial and that he himself was devoting much time to the case. The secretary declared that so far the government's inquiry had. shown that the judge and jury before whom Mooney was tried had conducted themselves them-selves properly and that on the evidence evi-dence the jury had to convict. He admitted ad-mitted that new evidence might develop de-velop which would alter the situation. "But," lie continued, "for organized organ-ized labor to participate in such a strike as is proposed would simply mean that labor was trying Mooney, without the benefit of evidence. Very few of us are familiar with all tbe evidence, yet every working man is asked to make himself a juror. Justice can not bo obtained ob-tained in that way." RAPS BOLSHEVISM; DELEGATES APPLAUD. Secretary Wilson then turned his attention at-tention to Bolshevism and was heartily cheered when he asserted that no element ele-ment of American labor would stand for Bolshevism for a moment when the true meaning of the movement was understood. "Closely allied to the work of the Industrial Workers of the World during dur-ing the past year," he said, "there has been more or less Bolshevism agitation agita-tion iu the United States, which has not been to any great extent manifest among tho real wage earners of the country, but which has existed principally princi-pally among the parlor coal diggers of I our country. v "We have no fear of a political revolution revo-lution in tbe United States. It may he possible these parloriles may be mis-! mis-! guiding a sufficient number of the laboring la-boring people to eauso local disturb ances that will be annoying, but no one in the ranks of labor whether he is classed as an extreme radical or an extreme conservative or in all tho elements ele-ments between those two will stand for Bolshevism for a minute when he knows what Bolshevism itself stands for. NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT MARX IDEAS. "They talk a great deal about the dictatorship of the proletariat and we who have been more or less familiar with the theories that have been promulgated pro-mulgated by Marx and his assertion of the dictatorship of the proletariat had interpreted the dream to mean that a majority of the workers of the land would determine tbe policy of it and impose it upon the balance of our people. peo-ple. And our workers were not willing to accept even that kind of a principle. "The workers of this country, the laborers la-borers who have foucht ard strut-tried for all these centuries, take the stand that every person who has to obey the Ipws of a cour.rry outrbt to have a voice (Continued ou Tage 11, Column o.) I COUNSELS FEDERATION Ifj IOiW PROPOSAL (Continued from Page One.) to determine what tho?e laws should be and. having fought through all the centuries cen-turies for the accomplishment of thnl ideal, having accomplished It for themselves, them-selves, then the American is not anxious to Impose the same kind of disfranchisement disfranchise-ment upon other portions of the. people that he had fought being Imposed upon himself. "The great distinction between slavery and freedom is that under freedom every man shall have the right to ccue work for any reason that may be sufficient to himself. We have proceeded to the extent of sacrificing our blood and our treasure against ths dictatorship of the monarchical autocracy of Germany. WANTS NO DICTATOR OF PROLETARIAT TYPE. "The American tvr.rldn(r nothing of that kind of dictatorship of the proletariat. The American working man wants nothing of that kind of obllcaT tory labor. The American working man wants nothing of the. political. We have worked out our scheme far bevond that stage and we are going to continue to work it out to the achievement of higher Kle;is, and hy the wtll of no advance guard, no matter how just or right their position might he, but by the will of the majority themselves." Secretary Wilson pointed out that the conditions In eastern liurope and the Lnltcd .States were entirely different now and always had been. "Force in Kurope may have been necessary." he declared" "Force tn overthrow a monarchy may be great patriotism, but force in overtUrow-, overtUrow-, :.g a ii-mocracy, as some people are advocating, is high treason against the masses of the people." iTesid-nt (iompcrs. after a roar of applause ap-plause for Secretary Wilson he.d subsided said th.Lt workers everywhere realized the truth of the secretary's statements lie then took occasion to refer to Representative Repre-sentative Bianton of Texas as "BjeaUh-r i.ianton." for remarks the congressman made recently about labor. "As time goes on." said Mr. Gompers "Blamon v ill be eliminated or left at i home, as otliers cy his stamp have been " I President Gompers announced a committee com-mittee had been appointed to co-operate with the electrical workers' committee in negotiating with Postmaster General Burleson in an effort tu ward off the electrical and telephone strike called for Monday. The convention adjourned until Monday. Mon-day. Tomorrow most of the delegates will go to Washington to participate in I the demonstration tliero In protest against waxtinie prohibition. Soviet Motion Will Fight. Resolutions urglnt: mognltlon of :lie soviet so-viet government o.' Russia and the lining of the blockade against that part of the country under its conirol were among 2'JO submitted by delegates attending tiie convention con-vention of the American Federation of Labor here, texts of which were made public today. Publication of tho resolution resolu-tion concerning soviet Russia aroused intense in-tense interest among the deleatos and was more discussed Ihan any other, indications in-dications were 'hat wr.en it co:ncs up for ditcusslon on the floor it Is likely to pre-ciiitato pre-ciiitato a bitter controversy. The Independence of Ireland, a slx-hojr working day, immtOiate repe.ul J tlio espionage law, the electoral franchise for the citizens of Washington, L. C.( regulation regula-tion of the meat-packing Industry, action by congress to lower the cost of living, condemnation of Introduction into their plans by steel companies and other big industries of "the Rockefeller plan" of euliective bargaining, and severe condemnation condem-nation of the "Prussianisiic, imperialistic" postmadter general are suggested In sume of the other important resolutions. Would Restrict Immigration. Restriction of immigration, further notion no-tion by organized labor to assist In securing se-curing the release from iall of Thomas J Mooney, government ownership of railroads rail-roads according to the plan fostered by the railroad hrol.nernoods, proper enforcement of the seamen's act. increase m the Halar-of Halar-of President Gompers to Slo.OOO a year approval ap-proval of He.-reiary Lane's prolei t to' furnish fur-nish land for soidiers and sailors, a protest pro-test against the emergency fleet corporation corpora-tion charging eXceHsle rents for housing facilities furnished bv it, also were submit sub-mit ted as deserving the approval of organized or-ganized labor as a body. Several resolutions propose the changlng of Labor day to May 1. A resolution severely condemning the American Tobacco company rr,r alleged practices affecting cigarmaker was adopted. The convention voted down a re.ohj-tion re.ohj-tion proposing that the federation approve action by Mate legislatures In fix:nc bv law a standard minimum wage for workers. work-ers. The --solution which was adopted by the Seanie organization' cnils upon congress con-gress immediately 1o order troops out of iiussia and recovnize the soviet government govern-ment and would r'.o'dre the Ainerc;ti;t Fe'.eration of ltbor to conduct a Imlir.t of all local onions to ascertain the seuti-I rnent of the membership upon the question ' of recognition of the Bolshevists. The result, re-sult, it Is declared, "would serve as guide to the conduct of all labor officials and unionists generally." |