Show I NEWS rr 4 BEEN T 1111 n nB B AUL LON Released by Western Newspaper Union CIO IO REBUKED AT SAN FRANCISCO CONFAB W WASHINGTON Here Here is the story no one could get at San Francisco Francisco- the inside story of why Sidney Hillman Hillman Hillman Hill- Hill man Russian labor and leftists of British trade unions happened to assemble assemble assemble assem assem- ble their new world 4 labor order on Oakland Oakland Oakland Oak Oak- land across the bay just a at t the very day of the opening of the world peace conference a and n d Fr r what they were u up P to All lI inquiries were Sidney human Hillman pushed aside out there with the explanation explanation explanation ex ex- that this new world labor power called the World Trade Union Congress was merely looking for reflected reflected re- re publicity from its proximity to the conference or something similarly similarly similarly sim sim- inconsequential It is no wonder the story was hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den securely beneath a rubble of confusing explanations because it would have disclosed a coup de conference conference conference con con- ference planned by Mr 1 Hillman and his Russian associates associates associates-a tes-a tes a coup which was squelched completely in ina a secret meeting of the conference steering committee despite intervention intervention intervention inter inter- by no less a power than Molotov Molotov Mo- Mo 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 delegate delegate delegate dele dele- gate for Russia in the San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco cisco peace meeting and the pipeline pipeline pipe pipe- line tine between I PLAN WORKED UPON Through him the Hillman crowd worked up a 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 I They succeeded in getting the economic economic economic eco eco- committee of the conference to approve their entry as consult consult- ants The economic committee includes in in- eludes ludes strong representation of smaller nations particularly Latin Latin- America A resolution carrying out this purpose purpose pur- pur pose was hanc handed ed by the economic committee ommittee to the steering committee commit commit- tee which is composed compose composed of all nations After some warm discussion that guiding committee of the conference decided it would not even go 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 minister minister minister min min- ister who pressed the matter as far faras as s it went in the steering committee By his own adroitness Hillman Hillman Hillman Hill Hill- man thus himself I and disclosed his hand That Molotov l would champion his cause was too obvious evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence to everyone on the inside that their fears and suspicions about Hillmans Hillman's trade union congress congress congress con con- gress had solid ground ground that that it was more Russian than worldly A few days later the O Oakland meeting quietly adjourned without taking any noticeable action and Mr tr Hillman went off to southern California alifornia for a rest I The frustration of the coup represented represented a victory for Bill Green the president who has been vigorously vigor- vigor fighting Hillmans Hillman's attempt j since ince the last election to establish with the Communist a world labor 5 L vu WORLD LABOR PLANS Green demanded in resolutions passed by his executive council May 8 that world labor be represented represented represented in the future world order by bythe bythe bythe the International Labor Office a successful successful suc suc- creature of the old League of Df f Nations Shrewdly he did not seek seck the place for or his own world group which is represented by an org organization known as the International Federation Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion of Trades Unions He did not seek to steal for himself himself him- him self elf the world authority and power which he would deny to the CIO crowd but would leave it to an established established es- es League of Nations organ organ- His protection was I hear that even the British have become suspicious of Hillmans Hillman's effort effort ef ef- fort to align with the Communists lin in a front which would in some ways ways ways' be oe as powerful as the peace setup of f the nations and and if if Hillmans Hillman's coup lad gad gone through through able able to influence he e judgment of nations The Rusian Rusian Russian Rus Rus- ian sian unions are not free trade unions I understand that even Sir Walter Walterry ry urine the British ultra liberal eader leader is looking for open doors be- be rind tind him to escape politely the agreement The British trade unions which vere lvere unanimously represented in t that hat London gathering have now s plit split and I do not expect they will IN INgo t to i go o very much further with Hillman and the Russian effort to capture G world labor control Hillman by this effort coming atop his domestic electoral activities activities in Washington Washington Washington Wash- Wash ties ies has lost much ground ington particularly in congress kt i i |