railroads."

Is this the kind of thing which Hillquit's Socialist gang of would-be
labor "exploiters" would lure America's liberty-loving workingmen into
by calling them "slaves" in their present dignified situation as
self-governed and self-reliant freemen? On December 13, 1919, the
presidents and secretaries of the 113 national and international unions
affiliated with the American Federation of Labor met at Washington, D.
C., with the heads of the four railway brotherhoods and several
farmers' organizations, and are to be congratulated for having passed
the following resolution, which the late information from Russia
overwhelmingly vindicates:

"Whereas, the American Federation of Labor is an American
institution, believing in American principles and ideas, and

"Whereas, an attempt is being made to inject the spirit of
Bolshevism and I. W. W.'ism into the affairs of the American
Federation of Labor, and

"Whereas, the American Federation of Labor is opposed to
Bolshevism, I. W. W.'ism and the irresponsible leadership which
encouraged such a policy, therefore be it

"Resolved, that the conference of representatives of trades unions
affiliated with the A. F. of L., and other organizations associated
in this conference, repudiate and condemn the policy of Bolshevism
and I. W. W.'ism as being destructive of American ideals and
impracticable in application; be it further

"Resolved, that this conference reiterate the action of the
conventions of the American Federation of Labor, and the advocacy
of the principles of conciliation and voluntary arbitration and
collective bargaining."

We cite this here to put the freedom of self-determination, practiced by
the great progressive body of American labor, in vivid contrast with the
abject slavery which the Socialists of Russia are now imposing upon the
labor of that country. Lincoln Eyre's statement of the labor situation
in Russia is confirmed by Trotzky himself, as we learn from the "New
York World" of February 28, 1920, as follows:

"London, February 27.--Leon Trotzky, Minister of War of Soviet
Russia, addressing the third Russian Congress, held in Moscow
January 25 last, outlined the Bolshevist plan for converting the
Red Army into an army of labor. According to reports of his speech
reaching here he said:

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