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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 06, 1915, LAST EDITION, Image 7

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O'HARA EXPLAINS SOME THINGS BEFORE THE
CHICAGO FEDERATION OF LABOR
Lieut.-Gov. Barratt O'Hara wants
to know if Bankers Chas. L. Hutch
inson and Moses E. Greenebaum have
received any money from Julius Ro
senwald or the State street stores to
fight the publication of the report of
the vice commission. He told the
Chicago Federation of Labor Sun
day that John B. Fergus was a cats
paw in "the hands of the Citizen's
ass'n and that this ass'n was now
fighting the publication of the report.
He said that both Greenebaum and
Hutchinson were officers of the ass'n.
O'Hara also asked of these men
whether or not money had been used
in an attempt to bribe members of
the commission and for the purpose
of trying to exclude certain portions
of the testimony of the "State street
batons" and other employers who
pay low wages.
"During the past year I have per
sonally received more than 1,000 re
quests for these reports," O'Hara
said. "Colleges and citizens, univer
sities and cities, want to read the tesr
timony of Julius Rosenwald ; how he
thought that a girl couldn't live de
cently on less than $8 a week, and
how he paid the majority of his girls
less than a living wage. They also
want to read of the $7,000,000 Ros
enwald gathered in for Sears-Roebuck
the year before he testified."
O'Hara reviewed the work of the
commission, of the horrible facts
brought to light and of the con
spiracy which he alleged exists to
file them away in the archives of the
senate.
"The commission made good," he
continued. "We compiled a report
which will forever answer all the ar
guments against a living wage.
"It has been charged that trickery
was used in drawing the $10,000 to
pay the expenses of the commission.
The person who makes such charges
is misinformed, or he is a purchased
port of this .commission is actuated
by revenge or malice. Any man who
is trying to do this is depraved and
dishonorable.
"In the matter of conspiracy I
would like to know if it is not some
kind of a criminal conspiracy if a
fund has been collected to file this
report.
"It will cost a lot of money to print
it. There will be a great demand
for it As chairman of the commis
sion permit me to say that no mat
ter what Julius Rosenwald or State
street may say that report is going
to be published. Even if we have to
appeal to the public for funds."
Following his speech O'Hara was
given a vote of confidence by the fed
eration, which also demanded the re
port be published.
Jas. Meade, delegate' from the Men
High School Teachers' union, asked
what O'Hara had to do with the pas
sage of the bill creating the Baldwin
school investigating committee,
which came to Chicago to attack the
Teachers' Feedration.
O'Hara explained that the senate
passed the matter over his head after
a debate and that he was powerless
to do anything. He asked the teach
ers the opportunity of going before
them to explain the passage of this
measure. -O'Hara will speak at an
early meeting of the Teachers' Fed
eration. The federation sent a resolution
creating election days labor holidays
to its executive board, who will' re
port at the next meeting. VThis ac
tion was taken after debate of more
than an hour. Some delegates
claimed that because of the number
of election days this could not be
done.
One man sugegsted that elections
be held on Sunday and that the polls
be kept open 18 hours to give all of
the workmgmen a chance to vote.
person. Any atteomt to kjll the re- .The federatipn-also created yictoi?
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