Newspaper Page Text
Union Leaders Urge Labor to Baek Harding Appeal, Signed by 39, De? nounces Attempt of Gom pers to Deliver Workers' Vole to Governor Cox League Is Condemned Statement Also Calls for a Protective Tariff and Scores Wilson's Regime Thirty-nine union labor leaders, rep? resenting all sections of the United States, have signed an appeal to their fellows workers to elect Senator Har? ding and a Republican majority in the Senate and House of Representatives. Their action has been taken, it was said yesterday, as an expression of resent? ment at the attempt of Samuel Gom pers, president of the American Federa? tion of Labor, to deliver the labor vote to Cos. A scathing denunciation of the Wil? son Administration is embodied in the appeal, which calls attention to the Democrats' attitude toward labor, op? poses the League of Nations, indorses the. Republican record ami pleads for a protective tariff. The statement fol? lows: '?In order that not only all ranks of labor, but the country as a whole may be bencfitted, we urge upon our fellow wage-earners everywhere that they vote for Warren G. Harding for Presi? dent of the United States and for n Republican mujo rit y in both national House and Senate. Democratic Pledge? l'nkept "We submit, ar- self-evidently neces? sary a complete reversal of the policies and personnel of the present Demo? cratic Administration, which eight years ag*o entered "pon control with the prorn.se that it would bring the cost of tiie dsi i : y market basket down to the level of the average housewife; which four years ago regained power by a specious plea that it. would keep us out of war; which nevertheless doubled the cost of living and plunged us into war without preparation; which has perpetrated every extr; ..-?. ??? and waste; which lias failed to enforce iaws enabling it to punisl rofit >?? '': ng h ud e\ n ? ?:-. \ h *d at ugar and oth r extortions; which per ..'??? Posti :. tei General Burl ?on 1 . tontly deny collective bargaining : d othei i. isc to flaunt him sell as . ' ? reactionary oi employers; which .. ? tho Director General of Railroads ?hi privilege of denying the same right and a'?? of prohibiting railway employees from serving as members or ifficera of political committees and from holding appointive or elective office; which, contrary to the specific guarantees in the Clayton act, sanc? tioned the abuse on the part of Attor? ney General Palmer of the power of njunction by stretching the Lever fuel' and ;'?>?>.I law. enacted for war pur po ? :> and nr ' repcale-d because Prc3i - Wilson ke; t us out of peace; ? rh d ?: arde ; the refusal of the im ?< coal operators to abide by th award of 27 per cent increase to ' ? nine work, a I y a l'-i ral corn mi on, but thrc-i ten d to meet ?? h h the full power of the government the discussed intention of the anthracite miners not to ? bide by / e .-.ward to them of n 17 per eont wage raise; and which has repeatedly outraged the right of peaceful assemblage, Bpeech and press. Replace One-Man Party "TVe recommend that the Republican party of Abraham Lincoln and Theo? dore Rocsevelt replace the one-man narty of Woodrow Wilson. In har mony v.;th the indorsement by Abra i am Lincoln of ?: e ?-??*!.? to st rike, thi :' 'pul lican my ority in I he House and ? I oi li : ran -h is refused in tip ' I ? bridge that right ?'...- point .;t thai no exi ression ? he mor ? nciln an 1 Roo <?? han the i ??? ? on by a Rep?bli? ca! Senator of that ciarse in the Clay? ton acl ?'!-. ch provides that.'labor is not. a commodity or article of commerce.' This Republican doctrine has been pro nounced by Samuel Gompers to be 'the fundamental principle which is the basis of industrial liberty' and 'marks the end of the old period where work era wore under the shadow of slavery and the beginning of a new period when workers nor their labor power are to be regarded as things -the property of another.' V. S. Sovereignty First "This epochal statutory principle was presented by Mr. Gompers to the peace conference at Versailles for incorpora? tion in the treaty as the most important declaration in a labor bill of rights foi ?he world- With President Wilson, who, before his becoming a candidate for the Presidency, avowed himself a 'fierce partisan of the open shop,' sitting in the conference, this statement was nul itied so as to read that 'labor should not be considered merely ? commodity or article of commerce.' "Such repudia'ion of a great prin? ciple put into law by a Republican conformed to the attitude of President Wilson in accepting the British League of Nations covenant and thereafter at? tempting to foist it upon this country with the additional guaranty of the territorial integrity of the ?British Em? pire, which he himself composed. We old that American sovereignty should "'>r tic abridged by our accepting such ?a leag-uo without Americanizing reser? vations; that American representative and liberty-giving institutions should net be impaired by permanent alliance with any empire and that American labor standards should not be jeop FRANK A. HALL & SONS ;; Sodding Sp?olall?ts <er 90 year? I Ik SO ?*??< 45th St., New Verfc Oijy jfLil ardiicd by subjection to a supreme council sitting abroad, as they would! be if the league were entered into by Governor Cox, who aaid of President Wilson that 'what he promised 1 shall, if elected, endeavor with all my strength to give ' "We oppose that Democratic leader- i ship which has petulantly refused a ? peace not its own and thereby has. failed to prepare American industry for the conflict with foreign compct - tion which it must face. Menaced by an inundation of foreign goods made by cheaper labor we urge that Ameri? can workmen and the American market be protected by a Republican tariff which will cover the difference be? tween the cost of production here and abroad. Praise for Republicans "We feel assured that the reelection j of the Republican Congress, which | raised the pay of postal employees, in one year saved the taxpayers $2,700, 000,000 from Democratic executive esti? mates, provided a civil service retire-' ment plan, established a bureau in the Department of Labor for the better? ment of working conditions among women and ended the domination of Congress of the Southern cabal will give sympathetic consideration to the cause of the wage-earners, redite.* ex? penditures and taxation and it1 aug?rate a new era of commercial expansion in which American workmen will be full participants and beneficiaries. "We believe that Warren G. Hard? ing, as President of the United States, will grant to the workers the same jus? tice and understanding he has always given to the hundred per cent organized employees in his newspaper plant at Manor., where lie himself lias handled the printer's rule. Senator Harding has repeatedly announced himself as favoring unionism and collective bar? gaining. As in his early protest against the unseating of the Socialist members of the New York Assembly, he has de c'ared that the rights of free speech, press and assemblage 'are as sacred as the right of freedom of religious be? lief, as inviolable as the rights of life and the pursuit of of happiness. "Thus -.t is that for the preservation intact of the Republic und American working standards we urce his selec? tion and that of a Republican Congress bj way of repudiation of the un-Ameri? can, unconstitutional and pro-Wilson proposals of Governor Cox. And we depredate any erTorts w thin the Amer? ican Federation of Labor to deliver the labor vofe to Cox, while protesting c. nor.-part i san attitude." ?signers of Appeal Among the signers are James A. Short, former president of fhe Building Trades Department of the American Federation of Labor; William Brims, president Carpenters' District Council of Chicago; Harry L. Fidler, former secretary-treasurer general committee f adjustment. Brotherhood of Locomo? tive Engineers, Pennsylvania Lines ?; of Pittsburgh; Carl II. Morton, president Order of Railway Station Agents; Robert Osborne, former mem? ber UUnois executive board, United M ' ne W irkers of America; ?' mci A, 1 ' p, chaii man legit 1: iivc ?'"' ' ' ????? R therhood oi Railway Condw Jacob ? E. Taylor, seer tary *???' o/ial L bor Publicity Association; Frank A. i* dge, secretary-treasurer St ite ' ncii of Lathers and member execu ?ve board, New Jersey Building Trades Department; John J. Adams, organiser American Federation of Labor; John Draney, vice-president Lackawanna Railwaj Veterans' Association; Charles Huggina, delegate American Federation of Labor, Wheeling, W. Va.: Daniel S. Jacobs, president and de-legate Local X 13, Cigarmakers' Union, New York; Job ? J. Smith, president Painters' Union No. h\, N?w York; Arthur Stevens, delegate District Council of Painters; Maillon M. Garland, former ; ?;' nt Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers une vice president American Federation or' Labor; Daniel G. Smith, general chair man Rock island Lines Switchmen's Union; James I. Day, secretary-treas? urer Indiana State Council of Carnen r ts; R. T. Sims, secretary National Brotherhood Workers of America; nry Dabler, secretary Indiana State Building Trades: Arthur E. Schultz, B. L. E., secretary League for Indus? trial Justice; James A. O'Connell, former president Building Trades De? partment. American Federation of Labor; James J. McGovern, former president Local No. 50, National Broth? erhood of Pottery Workers; E. Jacob S.hot'.. president Chemical Workers of Amorten; J, Ritenour, secretary Cigar makers' union, No. :!, l'aterson, N J.; Richard Power?, former president Lake Soamen's U ion; Daniel A. .Austin, former president District Council No. 20, Brotherhood of Painters and Deco rators of America; E. J. Miller, vice president Union County, ?S J.. Central Federated Union; M. G. Wooley, for? mer general chairman Order of Rail vay Telegraphers; William Wepner, chairman state conference board. S ate Railway Electric Employees of Amer? ica; Willard L. Small, editor Union Labor Bulletin; Edward 1. L. Bolton, former secretary Bridge and Struc? tural Iron Workers' Loral No. 38, New York; Frank Warholick, secretary treasurer New Jersey State Council of Shoe' Metal Workers; G. Francis Eden, member national executive hoard, Ma? chine Printers and Color Mixers' Asso? ciation; Bernard N'olan. president New York Printing Pressmen's Union No. 51; Michael Chcffio, secretary New York Printing Pressmen's Union, No 51; Ash rim Andoniam, former ?resi? dent of New York Photo Engraver.-' Union, No. 3; Edward Noway, former secretary Printing Pressmen's Union, No. 51, New York; Albort Hutloff, hu^ine-,: agent, Electrical Workers, New Jersey; J. J. Adams, organizer, American Federation of Labor, New Jersey; Joseph Denn, business airent, Bricklayers' Union, New Jersey. Germany to Defy Order to Destroy Diesel Engines Simons Tels Reichstag Re p?y ?o the Allied! Demand Was Emphatic No; Claims Justification in Treaty By William C. Dreher Special Cable to The Tribune Copyright, 1920, Nay, Fork Trlliune Inc. BERLIN, Oct. 30. -The German pro? test against the announced intention of the Allied commissioners here to de? molish all Diesel engines now in use r.nd to prevent further construction has not been modified by the semi official note from London ihm.- lay. That dis? patch, according to Dr. Walter Sin on: the Or man Fore :a a M ? '-;,< r, who (i i i cussed it . ti Reichstag yesterday merely asserted that '.he decision tc prevent uturo construction had beer rescinded, The demand for demolition of the thousands of engines now in use in German factories was not affected Dr. Simo i s said. Dr. Simons contended that. Germany had a perfectly clear case in the m tter resting on Article 189 of the Treaty oi Versailles, which says: "Articles, ma? chinery and material arising from the breaking up of German warships of al kii < ., v. ether sui face ve: ;el or ? lib marines, may not be used except foi urciy inilust >??::? r.i poses.' The Diesel engines in use, h? aid, were tho.se taken from subma rii (? ? or others rnntit: foi ' boats trial \\ ere nevi :? c a net ed The Foreign Minister charaete : ? tin Al lied demands for d< moli tion as absurd from hh > ::o lomic point of view, because the enj a - ?vere part of the toois with which Germanj begins th process of reconstruction. Most of the engines in use arc in industrial estab? lishments, on merchant ships or or farms. Their importance has been en hanced by the real famine. Theli value is estimated at 1,500,000,00C marks, ar.d it would cost that much tc replace them. Germany could not make industrial progress. Dr. Simons continued, if the Entente demands werf acceded to und therefore the govern? ment had met them with a decisive "No!" I); Simons said the government ob? jected also to the action of the Allier aa a : a - cnel'S i a ;0!.03 t' Ge rftUll iniversity town and demolishing valu able optical instruments. A Munich dispatch to The Loka Inzeiger says that th- Entent Ai: Commission hr.s refused to let twi Berlin firms usa airplanes any mon because some of their machines hat flown to Vienna and others to Holland It was reported that the licenses o both concerns were to be withdrawt and all their airplanes confiscated Nothing is known in official quarter: in Berlin about such an order, and i is assumed that it originated wit! some subordinate officers acting with out authority. Havs Committee I Indicts Wilson For War Waste ! Administrai ion, and Espe? cially War Department, Charged With Moral Cow? ardice for ignoring Issue Uneheekci? by Armistice Sproul Say:? interest Upon Hn^e Deficit Would Bniid Highway of 200,000 Miles I The Repuhlican National Committee last night practically charged the W;l ? ?n Administration and especially the War Department with moral cowardice in failing to meet the charged of waste and extravagance during the war. The committee's statement is accompanied by an interview with Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, who calls attention to the fact that war waste did not step with the close of the war, but sti ! con! inuos. "At tin very lust hour," says the na? tional committee, "in the hoppe of ? e ceiving a tax-oppressed people with jreneralities, the War Department at Washington is transmitting to the press of the country for publication on Monday mornine; an exhaustive mani? festo, intended to be a sweeping refu? tation of charges of colossal, inexcusa? ble waste and extravagance during the war and continued wholesale waste since the armisl ?c -. Charges Cnchallcngcd "The Administration has permitted these charges lo <?,, unchallenged or months. They were not idle campaign charges, but a specific indictment, sup b) fact s and figur v irref u , bly rhey .''..ve been used by : he lev laper off ?? md and in spe ech ? i. lie i ,'idoncc accompanying i use harges has bee i ? i*ci-%% ???.-1 ?: ng, If evidence - cvidenct taken , in he governmental record.-, at Washing? ton. In ?.i'i' aggregate it established the waste of billions of public money." Governor Sproul said: "War mean-; waste. War is w? te, But war waste should have terminai id with the ending oJ the war. It did not end then. It went on?prodigally, i .' msly, shamefully and che people of the country are to-day paying the ?? noi mou .-est of it all. "Not until the eleventh hour of ,;ie campaign as the War Department dared to ri ?k ?: n at tempt to defei self. It ?ill emp at ti i ivcnl.h 1 ,! i il. and impotent , the ? lartme :i ? If s; beet feeble id pot : ? in i r.ttcn pi lot ... , ?.. 1 i i - ? i . .- .-?. Condemnation Tuesday "Fi .-?- ?? "ie ?; tre :t on the hugh debt created by war waste vvcu d id quately endov ever; ?oil. i-c and uni? versity i:i the land and furnish cree a higher education to every American boy and girl. "The annual interest on this huge aebt created by war waste is sufilcii if to double the salnry of every sei;",: t l?cher in Amei ?? ; , "The interest on this war waste in : Iness for five years would build 00,. n 'es of paved h ghwnys, ??x tendin % fi nt he Atlantic to the Pacific . id from hi Lake to the Gulf. "The money expended in the S ith me uii'iei \v i' pref exls, much at it - i lu i nncl wanton waste, exceeds the < I i ' cost o' our Civil War.*' ? ' ? ? not Sproul added that, in is . . the condemnation : ! ? A.I mini * rat ion on Tuesdaj next wot 1 1 most sweeping and overwh? in .ng in the annuls of this country. I?aly Gains Austrian Commune INNSBRUCK, Austria, Oct. 10.?The Commune of Reschen, which is bisect? ed by the Tyrol boundary, has just voted to be incorporated into the Ital? ian South Tyrol, under the law the Austrian government must accede and lose this commun it v. THE KNABE WAREROOMS announce the opening of a group of charming rooms especially arranged for comfortably hearing <irhe AMP?CO in delightful home surrourulings. % these, rooms this maroelous instrument mau be heard just as you would hear it tn your awn home If ou are cordially invited to inspect the new Studios at any time that suits your convenience. c%n hour may be pleasantlg spent hearing the plying of such masters as ?odoxi^ky, J2e%utzki, ?Moiseimtsch, Ornstein and the grmt Slachmaninoff W:\REROOMS FIFTH AVE. AT 39? STREET The Store wit 111 be closed alii ?%y on Tuesday (Election Day) MADISON AVENUE = FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. Thirty-iotuirth Street telephone toco Murray hill *5*r ?-o^??1 The Ftarr Department has assembled, and is now displaying, am nine liver Pox Skin (imnmouinted) of remarkable richness and beauty, and is prepared to accept orders for r ' ' g ?inra cui accordance with im mal ideas ? selected niumher of these rare -Its have si rea? p - ?en .ade t Neckpieces, ai - i ?<g ready for sir ate .vea (Tun rd Floor^ Ma ? venue section) J .Vk&niday Sales of A Soec?al Group of FasSiiionalble ?Hats (fresh from Bo AStmrnan <?; Co.'s own ateliers) representing a nuaniiiber of the inmost effective modes of the season offering exception i ue at ; a-a ?/? ; a W -? Wa " Reverdis g ta?: as . (The ifei El finery Saiiom Women's Silk Uoderwear at greatly reduced prices l iUCllUl?Sng NSghtrohes .... $?07B PrincessSliips - 5o7E, ?3'.'..; Pajamas . . 4o90, 7J5, VQJ5 Bodices . . 95c? E.45, L90 ' Also Botadoir Saccjtnes in a variety of materia?s, S2o9?s 3.815, 4*95 (Prices above S5o(Q)(0) su :;-;eet to tax) This Saie will ai :. wort! while opportunity .':: r "? - - o t sal ?sin ? chase of acceptance holiday (Second Floor) Several Thousand Yards Imported All-wool Syltsogs and Coatings at the extraordinarily flow price of $2.95 per yard These materials are 54 inches wide and are aU new? that is to say, intro= dmced this seaso n. The most effective patterns and colors for Autumn and Winter are represented, including the stripes, plaids, checks and mixtures that are so rnuch in demand, as welB as the plain co?ors that are always in good taste. The price qiaoted is approximately one= half the actual value. (First F.oor) U in usual Interest The UphoSstetrv Deom inrsent A Sale of Drapery Silk at exceedingly low prices ?30-?iniclh Korean Silk ?K ? . k 30 ' ? >3=inc!h ? Ponsree wall! je placed 0211 sai? at the uniform price of $1.35 5=:.--: - ? CO 0 ' :s ".'-' will he very specially priced at ^7 Z^ n?er va [Fourth F! : 3 A New Serect*o:n of Women's Ilk Hosiery emraarkalbly ?ow=pr?? Silk ri?se . ?"- ' ' ' ' ".' ! : ? ? r? ..-??-? L i ?: ?.- -. . tEU ;, <_.. ? AII=?Mk nose? nj e r p a ? r ? . .: onfiy, Superiorequality Alfl=s5flk Hose, black only (tax additional), tir S2c25 Also >',-,. . Pa;rs ou Women s . " .?-?? Hose, with lisle tops a; ? ?oles, three ^airs for ... $3C25 And 5,??0 ?a:rs of Chlh ren's ]<;h:-2? Cot? ton r?ese, in I a , white or cor ?. ? aurs ?ror (First z:":V2-T>)