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By JOSEPH A. WISE
Chicago (ILNS). Several heated
verbal clashes have occurred during
hearings of the case of the National
Labor Relations Board against the two
Hearst Chicago daily newspapers, in
which the Illinois State Federation of
Labor has intervened.
Edward G. Woods, attorney for the
Hearst organization, entered strong
objection to consolidation of three
cases by the Washington brass hats
•without first giving notice to opposing
counsel. Mr. Woods indicated that he
would make strong representations to
the courts on this point, if an appeal
becomes necessary.
Four Lawyers In Tilt
"The rules of the board are made
to be obeyed by everybody except the
board itself," Mr. Woods said sarcas
tically.
At another point both Mr. Woods
and Daniel D. Carmell, counsel for the
Illinois State Federation of Labor, en
gaged in a tilt with Herbert N. Shen
kin, attorney for the N. L. R. B., and
Ben Meyers, attorney for the Ameri
can Newspaper Guild.
Series of Pro-Guild Maneuvers Bring
Sharp Word Tilts In NLRB Hearing
On Charges Against Hearst Papers!
Mr. Meyers, who has been a whisper
ing assistant to Mr. Shenkin through
out the hearings, arose and objected
to a line of questioning.
Examiner Backs Meyers
Mr. Woods quickly retorted:
"You are supposed to be seen and
not heard in these hearings."
Mr. Carmell supported Mr. Woods
in this contention on the ground that
only the regularly authorized attorney
could act for the board.
Lyden Delegate To
Legislative Meeting
Heated Verbal Clashes Occur in Hearings Against Hearst]
Papers—Lawyers in Tilt With Attorney for NLRB
Build Members Stumble Badly in Their Testimony.
Columbus, O. (OLNS).—Michael J.
Lyden, Youngstown, president of the
Ohio State Federation of Labor, at
tended the Fifth National Conference
on Labor Legislation at Washington,
November 14, 15 and 16.
The conference was called by Sec
retary of Labor Perkins, and Presi-
Nevertheless, Henry W. Schmidt,!
the trial examiner, ruled in favor of
Mr. Meyers, the guild attorney.
At another point Mr. Woods madel
a heated demand to "strike" the tes
timony of a number of guildsmen who I
were witnesses for the N. L. R. B. The I
witnesses had been giving rambling,
evasive answers to questions. Their
memories were very faulty on impor-|
tant points.
Disregard of Truth Alleged
Mr. Shenkin, attorney for the N. L.I
R. B., admonished Mr. Woods to cease]
his "histrionic efforts."
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Mr. Woods snapped back:
"There would be no need for heatl
if your witnesses would make an ef-|
fort to tell the truth!"
Herbert N. Shenkin, attorney fori
the National Labor Relations Board, I
called several members of the Ameri-|
can Newspaper Guild to the stand in
an effort to prove that the Chicago
Editorial Association and the News-|
paper Commercial Associates, the lat
ter two being A. F. of L. affiliates,!
were organized on company time and|
with company approval.
Guild Testimony Weak
It was this effort by Mr. Shenkin,I
the constant butting in of Ben Meyers,
the guild attorney, and the rulings of
Henry W. Schmidt, the examiner,
which created all the lmckus.
The guild members stumbled aroundI
badly in their testimony, and wound
up, upon cross-examination, by testi
fying that they themselves had been
solicited and had joined the American
Newspaper Guild upon company time|
and without company interference.
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Approval of the Dean's message, en
titled "How to Tell a Communist and
How to Beat Him" was expi'essed not
only by the Legionnaires at the close
of his talk but was shown even more
by a remarkable flood of commenda
tory letters. No less than 32,000 let
ters from all over the nation were re
ceived by the Dean, praising his speech
and declaring hearty support of his
views.
Throughout his address, Dean Rus
sell strongly emphasized education
teaching democracy and relief of pov
erty and distress as the most effective
weapons against Communism and the
Communist. At one point he cited the
conditions that gave Communism its
chance in Russia,
Russian Reds Aided
By Three Conditions
"These were, I think, three," he
said. "First, widespread misery, pov
erty and distress second, suppression
of freedom of speech and the right of
meeting and assembly third, general
ignorance,
"These are the three conditions that
give Communism a chance to flower
and floui'ish."
The way the Russian Bolshevists, as
the Communists were then known,
worked their way to the seizure of
power, said the Dean, was as follows:
"Talk about peace, talk about social
eqality, especially among those most
oppressed. Talk about organization
of labor, and penetrate into every la
bor union. Talk on soap boxes. Pub
lish pamphlets and papers. Orate
and harangue. Play on envy. Arouse
jealousy. Separate class from class.
Democracy Attacked
From Within
"Try to break down the democratic
processes from within. Constantly
attack the leaders in every way pos
sible, so that the people will lose con
fidence. Then in time of national peril
during a war, on the occasion of a
great disaster, or on a general strike
walk into the capital and seize the
power. A well-organized minority can
work wonders."
"You can only
tell a Communist by
his ideas," Dean Russell declared
after telling of his experiences
in
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Speech Urging Education and
On Poverty As Best Ways to Beat
Reds Meets Wide Popular Approval
Talk By Eminent Educator, Stressing Teaching ot De
mocracy, Respect for Constitutional Rights and Im
provement in Economic Conditions, Brings Comment.
New York City (ILNS). Educa
tion, preservation of constitutional
rights, and improvement of economic
conditions are the best means to beat
Communism, William F. Russell, Dean
of Teachers College, Columbia Univer
sity, said in an address that has stirred
widespread and unusual expression of
popular approval. Dean Russell spoke
before the New York state convention
of the American Legion.
sia and Siberia in 1918. He described
methods of the Communists in seek
ing to get control throughout the
world.
'Every country must become com
munistic, according to the ideas of
the Communist leaders," he continued.
So they have sent out missionaries.
They have supplied them well with
funds. They have won converts.
Communists Work
Through "Cells"
"These converts have been organ
ized into little groups called "cells,"
each acting as a unit under the orders
of a superior. It is almost a military
organization. They attack where
there is unemployment. They stir up
discontent among those oppressed,
particularly among the negroes and
Jews.
"They work their way into unions,
where they form compact blocks.
They publish and distribute little pa
pers and pamphlets. ... These are
scurrilous sheets. In one issue I noted
29 errors of fact. After a recent ad
dress of mine they passed out a dodger
attacking me, with a deliberate error
of fact in each paragraph."
Poverty Makes Soil
For Communism
Describing conditions making for
the growth of Communism, Dean Rus
sell said:
"When you have abject poverty
widespread, when people are out
of work, when houses are damp,
dirty and crowded, when children
cry for food, there you have a
soil fertile for Communism.
"It is no accident that there are
Communists in the subuibs of Paris
and London, in Harlem, or along the
waterfront in New York and San
Francisco. After a drudging day of
despair, the family sick and cold, the
doors of hope shut, you can't blame
the unlucky for giving willing ear to
the blanishments of the Communist
propagandist, who says that Russia
is a happy land with golden gates
flowing with milk and honey.
"When men are down they'll sell
their birthright either for a mess of
pottage or for a pot of message.
"One way, then, to fight Commu
nism is to go to the root of poverty
and distress. Whatever you may
think of certain aspects of the work
of the present administration, you
must see that in the program of re
settlement, in the W. P. A., in the
C. C. camps, and in the National Youth
Administration, President Roosevelt
and his advisers have been helping
the poor and helpless.
'What they have done for the poor
has been the most powerful blow
against Communism. No matter what
the national government does, whether
you agree with this program or not,
the good American who wishes to fight
Communism must lend every effort to
clean up the slums, to assist the un
lucky, to cure the sick, to care for the
widow and the orphan.
(Continued on page three)
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UNION PACT
Chicago (ILNS).—A net pay in
crease of $300,000 a year for about
2,700 employes of 850 stores operated
by the Great Atlantic & Pacifific Tea
Company in Chicago and vicinity has
been obtained under a contract en
tered into by the company and the Re
tail Clerks' International Protective
Association, affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor.
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Retail Clerks in this area, ended 40
years of the so-called open shop in
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bership in Chicago and the surround,
ing territory a year ago.
Boosts in pay of 8 to 35 per cemt, a
48-hour week with time and one-half
for overtime, one week's vacation with
pay after one year of service, two
weeks after three years of service,
seniority rights and the peaceful set
tlement of labor disputes were in
cluded in the two-year, union shop
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man Company, owners of seven large
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of the Retail Clerks, headed by Max
Caldwell, has signed 950 contracts with
independents and four associations.
Its membership totals approximately
9,000.
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Washington, D. C. (ILNS). The
Railway Labor Executives' Associa
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the senatorial candidacy of Sheridan
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