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LABOR (Connecticut) NEWS
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affecting labor and the wage earner's interests at large. Constructive in
policy and non-partisan in politics. Free from domination by any interests
r factions, either within the labor movement or without.
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NEW HAVEN, CONN.; SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1925
OUR NEW PRESIDENT
After the death of President Gompers, we noted the many com
ments for and against, that noble character's life and work. One of
the most ruthless cViticisms we noticed was, that "Now is the time to
kill Gomperism" We find ourselves unable to fathom the meaning
; of such a declaration. We have our opinion.
The great American Labor Movement was not controlled by Gom
perism. Samuel Gompers was President of the American federation
of Labor, and with him were his Counselors. No doubt, there were
many disagreements among them, possibly more than we know any
thing about, but the great body of organized workers of America as a
whole, endorsed largely, their final conclusions.
Few men in the history of our country have ever been so severely
criticized, and better loved by his constituents than that little giant of
organized labor after nearly a half century of strenuous work, but
few have laid aside the mantle and gone to his rest in such a halo of
glory. He was criticized much, because he did much. Had he been
of the jelly-fish type of man he would have been swallowed in the great
maelstrom of hate that swept over the country at times like the hurri
canes sweep ovpr the plains, and the working men of America and the
world would have been the losers. We remember some of the great
Storms that raged over the industrial field whn battalion after battalion
of the great giants' of capital, came like the tidal waves of the sea and
"submerged many of the lesser-lights in the great battle for our indus
trial uplift, but failed to move that colossal intellect. With their force
spent, ran out upon the sand, with their ambitions unrealized.
The stalwartism of Samuel Gompers should be the stalwartism of
every man of labor, and if possible, more so. He was a great leader,
a great thinker, a powerful advocate of the rights of men, women and
children.' His thoughts were molded into the life of the working people
both union and non-union. His counsel and advice was sought by men
and women outside of the great movement of which he was the honored
Executivey He lived down the vpcious attacks of his enemies; he lifted
up thos who were in despair and despondent. He aroused like the
sriant when attack's were made upon the unfortunate and the downtrod-
ri he was so much bicker than his aetamers that tneir attacKS upon
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oppressor was intense; his feeling toward those m the ranks of Labor
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wno were trying to aesiroy nis mnuence, was uiat ui P11- 11 "1C
freat Labor Movement of America, with all that it has done in the past
orty years, with all of its imperfection, has gone so far to alleviate the
distress, to eliminate the bread lines by filling the pay envelope which
hs been sarcastically referred to as Gomperism, then the influence of
SSVnuel Gompers has been wide-spread, powerful, helpful and humane.
S President Gompers was not without his faults. We disagreed with
him in many things. We concede that we may have been wrong most
of the time. He ;has been lauded by many big operators as an ultra
conservative. We have never considered him so, but rather the reverse
a radical, especially in his former years. No man can be an ultra con
servative when dealing with our modern industrial mael factors. Ultra
conservatism does- not force a pail door and defy the judge to force
him in. Therefore let us not be deceived by the public press. Their
purpose may have been partly to direct our attention to the fact that
the more conservativie the leader the more their profits.
Destroy the influence of Gompers, what will we get in is stead?
O. B. U'ism? Sovietism? Communism ? Leaders will spring up here
and there (they will not wait to be drafted) and proclaim to the workers
that they are ready to lead us intohe Utopian pastures, the Canaan
of industrial peace. Yes, they will improve upon the ultra conserva
tism of Gomperian system of Organization, and establish a more pro
gressive, practical and forceful method of attaining our rights under
the law. Wz adyise our readers to watch the game. The danger signal
has already been hoisted.
The newly acquired power of inexperienced law makers in coun
tries unknown as progressive, is a dangerous experiment, and we do not
intend to follow the trail of. those who disregard the laws of our great
creator, through whose beneficienti influence our civilization has been
established, and, the freedom that we are now enjoying is the freedom
jbrought to us by the great Gallilean teacher.
We are not content to continue the progressive policies of the
American Federation of Labor, striving continuously and strenuously,
to advjance in every legitimate direction.
Good leadership comes not from among the self-lauded, not among
the self-seekers, but among those whose records are untarnished, and
have been successful in their own business. For such a leader we are
looking. ' Such a man our movement must have, and we believe that
such a man has been selected in the person of William Green. He
needs encouragement and our loyal support. ;
WHAT WOULD THE BISHOP HAVE SAID?
Graft is non-partisan. It seems, however, that the politicians are
trying to make it partisan.
Ex-Governor Davis of Kansas, just retired, was a Democrat. He
was elected Governor of Kansas with strong labor support, and he up
set some of the pet schemes of ExGovernor Allen. One especially, the
industrial court, and in that way, greatly reduced state expenses. He
was a candidate for re-election and defeated.
One of the charges brought against him toward the closing term,
was the parolling of prisoners. That was an offense (if it is an offense)
of nearly all Governors, more or less. Davjis, according to his state
ment, had parolled and pardoned about 83 at the close of his term of
office. Ex-Governor Allen, during the term of his office, was jumping
around over the country like a jackrabbit, bragging about his industrial
court, denouncing labor leaders, tooting his own horn, and should have
been back in his own state attending to his own business, and when he
went out of office he had a credit of ten more pardons of criminals than
Governor Davis. He has been talking about investigating Governor
Davis. We are of the opinion that Governor Davps will not object to
being investigated, but it might be well to extend the investigation back,
covering Governor Allen's term of office as well.
The writer has met Governor Davis personally, and we have
talked over matters in general, and we were viery much impressed with
his honest, whole-hearted, open-and-above-board, sutrdy manhood, but
he happened to be a Democrat Governor in a Republican State.
Please note that according to the way we read the records, the
Kansas City Journal took Mr. Poolman, the pardoned criminal, into
their confidence, and planned to trap the son of Governor Davis and in
this way they were successful. This man Pollman, who had been
already parolled, wanted his freedom complete, and was trying to get
it. He was crooked enough to enter into a scheme to betray the man
J that was helping him at the time. The young man undoubtedly was
I mexepenenced, and tell tor it and was caught. Oovernor Davis knew
nothing about it.
It is too bad that pardons cannot be revoked, and Pollman returned
to the penitentiary for the full term. It is evident that he was honestly
convicted, for his conduct in this case proves that he was a crook, in
an attempt to betray his benefactor.
Governor Hyde of Missouri, is a Republican in a Democrat State.
It can be said of Kansas that they never elect a Democrat Governor,
except when things get so rotten that they can stand it no longer arid
show it by electing a Democrat. The same can be said of Missouri.
A Republican in Missouri is a Democrat-mad.
Governor Hyde, in one day, pardoned 25 criminals toward the
close of his term, according to the reports. One that he pardoned,
committed one of the most vicious murders in the history of the state
of Missouri. We place Governor Hyde in the same position as we do
Governor Davis. The public' cannot govern the honest, conscientious
convpptions of an individual.
We cannot believe that a man will take the oath of a Governor
and then sell pardons, especially as carelessly as has been charged to
these Governors.
WHOLESALE PRICES UP
Washington, Jan. 24. A sharp in
crease in the general level of'wholesale
prices for December is reported by the
United States bureau o flabor statistics.
The gain is 2 per cent over Novem
ber. In no month since April, 1923,
have prices averaged so high.
The
Hegel Furniture Co j
Furniture and Carpet
8, 10 and ia CHURCH ST..
New Haven. Conn.
It's a wonder that Mr. Gary, President of the United States Steel
Corporation, didn't choke to death on one of President Coolidge's buck
wheat cakes, when he made the statement that the law must be enforced.
We are wondering what Bishop McConneJl would have said had he
been there and heard that.
The committee appointed by the Inter-Church World Movement
some years ago. investigated inside the enclosures of the United States
Steel Corporation, and their report appeared later in book form of
400 pages. This committee, composed of clergymen and laymen, were
referred to by some of Mr. Garry's associates, as Bolsheviks, and not
"entitled to information, and possibly they didn t get all that ought to
have been reported, but enough was dug up to convince any unbiased
reader of the report that the constituted authorities of the United States
Steel Corporation ought to have been in the penitentiary.
It would be well for our readers to get a copy of that report and
learn who this man Gary is. There was an attempt to prohibit the
printing of the report of the Committee, but they were unsuccessful.
Later, some minister who thought more of the dollar than he did of
justice, wrote a counter report, in which he tried to nullify the report
of the committee. Later, another report by the committee not only
reiterated their former statements regarding the Steel Corporation, but
made it much stronger.
1 In conference with our late President Harding, it was reported
that Mr. Gary softened up a little, and promised to cut the long work
ing hours. of the men to eight hours per day. That has not been done
that anybody knows of, notwithstanding the statements of Mr. Gary.
Law enforcement, as Mr. Gary understands it, would be a good
subject for a lecture by Bishop McConnell. He seems to ha vie his own
way of making the hides of some of these big business men shrivel up. '
KILL GOMPERISM? WHAT THEN?
We have crossed the threshold of another year. Our hats are off to
the past, and our coats off to the future. We have had many disap
pointments, many discouragements, things have gone wrong many times ;
we have been jostled, criticized and depressed. But what of it? We
have recited the ritual for the dead, over the remains of OLD Father
Time. We havie repeated "Ashs to ashes, dust to dust."
Now history is to be made, work is to be done, industrious work
men take off their coats; let's to the task. Optimism, and expectancy
will bring about a great deal more than chanting the dead march in
Saul. '
The need of the hour is watchfulness, perserverance and backbone.
The future is heavy with opportunities. 1 Our children and our children's
children will reap the rewards of our activities. One of the greatest
menaces that endangers the future of our Republic is the propaganda
of misrepresentation and actual falsehood being spread by the Manu
facturers' Associations and other Capitalist clubs to defeat the Child
Labor Amendment. It should be the sworn duty of every parent, as
well as others, to demand their State Legislators to save the children
from the profiteer. Men in good ' standing in society are traveling
through the farming sections of the country, spreading the poison that
the farmers will not dare allow their own sons to work on the farms
until they get over 18 years of age, and in all walks of life these treach
erous wretches are going to bleed the child white, if they can defeat
the child labor amendment.
After, performing our duties toward our future manhood and
womanhood, by giving them a chance to educate themselves, don't let
us forget that we have a duty to perform' by taking care of our own
interests. We are not doing our duty as we should. We are lax ; we
havp not recovered from the war. We must all do our duty. Let's
keep apace of the times, and reach out for better conditions for our
selves and families. ' .
The General Office is willing and anxious,vand will go the limit to
advance the interests of our Organization and the Labor Movement
in general. We need your co-operation and support. Let us make this
year much better. ,
LET US RESOLVE
William Green, Secretary-Treasurer of the United Mine Workers
of America, has been selected by the Executive Council of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, to fill the position made vacant by the death
of President Samuel Gompers. He has resigned as Secretary-Treasurer
of his Organization, and is now clothed with all the authority that
goes with the presidency of our great Organized Labor Movement of
America.
The position will be difficult, because he follows the strongest man
that has ever wielded the gavel of authority over the organized workers
in any country.
Our new President has a great future in front of him. We must
all put our shoulders to the wheel. We shall think of the past and
take off our hats in memory, we take off our coats to the future. It is
no time to chant a dead march, but rather "Onward Christian Soldiers"
with an open mind and a stout heart, leaving asidqf the influence and
prejudice that cripple us, when we ought to be strong and stalwart.
Our principal aim is to uplift morally, industrially, mentally and phy
sically the great working classes of America.
We are all here as citizens of this great Republic. Its Constitu
tion treats us all alike, and we should be glad that Ave are citizens with
a vpice in Government, and that should be enough to burn out of our
beings the prejudice and hatred that hinder our mutual welfare. Let
us support our new President.
CHAMPIONS OF THE YOUNG
Reverend Father Ryan, of the Catholic Welfare Board and Rev
erend Worthy M. Tippy, Secretary of the Social Service Department
01 me reaerai council or nurcnes, are Dotn out with a stinging rebuke
against the unfair, misleading and falsifying methods of the opponents
of the Child Labor Amendment.
Doctor Ryan hits the nail on the head when he refers to them as
workinsr under cover and afraid to wait until the mattpr ;; hrrmCTVit
before the legislatures and allow the battle to be fought out openly.
uoctor uppy in nis article in the INew York Christian Advpcate,
speaks for the Federal Council of Churches, and states that there were
only three of that Body in convention opposed to the amendment.
We are verv glad to make mention nf thes twn niiknot-on l-,-
pions of the young life of America. God give us men with moral cour
age, both in and out of the church.
Caoital is well organized and skilfullv mannp-eri. Labor nmct hn
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eciuallv well organized and skilfullv managed if we are tn pflWti voUr
cope with organized capital and other hostile influences.
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