Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-10-31
R0oSfvf!ET'S LABOR
] RECORD t!S'AlTTiAC *.
Miller Cases. in Government Printing
Office Brought Against the Colonel
--Attemptto DiscTedit Him with Union
Labor Stimson on Child Labor.
RoosEvELT's LABOR RECORD.

New York Oct 30.-Secretary John
Mason OF the Democratic state COM
mittee today made public Il statement
attacking Theodore ROoseveltss labor
record. The statement says in part:
The Democratic state committee
has been looking up Col. RoOsevelt's
labor record. One. OF the most striking
incidents in which the former Presi-
dent clashed with union labor was re-
called Yesterday. When the Book
binders Union demanded that William
A. Miller be removed from his position
as ASSISTANT foreman of the govern
nent printing office at Washington,
after having been reinstated by orders
of the President, the latter laid down
the following rule:
""rhere is no objection to employees
of the government printing Office con-
stitung themselves into body If they
so desire, but no rules or regulations
OF that union can be permitted to ride
over the laws of the United States
which it is my duty to enforce
Miller had been expelled from the
union and appealed to the Civil Service
Commission which sustained him.
When the public printer did not rein
state Miller, President Roosevelt nat
" ordered that Mr. Miller be helm
stated
ION the same day Con. Roosevelt had
written to the secretary of commerce
approving of the decision of the Coal
strike Commission that no person
should he Disseminated against on ac-
count of the n-membership in
union organization.
The action of President Roosevelt
brought on Il storm in labor circles ana
there was talk of ii strike but SEC
Cortclyou stepped into the breach an"
shifted the responsibility from Prosi-
dent Roosevelt to Public Printer Palm
or.
THE officers of the Bookbinders
Union attempted to secure an inter
view with the Civil Service Commission
aud ask ieav, to file copy OF IN"
charge against Miller. but the commits
SION referred everything to Public
Printer Palmer and added that any
person who went out ON strike would
be forced to take new civil service
examine ton before being taken back
This threat sutliced to prevent d strike
owing to the rulnor That COL
Roosevelt had ordered an investi%a-
ton to find out whether any non
union men had been denied work IN
any Of the departments it was dis
covered that the following lettef
marked Personal mad been sent t"
all the cabinet ministers on July -.
1903:
MY Dear Sir:-The President di-
r,cts me- to send you copies oi IN"
two letters sent to Secretary C"rtel-
Won with reference to the govern
mont printing the subject discussed
They are sent 10 you tor your IN
IL formation and guidance as they IN
d,cate the policy OF tn" President
IT. this matter.
VERY Truly Yours,
.,B. r. BARNES, Acting Secre-
tary to the President.
when a committee of the Book
binders Union called on Sec. toi'el
Won on Aug 81, 1908. and hied WIN
him copes of all the evidence III Vleh
charges against Miller, he replied tha'
n was up to the PRESIDENT Nv
action being reported. the 'ehtfa,
Labor Union of Washington requested
All labor organizations in the ni'eo
r,,tas 70 unite in IL petition TO nave
Miller dismissed. This acuoh was
immediately endorsed by the zen
cral Federated Unions. The r ea" 0ao
films we're circulated among Z''V'''o'
labor union laborers through me couh,
,,y charles w. WINSTON repo' .ot,
that a large proportion hau ft'lue s,aa
the President TO rescino MS '.,, NO
"a conference was held WIN t'ie
pra.;d.nt at the White House on sep
20 uSos, which was attended by sam
so, Con Go,apers, president of the inner
lean Federation of Labor: ''I ,nhn
Hi,che,l president of the United ; Mant
workers; James O'Conneh' pre- s.a.n ,,
of the Machinists Union an" .'an
Morrison. secretary OF the reu ra 70
But President Ro"se'e', ai,ber
a,aor MIXERS Dismissal on e'the'
-, of heinc unfit or non ui''''
man
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