The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-12-08
LABOR BRANDS
M'NAMARAS AS
CAUSES ENEMY
A. F. Of |. Committee Denounees
Them and Glad They Have
Met Justice.
UNIONS SHOULD NOT SUFFER
President Of Iron Workers Does
Not Sign Report q Con-
demnation.

washington, Dec, - BTdHulnt'
James b. and John J. Mcnamara as
''rccreant to the good nameand high
ifeal OF labor" and expressing "the
satisfaction Of organized labor that
the culprits have been commensur-
ately punished for their crime" the
Mcnamara ways and means commit
tee OF the American Federation OF
Labor, after two days conference
here late today, issued a statement
vigorously condemning the Me-
Namaras for their "inhumanity" and
declaring that organized labor
should not be held, either legally or
morally, .rcspons' BILE for the crimes Of
an individual member"
Welcome Investigation.
The labor leaders assert that they
will welcome any investigation
which either federal or, state courts
LAY undertake.
The statement is signed by every
member of the committee, except +,
M. Ryan, prsident Of the Interiia-
tional Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers Union, with which tho
convicted Los Angeles dynamiter,
John A., was prominently connected
officially.
Mr., Ryan returned, to Indianap-
oils early today.
'.iiad be remained, however,
said President Gompers, positively,
II am sure that Mr.. Ryan would
have added his name"
AS to their knowledge of the
crime to. which the McNamaras con-
fassed the committee In the state
rent. asserts:-
Press Brought First News
eve, here and now, individually
and collectively, declare that the
first knowledge or intimation Of
their guilt was conveyed by the
press in their confession of guilt.
From the outset we assured oil
contributors and the pulpit gener
ally that we would publish an ac-
counting of the moneys received,
from whom received and to WHOM
paid. A report in full will be ma 10
first, to the executive counsel of the
American Federation of Labor at It's
meeting in Washington, January s,
1912"
The statement continues:
"Orgsuized tabor Of AMERICA hal
no desire to condone the crimes OF
the McNamaras. 1t joins in the
satisfaction that the majesty of Tic
of the law has been maintained and
the culprits have been punished for
their crimes"
Partly concerning the crime or
the McNamaras, however, the state
ment says:
Awful Commentary.
"And yet it is an awful COM
mentary upon existing conditions
when any one man, among all the
millions of the workers, can bring
himself to the frame of mind that
the only means to secure justice for
labor is violence, outrage and mur-
der.
ut is truly unjust to uphold the
men of the labor movement. either
legally or morally responsible for
the crimes of an individual member
insofar as we have the right 10
speak In the name of organized
labor, we welcome any invcstiga-
tion which either federal or state
courts may undertake. The sessions
of the American Federation of La.
Dor are held with open doors that all
ay see and hear what is being said
and done. The books, accounts and
correspondence are open to any COM
petent authority who may care to
make study or investigation of
them"
Denounce Burns.
while not defending the crime
of the McNamaras, the committee
denounces the kidnapping of the
brothers, who. they said, we're ar
rested In Russian style, not Amer
can.
'In the method Of arrest they find
high-banded irregularity and tyr-
ranical lnwlessness, and William
J. Burns. the detectivev in the case.
is severely criticised"
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