The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-01-01
UNsEAL LIPS OF
]. M'nAMhRA
District Attorney Fredeficks
Calls on Gompersto Make
Him Talk
CUT QIITIHE CANCER
IN LABOR UNiONiSM
Uppermost Question, Says
the Prosecutor, is What
IS the Organization Go
ing to Do About it


LO6, ANGELES, CAL. Dec 3L.->
Captain John d. Frederick district
attorney OF Los Angeles county. who
Ia the cours So Of mArshaIing the evil
dence In the Mcnamara case acquired
prohabtyssa more intimate and thor
oiKh know ledge Of tbs ramifications
or The operations Of the dynazsaiters
than v possessed by any other man
In tho United States. just before the
indictments were returned against CAL
ifcrniA naAn blythe Federal grand Jury.
issued a direct challenge today to SAM
uat Gnmpers in the course OF an m
tervicw. to unseal the lips OF J. J. Nc
NAmara.
III Gcmpers does not know Of the
existence o. 4IhiA- cancer la }Ahef HFa-
ionism." said F'redericks. let him ap-
pest to J. J. Mcnamara, in the way he
best knows how, 10 unseaf his HIPS
and Disclose the extent and ramifica-
tons Of the disease, In order that II
may be rooted out for all time.
"a mere superficial public request
from Gompers 10 McssAmara In San
Quentin prison means nothing. Com :
pers can open this mans Hps- Tho
result will determine whether tire at
tempt was maas In good faith"
What Win Labor Dot
The district attorney thus replied
to-day to the. numerous Inquiries which
have come to him an to what extent
union labor was involved In the dyna-
mite plot and AZ To what his personai
attitude towards union labor 10 and
his views on what ought to be done by
organized labor to remove the stigma
OF the crimes of the McNamaras.
"a question upperfnost In the minds
OF th!akig. men" said Captain Fred
sriekS. ''ts what Is uninn labor 60
ink to do about II
Tn the great raIlying az the union
men OF the country 10 the support OF
the McNamara.s sey eral classes of
men were eazily Gfscerrahls.
fsirxt fAesn .veae thHscs w3sc No.
Iiet4d thnf whether the AIeNansnrns
were guilty or not their conviction
would be serious blew to union la
hnr and tncy rallied To the defense
Of tina accused men
Second. there was those who were
cure the McNamaras were innocent.
"A third class was made up OF
those who did not make up their
Minds bur Who contributed money To
1aid In the defense partly out Of
sympathy and partly from the con-
vfetion that right and justice would
not be harmed by a liberal defense
OF the accused men.
These three classes were left M
on the air by the confession Of the
McSamaras.
Real Enemies Of Labor.
"A fourth class not only knew the
McNamaras were guilty. but they had
participated in their guilt. They had
advised these crimes, plotted for
them. approved OF them and secretly
applAnded them. although publicly
some men OF this class were the first
to dancunce the McNamaras as soon
m they pleaded guilty and admitted
their crimes. soma Of them. N In the
case OF Debs ana Meyer, not because
they Mcre- guilty. hrt- because tfsey
admitted It.
The men Of this class ara the real
enemies Of union labor. In some tn
stances they have been tho leaders,
the idols and the monthpieces of or
ganlzed labor. So now tho question
arises. what = labor going to do about
ity'
with the eyes OF the world turn
ed on the true facts an TO the GRIM
inAl deeds and ideas Of these men.
labor unionism cannot Rise or con-
Time tc .ENccsed until. II L. mAda44an=
parent to the great mass Of tho
American people who believe In tuss
tice and the law. unless union men
make Il apparent to the world that
these nisn. are for oncss and for all
cast out
mo society nor orga nixafion can
carry Guch q burden. The only reason
union labor has been able to- carry
Il 20 long IL that they have denied
or been ignorant OF the existence OF