United labor bulletin., 1912-11-28

The fact that the management of the
paper will not say who the owners are
ana VINO are putting up the money to.
pay the bills is of suffi icient Importance
TO the labor movement to show that;
some one is trying to bolster up the pa,
per and at the same time keep in the
dark.
The report of the committee follows:
Report OF the committee appointed to.
investigate the unfair ads published in.
the Colorado Industrial Review, also the
letters published in the United Labor
Bulletin, supposed to have been written
by H. B. Sutton of Denver to P. C. VIII
son in Oklahoma:
The Industrial Review Publishing Co.
was organized by the Pueblo Label
League and the paper published under
the title of Pueblo Labor Review, its
policy being controlled by a board of i've
directors.
The paper was published for some time
and not proving profitable was sold to
]. E. Roberts
On Dec. sth, 1908, it was returned to
the Pueblo Label League by default and
the name was changed to The Colorado
Industrial Review.
March 2sth, 1909. the paper received
the Endorsement of the Farmers Union
were made members of the board OF d.
rectors.
AT the Lafayette convention of the
Colorado State Federation of Labor, the
Review received the endorsement of that
body and Jno. McLennan Joined the
board of directors as their representa-
tive.
Feb. 18th. 1910. the paper became the
property of the board OF directors for a
consideration of $1.0O.
When Mr.. Houston accepted the editor
ship OF the paper it was with the under
standing that he was to have supervision
over same and not be interfered with by
the board of directors
The Review was made the Official pub
lication of U. NJ. W. A, District Is. on
Feb. 18th, 1910.
Mr.. Fox accepted the editorship under
the same conditions as existed under Mr.
Houston's management and it was
turned over to Mr.. Duce under the same
terms.
Dave Gendron, as a professional solic-
itor. accepted the ads that were unfair
to organized labor. The contract for the
Old Homestead Bakery ad having been
signed May 4th. 1912. or before the Old
Homestead Bakery was declared unfair
Mr. Fox states that he used all the
power he had to get Gendron to settle
IL
However after an attempt. which had
covered two weeks time. had proven un-
successful that he (Mr. Fox) was COM
PEELED to leave the city to attend to other
business.
He left the city on Monday evening
and the ads were delivered to Mr.. Duce
by mail from Colorado Springs some
time the next day tor Tuesday,
Mr.. Fox did not return to the city until
faf
ads was out and as Mr.. Duce was not
familiar with local conditions and had
only two days to get out the paper it
was impossible for him to give the ads
the consideration that he would like to
have.
Also that according to MIR. Duce's
statement, it was against his will for
anything of the kind to occur and that
1t would have been prevented had he
been aware of the fact: however that
he, and he alone. was responsible for the
publishing of the ads.
Our report on the letter that appeared
in The United Labor Bulletin is that
your committee finds that Mr.. Conkle
has the letter in his possession. Also
that Mr.. Wilson was present at the time
that your committee read the letter and
he stated that 1t was fact that the let
ter had been received by him from H. b.
Sutton. while he (Mr. Wilson, was In
Oklahoma.
Respectfully submitted,
]. II. MITCHELL. Chairman
THoS. o. SPACEY. Sec'y.
PETER JOHNS.
ED. ]. POLLARD.
The report of the committee is clearly
IA whitewash II conveys to the dele
gates of the assembly no more informa-
tion than that already known by every
member OF Organized Labor conversant
with AFFAIRS of trade unions. The COM
mittee was so careful not to give any
facts to the assembly that the chairman,
j. II. Mitchell. asked the secretary OF the
assembly for the exact wording OF the
motion before the report was made to
the assembly. The committee merely
found out that the ad was published;
that Dave Gendron solicited the ad. and
that Editor Duce claimed all the respou-
sibility In order TO shield those believed
to be behind the paper.
The committee accepted as final the
statement of Editor Duce that the adj
solicited in Denver were sent BY mail
from Colorado Springs and that Mr.
Duce had only three days In which to
get the paper out and therefore could
not look into the character OF the adver-
tisements.
The United Labor Bulletin asks III
readers to refer to the report prfnte1l
above. and there will be noticed that the
ad OF the Old Homestead bakery was 10
licited May 4. 1912. and the paper CON
tanning the ad was published In sepfern.
Der. four months after the nd was taken.
1 IL the ad was not turned over 10 TN.
MANAGEMENT OF the paper for four
months after II was solicited. fhen tn
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