Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1913-08-07
CAPITAL ENGAGED
IN FINISH FIGHT
ON LABOR UNIONS
Emery, Council for N. A. NJ,
Admits Trying to influence
Appointment of Com
mittees.
WOULD CRUSH UNIONISM
Nation Wide Campaign for
"Open Shop"
Wrote He Feared Secre-
tary Wilson-Mulhall
Rests.


Washington. Aug. FLAMES A. En-
cry, Washington representative of the
National Association of Manufacturers,
appeared today before the Senate lobby
committee to tell the organizations
side of the story that Martin M. Null
hall began. Emery was examined first
by Robert McCarter, attorney for the
associa tion.
Attorney McCarter announced he in
tended to show that the National As
sociation of Manufacturers had only
been opposing the work of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor, taking the
opposite view" on most subjects of
legislation.
I'VE are going to investigate the
American Federation of Labor, too,'
said Senator Walsh.
Senator Reed observed that his idea
of the duty of the committee was to
establish the truth or falsity OF the
Mulhall letters
Emery testified he had been national
counsel for the manufacturers since
1907 and for the National Council for
Industrial Defense since 1908 The
council, he explained. was the natural
,outgrowth of the desire of employers OF
labor to form some national organlza
tion that might be able TO do for them
what the united labor organizations
wished to do for labor. Broadly speak
ing, he said the main idea was to fight
for the s'open shop" instead of the
unionized shop. for which labor con-
tended
Emery testified that in August. 1907,
Cleave, then president of the manu-
facturers' association. representatives
of IA employing associations met IN
New York and laid plans that resulted
in the formation of the Council for IN.
dustrial Defense
ings that Van Cleave and other off,
cials lust formed the council. q paper
organization and elected themselves Of
ficers.
Extent of Efforts.
From attempts to influence the selec-
tion of labor and judiciary committees
Of the House. the discussions of the
possibility of coupling currency ieglSla-
ton with the tariff bill at the present
session of congress, from conversations
with Majority Leader Oscar Under
wood of the house to letters and tele
grams to President Wilson and Taft.
the correspondence covered every field
of public policy and legislative pfac-
tive. Frankly and quietly. Emery, on
the stand, acknowledged that he had
recommended contribution OF $50O 70
oppose Representative Buchanan nf
Illinois. for recollection, and told of per-
sonal interviews with leaders and mem
bers of congress in his attempts to In
fluence the naming Of committees or to
prevent the enactment of legislation
urged by organized labor. The cor
respondence suggested bitter feud be-
tween the National Association Of
Manufacturers and the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor in an attempt to Sc.
cure control of the legislative agencies
of the government. Discussing the re-
cent sundry civil bill with its provis-
ions prohibiting the expenditure of
certain funds for the prosecution of
farmers and labor unions under the
Sherman law. Emery wrote to Presi-
dent John Kirby. jr.. of the association,
on March Z. 1913. after President Taft
had vetoed the bill:
Feared Labor Department.
81 want to emphasize as hard as
can the Importance of lining up for
tremendous demonstration when this
bill reaches President Wilson as 1t un-
doubtedly will. with the same pro-
visions in 1t. You will then have an
early opportunity to decide whether the
glittering democratic motto Equal
rights for all and special privileges for
; none means anything, or whether the
administration has surrendered COM
pletely or will merely turn over the
department of labor.
Kirby forwarded to Emery a series of
letters between William De Herlbefn
Washington. of New York City. and A.
B. Farquhar, manufacturer of York,
Pa. and director of the National As
sociation of Manufacturers. Washing
ton told Farquhar in letter dated
January 6, 1913, that lie "had recently
do a
with the president elect" and was sat
isfied that the tariff would be taken up
at the present session He proposed
that currency reform be coupled with
the tariff. at the present session of con-
gress and asked the support of the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers for
that proposition. Both Farquhar and
Kirby in letters endorsed his proposal.
They Like Underwood.
In letter TO Daniel Davenport. of
Bridgeport. Conn. in March, 1911,
Emery told of interviews with Mr..
Kirby and Majority Leader Underwood
on the organization of the committees
in the new democratic house.
I'VE kept the south pretty busy
pounding the committee on committees
for the past two weeks" he wrote.
.Mr. Kirby was here Thursday and we
mad long and frank talk-with Oscar
Underwood who is n decent, level
nGaueQ, COIiSCi-HGllN Tcdlly peHcNe
now he will have fairly conservative
Judiciary committee, as good as we
could expect from your democrat
brethren. but we arc undoubtedly going
to have q bad labor committee. Under
wood has told me frankly that it8does
not please him and undoubtedly would
not please ,;s. He says 1t is the result
of compromises that have been made
necessary by Internal dissension and
when he is frank enough to say that
1t wont please him. I can imagine how
1t wil! :.tr.ke .ou.
RECESS FOR HOUSE.
Washington, Aug. Determination
Of Martin NJ M:,Ihall, self-styled lob
byis., ef tho National Association of
Manu-. I: t;rc.s. was postponed today
by sf... .Iouse ;oi1bg committee until
Eoa1ay. y. the rcuuest Of Mulhall,