The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-07

ANOTHER SOCIALIST STAB IN THE BACK.
Samuel Gompers, who shamefuly insulted last
the convention of Mine Workers. does not pro-
pose permit the Socialists get with their at
tacks upon the trade union movement without striking
back In the current issue of the "American Fedora
zionist" MI Gompers gives the New York CALL the So
daily paper that city, tit for tat account OF
that papers exhultation abors fight for life IN
congress. He says:
"of all the press comments upon our editorial
entitled Antitrust Law and Labor, in which voiced
Labor's demand for enactment by congress OF law
to the lawful and normal rights of the toiers
showed such hostile animus such real JOY at
the impending menace to organized labor as did the
Socialist paper the New York Call. Needless to say
the comment made up wholly OF perverson and
Misrepresentation proceeding probably justified by
papers avowed ethical standard, Cali fair in war;
Call asserts that the attacks organized labor
are due failure to adopt aggressive policy and
failure leaves it helpless under the lombard
of capitalism 1t furthermore asserts that organ
lied labor makes effort to capture, control or use
the lawmakng and Notwithstanding powers.
"Can any person who knows anything of current
happenings present political forces make such
assertions in good faith? Is it not matter of COM
information that the American Federation of La
Dor has, since 1906 been positive aggressive force in
national and state politics. using its influence to elect
those in of the interests of the working people
to defeat it's enemies? Are not the increasing num-
Der of better labor laws and their better
proof of the Influence that labor has welded? What
the Socialists point to the result of their ag-
gressive'' "ofensive' policy? What single
thing the party accomplished for the beterment of
the toilers?
'The Socialist party appointed committee to in
vcstigate the miners strike in West Virginia. That
committee after much noise and talking of high IDEALS
made report whitewashing the so-called agents of
ita1ic for tho ifa1i
committee to reveal the disagreement by the agents
of the interests and for the trade union policy and &C.
tvity effect agreement the miners, removing
many of the evils and securing better conditions.
'"The New York Call claims that organized labor
would bombarded and hammered by Capitalism"
if it assumed "aggressve' policy. Is such deduc
ton logical? Would the employers the interests take
notice of our existence if they did not recognize
labors present power? Would they waste money and
effort in fighting labor it not forcing them
to better terms and conditions for the work
ers? Do the militant employers organizations attack
the Socialist party? Why they not making that
party flight for it's exstence?" Because they and
erybody else that the Socialist party is real
the order of thingsthat the Social
list party will do nothing offensive defensive
than talk of and vote for the dm distant future Is
that aggressiveness, forsooth?
What constructive program, what offensive pol
icy, have the New York Call and the Socialist party to
offer TO the Danbury hatters and to the miners Of West
Virginia and Colorado; aye, for the workers in the
sweated trades? Forsooth they the toilers
to the polls and vote the Socialist ticket And then
what? Wait until another year has passed and then
do the same thing again. And then the next year-and
the nextand the next-and on, daily travelling the
path nowhere and in the meantime permitting
conditions to be imposed the toilers What
spraon that program must be for workmen threatened
now with loss OF homes liberty What faith and
credulity necessary to continuous devotion such
policy ". - .=-.6s
zone point must not be Observation-Disclosures it
is direct attention this proposed Offensive
constructive program: What line of action is advo
Gated? Why, vote-yea verify, and then vote again
early often, alwaysin fact, nothing but vote
Cor the Socialist party What will happen Socialist
is finally voted into power? Take thought
Of consequencesit does not happen often Once since
the Socialist party has been in existence has
members been elected to congress- he served
Occasionally he talked and sometimes he mentioned the
cooperative commonwealth and all Of that Occasion
ally he voted, when personal affairs did his
attention One vote he is very Interesting
necon with the present matter. The Sundry Civil Ap-
preparation law contained amendment providing that
appropriated should not be used prosecute the
labor organizations individuals for entering any
binaon agreement having In view the increasing
Of the shortening of hours lettering the
of labor for done in furtherance
Df not in itself unlawful q That bill with proyiso
passed BY ptalistic congress but vetoed by
President Taft because that amendments
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