The Detroit times., 1915-07-02
Praises Labor Official
Assailed BY Younger
Rockefeller
"HE USES SHOVEL.
NOT KID GLOVES"
Secretary Wilson's As
sistant Here to Ad-
dress Gathering

Louis r. Post. assistant secretary
Of labor. doesn't share the opinioa
Of Frank p. Walsh. chairman Of the
federal commission on industrial re-
lations, which is held by John d.
Rockefeller, Jr. Mr.. Post, who
came to Detroit, Thursday morning.
in his chiefs place to address the
Association Of Governmental Labor
Onicials, In convention In the Hotel
Griswold, was reticent about the
Colorado situation. but he said that
Mr.. Walsh had shown himself Z
man who was not afraid to tackle
the problem with q shovel instead
of with kid gloves"
Neither does Mr.. Post agree with
the opinion OF most OF the newspa.
per editors" concerning Mr.. Bryan.
There never was any trouble ex-
cept what was manufactured BY the
newspaper editors" he said. refer
ring to the resignation OF the for
mer secretary Of state. THE news
paper men. most Of them, thought
that Bryan was quite right In q
good many ways. You're newspaper
men--do you get your news from
one another, or from your editors?
II you get 1t from your editors. you
haven't been long In the business"
Mr.. Post 10 a short man, with DR..
Carstens whiskers and mouse-col.
ored curly hair. He wears very
brilliant glasses, and these. with his
immaculate white vest, give him the
appearance of an Illumination, or q
celebration on small scale. He II
better known az editor of The Pub
lie, and writer ON single tax prob
|, Jams than he is a. assistant secre-
tary Of labor, where he. Ii over.
shadowed by his chief, w. b. Will
son. Ha ran for congress once In
New York on the labor ticket. for
attorney general OF the state on the
Greenback ticket, and for district
attorney Of New York on the labor
ticket, but never held, and In fact
did not expect ever to hold once
until he received his present ap-
pointment.
Mr.. Post explained TO the labor
commissioners the workings Of the
department Of labor. OF which Mr..
Wilson Is the first secretary.
THE department was created" he
said, ito foster and promote the well
fare Of the wage-earners. and to try
to advance their opportunities for
profitable employment The latter
ID the great underlying and overly.
ing purpose of the department.
There was some discussion In
the press over the fact that Presi.
dent Wilson appointed a labor man
AZ head Of the department. But the
head Of the department must have
the confidence Of the laboring peo-
pie. The department turns to or
ganized labor to learn the sentiment
OF the wage-earners of the United
States. We do this because we can
not learn the sentiment of morgan
lied labor. and we do not think that
the best place to find the sentiment
of the wage-earners Is among the
employing organizations.
THE secretary of labor came to
this country at the age OF nine. an
immigrant from Scotland. He be.
came breaker in the anthracite
region OF Pennsylvania. Then he
drove mules in the mines, and be.
came miners helper, and then a
miner. Being man Of thought and
feeling, II was not long before he
became blacklisted. and for 10 years
he was unable to find a place to
work In the mines. So he became
a farm hand, and then the purchaser
Of hillside farm. But he did not
lose his interest in the miners, and
became OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
International Mine Workers. He
was elected to congress. where he
spent six years, and was chairman
OF the labor committee OF the lower
house"
Mr.. Post then described tie work