The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-09
WHERE IS MR.. GOMPERS'
Reflections Inspired By the Varied Ac-
tiyitles Of Frank r. walsh.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Str. THIS
oflcial organ Of the Industrial Workers
OF tho World. Solidarity, Of the date OF
July 81. 1915. contains a signed article
by Frank +. Walsh, chairman of the
late United States Commission on In
dustrial Relations, entitled my impress
sions OF the Witnesses and Their Tes-
timony." The opening paragraph reads
rs follows:
Among the thousand witnesses VINO have
appeared before the commission two stand
out prominently before my mind's eye.
One Ia william d. Haywood, che rugged
intellectual. with his facility Of phrssins.
his marvellous memory and his ~sngularly
clear and apt method OF illustration. The
other II George II. Speed. who spoke Of
the aims OF the I. w. w. and the woes Of
the itinerant worker while before the com
mission In San Francisco.
Referring In another paragraph TO
the marvellous testimony of Haywood.
Mr.. Walsh Gays:
Haywood testified before the commission
for about three hours. There
lowed from him q constant stream OF
philosophy: coolly and calmly he went
through an ordeal that few men could
withstand without breaking: patient under
q cross FIRE OF questions, gentle under an
ehAiiiluhtiou "nit 0VhknN " pAN " 10"
In On organizatson which Is eauivaien:
TO his soul. Haywood. Of oourse. was
fortified by a lifetime Of study: by years
~ association with thinkers. by the brac-
Ing Of long period of initiatory labore.
by countless and By an ease
peculiar to speakers alone.
This article throws a side light on
many things which have bafIed students
of labor matters but Just how this ad-
mirer OF Colonel BIZ Haywood" should
have so pulled the wool over the eyes OF
James O'Connell and John y. Lennon.
admirers of Samuel Gompers. that they
would tie up" with him and sign this
/. W. W. report has been a mystery.
There were many other supposedly brill
liant labor men who testified before the
Walsh commission besides MeSrs. Hay
wood and Speed. notably Samuel Com
pers. John Mitchell and Warren $. stone,
but according TO Mr.. Walsh himself II
| was Bill Haywood who was the bright
| particular star Of them all.
Speaking of Mr.. Walsh and his anec-
| ton for the l. W. W raises the question
of his new activities In Washington.
| Just where does he At IN when IL comes
to taking charge OF Federal labor 'legis-
lation? What 10 the Gomperr legislative
| committee for and the legislative COM
mittees OF the various railway brother
! hoods: Have they turned over their
functions 20 Professor Walsh and his
coterie of hired dependents?
II IL not difficult 70 understand why
Mr.. Walsh. being a lawyer n wanting
clients. IL strong for the unions. Some
body had to succeed Clarence s. Oar
| row, whose effectiveness was much Inn
paired by his troubles In the Mcnamara
investigations. Why not Walsh" And
he has started in early. He Is TOW tho
| attorney for the United Mine Workers
Of America In a case in Kansas city. In
which Meesrs. Howat and Holt, the
president and secretary respectively of
the district OF the United Mine Workers
which cover nj and Missouri. are
suing n Mr.. Keith. president of the coal
operators association. for libel.
Blu to bark back TO Washington. Arc
| the leaders OF the American Federation
Of Labor and the railway brotherhood
going 10 bow down 10 this new aspiran'
IL the Walsh political machine 70 he
the Trojan horse by mean Of which
that INA r~rellous" statesman Ri Hay
wood Is TO reach control OF the labor
movement in This country, or IL II simply
y political game 10 help him get INTO ~"
! United states Senate from tn" state Of
| Missouri
Speak M. samuel Gomperr' We have
followed you all these years. but VI
cannot 50 suddenly transfer our allie
glance to the Jumping Jack Of Kansas
city. AN Ex-TRApE CNloNlST.
CHICAGO. January I.