Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-21
Representatives of Organ
lied and Unorganized
Workers Heard.
ALIONAIRE HOBO"
WARNS CONGRESS
Declares IL Guns Are Placed in Hands
Of Workers They Will Be Turned
Against Government - Joseph Can.
non Predicts SeIective Draft and
Higher Food Prices Will Lead 10
Riots and Bloodshed,

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administration army bill providing for
selective conscription began in the sen-
ate today with friends and opponents
lining up for the impending fight over
the draft and volunteer systems. Ad-
minlstration leaders were confident
that the draft plan would pass with a
safe majority.
Ihe military COMMITTEES. voting to re-
port the bill to the SENATE stood 10 to
In favor of the selective draft systam.
The first real contest In the senate
was expected to come over efforts To
amend the bill by adding a provision
authorizing a call for volunteers. Sena-
tor Mckellar, of Tennessee, whoss
amendment was defeated in commit.
tee was ready to present it on the floor
Of the senate.
In the house the military COMMITTEES
met today to approve the majority
substitute which provides that the vol
unteer system shall be given a trial
before the draft is resorted to.
Labor Leaders Psssirnistie.
Pacifists. conscientious objectors and
representatives Of unorganixed workers
appeared today before tho senate COM
mittee. James Eads Howe, Of ST.
Louis. known az the ..mfilionAars hobo.
speaking for unorganized workers, said
he believed II guns were put In their
hands they would use them against the
government. Joseph Cannon, labor
organizer. predicted that the selective
draft and higher prices Of food would
lead to riots and that blood will flow
in the streets"
Mrs. w. I. Thomas. of Chicago, ex-
ecutive secretary OF the Women's In
ternational Peace Party. characterized
the war az an alliance between Lom-
bard and Wall streets.
Grant Hamilton. Of the American
Federation of Labor, said labor stands
solidly against conscription.
Argentina Riots Unimportant.
The Importance of anti German
roting in Argentina is minimized in a
report from American Ambassador
Stimson.
In the rioting Of April IA, Mr.. Stim-
son reports a few windows in the
building where q German newspaper
was printed were broken. One German
ship was attacked. A counter demon
stration on the next night was less inn
portant. meeting by the patriotic
committee" was called for the night of
April 40 and another meeting for
prominent people had been called for
April %.
1t was said at the state department
today that the government was without
information Of the reported rioting in
Brazil or the clashes between the Bra
zilians and German colonists in the
southern part Of that country.
House Bill Reported.
The bill. including the volunteer
amendment. was ordered favorably re-
ported to the house today by the mill
tary committee by vote of 12 to s.
Consideration in the house will begin
Monday with prospects Of vote prob
ably Wednesday night or Thursday.
Representative Kahn, OF California,
republican. will have charge OF the ad-
mnistration fight for the selective
draft, while Chairman Dent, in charge
of the whole bill, will lead the fight
for the volunteer amendment.
Members outside the committee are
talking about the possibility Of COM
promise A plan laid before the COM
mittee members proposed to admit vol-
unteering for thirty days after the
passage of the bill with authority to
the president in the meanwhile to au-
thortze the machinery for the selective
draft to be ordered at the expiration OF
thirty days
It is said that In this plan no time
will be lost as the members OF tie COM
mittee say 1t will take three months
to get the machinery ready for se-
lcctiye draft,