The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-03-10

On this page we print the letter that
MIR. E. l.. Kitchens sent to the Building
Trades Council which was referred to
the editor of this paper whose answer
follows the letter
MIR. Kitchens considers Our criticism
of his actions in the Central Labor
Councll as an overt act, and when we
went into the zone that he has controlled
Tor SO many years, he proceeded to
submarine us with that letter.
Speaking of Kitchens reminds us that
Honest Matt Chaser a few years ago
conceived plan to make some money
Tor himself by importing H. Mackenzie
hing, well known hater of union labor,
INTO ONO III the interest of 'no-strike"
law. his sounded good, the law would
put a man IN Jail if he struck, and Matt
knew that the big manufacturers would
subscribe literally if he could show them
that labor would not fight the scheme
so he secured the cooperation of Z. L.
Kitchens, Frank Bell and John Albrecht.
and with this nucleus Matt began to
hustle and the coin began to come in.
lie collected two hundred from this fac
tory tor half-hour talk and one hun
dred from another for tifteen-minute
talk and SO on During the campaign
Matt gave banquet at the Sinton Hotel
and Kitchens was present as shown in
the illustration on this page, and with
the exception of three labor men. the
remainder are solidly for the destruc-
ton of llnionism
Naturally it would be supposed that
when such active and ardent workers
tor the great cause of labor, lent their
presence to such a momentous affair,
they would see to it that the organized
labor movement had some voice or part
in the proceedings. Let us take stock.
The printed matter on that occasion did
not carry the printers label; the bread
served did not carry the bakers label; !;
the walters who served the dishes did
not hold affiliation with the walters
union; in fact it can truthfully be said,
that organized labor was represented in
only one capacity, and that was by its
utter absence and utter elimination.
A word as to Mackenzie King. He
came from the Dominion of Canada,
whose whole population is less than that
contained in Greater New York, approx
imately some seven million souls, count
ing man, woman and child. Since that
auspicious occasion which introduced
MIR. King to his compatriots, he has en-
tered the service of John d. Rookie
feller. Organized labor the country over
knows the wonderful love that the West
crn Federation of Miners bear for the
great Rockefeller mining interests. Ask
your fellows how about the killing of
innocent women and children by hired
assassins in the mining regions con-
trolled by the Rockefeller interests Mr..
Mackenzie King had an ism and that
ism proved the open sesame to Sister"
Kitchens cupidity and delight in ap-
pearing among great men. 1t made
no difference whether it was scheme to
enslave labor or not it made no differ
ence whether organized labor had been
kicked out of any place upon the serv-
ing of that luncheon. Sister" Kitchens,
in race parlance, ran true to form"
1t was only little before the Central
Labor Councils election that "Sister"
Kitchens was reported as having said in
most impassioned preachment, at Cen
tral Labor Council, that he was born
under the British flag, but his heart and
soul was with the Germans. This may
be true, but would it have hurt anyone
had he said that he was an American
citizen by naturalization would it have
hurt had he informed the delegates pres
ent, that the only kind of ism he believed
in was Americanism? No, it would not,
but that word was too big for him, for
it is said, that some blue nosers," still
have confidence in their mother country
AT the present time there is coterie
of men in this country who are doing
their level best to embarrass this gov
ernment in its dealing with the beliger-
ent governments of Europe. When
Sister" Kitchens made that alleged
statement that he was for Germany
he was running true to form again.
as he is taking great interest in the
American Union Against Militarism
another coterie of gentlemen who are
collecting funds for the purpose of con-
vincing this country that it should
abandon its rights.
The organized labor movement of the
United States is with President Wilson,
and if Sister" Kitchens wants to "scab"
the Job again he will not detract at all
from the attitude taken by him upon any
momentous question which has caledl
forth his preahments in the past.