The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-09
A STRIKE THAT IS WRONG

company who are trying to impede production of the Browning machine gun most of them good Americans socialists who act from habit because they accustomed themselves to believe that the working class has interest The lesson of Russia has taught them nothing They have acquired hab which they cannot throw off Some advenurers men who had as soon rest teW days not who connection between strike in munitions plant and American armies in France Some are union who have accustomed themselves to obey the or ders leaders, though they do not sympahize with these orders Perhaps the larger number of the Remington of this sort Some two with cray ing for publicity with swollen who would rather see the world flames, than themselves unimportant.
 of these intend be disoya but their act is dis loyal The Browning machine gun exceedingly important part of preparation.
 Scarcely report France that does not tell of destroyed and of retreats compelled because machine gun has overheated jammed The Browning will do away with those faults The American troops armed with the Browning gun will be safer braver better equipped for vic tory
 The men in the trenches are for most part, workers America nation of workers When reference IS made to American people, those referred to chiefly workers
 The strike at the Remington Arms company intensely opposed by the American people, It has not their support Public opinion behind it. The who has flag in his window upon which there is star two three stars knows what He knows almost first hand His son tells him, what is happening there.
 Very easy it is to speak gby 'of brothers in the trenches who endure all things while very very few of the home, who true brothers rebel at trvaes of the
 little while back an unnecessary strike begun in the
 
 increases of OO announced today retroactive to the period of the dispute.
 The action of the government would been one whit different had there strike The proof ing.
 Within the government announced $35O OOO- 900 wage railroad men, also retroactive to the date of the wage dispute. There strike.
 Instances may be multiplied indefinitely. The railroad too well ed to intelligent to stand in the way of tory Their need of wages just and pressng but weighed against the at the was less
  the government to the lynch law justice they might pro- cured for themselves by stopping transport in the United States
 Mr. Gompers and tie other great labor leaders of Amer ic have defined the policy of labor Only last resort the of grevous wrong which will not be reced is the strike ustifiahe, while there is
 the socialist always acouesced this program These leaders have split their party They have destroyed what had aborousy the theories of Marx The great American leaders of socialism have left the party deemlng its present leaders untrue to Marx and to socialism.
 Marx revolutonis He was driven out of Germany by the revolution of 8f8 Of all institutions the world deested German imperialism alive today would cry shame upon socialists who directly indirectly would set the heel of Pussan imperialism upon the neck of ica.
 Such i'll considered manifestations as that at the in another way.
 Since every class of fights the war every class has the stake of life and limb the Every thoughtful man desires to limit the fighting to end it possible He wants early victory acquired by the speedy massng sources in rifles morars machine guns aeropanes anad all necessary commodities.
 Every intelligent wants early victory, for selfish and unseish He wants to end for mankind for the preservation of Americans by his He wants end before himself and all who have not been called.
 The of the day that in Austro Hungary they have called out every male between ages S to 53 this city sh males ages IS to 45 subject to service in the British army American wants to win the before the call goes here did in the South during the Civil war; able bodied males, ages Is to 5S
 he which has hatIoc labor feels that most of the out of the Remng ton Arms plant will how mistaken their position and feels certain that considerable of Bridgeport workers buyers of Liberty bonds thrift stamps don the Red Cross thousands of whom the sons will support this mistaken unfortunate and dsoya strike