South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-20
HOUSE LIKELY
To STRIKE OUT
LABOR DRtF I
Morrison Asserts SlOeI Trust
and Fuel Company Are
Behind Thomas Amend
ment to Measure.
InternatiouaI News service

international News Service
WASHINGTON, Aus. 2V.-The
United States steel corporation ana
the Colorado Fuel company are be-
hind the proposed amendment 10
the new man power bin that would
draft striking wOrkmen in essential
Industries into military service,
Frank Morrison, secretary of the
American Federation of Labor,
charged this afternoon before the
house military affairs committee.
Morrison was equally liter in
his denunciation of the corporation
and the company as well as OF Sen.
Thomas of Colorado, the sponsor OF
the amendment. which was added
to the man power bill by the SEN
ate military affairs committee.
If this amendment should be-
come law" said Morrison iii
would simply furnish the unfair
employer with an unfair weapon
with which TO intimidate the en-
ploye
Organized abor has kept faith
with The government i'm the pledge
It made 10 do all in its power 10 help
win the war and it does not want
the atrociOus odmm of being brand
ed slackers east upon American
workmen as this amendment would
do.
Committee Against Il.
Members of the house military sf-
fairs committee before Mr.. MOrri-
son began 10 address them. stated
they they themselves saw no reason
why the amendment should be in
corporated i'm the man power bill,
especially since Secy Of War Baker
has said tho. the war department
did not regard IL as necessary.
Sen. Thomas admits the amend
ment is aimed at strikers, said
Morrison 1T is an attack upon the
loyalty of the American laboring
man which he resents and Is adOp-
ton would give our allies the i'm
preston that he is d Stacker
When the war was declared, %
continued Morrison. the laboring
man wanted 10 fight but the eNigen-
cies OF industry demanded that ne
CHA al al WI ~ iAN talN AiNA aoN
for labor Ills employer asked for
exemption.
sees COn~Criptiou OF Labor.
will the government become a
strike breaking agency believe
not for the government is CON
vinced OF the loyalty and seIf-sac-
rihce Of American labor There is
hardly an American workman who
does not believe he would be better
off in the trenches than i'm many
industries where he is underpaid
Who has asked for this con
scription Of labor Sen Thomas
action was prompted hy strikes in
Colorado-the strikes i'm Colorado
Fuel company has had-by the SteeI
trust
Drag the conspirators from
behind this amendment and YOU will
find the worst of war prodteers who
would delight i'm maIigning the
loyalty OF organized Ia Dor and hold
il up 10 the scorn Of the world. b"
Not Part OF Program.
The secretary of war has made
it clear that he doesn't consider the
amendment necessary and that 1t
is not a part OF the war depart
ments program. interposed Chair
man Dent of the committee. with
emphasis
The secretary Of war said he
regarded the amendment as most
Unfortunate. said Morris
There il no necessity for this
legislation. Labor is working not
Stacking
This amendment means the con
scription OF labor. II would cast a
reflection upon labor"
In my Judgment it il mighty
poor camouhage for what actual
4. amounts TO conscription or labor
remarked Eep. Dunn Of New York.
"l- would place i'm the hands OF the
employer q constant threat 10 WELD
against the employe IL would lead
- serfdom
DR. G.. r. Mann. formerly OF the
University Of Chicago. who is chair
man Of the educational advisory
board OF the war department. told
what was being done 20 combine
military and technical training i'm
special schools esta olished by the
war department
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