Denver labor bulletin., 1918-05-11
FATE OF |. W. w. MEMBERS A PROBLEM
THAT MUST BE SOLVED VERY SOON
How Outlaw the Wabbes Organized Body Leaves
Migratory Workers and Unskied Labor Most
Whom Have Been Innocent Dupes, To Be
Taken Care of by A. F. L

and even central labor bodies at va
rious points?
A pamphlet containing statements
by such men as George P. West, John
Fitch, John Graham Brooks, the late
Prof. Carlston Parker, Robert Bruere
and the Presidents mediation COM
mission, dealing with this problem of
the l. w. W., has just been issued by
the national civil liberties bureau, at
70 Fifth avenue, New York City. In
view of the Senate committees re-
gives an interesting light on one of
the big questions of organization that
may come up to the st. Paul conven-
tion of the A. F. of L.
Batting Secretary Wilson.
Senator Fall of New Mexico, as
sailing the plan to have the munition
workers housing act administered by
the secretary of labor, was angrily
commenting upon the secretary Tues
day afternoon.
He has not only declared" said
Fall, that the one great duty of his
office as secretary of labor was me-
diation and conciliation between en-
ployers and employees, but that me-
diation and conciliation meant dealing
with men collectively, and dealing
collectively meant that they must be
unionized."
Senator Thomas of Colorado, in
terrupting, suggested: eff that is the
case, does not the senator think that
Mr.. Wilson is secretary of union labor
rather than secretary of labor?"
Fall agreed with him. Then Sen
ator Gallinger joined in with a COM
plant that Secretary Wilson always
recognized union labor exclusively,
when making speeches to working
men.
They are trying to "get" W. B.
"get" Secretary of War Baker, and
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, as a
preliminary to getting" President
Wilson himself-that is, to undermine
public faith in his democratic tenden-
cies.
Free to Shape Destiny.
McAdoo continues to bring joy to
the hearts of plain folks in America
by his development of the government
operation of railroads. The wage
award will probably be announced at
about the time these words are in
print, but even now the men who work
in the railroad industry know that
they are on the road to emancipa-
ton forever from the old terrorist
conditions. The Machinists' Monthly
Journal for April exults over the new
regime, and quotes McAdoo's order
of non-discrimination as "a proclama-
tion of emancipation to thousands of
railroad workers who are now free
free to join their fellow workers in
shaping their own destiny"
The same journal looks ahead, and
e
have it in their power to establish
and the signs of the times are that
this power will be exercised in the
very near future.
mo doubt the question of govern
ment ownership will play most i'm
portant part in the coming congress
sional elections. Let the people speak
out; let them put all the candidates
on record and elect only those who
pledge themselves to support and vote
for complete government ownership
Sue for Short Payment.
The United States bureau of stand
ards has discovered that the mine
scales at the Consolidated coal mine
in Eastern Maryland have been only
$40 pounds "off" for long period
of years. The union was weak. David
j. Lewis was one of the miners. Now
the United Mine Workers general
executive board is preparing to sue
for recovery of something like $780,
900 in short payment and accrued in
terest, covering twenty years of this
wrong against the miners of the one
place. A great many of those whose
small earnings were taken from them
by these crooked scales have died
| after years of pleading with the COM
pany for a square deal.