The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-08-16
ARIZONA BoLsHEvIsM.

That was a fine exhibition of intolerance, the resolution introduced by Delegate Vargas, of Clifton, in the convention of the State Fed eration of Labor at Globe, for the expulsion of any member of organized labor who should talk in favor of the proposed workmen's com pensation act. Delegate Vargas, we judge from his name to be of Mexican extraction and no doubt he harbors those views of democracy which prevail in Mexico. He favors the great est freedom of speech and action by those who have the power who are in the majority, who are in control The minority in the Mexican System of democracy is to be muzzled and SUD- pressed.
 That the resolution was killed IS credltable to the convention, but it is not creditable to the membership that it took long debate to ac complish the death of such resolution. Senor Vargas came into some prominence ln the Clifton strike of three years ago and since then his voice has been heard in the land al most continuously.
 Such resolution as offered by Senor Vargas, if made effective, would split organlz- ed labor in organized Arizona. It would ex- cIude such men as Senator Mahoney, of Mo have county, genuine worker with hand and brain. friend of organized labor for labor's sake and not for revenue-the pitance for which the labor agitator struggles by day and schemes by night. Such resolution would ex- clude John l.. Donnelly practical miner and formerly president of the state federation. It would also exclude Jack Moore, of Tucson, for years representative of the l. T. U.
 Such resolution, though, would have the cordial support of labor agitators, every man who is in the labor game for the revenue to be derived from assessments of the membership of organized labor, and whose position as agita- tor IS threatened with insecurity by whatever tends to establish amicable relations between enploye and employer
 It would also have the hearty support of politicians who find it to their advantage to use organized labor, now as tool and now as a club. These politicians are solidly against the proposed law.
 Such resolution also would have the SUD- port of every ambulance chasing" lawyer in the state These are the elements which back ed the Mexican democratic resolution of Senor Vargas.
 The principle embodied in this resolution is the serious thing. It is not alone that the res olution is aimed at the workmen's compensa- ton measure. If it went only to that it could not do great harm. But if it were applied to that it could be applied to any other question of policy and could be used for the suppress sion the destruction of minorities the closing of the mouth of the minority against any measure for which scheming leaders could a majority.
 It would bring about the certain destruc- tion of organized labor shall see. In this case, it would have left, we shall say, only a majority. The majority would then be all that remained of organized labor Some other question would then come up which would have the approval of a majority of the remain ing majority The minority of this majority would then be subject to expulsion for oppos- ing the majority. And on, organized labor would be sloughed off by expulsion until there should remain nobody but Senor Vargas and an association of agitators who could not long survive the salaries raised by assessments of themselves.
 We do not suppose SenOr Vargas looked so far ahead as to see the suicide he plan ming. It was just such resolution the Bolsheviki would favor. It is of piece with the acts by which they have destroyed Russia. --Phonix Republican.