The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-08-17
STAYING ON THE JOB

= HAT WAS most gratifying action by the machnists
Il when they decided by overwhelming majority vote
TO stick to the job There isn't much difference morality
OF those who abandon machine which is being made to-
Kill Germans and those who abandon machine gun which is
killing Germans The seishness and cowardce greater in
those who abandon the gun being made rain of bullets and
impact of high explosives shakes the the strongest
weak man ought have foude enough to wait for govern
ment decision that will raise his pay.
There shouts Of Throw out" when certain
men protested against returning to work The accusation may
or not have been Justified There fanatics in selfish
ness well proGermans. But the suspicion pro-Ger-
manm be absent attempts cause strikes in
America, while there is war.
The American secret service has procured abundant evd
ence of German activity in this field
Some of the picture theatres have running series
of films dealing with the Secret Service and its exposures
Federal plots, In degree these pictures ancul the
plots described and the facts exhibited part
accurate anybody may know who will government lit
eraure recently issued
number of strikes attempted in Bridgeport were the d
rect result of German plotting Undoubtedly every labor
ganizaon contains of these sympahzers who
are only too anxious help the Faherand making trouble
in America
The unions contain another element which thinks itself
socialist but which is really proGerman individuals in this
group often unconsciously pro- German.
Modern socialism is the ougrowh of the economic
of Karl Marx Marx German revoluonist He detesed
the Kaiser and all his works Marks frequently
sound and what he wrote has profoundly influenced the
mic thought of the world.
The early socialists America nearly all Germans
The discipline of the Socialist party spirit Only
those who members of the party might participate
counses who paid dues Only due paying might
be nominated for office Any member elected public
must resign requested to do by the branch was
member. This discipline not without its main
tanning minority party but it Prussian in spirit
American in fact.
The socialist party in America before the had split
into three since the into four groups and this ca
catOn does not take account of minor differences.
groups existing before the the old Socialist Labor
party, the Social Democratic party and the l. w. w.
The Labor party wanted all nothing 1t repudiaed
or ameioration of social conditions fearing that would
be satisfied with their lots in life longer desire revo-
ton The Social Democrats opportunss willing to take
what could be had from time to time
The I. W. w. called Impossbiss by other socialists
frankly committed to policy of violence armed public
ence if that should be PRACTICAL the private violence of
and sabotage when secret methods necessary
The Fourth division into being after the The
American socialists those who believe America first left
the other socialist groups left because of the pro
cries, beliefs and practices of the other socialists.
In every labor organization today there groups of
adherens of all of these groups of socialists including
whose sympahies entirely German.
These have not been enough nor nfluen-
tal enough to stop production Bridgeport Organized
American in creed a'Nl American in action
II understands the Importance of industry war is de
termned that America shall suffer less from disturbed indus
try than other country Thus far America holds
for continuous industry America has had relatively fewer mer
out strike and has had less suspension of &C
count Of strikes.