The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-02-25
SEN. M'CUMBER
URGES DRAFTING
OF LABOR IN j. S.
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/ 100000 tons OF shipping, the Senator
! declared. 1t Is up to America to con
struct no less than 15.OOO.OOO tons of
new shipping for all purposes, he de-
clared.
The Senator began with a brief re-
view of the conduct of the Russian
| Bolsheviki, whom he accused of "the
most damnsble treachery and the
. blacklist treason"
with this spectacle OF national i'm
1 potency and disgrace before US, and
enlightened by the appalling condi-
ton in our shipyards, is IL not about
time we were turning our attention to
the Bolshevik doctrine OF those in
our own country who are paralyzing
the arms of the Government and i'm
| periling the lives OF our soldiers in
France?" asked Senator McCumber.
Reads Labor Speeches.
The Senator read extracts from re-
cent speeches of labor leaders to
prove his charge that they entertain
BaIshevik sentiments. I'VE have
seen the effect OF the Bolshevik gov
eminent in Russia" he continued.
so. too, we have seen the effect of
THIS bOlSneklh sentiment MORE sun
more. always more regardless OF
justice, regardless OF patriotic duty.
in the shameful delay in ship con-
struction on which the very life OF a
great world principle depends.
Drunken with power. sweIled with
Importance, guided by no standard
but that Of more and more and still
more, we are told that all munitions
plants, every line of industry upon
which the life OF the Government de-
Ponds, will soon be reduced to the
same condition OF impotency as the
shipbuilding program OF today.
THE time has arrived for the
American people to accept this chal-
lenge. and to answer the boast that
any organization in time OF desperate
war needs can throttle our energies
and destroy our power. We are a
patient people. We wait for those in
power to meet a situation. But when !
they fail through cowardice or Rbject
surrender to a great wrong, we find
means to meet the situation. Nine
tenths of the people OF the United |
States are not going TO have the cOun- /
try held up by the other one tenth.
This country IL not Russia. and be-
fore we get through with those who /.
are preaching the Bolshevik doctrine !
IN llllS EOuHll DtlOlt We dl4ON AIl5
country to be disgraced and dishon-
ored for all time: before we. like |
Russia. shall betrsy our allies and our |
cause, these nine-tenths Of the Ameri- |
can people will be heard from.
Not Conaned.
while this Bolsheviki cancer, |
which is sapping our strength and |
jeopardizing our safety, is not con-
fined TO any one class. II nevertheless |
manifests itself In It's most malignant !
form In supply profiteering and in |
labor prOfiteering in our ship yards"
Here the Senator went after the Hog |
Island shIpyard exposures.
Hog Island has added a new glory !
to It's name" he said. Everything /
connected with this shipyard, from |
the time OF the purchase OF the land |
on which II is located, down to the |
present day. has eKemplified in the /
superlative degree the hog nature OF
man.
The Hog Island carnival OF waste |
and extravaganza is not an Isolated /
case. Like conditions prevail through
out the country where speeding up |
production has become necessary.
Contracts OF the most atrociOus char
acter, always against the Government.
hhNo DttH " n ny government
officials"
Life Depends on ships.
Senator McCumber declared that
the very life OF the cause depends
upon ship construction. Now what
is labor unionism doing to help that
cause?" he demanded. Not what Mr..
Gompers is doing. We know what
he Is attempting to do-eveTything in
his power to keep labor organizations
loyal to the interests OF the Govern
ment. But what is labor unionism
doing in the battle? In our shipyards |
1t Is Stacking in a most shameful and |
disgraceful manner"
The Senator said he had heard that |
close TO 66 per cent of shipyard work
ers were of foreign birth. 81 might |
find some little excuse for their in
difference" he said. but cannot see
how any American, or any person |
whose nation is in alliance with US in >