El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-04

inE 20 lately. 1iawruss,' Abe
Potash said few days after the
police strike began. Former times
rca could always tell a typical Bos-
tonian bv The fact that he wore rub
ser tired spectacies with large
round lenses and carried a green
sszze bag which some said contained
books and otaer lunch. understand,
but nowadays it seems that the
typical Fostonian wears brass
i-nuckles instead Of eyeglasses. and
as for the green hsize bag. NaWruss,
an 81 has got IN 30 is qua assQrt-
ment Of safehloU er's supplies.
Every city has got the same
amount Of crooks in proportion TO
the regular population, Abe and the
Iacr that lueE are having Sc much
trouble IL Boston amt no proof that
Eustonians IS Worser than New York
ers, MOTIFS said 1t only means
thar the Boston police before they
went OF strike had the Boston crooks
scared INTO behaving themselves As
ls=TrarrE near as law abiding as New
YORK l5-hout one, which the way you
read 70 every day IN The papers where
AlElN afnen IS holding uD store
keepers IN New York, burglars is
eaurerluE stocks OF silk and ieWelry
md other more respectable people Is
snoorius and sta1bing each other
rIErl mere ln New YORK City. the only
tEinE that distinguishes the New
York police which IS supposed to be
on The 5ob from the Boston police
which IS supposed 10 be striking IS
drawing their salaries"
Police Always at War.
Gust the same. llaWruss. the fact
that New York crooks IS behaving
tnemsei yes ike there was a police
strike ID New York when there amt
= understand, IS no reason WHY the
Boston as metropolitan as New York
by gong on strike. understand me.
Abe said - policeman has got no
more right 90 strike than a soldier.
-iaWruss- which YOU can see for
lolrse-t IRON the way things is
going iu New York and Boston
LaWruss, the police force IS an army
Wricr is always at war against the
croozs 10 defend the law, amt g, anr
Hlcrerls New YORK the police arm1
ing iu this here defensive warfare.
the Boston army which was winning
TIE Right simply turned tan and run
away ln the race OF the enemy
But the american Federation Of
Labor claims that policemen has got
right II organize the same ike
railroad men, Abe. MOFris insisted.
Then 7 would only ask the amerl-
a
rion. A47FrEss. ABE saia Did the
employees O. the luterhorough Rapid
Transit company swear 60 uphold
she constitution and bylaws OF the
ln-er1orough Rapid Transit COM
pauTf ~ hen railroad men strike do
they break an oath or JUST con-
rraet- The difference between
policeman striking and a railroad
man striking Is the difference be-
tween e man not telling the truth ia
F." r o. re-
ing the truth in a courtroom The
ore thing is just lying. T'uuc erstanc-
lille the other is perjury and II the
American Federation Of Labor
makes ln such matters. there is
silently - non ull1n laborers IN Sing
sing and Atlanta who can.
Helping Crooks Not Police
Just The same, Abe, t looks Ike
the AIrerican Federation OF Labor
would be calling Eympa-hsric strikes
o. enough Unions IN Boston 10 help
out them striking policemen. Norris {
Maybe the federation would but
10 ANYBODY not q member OF anything T
hut the community. 1laWruss. Il locke Z
ike them sgmpatnstlc strikes would i
Re helping The crooks and not the ]
Police. and when q crook makes uu I
account the police Isl On strike. he
cler Investigates IN advance TO find
out whether OF not the householder
IS member OF auion in affiliatien
reith the American Federation OF
labor. Abe said IN the circum-
stances also that the Householder I
wakes up 10 find a burglar 81 his
rouu.- he needn't KID himself that he
IL going 20 nave time 70 show a
union card for the current month be-
fore the burglar empties a revolver
into him neither
The same statement also applies
t0 ricEu1czeEs. hiEhwaymeu and
sneak thieves 40 doubt such crooks {
IS gust SO much in favor OF a police
mans right 10 strike as the president
Of The aUcrican Federation Of Labor
llr1zel l-uore eVen-1ut they don't
feel that way because they are cranks
g bout the principle Of collective bar
eail5us and the g hour working
week The Consolidated Second
StcrTmel Of America. Local 10. l. is
stll pretty Tar IN the future. lfaw-
russ. because II there is anyone which !
believes more strongly IN indl- +
Tida1sism than q Standard OH mil I
J .cnaire. liaWruss, it's a burglar. /
9 ind ersland
Predicfa sympufhetic Fires.
Eor that matter. Abe. burglars I
q in the only strike breakers which f.
the American Federation amt reck- /
lued wiz There is g whole lor Of I
ether SO 70 speak scab elements "a /
8 -rlkes which not only does the /
federation not take into conslder1- |
zion but couldn't deal with effectively D