Evening journal., 1919-01-01
NOW COMES THE SOLDIERS INNING.

N EPORTS from the western sections OF the United
N states as well from British Columbia show very
pronounced determination the part OF returned soldiers
not TO have anything to do with those citizens Of the
United states and Canada who adopted hlndering and
hampering policies during tho The soldiers will
take chance Of becoming in any way allied with the
"slackers" or worse
From British Columbia comes the report Of studied
efforts the part Of labor leaders to bring about
approachment between the returned soldier and the
union man." Labor leaders IL Is asserted recognize the
influence the returned soldier to WELD in business and
politics in the future and they anxious 20 associate
him with them. Their extreme in making an
early connection has apparently had the opposite effect
TO that intended and has made the soldier hestant and
cautious In fact reports that reach the National Capital
show that the soldiers have made very definitely clear
That they will not have anything to do with any ind-
vduals organizations that either directly in
directly in sympathy with the !. w. W. movement, with
the American BoIsheyik the Socialists, pro-German
influences
"The soldiers do not forget" says report, that
these union men, only few months ago. when the allied
war effort was at It's greatest declared in favor of
Neutrality-suspicious. strike in order to show sympathy with
alleged draft cvador"
Apparently The attitude Of the returned soldiers is
not OF opposition 10 labor unions and their legit-
mate purposes, but to the manner in which the power
Of the unions was exercised when the nation was in
peril and the means the union leaders were sometimes
though injury might result TO the allied cause
An Instance OF this was shown in the threatened
strike protest against the execution Mooney who
had been convicted Of bombing preparedness parade
The returned soldiers do not TO have any objection
to the labor unions expressing their opinion regarding
the merits Of the Mooney using any proper means
Of securing change Of the sentence But they do feel
that wholly unwarranted and reasonable policy was
adopted when 1t was proposed to call general strike
thus holding up war work and perhaps causing the loss
Of thousands OF soldiers In in order to try
TO save one convicted man here in America. Naturally
the soldiers who the firing line over there do
not see how the end can possibly justify the means
And the same frame Of mind is said 10 exist among
soldiers in their attitude toward Others than labor union
leaders who the national welfare secondary consid
eraton There instances Of shlpyard workers who
loafed the jobof cantonment workers who were so
laggard that four scarcely did the work one man
would ordinarily doof bolermakers who took Saturday
half-hodays the protests Of employers who knew
how important IL was TO speed up the work
Now that the war over all these classes Of people
are anxious to ally themselves with the men who went
over the top in the face Of the whitening machne-en
fire Of the relentless Hun. The overtures however win
apparently fail unless the organizations seeking such
alliance can show clean record OF patriotic service
Throwing out The l. w w and Bolshevik element now
will apparently not be accepted atonement for keep
ing them in at the time when they could do the damage
to the allied cause In their attitude toward the slackers
the American and Canadian soldiers are in compete ac
cord.