The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1919-06-27
BLANTON AGAIN


Texas made a speech the other day
in the House in which he demonstrat-
ed beyond dispute that he has learned
nothing since he came to public at
tention a few weeks ago
Tom Blanton now says that the
anarchists find harbor and succor
and protection in the labor unions of
the United States" The Texas rep
resentative said that although the
American labor movement had within
it men of "anarchistic tendencies"
there were thousands of loyal Ameri-
cans and "even congressman" who be-
long to the trade unions. Just what
Blanton is driving at is not clear.
Since only few weeks ago he declar-
ed that the labor movement was a
menace to the country, it may be
surmised that friendship for the la
Dor movement is not one of his mo-
tivese at the present time.
The Texas fire eater, in his most
recent outbreak, laid almost all of his
emphasis upon the declaration that
anarchists find safety and protection
in unions. If this means anything, it
very clearly means that it is Blantons
opinion that the trade unions of
America knowingly shelter and pro-
tect those whose philosophy contemp-
lates the destruction of American
democracy.
Tom Blanton, on the floor of the
House, gave warning" tnat President
Gompers should purge" the unions
of anarchy.
He went on to say
~ have warned Congress hereto
fore that no matter how many good
linen there are in the unions, the fact
remains that it is in the unions of this
country, among organized labor, that
anarchists find harbor and succor and
protection"
While there may be, here and there
in the trade union movement, persons
of anarchistic belief or tendency, te
say that the American labor move.
ment knowingly shelters and protects
those who destroy the institutions o1
the country, is slander made either ir
ignorance or in malice
Pending further evidence. we vii
allow Tom Blanton himself to select
the classification under which he
should be known.
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OF course the water power avail
bale at the Rockdale dam with which
electric current could have been made
at a very low cost and which was sug.
gested several times by The Press
was not good enough for Hamilton
but is being considered as mighty
good proposition by a large steel con.
Germ. Sure it wouldn't do for Hamil.
ton, we might get our lighting toe
cheap.
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| With all their faults we have tc
take our hats off to the Germans as
beer makers and the more German
they are it seems the better the beer
Is it to be wondered at then that the
near beer the Mason Brewing Com
pany is distributing is so popular
with Brewmaster in charge whose
name is Rudolph Spitznagle? Acf
du lieber.
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Don't be surprised some of these
days if you pick up newspaper and
read an article something like this;
Japan has been preparing for this
the past fifty years"
80 m 10 ~ "a
Insertion of the international labor
pact in the proposed treaty of peace is
a long step forward on the part OF
the leading nations of the world La
Dor is to reap a part of the reward
coming from victory that it helped
so much to win. 1t means new day
for Labor in America and throughout
the world; for the first time in the
history of the world labor receives
uellHlIe recognition III treaty among
great powers.
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Yes, things are quiet in political
way but don't you think for minute
brother that there isn't much pussy
footing around the edges being done
these days. Just wait until the Glor-