Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-21
SENATORS AMAZED
AT DISCLOSURES OF
LAWYER WITNESS
Jacob Margolis Gives Star
Ting Evidence Before In
vestigating Committee.
ATTEMPT TO ORGANIZE
BOLSHEVIST MOVEMENT
Were Caught by Successes of
Lenine and Trotzky in
Russia.
WOULD TAKE OVER INDUSTRIES
Declares All We're Working to
Create New Society Within
the Shell Of the Old"
WOULD TAIIE OVER INDUsTRIEs
fBy Associated Prc.s1

w A II n G TON Oct. 2O.-wh,1.
members OF the Senate Labor Conmi,
tee investigating the steel strike aat
fairly dazed and dumfounded. Jacoh
Margolis. OF Pittsburgh, L. w. w. AZ.
torney and admitted advocate OF so
c;al revolution. today told them storv
OF ultra-radical activities which. he
said underlay and were associated
with the nation-w wide strike OF steel
workers.
EVEN more remarkable to his hear
ers was the Pittsburgh attorneys de-
iineation OF a partially successful ar
tempt covering the past two years to
fuse at pittsburgh for an unstatad.
nul vaguely limited. revolutionary pur-
pose the combined forces of IN. In
dustrial aus Workers of the worl ii
sheHists and Russian IndustIl, :
edged. had been caught by ~
eesses OF Lenine and 'rrotzky M .;ns-
sn,,,,, sta, AZ were wo' -. he told the
society within the snel OF the old.
Strikers Secretly lnve,yea.
IhrouEhout Margolis' story ran tho
oamf oa fne OF Wiiiiiam VIII = Foster. secretary
whom Chairman Kenyon. OF the Lahor
committee. forced frequent rerur-
dictograph records OF telephone con.
yyersations' photographed copies OF
Alargolis correspondence. and sinilar
matter played large part -.
Margolis coolly classified himself us
an anarchist syndicalist." in which
capacity cap M he had worked with and for
.Tolsto;,Mn @Tt W. w. ,GrE:a.nization. cation and
he said. will be OF no use when nronrr
industrial conditions are esta blished.'
ana ana these Industrial conditions. he pre-
alcted. VIII be esta blished when work.
eas ees' organized along |. w. w. lines.
Sei i,5 ready 10 take over and operate
trGus,ry Hcian,i,y ,tor themselves. more en-
h|iehtiJ thah private ownership can
Foster Sought Help
Secretary Foster came into the testi-
hony, not so much as a radical ayIta-
ior 10 himself. but as seeker for help
the steel Industry. Marrolis told or "a
union OF Russian workmen" existinr
IN and around Pittsburgh. revolution-
request. or with his cosnizance. .he
sanrzati9n ms O for the steel strike.
me russians had a tri-State meet
Eolis explained. Chairman kenvnn
leading and suggesting. 1T was =
MADE speesh asking Gsas snsn
me Ine steel strike and give 1t support.
rms they agreed to do"
IN letter to President Wilson. writ
Ten IN connection with the calling of
me steel strike. the strike COMMITTEES
mad referred slightly to the l. w. W..
tall
phone conversation record OF this
Tell the boys not TO get sore abouf
that. roster at one end OF wire had
10 !" do narE1's' w,ib ~ II didn't haye snythine
the time" Va
= nj This ,,m'5,sa l1'ns%ags Msrgolis recognized.
message to his associates.
]. w. w. and Bolshevists Assisted.
You see. officially. the strike COM
mittce does not recognize me al Ali"
Marsohs explained to the Senate COM
mittce. I'm persona non rrat. 70
them"
The l.. W. w. and the Russian Boil
sheyists Endorsed and assisted in tho
ing by Senator Kenyon.
He explained likewise that the
american :.,ns Eederatton Of Labor was
vision" to accomplish real progress
for the workers. and thereupon Chair
man Kenyon followed up the Issue
when the committee has previously
isn't it true that Foster holds opin-
tons exactly similar to yours. and has
the theory of boring under and Dor
ing through and capturing the move
ment for syndicalism?" the chairman
asked.
Foster a Trade Unionist.
NO. don't think he holds those
opinions now" Margols replied. ''He
has become an ordinary trade unionist
He believed. know. that he could re-
tain his Integrity as syndicalist but
the position into which he is forced
as a strike organizer now does not al
low that. He has not changed the
American Federation OF Labor orEani-
Zatlon. that organization has changed
him"
The Plumb plan for the operation OF
railroads by the employees and their
purchase by the government he said,
was the first step towards the new
future" while the Soviet government
In Russia he classed os tho most for
ard-look'ng creation on the globe,
far better than anything American.
MarSolis testimony practically COM
plcted the committees examinations.
though an executive session will be
held tomorrow. at which A definite de-
cision will be made. Members OF tha
committee expect to commence work
on report Immediately.
I.cmnke Waa SuIcide.