The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
THE STRIKE Am ENEMY OF CIVILIZATIONS

/ tlonal peril. not alone the organlsa
| lion OF police departments and po.
| liCcman's strikes, but tho uncenslnl
| disruption OF industry everywhere
/ and tho absolute lack OF Justice n
! the demands made, the contempt for
contracts the general lawlessnes'
I apparent everywhere.
AN EXAMPLE AT HOME.
II IL not necessary that we should
10 abroad Tor examples. In the
! strike OF tho employees OF tho OKLA
homa Union railway here In Tulsa
few months ago we had an eN
ample at home. This was strike
10 force recognition of the union
Many ~ the employees VI tho COM
pany remained loyal, When the
Uath-bolnd officers OF government
had shown their inability or unw!li'
lngnees TO afford protection 10 the
property OF the company, and de-
Structlon NJ the company's property
had actually begun, the company
yielded And what were the first
terms? That the men who had re-
malned loyal bc dismissed from the
servlce OF the company, their places
Naturally It follows, that II tho
policemen were striking and mam
ber OF the force remained loyal 10
his oath. the union. II successful In
the strike, would force the expulsion
of the patriotic citizen, That mo-
ment government would cease 10
command the respect OF any man.
Does not every Instinct Of reason
and justice REBEL at such a thought 7
OFFICIALS MIsREPREsENT
do not conoade that the political
leaders OF labor, the directors of
strife, tho agitatork and various so
called leaders. correctly interpret The
sentiment Of the members OF the va
rlous organizations
A veIy considerable part of tho
paper membership OF organized
labor IL not In sympathy with the
radical proposals and acts OF tho
directors OF labor, a very consider
ablo portion of tho membership is
such under prOtest--through fear OF
consequences. or because Of the lab
orera inability 20 secure employment
and immunity from harasament In
his chosen avooRtion when acting In
an independent capacity.
And, | am very firmly OF the opin =
ion, that when "a test of loyalty
comes squarely between the leaders
OF the Foator type and the agents
OF organized government. II II fin
ally comes to that vast majority
OF labors' membership will respond
splcndldly to the impulses OF pa
trlotism.
A HEARTENING INCIDENT.
In tho last city election Ia Chi
cago, lisbor nominated a candidate
for mayor on a labor platform and
brought TO bear In his behalf every
ounce OF power and authority "
could WELD. On paper there are
100000 trade unioniats In the city
OF Chicago The women who had
been accorded tho franchise gave
the labor unions hopes of securing a
woman'a vote OF at least $4,000 ad-
ditional Neither the democratic or
republican candidate was satisfac-
tory to the citizenship of the city,
and labor clrelSs were enthusiastic
over the chance TO elect labor cam
didato. Yet when the final vote was
counted that paper strength Of AGO.
600 had dwindled to less than 90.
600.
That Chicago incident Ia very con-
soling. IL shows that the great body
of orga nized labor Ia Sound and will
be found opposing class government
and soviet rule In any crisis.
THE LABOR oLIGARCHY.
A. the head OF organised labor In
America there is an ollgarchy Just
Ill a. a.
dollar ever was ItR members are
more deapouo In their control OF
labor's membership, are greater pol
iticlanH--or a. least as dangerous
As any the railroad corporations had
In their worst days.
The national labor leaders collect,
dlsburss and audit millions OF dol
lars In dues. orafiers got rich out
Of such opportunities These mon
draw immense salaries and conform
- all practical ways TO the general
8Nbllcs notion Of milionaires
Those who control money can use II
not those who own N. II you
are IN control of the voting machln-
cry ~ an organization, or its count
and cannot maintain yourself and
your clique you are not much ~ a
politician The leaders of organ
ized labor are skilled. experienced.
practical politicians.
II the dues should stop the unions
would forfeit their charters. but the
hehdquarters bunch would sim have
tho big strike funds N they can
force 400. 900 steel workers to pay
dues they viii get 81 500. 600 from
them per annum The organizers
can make any promises necessary
to ret a striko vote. but II tho strike
fails tho strikers lose, the leaders
don't
In ne control Of urraglzcd' labor
the headquarters bunsl WELD a
greater un4ucsti0ucl power than any
other force outside ~ government in
America. 10 controls millions of dol
lars a. arbitrarily as big business
ever did, y
LABOR MUST BE PROTECTED.
But Notwithstanding this deplora-
bic couditlon-this mcnaclng condi-
tiun-which has grown up In organ
lied labor. tho right uf labor 20 or
Ehuizo and 90 engage In collective
bargaining must Ne recpEu rcd. In
removing Tho menace Of organized
labor We d. NOT propose 10 Gre
ATE condition that will give
even the reUotes' grounds fHr
the charge that property rights arc
cons lersd of greater concern than
A.