The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-10-03
Who Is Leading, And Where?

or advise honest men,
We have had serious misgivngs to what may be
behind the present steel workers srkewhat it may lead
to and what may be the end If revolution, OF course IL
means the total destruction of organized labor or the
destruction of government and bolsheVsm as
barberous as crushed Russia.
In the Record of last Friday we find the following
statement by Senator Pomerene of Ohio and you would
realize the danger this country will read and re-
fleet this.
"Mr Pomerene. Mr. President, desire to occupy
few minutes of the attention of the Senate on another
subject desire to interfere with the progress OF
the peace treaty but another matter has been called to my
attention which believe to be of the very highest I'M
portance at this particular time
"On Tuesday of this week Hon. John G. Cooper,
member of Congress from the Youngstown Ohio, district
made a speech in the other House in which he called at
tention to one William z. Foster who is organizing the
steel workers of the country If Senators have not read
the speech of Mr. Cooper hope they will do In my
Judgment Mr. Cooper rendered splendid service to the
cause of law and order in making that speech at this
perfume time.
81 told few minutes age that Mr.. Gompers ap-
peared before the committee of the Senate presided over
by the distinguished junior Senator from Iowa (Mr Ken
yon) which is investigating the steel strike, and that
his testimony Mr. Gompers asked about Mr. Foster
AS | understand Mr. Gompers admitted that Foster had
been 1. w. w. and syndicais but claimed that he
had since reformed
81 have before copy of the Christian Science
Monitor of Thursday, September 25 of this year In
news article from Chicago this statement appears:
SIN letter published in Solidarity the official organ
of the l. W. w. November A, 1911, William 2. Foster
of the national committee for organizing
and steel workers. urged the l. W. W. to work within
the American Federation of Labor to make it revou
tionary organization. Mr.. Foster at this time
mmeber of the l. w. W. and a candidate for editor of
another W publication the industrial Worker at
trade union movement did not please the l. W w. men,
bershp and caused his defeat.
81 will not read the whole article but the writer says
'Ths letter appears in the files of Solidarity at the
Office of the United States district attorney in Chicago
1t reads, in part as follows:
az am satisfied from my observation that the only
way for the W. w to have the workers adopt and prac
take its missions to give up the attempt to create
a new labor movement, turn itself into propaganda
league get into the organized labor movement and by
building up better fighting machines within the old
unions than those possessed by reactonay enemies
revoutionze these unions French syndlcast
fellow workers have successfully done with theirs. -
This letters signed Yours, for revolution, Will
liam T. Foster
"And now this man, with that record, which he him
self wrote in 1911, parading himself before the public
as of the friends of abor God help labor when it
gets into the clutches of men of that type!
81 have before copy of the pamphlet which was
issued by Earl c. Ford and William 2. Foser-this
William 2. Foser-and has printed upon the front page
Published by William z. Foster, 1000 South Paulna
Street Chicago l am going to read a paragraph
from it. He believed in direct action he believed in
sabotage, and he discusses approvngly sabotage. l
not going to read all he that subject, but want
to read paragraph or two
"The most widely known form of sabotage is that
known putting the machinery strike. The syndi
cas goes strike to tie industry If his striking
fails do this if strike breakers secured to take his
place he accomplishes his purpose by putting the
chnery strike through temporarily disabling it. If he
is raroader he cuts wires, puts cement in switches
signals etc. locomotives into turnabe pits and tries
in possible to temporarily dsorganze the deli
worker and hasn't ready the machinery
he will hire scab and surreptitousy put emery
the bearings of the machinery otherwise dis
able it. Oftentimes he takes time by the forelock and
when going strike puts the machinery on strike with
him by hiding, stealing destroying small ndS-
pensabe machine part which is difficult to replace AS
workers when strike naturally practice this form or
sabotage-though in desutory and unOrganized man
This is seen in their common attacks on machlnes
such street automobiles, wagons etc. manned by
scabs.
'Now, note their method of treating 'scabs l read
from page IA of this pamphlet:
'The scab. large portion of the syndicalists'
their strikes due to their energetic treatment
of the strkebreaker According to syndicast ethics,
poverty-strcken workngman, in his predcament can do
anything scab. He beg, borrow steal starve
commit suicide and still retain the friendship and es-
TEEN his fellow workers. but let him take the place of
striker and he Immediately outlaws himself. He be-
much vermn to be ruthlessy extermnated The
French syndicasts especially merces toward scabs
They are making strkebreaking such dangerous pro-
fesson that scabs becoming pleasngy scarce and
expensive. They literally hunt scabs as they would wild
animals This scabs is popularity known as LA
chase aux renards" (The fox chase)
Senators will please note that William z. Foster in
his position organizer of the steel men, TO be
following the program clearly set forth in his letter
which read a few moments ago. He is l. W. w, as
appears the reading of his letter He favored having
the workers adopt and practice the principles of labor
unionism. He has gotten into the organized labor
movement He is where, to his words he
can by building up better fighting machines within the
old unions than those possessed by our reaetonay