The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-10-24

,-s Win Where PuDilc Oh,ciais
strikers oir-Montana Senator Joins
Are Observation-Disclosures As
Tory ~ Made Up of Notorious
sOclali'ViTI rterests-Cleveland Woman
saves peves Democratic COMMITTEE ON on
b 1e3s;teTist Issue-Ambassador Gray
hli'"I influence Farmers Union
NOu1' packers Agitate Through
Heau, National Economy
Won,e"-A Legion of Patriotic
FeSo Invented.
,rosbington, D, C.-~The great les
Was4 tbe steel strike" says Basil M.
son o. 'formerly joint chairman of
Many, labor board, "is that where
the wa to+a and municipal authorities
ever 9"aIt fairly with labor the strike
have oo success, but wherever the
has sr v' oficiasl have made themselves
PaO4 tooIs of the steel trust thousands
the UOV have been intlmldated
o. Oh W" remaining at work.
mo aTho hald facts of the steel strike
In Not during all the preceding
are .' tho steel trust has realized the
y s@lo of electing public officials
lIIpO, ,Io11ld do it's bidding, while labor
WIN WI had either the intelligence or
has mt intorest to elect officials who
tne ,,d GIVE them a square deal" The
~U~ WV workingmen who are today be-
sam, .lnhbed and shot down by the
ppegDnsvlvania state constabulary have
fenn1 oftor wear cast their ballots for
yea no1;tical tools of the steel trust.
TIC have done this on the theory
! ~ noIitics was of no interest to the
tns,J so why not be a GOOD
NV sJ and vote the ticket which will
lease the precinct leader.
at made no difference which of the
NV, tickets the workers voted for
poesnse the steel trust had already
Soon foxy enough and farseeine
D Ouonoh to control the political ma,
.b;nes of both parties and name its
candidates on both party tickets.
cater the tickets were framed W
- made no difference to the stee
.ret whether the workers voted fol-
sbo democratic candidates or the Re
nubIjcan candidates
Tf one-half of the money and en-
ergy that have been spent IN unsuc
ooeSfuI strikes in the United State
in the last 80 years had been ex
pended by labor IN organizing 10
political action, the workers today
would be in a position where the,
would not have to strike to secur
fair conditions. Thee would alread
have them"
MYERS JOINS TORY CAMP
Senator Myers of Montana, VIII
was a strong advocate Of the right
Of labor when he first appeared /
congress, has followed Ashurst o
Arizona, Thomas Of Colorado an
c.her former Bryan Democratic leac
ers into the Tory camp establisne
some years since by Bailey of Texas
Myers was never leader, but n
talked like a radical. Today h
shouts and gesticulates the opposlt
brand of opinions.
In the senate the other day til
Montana senator made d speech
which he denounced the steel Strik
the Plumb plan of railroad conIro
the demands of the United Mil
Workers, and the fact that the gre'
majority of the postal employees a.
organized in trade unions. He W;
particularly wrought up to wrath tn
the postal clerks, whose miserab
low wages are about to be raise
might contribute some of their ear
ings to the support Of the ste
strikers.
After revolving this thought IN /
mind, Senator Myers concluded, tn
all federal employees, of whateV
class, should be compelled to cane
the affiiation of their organizatlo
with the American Federation OF l.
Dor or any other "higher" body
labor.
WOOD OUTGENERALED
Politicians here are smiling on
the sending of General Leonard We
to occupy the strike zone with fede
bayonets and machine guns.
They see in this move the OHIO
Democratic method of killing OIL
possible Wood presidential boo
Secretary Baker himself a candld
for the Democratic nomination, p
mits Leonard Wood, Republican
pirant, to get full credit for brea.-
the stel strike. He knows that W.
enjoys showing his authority,
that for the suppression OF meetln
censorship of news and general Z
sack terrorism in Gary he has o
TO give Leonard Wood sufficient re
and Wood will commit political
eide.
Baker knows, and none better, I
he himself deserves as much cr'
as General Wood for the mlllt
strikebreaking. But he has only
deny any personal knowledge OF
details of Woods acts, and pres'
ably the workingmen of the cou1
will acquit him.
MEXICAN WAR URGED
4 The National Association for
Z Protection of American rights