The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1919-04-11

The ruling class in the United
States is redoubIing it's efforts TO
protect It's privileges and to safe
guard what it calls "'Amerlcamsn.
The American Defense Society has
just launched a campaign to XIII
,bolshevlsm" The National Securl-
ty League is busy with the same
task The Carnegie Foundation is
making a nationwide Investigation
to determine the best method OF
cultivating "Americanism-" Many
OF the papers published in foreign
languages are very radical and,
therefore, undesirable. Repeated eff
forts have been made to drive these,
papers out OF existence A commit
tee has just brought in a report sug:-
costing that all advertising for for
elgn language papers be handled
through a central agency. The Re-
suit would be a complete control of
the editorial and news columns. The
school board of Schenectady, N. Y,
has dismissed B. II. Mattingly from
his position as teacher because he is
Socialist and has presided at two
or three Socialist meetings. In To-
ledo, o., the Socialists had planned
farewell meeting for Eugene '.
Debs, who goes to the penltentlary
IN a few days to serve ten year
sentence. The hail in which the
meeting was ito be held was closed
by the police. A riot ensued among
the five thousand people who had
assembled for the purpose of at
tending the meeting. About rs per
sons were arrested. The mayor, in
Z public statement, said that Here
after no meeting will be permitted
anywhere IN the city where it is sus-
pected that a man CT radical ten
denotes will speak"
The American Federation Of Labor
has been conducting campaign for
the past seven months to organize
the iron and steel workers in the
Pittsburg district. Since the great
Homestead strike in 1892 there has
been no considerable Oh ganization OF
iron and steel workers in this re-
gion. The corporation have been in
complete control and they are still
SO powerful that the American Fed
Grafton of Labor officials are unable
to secure halls for their meetings.
The plight of returning soldiers Is
pitiful The famous 9th Division
is pitiful. The famous 9th Division
which took a prominent part in
breaking the Hindenburg Line re-
ceived a welcome that cost the city
of New York $43O,OO0. The next
day the head of the state employment
service announced that 5000 men
from this division were. out of work.
One soldier who was working in
factory before he joined the army
received his old job upon his return
to New York. Before he left for
the war his pay was $14 week. The
first pay envelope which he received
after his return contained $40. He
protested but was told that $40 was
to be his wage hereafter. The situa-
ton has led to the formation of The
Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Protec-
tive Association. Branches have
sprung up in various parts Of the
Country and a movements is now IN
der way to constitute national
body. The leaders in this movement
are receiving the active support of
labor, Socialist and farmers organi-
cations.
have just returned from a trip
to CinciQnati, O., Dayton, O., and
Pittsburg, Pa. In all of these cities
the building business is at a stand
still. Manufacturing has slowed
down. There are from 10 to rs
thousand unemployed men and
women in each of the cities. Prices
and rents remain very high. The
workers are using up their savings
and there is no prospect of relief in
sight.
The American worker continues
to look with interest, enthusiasm and
hope toward tie rapid movement of
labor affairs on the other side of the
water. Everywhere men andswomen
are asking themselves-"When will
something happen here?"