Evening journal., 1919-05-20
DEPORT RADICALS,
HANSON'S CALL
Mayor of Seattle I e IL S
Manufacturers R eds
Should be Banished
HEAR ATTACK ON
PRESIDENT WILSON


seved an otherwise somewhat DR.,
opening Of the twenty-fourih snnua
convention OF the National Association
NJ Manufacturers yesterday In The
Waldorf-Asboria by giving some pointed
Jews on the governments policy with
respect 30 alien labor agiiat0rs and
professional anarchists.
After reviewing the history OF the
SEATTLE strike. Mayor Hanson told how
he had checkmsied the Reds. He de-
Aared himself TO be on the side Of law
md order, and advocated strictly lcgal
methods wherewith 10 meet situa-
ion.
Il am opposed 10 minority rule" he
psid, whether on the part OF labor
unions or the manufacturers associa-
tons. and ] can't see any difference
between The labor union Of today and
the corporations of twenty-five years
sgo that endesvored 10 exploit The
western States.
al believe in free speech ] fought
fer a. And ! believe in The freedom
az k1e press. I believe that IL IS tho
genius of our national liberty But I
d. not believe that the government Of
The United states o. so ~ the alien
agitatorS referred had the right, after
u got a hundred to as FAR az Ellis
Ieland-l do not believe that The gov
etnment Of the United states had the
right TO LET them stay in this country
except i've or six, who were de
ported.
Damn me. II I can understand how
any American citizen can want that
bunch OF alien skunks 10 remain I'M
mis- country unless in a fenitentiary'
'~rhe American people have been fed
TOO much white bread, and IL has given
chem a sont Of intellectual INDIGESTION
There ought 20 be little bran thrown
INTO the combination. Politicians are all
co,vardly. and they are Just as cowardly
~ the White House as in "a little city
hall"
Initiation Of a nationwide movement
- restore sanity and common sense" In
ae relations Of labor and industry was
Urged upon the associatioH-An report
~ the committee on industrial better
rent. health and safety, read at the
opening session Of the associations
aventy-fourth annual meetns here to-
day.
The session, presided over by ste
phen 7. Mason OF Pittsburgh, preS-
Gent MAS attended by moro than 400
members and was given over chiefly 80
de reading Of reprois Of special COM
mittees. The meetiI-g will continue
Until Wednesday.
There can be no question said the
report on industrial bctterment, that
nc have In our country at this time
lrge numbers OF vicious propagandSts
ho would make all property the
ommon dividend among them.
Never has there been greater de-
-aand for sane and Courageous leader
nip IN combating unwlse counsels In
Sc Industry Of our nation"
y Pointing 10 the heavy burdens OF taxa
son and Increased costs Of freight com
Aunicstion and other industrial essen |
balls. the committee asserted that labor |
must be brought 20 realize that the |
United states VIII never retain world /
supremacy by six hours Of labor five
days a week"
The report also urged return OF all
public utilities 20 pirate control, as
sertlng that the increase in freight
rates and telephone and telegraph tolls,
with almost II not quite an equal de-
crease in efficiency, must be convinc-
ing as TO the general welfare ~ these
Taking up the problems OF labor adj !
ustmentS, The report recommended =
'doption by all factories Of the CO. ,
operative representation plan under !
Ahich employers ami employees COM !
nlttees meet to adjust wages and work
ps conditions
3 Other recommendations included one
Tor adoption OF group life insurance !,
Tor employees. one for the incubation
az thrift among employees and one for !,
we working out Of systems for re-em-
ploymeni OF those disabled by indus
;fial accidents
The committee voiced disapproval Of
-.i'ie and National compulsory health :.
assurance, which. Il Was declared =.
nrced upon employers. EMPLOYEES and )
We public "a costly and uniustifled pa
frnalisiic burden" }
IN discussing this report. William p :
White, Of Lowell, Mass. a member NJ
the executive committe. charged the
Wilson administration with "polltical
cowardice' in granting tho eight hour
DAY TO railroad employees
Great governments have been de
stroycd. great peoples disappeared he
said, because Of the excessive demands
RI proistariat grown lazy and improv-
ident by cuddling OF government. II we
are to preserve the republic we must
insist upon freedom Of action on the
part Of the individual efficiency"
The report OF the committee on in
dnstrial education. presented by II. Y. !
Miles. director OF the division Of train /
ms Of the United States Department Of (;
labor. recommended that the govern
ment training service should ba con-
Nnued by Congress as "one Of the few
great war agencies still much needed"