South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-25
CHARGES GERMAN
BREWERS UTILIZE
LABOR FOR TOOL
Ohio Representative Flaws
GOmperS For Stand; Says
Dry Law Will Stick.
BY LOUIS LUDLOW.

B1 LOUIS 1t DLOW.
Nevs-Times Washington Correspondent.
WASHI$GTO$, June 25-Rep.
John @. Cooper Of Ohio. who was
formerly a locomotive engineer and
who holds a card In the railroad
mems brotherhood. in a speech I'M
the house flayed samuel Gompers.
president Of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor. and Mrs Margaret
Rooney who were among the star
performers at the recent demon
s7ration at the capitol steps IN op-
% ition TO prohibition
Cooper evidently tested the tenn
per Of the house on the wet and
dry issue and proved it 10 be funda-
ment ally dry. for his excoriation of
Conn 3ers and other labor leaders
who favor the sale Of beer and wine
was lt'udly and a, times tempestu.
Ously applauded. He said:
Misreprescuts Labor.
I ch allenge the statement made
by Mr.. tiOmpers and other speakers
at the IN Getting on the capitol steps
June II that they spoke the senti-
ments OF three million members OF
organized labor in our country.
want Mr. Gompers and the other
speakers at this meeting 10 know
that they do. nOs speak, for orsanized
labor as a whole on this question.
and that there are hundreds Of
thousands Of union labor men that
are not ready 10 adopt the whisky
bottlctand The beer'keg as their en-
blems
In the' last hours+of it's miserable
existence the liquor traffic. aided by
the German American Alliance brew
ers who, accOrdins 10 the report just
filed by the senate judiciary COM
mittee aided our enemies during
the war say in the last hours Of
its miserable existence the liquor
traffic. aided by the German brewers.
is trying 10 hide behind the brOai
backs of the American workingmen.
taking advantage.of the political un-
rest which comes al the end of the
great war The traffic threatens to
ally itself with anarchy and bolsho-
yism unless il is able TO assure some
concessions from the government
and society / have here a No peer,
no work button. many Of which
were worn at this gathering This
is an insult TO the decent American
workingman. who Is loyal to his
country and loves mis- family and
home.
says Statement Aids Anarchy.
NO less "A person than Mr. Com
pers tells MS that there are people
OF a certain class in this country,
mostly foreigners. who will not obey
the organic law of this land. and II
we attempt 10 enforce the prohibi-
ton laws they viii resort TO anarchy
and bolshevism IL i'll becomes Mr.
Gompers 10 make such public state
ment as this. for / do not hesitate
10 say thai when Mr. Gompers
makes "a statement OF that nature
In public IL viii have "A tendency
TO encourage that very thing
rs this great government OF ours
going 20 set aside the law and a
constitutional amendment which has
teen adopted by 40 out of the IS
states of the union because for
eign element and the German. brew
ers threaten us with anarchy No.
the American people viii not listen
10 such a threat. but on the other
hand ] want TO answer this state
ment that mas beer made by Air.
Gompers and the German brew els
by saying that from this hour on
America Is COINS TO be for American
institutions and American principles
not for anarchy and bolshevism
scores Mrs Rooney.
Another speaker whose remarks
/ desire TO call 10 the attention of
the house was Mrs. Margaret
Of
women from Baltimore who claimed
they were advocates OF the Personal
Liberty league This woman. at the
right movement. jumped upon the
speakers table and said. i am the
FIRST woman TO advocate personal
liberty IN this cause and YOU can
bet YOU life Wen so 90 hell 10 get
it Great applause from the crowd
want 70 ask those who applaude
that sentiment of Airs Rooney's II
they thought she was expressing the
sentiment OF the American mothers
OF our country.
shame ON the woman who wOul
stand on the capitol steps of this
nation and use such language as
this! II Emma Goldman We're to
stand on the capitol steps and make
such a statement as that she would
probably be indicted under the
espionage Law and given peutten-
tiarv sentence I say such actions
as those or Mrs. Rooney are insult
ing 20 American motherhood.
In conclusion. let me Say that the
German treWers can howl their
millions bat prohibition IS here ara
IL Is going Co STAY. regardless of any
cCtIou or threats on their part.
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er for laundry purposes are COR
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