Evening journal., 1919-10-04
FOSTER SAYS HE'S
NOT SO RADICAL
Does Not Think Worker
Should Foment Strike
Revolution
LEADERS FEAR
PUBLIC -IGHI

WASHINGTON. Oct. i.-Charging tha'
he had not been fairly treated by lhe
newspapers. William 4. Foster, secre-
tary of The steel strikers committee
told the senate committee investigating
the Strike yesterday that he would an
sNcr question a., TO whether he was
in favor of organized government u lne
correspondents were excluded from 'lle
room.
The committee took no action on the
request and Sinalor Mcclellan, llcilio-
crai. Tennessee. 4.liairman Kenyon
pressed for an answer 10 The question
which had ben put by Tie former. fos-
ter said his views mad changed, nut
that he was unwilling 10 say how lar
in the presence of The correspondents.
When senator Mckellar iirsl asked
his question. Foster laughed. The sen
alor then read from book. which fos-
ter admitted he had written. declaring
social revolution necessary ~ ihe
United states 10 secure workers rights.
"INc repudiaicd that pamphlet said
Foster. "but don't want my views
banded about by lot OF preiudiccd
lying newspapers 10 the damage oil the
Strikers
Foster said his own views bad not
been used in the steel strike. that he
had adhered TO the principles of trade
uninoism." he explained that hc was
raised in the slums. and that when ne
wrote a book hc WAS "a follower of
The spanish French and Italian union
system" Today. he added, hc had be
come a little less radical. possibly, ana
was "a believer ii American and Eng
ish trade unionism.'
Reading from the pamphlet on syn
icalism" "A section saving ihat "the
wage Garner proposes TO Ignore the
,ode OF ethics and wrcst from The capi-
alists The industries they have stolen
and bring about the revolution by The
general strike" senator Mcclellan asked
Foster is he entertained those views
low. tn say do not Foster said IN
! lowered voice.
In refusing to arbilraie the steel
strike. Ebert II. GarH chairman Of The
board OF the United States Steel Cor
poraiion lis sowing the seeds Of an
Rrchy." the committee was told by
Michael +. Tighe, president of The
Union Of Iron. steel and Tin Workers.
Il was very much put out yestcr-
day by Judge Gary's refusal TO com
promise or arbtratc his issue said
Tghe "Hc is sowing the seeds Of
anarchy: promoting The insidious doc
trine that there is no way out Of in
dustrial difficulties except by The de
struction or one side or The other"
Tghe reiterated that the CLOSED
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union leaders could not comply with
President Wilson's request TO postpone
the strike until after The industrial con
ference next week, because the I. W. W
organizers We're active among the men
and would have succeeded in calling
some sporadic strikes
"The strike was called, righe said
because Judge Gary would not grant
The request for a conference with The
2i unions. II he had done that there
would have been no strike"
why could moi il bc delayed at the
Presidents requestsn asked Chairman
kenyon.
Because there was a number Of /. w.
W organizers among the men, said |
Tighe.
III We had DELAYED. they would have
said that The American Federation OF !
Labor could not do anything They I
were getting some influence and would |
have succeeded in calling some sporadic |
strikes, anyway
''fhen in The last analysis the ! W |
W caused this strike said senator !
Sterling.
Oh, don't take that view" Tighe re- I
sponded. III we had gotten a confer /
encc we would have had something TO !
show these men that their interests /
were being protected. and could have j
hnld ihnnl On the i'm