The sun., 1919-05-16
TREATMENTS HEAD
DENOUNCES SOVIETS
Lee Says Brotherhood Has No
Sympathy With Bolshevik
Destroyers.
ALL 100 P. G. AMERICANS
Declares Unions That Raise
~ Red Flag Belong Outside
Organized Labor.

COLUMBUS, Ohio. May 15.-The Brother
hood Of Railroad Trainmen has mo
part or sympathy in any of the plans
that pretend the hope OF the world is
only to be found in its destruction" it
In 100 per cent. American" and does
not subscribe to a theory that pro-
poses TO throw everybody into one COM
mon slough Of dependency for the pur-
pose of experimenting In the hope that
out OF this general mental and physical
misery an average may come that will
bring about a general better condition
of affairs for a majority of the people"
This Is the railroad mems attitude to-
ward government as expressed by w. G.
Lee, president of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Trainmen, in his address before
the convention here to-day. The address
| was in response to addresses OF well
| come by Gov James NJ. Cox and Mayor
Karb.
1--WE stand for no such doctrine of
destruction and ruin we believe in
nations and stand as 100 per cent. Amer
leans ready to defend our principles
and our faith" he said.
| 10000 Members I'm Army.
AS proof of the brotherhoods loyalty
| and Americanism, he said there were
$4,000 members of the organization who
took their places willingly in the army
Almost 200 of them are sleeping in the
soil of France in proof Of their loyalty
and devotion to the land they called
their own
In referring to the brotherhood Mr.
Lee at all times included the member sh IL
in Canada as we'll as in the United
States.
| There are labor organizations, Mr.
Lee continued, that seek refuge under
the banner OF labor unionlsm that prop
erly have no right to claim affllatior
with labor organizations and in proof o.
this is their readiness to raise the rec
flag of anarchy and declare for the revo
luton at every opportunity.
81 want to assure you that tn,
Brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen ha
neither part nor purpose in any schem,
that proposes to destroy this Govern
ment or take from any citizen eithe
privilege or property that properly be
longs to him we have no sympathy will
any plan that finds its basic purpose IL
the destruction of government or tn,
organized forms of law and order W
do not subscribe to any propaganda tina
proposes n policy OF destruction to fint
in a common basis OF misery its expecte,
} hopes for reconstruction.
I'VE have not lost faith In our Gov
J eminent or in our fellow men We know
that we have in our keeping the contin
! uity OF our Government, the perpetua
ton Of our common welfare, and W
: believe that 1t is not necessary to trans
plant anarchy or an autocratic govern
ment by a few self-selected rulers to pre-
| oil do ~ fro hnr
American people.
THE very assumption of power a
autocracy established by those VIII
have superseded former government
gives truth TO the assertion that in what
: ever changes of this kind have bee
made one autocracy has succeeded /
which the last condition of the peopl
b was worse than the first and the yer
fac, that a few assume to control tn
welfare and the destinies of the man
sets at naught all of their pretences t
common rule by the common peopl
] for the common people"
VIII Fight for Decent Wage"
Mr.. Lee said the organization pul
poses to continue along the same line
| as in the past and added:
n I'VE believe in our Government. "
! believe in the expressions of our Pres
= dent and all the other authorities OF II
h Government who have declared en-
i phatically their belief that the Amer
ia can workman is entitled to a wage thu
will insure a reasonable decent standar
4 OF living. We propose to direct our Ell
u ergies toward getting that decent stal
NJ dard of living and we propose to do
along orderly and legal lines. Who'll
A within our rights as American either
"a and in keeping with our belief that Il
q workman Is worthy of his hire"
q Mr.. Lee discussed the insurance pla
>, of the organization. saying s35, O00, OF
10 in death and disability claims ha'
"a been paid to $4,000 in the past thirt
d five years. During the past year.
said. 100000 had been paid due
-, demands occasioned by the war al
n pestilence. The organization comprls
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