The Red Cloud chief., 1919-10-09


speaking for himself, he believed the
board Of directors could not negotiate
with Fitzpatrick and his associates as
iIhion labor leaders and that questions
az moral principles, such as are in
volved In this struggle cannot be ar
bitr8ted nor compromised. IA
Samuel Gompers, testifying before
mittee, gave, the steel strike. his APP
prevail though. he said he would. have
preferred tOIhave postponed 1t until
after the Industrial conference In Oc-
tober. He laid all the blame for the
strike on Mr.. Gary FOR his refusal to
feSI Eitli Ahs union chiefs. pAs n, mat (
ters Of plaintfact, the wh6lef cdhtest
hinges on the question of the open or
the. closed shop. and Its outcome viii
go far to determine the power and
right or the rnhiohs' 10 organize indus
tries that have not asked such action
ana stoae nforce their csCsed shop rpoisG
icy everywhere. : ....---t
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Mr.. 'Gompers also appeared before
the senate committee on the District
of Columbia, where he maintained the
right Of policemen to organize, but
said they should not go on strike, "Pri-,
vate employees" ne said. ''can quit
work, while policemen have no such
recourse" At the same time he de-
Tended the policemen Of Boston by
asserting that the trouble there was
not really strike but lockout. As
for the constabulary of Pennsylvania,
he declared the events Of recent days
have proved they are nothing but Cos
sacks, and they would not be admitted
to the Federation Of Tabor.
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The resentmentssk7 y q public, which
Of course is always the "goat" in in
dustrial disputes, is being reflected
In congress. Senator Thomas OF Colo
RADIO leads the fight in the upper house
against tyranny. by uhion, labor, and
last week introduced RESOLUTION con-
demning the Gosed shop principle as
un-American add calling for the repu-
diation by Congress Of the special i'm
munity it.hAs granted to labor unions
from prosecution for violation Of the
antitrust laws In the lower house
Representative Cooper. who is from
the Youngstown district and is him.
self union labor man, uttered warn
ing against fhe danger Of organized
labor being jmisled by such a "revolu.
tionary leader" as William Y. Foster,
secretary df the steel workers CON-
mittee. Foster Is the\author Of book
on syndicalism and secretary Of the
SyndicaliF League Of North America
and In his book defehds ths syndicai-
list methods Of violence, sabotage and
lawlessness town strikes Congress.
man Kahn Of california, asked Attor-
ney General Palmer IL Foster could
not be prosecuted in connection with
deaths and lnjpries caused since the
steel strike bekAn, but Mr.. Palmer said
he thought ahNlsuch action should be
brought by the various states rather
than by the federal government. Mr..
Gompers Srd. ofher conservative" UNI
ion labor leaders must enjoy their
close relation with Foster and his like.
II anyone supposed President VIII
son would compromise with the reser-
vationists concerning the peace treaty
ING seemingly was mistaken. The Hres-
iiaeb,i on his way tlaSk'from thafdtinc
coast, delivered himself of speeches
that showed his spirit was, II possible,
more unconpromisipts than ever and
he rather plainly intimated that II the
pact were not ratified as ii stands he
would pigeonhole 1t for the present
and make II the issue of next years
| presidential campaign. To his audi,
! ence In Cheyenne he said II the pro,
posed reservation 10 article ten were
adopted by the senate he would re-
gard II as rejection Of the whole trea.
~, and that IL would mean the pego
tiatlon of separate peace with Ger,
many, which, would turn the ,twholt
world against us. He predicted that
without thel League ofHNations COW
eh"ht' ihciuuinH articie zen unchanged
the world would be plunged into wal
far more horrible than the conflict Just
ended.
Mr.. Wilson also continued TO defent
che arrangement by which the Brit
ish empire biF Ply votes to one for u,
United STATED btte lesaie- Esetby
The proposed amendment TO this ar
tiele was causing both sides IN tn,
senate considerable worry, and the!
lodged vote on It for the time being
The proponents or the covenant want
4 ed tc'wuit 0nti' after the president ~
turned In the hope that he might b,