Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-20
PRESIDENT To ACT
ON STRIKE TODAY
Wilson Calls Cabinet Meeting in
Railway Labor Crisis.
FIRST IN EIGHT MONTHS
Situation Occupies Entire Attention of
Washington Authorities-Proof
That ]. w. w. Is Behind the
Move for World Revolution.

Washington, April 1.-THE critical
railroad situation occupied the entire
attention of practically all authorities
In the capital. Following were the de-
velopments:
j. The White House announced that
the president had called a cabinet
meeting 10 consider the strike. This
is the first cabinet meeting, over
which the president will preside, in
more than eight months.
2. The president sent to the senate
the names of the nine appOintees TO
the new railroad labor board. which
will establish headquarters in Chica-
go as soon as the nominations of it's
members are confirmed If matters
are at crisis, though, when the board
comes into being, it is authorized to
meet in Washington Immediately.
5. All available fOodstuffs owned by
the war department, and now stored
in warehouses throughout the coun-
try, will be thrown on the market to
meet the food shortage, which already
Is grave in several cities.
Palmer Ready for Action.
4. The attorney general is prepared
10 take drastic action to bring the
strike to an end. He is expected to
receive final Instructions from the
president at the cabinet meeting.
3. More anti-strike legislation was
introduced in the senate Senator
Edge put in one bill, and announced
that he had been assured by the at
tOrney general that the latter is pre-
pared for immediate action"
With grave reports pouring in from
eli over the country, and confronting
the specter of famine in Washington
itself, which is practically cut off from
the rest of the nation, so Ear as food
supplies are concerned, the admins
tratiOn was compelled to move swift
~ TO cope with the situation.
The department of justice has I'M
doubted proof that the /. ". w. is be-
hind the strike, and fOmented ii. The
department is gathering samples of
the literature which the "wObbIies,"
as the members of the zone Big
Union" are known, are spreading
throughout the ranks of the railroad
workers.
The attorney generals first definite
move was to telegraph two of the
more important eastern roadside
New York Central and the Pennsyl-
.Nania-fOr the names and addresses
of all employees who have struck. He
asked especially for the names of any
Of them who appear, in whole or In
part, 70 be directing the strike
|. w. w. Agitator Leads Strikers.
The department of justice an
nOunced that the "Outlaw" strike is
being directed from Chicago. 1t has
direct evidence that a man whose
name is supposed TO be "Bedell" an
J. w. w. agitator, has supplanted the
real head of the switchmen's union
there. and he is believed to be aiming
for cOnsummation of the dream of the
!. w. W.-the general strike.
officials of the department of justice
in describing the sinister influences at
work in the strikers ranks, say that
II is the first phase of an attempt on
the part of the l. w. WIS and the
communists of America 20 put over
world revolution. For months an
underground" educational course in
revolution has been offered to various
workers, and now these officials of the
department believe it is beginning to
bear fruit. A sample of the propa-
ganda published by the l. w. W. pub
licatiOn bureau. 1901 West Madison
street, Chicago. was cited by officials.
1t is headed, IAN Address to Railroad
Workers" and describes the present
occasion as a golden opportunity; do
not overlook it, for the success of the
idea of one big union.