The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1920-05-06
BY E. r. cLIPsoN.

AS foreshadowed by the general ap-
pearance of the railway strike from
its beginning and pointed out in the
previous issue of this review, the
Ethiopian concealed in the woOdpile
has been the American I. w. W., fos-
tered, supported and directed by the
Moscow Third Internationale. If this
is not true then the United States de-
Spartment of justice with its secret
service, its mass of data anG all its
splendid facilities for gathering infor-
nation and evidence, has gone woeful-
ly astray.
The Third Internationale is the
branch of the communistic govern
ment of Russia devoted to interna-
tional propaganda and organization and
pledged to the cause of overthrow
ing the existing order in America and
throughout the world It's principal
aim is to promote revolutionary class
struggle and establish wherever pos
sible a dictatorship of the proletariat
such as exists in Russia. One of it's
objects, entering into the dreams of
all radicals, is the organization of all
wOrkmen, everywhere, into one big
union. With such an organization and
such powerful weapon, an oligarchy
of labor would be possible. The !.
w. w. is committed to these views,
hence its fight to disrupt the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor which stands
for collective bargaining and the pres
ervation of contractual rights between
employers and employees. Observers
everywhere have been pointing to the
traceable effects of communistic prop
uganda in the disturbed conditions all
over Europe and the strikes and rum
blings in America. Wherever the doc
trines have gained ascendency, as in
Russia, Hungary, portions. of the Bal
kans and recently in a part of Ger
many, terrible conditions and in some
cases actual chaos have resulted.
Attorney General Palmer reports
that evidence in his hands proves that
William Y. Foster, leader of the late
steel strike, and other prominent rad
icals, have been the concealed brains
back Of the rail strike. The govern
ment's announcement was followed by
prompt action in issuing federal war;
rants for number of the active lead
ers of the strike. The warrants
charged violation of section of the
wartime Lever law.
Before the issuance of the warrants
and the determination to take drastic
action had been announced, the gov
erment's disclosures had begun. to
have an effect on the strike and it's
early collapse, or at least gradual
the disclosures from Washington an
Improvement in the situation was
manifest in the West, although acute
in New York and some other portions
of the East. In Chicago where the
strike started and in other parts Of
the West, railroad men who had been
enticed by the outlay movement, be-
gan to see signs Of a trap and to turn
again to the counSelS of their old
leaders. This was having a gradual
effect in the restoration Of traffic and
normal conditions.
The new railway labor board au-
thorized by the Cummins-Esch law
and appointed by the president, will
now have the arduous duty of review
ing the whole railway labor question.
relative to wages, hours Of employ
ment, working conditions, etc. Out Of
tie great volume of testimony to
which it will listen and all the data
compiled, it is called upon to find a
solution which will be equitable to the