Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-04-15
FOSTER. LEAD OF ILL
 HATED STEEL STRIKE,
 BEHIND RAIL WALkOUT
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(Continued From Page Onc.) support are being closely followed.
 Following the collapse of the steel strike, Mr. Palmer said, Foster, Pierson. Reese and other of their as sociates of the revolutionary parties, engaged in the endeavor to promote the present strike.
 Lists of all railroad men who were members of the communist or com munist labor parties were sought" he said. "The names of all railroad workers who were opposed to the present management of the four bro- therhoods were also collected. Meet ings were held in hotels in New York and Chicago and other cities where all of the plans were laid.
 "The basic agitation of these lead CTS was the destruction of the rail- road brotherhoods, the removal of their leaders and the creation of the one big union,' at first, it was plan ned that the l. w. w. would not figure publicly in the strike, but John Cru nau, leader in Chicago, deviated from the original plans and allowed the men to split hte striers into four separate organizations.
 "This caused some dissension which has resulted in the movement for the one big union. Several con- ferences were held at the l. w. w.. headquarters in Chicago and other cities. Grunau had gone too far with his four organizations to turn back and the only way the one big union could be put over was through the railway shop. men who were urged to strike under the one big union ban ner and force Grunaus union to fol- low suit, re-organize and come into the one big union.
 Permanent Leaders
 ''lt was realized that the l. w. w.. could not make headway because of the prejudice and fear of those three letters and the fact that the men would not warm up to the organiza- tion. The one big union idea was decided upon and Bidwell, member of the newly formed enginemen's as sociation in Chicago, replaced Cru nau.
 'Bidwell is confident he can swing the four brotherhoods behind the plan provided the shopmen will fol- low out his plans"
 Federal agents reported that a per manent committee had been named to manage the organization and that each of these were "members of the l. w. w., or would take orders from duly accredited representatives of the one big union. Leading I. w. W.s i have been ordered to remain in the back ground hereafter.
 Mir. Palmer believed that the na- tionwide roundup of radicals con- ducted recently by the department had "halted at least, if not seriously hin- dered, promulgation of the strike plans by it's leaders" He said that literature distributed among railroad workers described the raids as having shaken "the foundation, but not dis rupted our organization" in one of these documents, the attorney gen. eral was termed "America's head po- liceman."
 MT. Palmer made public at the same time letter from A. V. Rutgers who presided at the third communist in- ternationale, to Ludwig c. A. K. Mar tens, self-styled envoy of the Russian Soviet government. Martens, against whom deportation proceedings are un- der consideration, was assailed by the chief communist for methods the agent had employed in "attempting to force recognition of the Russian So- vlet." Rutgers characterized as childish" Martens, contention, said to have been made to his government, that he had any influence in the mak- ing of peace. Martens also was told that if he desired to force recogni- tion by the United States he should do it through the power of the workers