The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-03-20

promised their support to our cause
when guarantee could be given that
it was worthy and dependable one.
These men being, as you would sur
mise, far above the average in in
telligence were already aware, that
in union there is strength, and that
this applies to all persons irrespective
of race, creed or color. Yet they were
consciously aware of many misunder-
standings from time to time arising
out of the relationship of organized
labor and the colored workers. There
were, however among them a small
percent who had had the benefit of
actual experience of membership in
labor organizations and they. of
course took the lead in giving our
cause their approval. All others,
save one were willing to indorse our
movement when convinced that the
field of organized labor had suf-
ficiently broadened as to receive a
coIored worker in good faith with
advantage to all concerned. This
proof was promised by the organizers
and so rested the case when the dis
order of last summer occurred.
Damaging Publicity
/ While we can vouch for the fair
ness of the attitude of the officials
of the Stock-yards Labor Council
Bros Murphy tombstone and Kikul-
ski, who stood the acid test through
out the tryihg period, ever alert,
promt and responsive, true to the
traditional principles of the organiza-
ton, that mans protection should
be gagged by his utilization with the
organization, and not by the color
of his skin. We make ready adj
mission that the publicity given the
organization during said period was
of destructive nature. We have
cndeavorcd to shed light on that
phase of the subject in series of
articles entitled "Why the Colored
Workers are Generally Anti Union"
These articles appeared in the "Chi-
cago Whip" from Feb. Ia to March
It'll, inclusive. Copies of these
articles may be had on request by
application to
Ministers at the time Of our con-
AS we were informed by the.
ferences and as we were already
aware, the official position of the
minister is of such a nature that he
can not (if conscientious) afford to
give his approval or recommendation
to any act or agency, the merit of
which is questionable. The proper
presentation of this subject to the
colored ministers of the city, and
especially those in whose congrega-
ton are considerable number of
packing house workers, is one of
great import and merits the most
careful and correct handling. Once
of the justice of t.ifs cause
of organized labor an dof its sin
cerity to the colored man within its
ranks the writer, tregardless of re-
ports to the contrary has absolute
faith that the colored ministry will
WELD their great influence in mould
ing favorable sentiment that will
be of incalculable proportions in cor
relating with other constructive
agencies in perfecting such under
standing among the workers through
intelligent organization as will raise
intellectual moral and economic
standard of the wage-earners to
higher plane. We believe such pro-
ceedngs to be logically the next one
from the labor representations.
Much Internal Re-arraneement
Needed
The Writer has been one of those
persons who has commended that half
the battle of the organized worker
should be the supervision of the
organization itself, the detection of
evils that arise within it's own ranks
and the elimination of the same as
soon as is consistent after their dis
covery. The writer admits the pos
session of knowledge that the labor
movement is filler to over-fowing
with those whose chief purpose is the
seeking of power and eminencc if
need be at the sacrifice of their fellow
workers whose minds they endeavor
to keep beclouded and darkened
Were it not for the love Of combat
with such sinister influences, ere
now, no doubt the interest of the
writer in the labor movement might
have waned. These persons have
done more to retard the progress of
intelligent organization among the
colored workers, we believe than any
one other agency involved. They are
not confined to any one group ra-
cially or otherwise. Such persons
have been repeatedly known to
abandon principles they previously
confessed and declared when the