The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-06-12

>has found converts 4mouk two caasses
OF people princtpally hose intellect
uals, so-cailed. who have no +occupa-
t1on| save that OF ! following ono fad
after another, and those 10 beaten
y zthaa KAMA OF lite .4l,at they sdndsne.
appeal in anything soxcept the most
desperate and illogical schemes; TIE
rank and die Of the Organized 1abor
'hlovement as was to have been ex-
pected, has given no countenance to
tho. propaganda Of Bolshevism. but
has' on the contrary, been. its most
eHect1ve opponent In America.
The One Big Union.
THE propaganda Of revolutionary
thought has not been limited, to the
propaganda of bolshevisn1. 1t has
taken other forms. The one big
union idea has had its adherents,
despite the disastrous results of the
experiment in Canada with its
treacherous machinery during the
year preceding our 1919 convention.
1t is gratifying to note that every
where the ostensible strength of this
propaganda has been lost and that
its fallacies are daily becoming clear
er to it's former victims. -
"Of more Importance than the re-
suits of studied propaganda OF, revo-
luton and extremism is- the feeling
OF unrest among our people which is
due to abuses in our political and in.
dustrial life and which seeks relief
and freedom and not revolution and
catastrophe.
SO long as this unrest finds its
expression in the orderly construct
i've and democratic activities of the
bona fide trade union movement it
is of incalculable benefit to the ma.
ton. So long as it finds; the trade
union movement an effective weapon
FOR the righting of Industrial wrongs
and for the enlargement of oppor-
tunlty and the extension of liberty,
it is an asset to the national charac.
tor and stability. It is the expression
Of the masses Of the people against
injustice and reaction and an express
sion of their unalterable determine.
ton to persist in the constructive ef-
fort to press home to- q. successful
conclusion the fight for rights too
long denied and for the abolition or
wrongs too long endured:
-. Protest Is Still Protest. -,
THE greatest disservice that the
great interests Of reaction and bour-
bonism can do for America is to re,
press and deny the legitimate aspira-
tions Of the workers and to seek BY
restrictive legislation to make inef-
tecttye .bhSir their bona Ade ntrade ,union;
cgf1asaefiSns ef}1 s SFSts;t Protest denied ~,'t
" ''Upon the signing Of the armistice
it became clear some, employers: and
some reactionary forces In our politi.
ca life were bent upon a career OF
exploitation and suppression. regard
less Of the needs and just. desires of
the masses Of our people: The nation
has already witnessed effort after ef-
fort to enact legislation OF 4 restrict
i've, >coercive character, In defiance of
the interests Of the people and lin
defiance of American liberties guar
anteed In the constitution OF our Re-
lublic. The Esch- -Cunamins railroad
law and the Kansas Court Of. Indus.
trial Relations law are examples Sof
bourbon success. The Grahani-stsrl-
Ing peace-time sedition BILL the Pal
mer anti-sedition bill and other pro-
posed legislation was Of d similar
mould, but was defeated by reason
of Labor's energetic and angry pro-
test. The injunction in the case Of
the coal miners was another example
Of the legnths to which employers
and government officials we're sre9dy
TURN 10 NExT-PA9H.1s