Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1920-03-10

smashed the Davey. (Palmer) bill tn
his argument before the judiciary
committee, says of Husted's latest at.
tempt:
This 11-line bill of Mr.. Hustled is
fundamentally as dangerous to free
dom OF speech and press as those pro-
posed by Senator Sterling, Mr.. Ora
ham and Attorney General Palmer.
The expected dangerous infraction of
the Constitution remains, namely, that
no overt act is required to prove in
tent. Every person in America will
be at the mercy Of what interpreta-
ton some spy. 1nfotmer, prosecuting
attorney, Judge or jury may put upon
his spoken or printed words. Legally
that means the end of freedom of
speech and press, as has been proven
over and over thousand thousand
times in all nations and ages. Nor
are labor organizations safe from per-
secution. 1t would be. very easy for q
federal Judge to discover that deeds
done or not done in a labor strike
were the use of physical force the
power Of function Of the government
OF the United States-an Injunction,
for example,"
FARMERS JOIN WORKERS
Here Is most significant announce
ment OF the launching of the farmer
labor congressional committee:
q - loh
mittee has been formed to assist in
electing a congress responsible to the
People, which will make the transpor-
tation trust, the food trust and the
money trust the servants of the peo-
pie, instead Of the masters Of the peo-
pie, and restore the constitutional
rights of freedom of discussion"
This Is not a rival to the national
nonpartisan political campaign COM
mittee Of the American Federation of
Labor, which has begun precinct or
ganization throughout the country,
but IL an auxiliary to 1t. with q mere
definite and advanced program. A
large majority Of the labor organiza-
tfons taking part in the new congress
stonal committee are also contributing
to the funds of the Gompers-Morrison-
O'Connell political committee. The
new organization does what Mr.. Com
pers has been unable or unwilling to
dot forms sympathetic alliance
with the progressive farmer organiza-
tons Of the United States.
George p. Hampton Of the Farmers
t.
Warren s. Stone Of the brotherhood
OF Locomotive Engineers is vice chair
man of the farmer-labor congression-
al committee. Others who have &C.
cepted membership include. from the
farmers:
C.. H. Gustafson, president Nebras.
Ia state Farmers union, president
Au-American farmer-labor cooper
alive commission: H. L. Bissonnette.
president Iowa state union, American
Society OF Equity; R. w. H. stone,
president North Carolina Farmers
union; William Bouck, master Wash.
fngton state Grange; Grant H. Slo.
cum, president National Cleaner Fed
GRAFTON; c. d. Relsler, president Ma
tional Farmers association; J. c.
Lamborn, president Illinois State
FARMERS union; J. Weller Long, Sec
retary-treasurer organization commit.
tee of the United Farmers of Amer.
lea: w. M. Burlingame, president
Montana state union. American So
ctety Of Equity; H. A. Fuller, member
OF executive committee, Minnesota
state union, American Society of
Equity; John Morris, master Colorado
state Grange; H. F. Samuels, Idaho:
Ed c. Lasater. Texas; R: L. Cum.
mings, Maine.
ACID TEST CHOSEN =
BENJAMIN G. Marsh of the Farmers
National council is secretary of the
new committee. It was Marsh who
went into the West and got the farm
organizations to send committees here
10 demand that their congressman -op.
pose the railroad bill, with its extrav.
agant gifts to the railroad corpora
tions.
| This committee resulted from con-
ferences which followed the Farmer.
Labor Cooperative congress at Chi.
cago, when it was discovered that the
railroad workers on the one hand and
the farmers on the other were plan.
ming separately to open the same sort
OF campaign. They pooled their forces.
Their test Of congressional candi-
dates in every district In the country
VIII be-: where do you stand on the
Plumb plan for. railroad ownership
and operation? Where do you stand
on the federal trade commissions pro,
gram for dealing with the food trust
Where do you stand on the. issue Of
making the banks public utility in.
stead OF private weapon Of graft and
private power over the community ?.'E<
STANDARD Tor Radlvm.
Scientists In Europe are trying 70 d.
termlne and agree upon IN. interna-
t1onal standard of strength and pulI
ityt tor sadiun " = !,
.nailread Toys. ...4.=sa szs.
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