The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-27
CHARGES ORGANIZED LABOR
 CONSTITUTES DANGER

NaShunS ton, February 26.-(Special.)- The attitude of union labor constitutes the greatest menace confronting the country today, according to Senator Myers of Montana, a democrat of most unusual in dependence and conservatism.
 In course of his address on the floor, |of the Senate, he referred to organized labor as a class demanding class legsa- tion accompanied by threat of political extermination to every man who stands in it's way.
 Organized labor is making a mistake. % he said. fin endeavoring to force on this country class legislation of the rankest variety. Its position is unwise unjus- tiflable and untenable. I say that as a friend of all men who labor have voted for many measures for the advancement of labor, but cannot approve of the ex- treme length organized labor goes in the present moment. It would force class leg islaton, by a class, for the benefit of a class, upon all the people of the coun- try Ii has made demands for which l cannot stand. I cannot and will not go with organized labor to revolutionary and autocratic lengths, utterly repugnant to republican institutions and the welfare the freedom-of the people.
 T think the extreme. radical domineer- ing demands and actions and threats of
 
 menace confronting the country today TEe American Federation of Labor nas gone into national politics and announced that all who opposed it--all members Of Congress who oppose what it wants, and ali other public officers who opose its demands be defeated, and that or ganized labor will see that only those sub servient to it are elected. That fs going entirely too far in free government, en- firp1v far in, 10 direction pf clq SS lpu- slation, for the benefit of a class.
 "This is not and should ffot be a gov ernment of organized labor. But it is about to come to that, government for abor unions and by labor unions It has certainly gone a long way in tnat direction, and 1 think we are hastening headlong to that condition. And the peo- pie seem to be asleep. It so happens that Mir Cfompers is sae most powerful per son in the United States, In some re- spects his power transcends that of the President The President may veto legis- lation, but he cannot prevent it's passage Mir. Gompers seems to be able to prevent the enactment of laws objectionable to him. He has so demonstrated"
 Senator Myers expressed belief that Ih many instances organized labor will sue ceed in carrying out it's threat to defeat tfcse members of Congress who in ae,si- ton to labor have listened also to the public. He illustrated the ease with which organized labor. voting in body, could turn the tide in any dirtrict whS~e the democratic and republican strength IS very nearly evenly matched. He spoke of the danger which he declared to exist 1 in the possibility of electing a Congress composed of agents of organized laoor, subservient to organized labor. and de- termined to act solely for the benefit of organized labor.
 If that condition does arise" he con c1uded ''it will be the fault of the pub i lie, the great unorganized public, which pays every bill and does all the suffer ing public which refuses to arouse itself and become wideawake.
 + is understood that immediately after the speech Senator Myers was marked by organized labor for early slaughter