Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-05-01
.Vining States
His VieWs Upon
90! Manager craig

LIE. SQ1LOr OIL Inc Herald, Written 0y
"A; G. Vining, gives a full account Of
and Labor Assembly. which was ad-
dressed by Ray Craig; state manager
Of the Nonpartisan league:
At a meeting Of the Grand Forks
Trades and Labor Assembly on April
18th. supposed to be a regular busi-
ness meeting Of that body, but which
was railroaded into a political meet
ian .League. Mr.. Ray Craig, state
manager of the league, spoke to some
l was present at the meeting as a
delegate from \ the Typographical
Union, and during Mr.. Craig's speech
called him on some Of his remarks,
which proved to be not Of a political
nature, but Of the I. w. W., order.
He gave a short history of the
league and the benefits Of the league
for the farmer and laboring man
show that those benefits accrued be-
fore the league vas controlled by the
present INSCRIPTIONS bosses.
Nj. D. c.. Coates OF Seattle. WASH,
formerly parliamentarian, and one Of
the organizers of the league, is q per-
sonal friend of mine, and as a con-
sequence, I am familiar with the
league. It's aims are splendid, but its
results Under .Townleyism are rotten.
before the public for their consider
alton. what I believe to be Mr..
Craig's true stand in the political sit
uation in this state.
I may be at error in some things,
but the strength Of my convictions is
SUFFICIENT to make me feel warranted
in making them public. -, /.
a unio1sman, a laboring man,
a veteran Of. the World War and
will fight to the end flor the things
most beneficial to the working mar
and for the common people, but I
cannot or will not sanction that
which is crooked or un-American.
Before beginning his speech on the
28th, Mr.. Craig made inquiries if
there were any railroad brother
hoods represented at the assembly,
and was informed there were none.
He opened his speech in a rather
peculiar manner, considering what
he afterwards said. He began BY
saying. that regardless of peoples
political differences in opinions, they
or res6rtsfo personalities, in short to
refrainhfrom mud singing.
After his request for people to. re-
Train from mud singing, Mr.. Craig
took up the Switchmen's strike and
upheld their stand, which has been
condemned by all organised labor
soon waxed eloquent, and played
continually to the radical. element in
his remarks. gradually getting to the
mud singing point. At this point he
said They call us Bolsheviks, l.: w.
VS. Socialists, and such. What does
labor care 80 long as labor gets what
At the point I reminded Mr.. Craig
that this was America, not Russia.
ais that have done the most to hurt
organised labor; for ali organisations
like indtvtdpals, must maintain integ-
trity or they. r nothing
AS . member of either organized
labor OF the American Legion I could
M let Mr.. Craig's remarks co.. UNI
challenged.
Mr.. CRAIG, / understand, was for
merly. 2 captain ip the army, and Ais a
mansof mentality: what surprises me
most - b fact that such man can
tie up TO and he worker in such "a
OUTFIT as Townleyism.
At Butte both Mr.. Townley and
Dunn am out In speeches and
knocked the American LEGION a
wolves In Sleeps clothing. } Mr. Crais
q state manager. for TownIey and q
member OF the,Legion, and I under:
stand hopes to besa congressman.
q am forced to believe that he Il
either o~yer-zealous or else q selling
his war record and manhood tor M
~reali1ation Of political ambitions.
either case. Ask you To- con-
lstder, - thfs man at 4 ~srepresent YOU
IN o0ngre1e or anywhere else?