El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-12
IABOR MUST TURN OUT THE MEN
WHO DAMAGE IT BY DARK TACTICS

T ARoP unions sbould not countenance the secret meet
l. nr Allowing the fullest possible publicity IS the only
way Ire public can possibly know what organized iaOo-
when a newspaper reporter is kept from a gathering
rs public as labor ~assemblages ought to be- It isn't me re-
porter who is kept out; II isn't even the Newspaper -
blowing the reporter that Is kept out, BUI u u laE
PUBLIC TO WHICH LABOR MUST LOOK FOR SAM
TON that is kept in the dark People IN me vmls
Ststes 40 not ike astar chamber" sessions when what IS
going on in those sessions is Of Importance TO the "hos
public.
Dor rssorted to secrecy and violence to accomplish all OF
ifs erds From the dav the Molly MCGuiIes were organ
lied down to the latest threatened strike or coal miners
OF railroad men there have been II the ranks Of laoot d
fey men Invested with too much power, who have tried to
nde rough shod over every public and social consideration
10 acquire their own selfish ends
Fey a long time, public officials and politicians stood N
awe Of these men, thinking they represented the mlhons
Of men who make Up the vast Amy Of labor Lately We
have learned that these INSCRIPTIONS leaders oesueo nom
ing more nor less than 10 establish IN America e1actiy Wnal
Leuiue and TrotzkT have set up in Russia, although me
nsms nay be different When the public discovered tins
It set its foot down upon the Vaccination and as a result
Organized labor has learned the same lesson capital had to
learn, and that is that the United States IS greater than
any section Of tie public
Fverv big strike IN the past year in which any consid-
cradle portion Of Organized labor has participated has
failed. Il vas not because labor was always wrong IHere
we're times when the workers who struck were entitled to
more money and better conditions but the Eulhlessness o.
their tactics. the secrecy Of their plans ard the general
attitude o. disregard for the public BY their leaders brought
them failure.
ne WerkGLa OF "a lAllt4 La-~e eL~ - LN AN1- -
4 level headed. hard working. patriotic group Of citizens
They grind out from the earth and the air and the sea
most everything We have and need They are entitled to
a square deal But the men who hit and pun ana heaFe
and tug with bravn must not forget that there are men
Who do work Just as essential with their brains and thai
there are women and children in the country and that no
body has any right to boss the country OF the city Inc
thinking men in Organized labor know this.
If the labor unions Of FL Psso have any quarrel with
the chamber Of commerce, another public institution, the
public is entitled to know the nature Of the quarrel and
70 pass on the merits Of the case. But the people must not
have thsir information doled out 70 them about labor Just
as Iabor wants it doled out. The public Is entitled TO know
ALL that is news about labor Just as It knows ALL that
is news about the chamber Of commerce and the churches
and the lodges.
If organized labor loses ground here or nationally II
viii not Be because Of outside opposition, but because OF
tactics within, which the public refuses TO tolerate in any
organization