Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-15
PALMER REVEALS
RADICALS PLOT
To CAUSE CLASS
WAR IN COUNTRY
Chaos in Railroad Circles Is
Due to a Nation-W
Scheme to Disrupt l,he
Four Great Brotherhoods
ULTIMATE CAPTURE OF
INDUSTRIES PLANNED
Workers Are Being Led Un-
Willingly Into the Trap
Set for Them BY Follow
erS OF Lenine and Tr0tzky

isT MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED Wig,
Washington, April IA Cby the AS
ISOLATED Press) department of
justice Investigators report that
evidence IN their possession proves
that William II. Foster, leader of
the ill-fated steel strike, is the
prime mover behind the outlaw"
railroad strike.
The government let this be
known tonight. fee ing that when
the strikers learn what influences
are behind the movement they will
re-align themselves with their rec
ogni2ed organizations. Action bg
the government in the direction of
prosecution of strike leaders, there
fore, will be held in allegiance pend
ing the expected reaction among
the strikers on receipt of informa-
ton showing the directing impulse
of the strike agitation
The evidence in the hands of At
torney General Palmer shows that
Foster was present at union meet
ings which were adjourned 10 meet
in other halls, not as organizations
but as individuals. Mr.. Palmer
also said that Carl Pierson and a,
i, Reese, both of whom the de-
partments investigators h n We
placed in the category with Foster
were all engaged in attempts to
expand the strike aud were defi-
Initely connected with planning It.
Both began this work in Chicago,
Mr.. Palmer said.
Cabinet Holds Meeting.
At, fss nh ~ ,. I'm gt
tion became known President VIII
son met his cabinet for the first
time since last August, The whole
story of the strife crisis was re-
lated and 1t was understood a de-
cision was then reached to seek a
solution through the publication OF
the motives behind the walkout.
the strikers being assured at the
same time of early consideration
Iof any wage demands they may
have by the railway labor board,
This must not be construed to
mean the government has adopted
a policy of hands off, it was said.
but rather that officials believed
the time has not arrived for direct
governmental action.
The senate did not confirm to-
day the nominations to the labor
board. They were considered In
executive session and the presi-
dents selection brought sharp crit
icism in some cases. 1t was under
stood. Leaders asserted tonight
that probably they would he con-
firmed with little delay unless def
mite grounds for opposition de-
ynI,nn1 fro,, ipo,,iriaS Soma soma
tors were making.
One Big Union Planned.
Mr. Palmer made public evidence
of plans prepared by Foster and
| his adherents to disrupt the four
great railroad brotherhoods and
to organize all railroad workers
into one union. Seized documents
also revealed that a similar course
was to have been followed in varl-
| Gus other industries.
1--WE have positive proof of the
plans for this expansion" Mr..
Palmer said. II know the dates
fixed fof nationwide strikes in
other industries and our investi-
gators have discovered that the
fermentation of these outbursts has
gone on exactly as in the RAILROAD
strike"
The whole program was one
phase of the plans of the Russian
radicals, designed as the ultimate
capture of industry, the overthrow
of the government and the setting
up of dictatorship like that IN
Russia" Mr.. Palmer said. Work
ers were being led unwittingly into
! hnB n added.
through the Industrial Workers OF
the World. and the communist In
| nationale-headed by Lenine
and Trotzky--was attacking Amer
| lCa's industrial life.
Intercept Message From Russia.
Federal agents had intercepted a
courier from Russia on March /, he
said, bearing messages to Amerl-
can locals of the communists de-
failing methods of organizing a
class war,
The radicals were instructed Ito
direct their utmost efforts toward
drawing the proletarian masses
| into the pathway of revolution. The
organizations first goal, the mes
sage said, must be the wrecking
of the American Federation of La
hor and it ought to establish direct
and close relationship with the /,
w w. and the zone big union" OF
Canada The l. w. w, the word
continued, was to be the tool em-
ployed and it was to establish the
basis for uniting all unions under
the one big union idea.
AS a result of these disclosures
| the govern mani has broadeued its
Investigation, agitators in all labor
organizations are under surveil-
| lance, Funds used are closely
watched and all clues to the source
of the financial support are being