Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-15

organized unOSf ono u6me DAteS
fixed for strikes in other Industries
were known to the department., he
added
The whole program was one phase
OF the plans Of the Russian radicals
.desie ted at the ultimate capture Of
and the setting up of dictatorship like
that In chaotic Russia" Mr.. Palmer
said. Workers were being led unwit-
tingly into the trap set for them. he
added. through the Industrial Workers
of the World, the Communist Inter-
nationale-headed by Lenin and Trot-
sky-was attacking Americas indus
trial life. Federal agents had inter-
cepted a courier from Russia March l..
he said, bearing messages to American
methods of organizing class war.
Would Wreck A. r. Of L. First.
The radicals were instructed to
direct their utmost efforts toward
drawing the proletarian masses into
the pathway of revolution" The or
ganization's first goal. the messages
said. must be the wrecking Of the
II ought to establish direct and close
relationship with the i. w. w. and
the ''one big union" OF Canada. The
]. W w. the word continued, was TO
be the tool employed. and ii was 20
establish the basis for uniting all
AS result of these disclosures. tue
government has broadened its inves-
legations; agitators in all labor or
Eanizations are under surveillance;
all clues TO the source Of the financial
support are being followed.
Started After steel Strike Failed.
Following the collapse of the steel
strike. Mr.. Palmer said, Foster. Pier
son. Reese and others Of their asso-
ciates OF the revol0tiona-- parties en-
gagged in the endeavor to promote the
present strike
Lists of all railroad men who were
members Of the communist or com
nun. ST labor parties We're sought,
he said. THE names of all railroad
workers who We're opposed TO the
present management of the four
brothcrhcods also were collected.
Meetings We're held in hotels In New
York and Chicago and other cities.
whore all 81 the plans were laid
The basic agitation OF these lead
ers was the destruction Of the rail-
road brotherhoods. the removal OF
their leaders and the creation OF the
one big urion. At fret. 1t was plan
ned that the I. W. w. should not ng-
ure. publicly, In the strike. but John
Grunau. leader In Chicago. deviated
from the original plans and allowed
the men to split the strikers into four
separate organizations.
Move for ~One Big Union.~
This caused some discussion. which
has resulted in the movement Tor the
one big union. Several conferences
were held at the l. W. W. headquar-
tiers in Chicago and in other cities
Grunau had gone too far with the
four ORGANIZATIONS to turn back, and
the only way the one big union could
be put over was through the railway
shopmen. who were urged TO strike
hammer
force Grunau's union to follow suit,
reorsanize and come into the one Dig
union.
could not make hsadway . psSau ts,o OF
letters and the fact that the men
would not warm up to the organisa-
ton. The one big union idea was De.
cided upon and Bidwel. q member OF
the newly formed EnEinemens AS
na aa,awe,, IL conndsnt he can swing
the four brotherhoods behind the plan.
provided the shopmen follow out his
plans"
manent committee had been named to
manage the organization. and that
each OF these was q member OF the
/. W. W. or would take orders from
duly accredited representatives OF the
mon have been ordered to remain in
the background hereafter.
Program Summarized.
The main program vas summarized
.(aJ The communist party recognizes
that the American Federation Of Labor
. reactionary and bulwark f=Qe4x
"1b) Councils Of workers shs4 Be or
ganized in the shops. As circumstances
allow. for the purpose OF carrying on
the industrial union struggle In the old
tant elements; these councils to be uni
fed in a central council wherever pos.
sible.
communist party to a9itats for the con-
organization. embracing the /. w. W.,
W. /. J. L.. independent and accession
unions. militant unions OF the American
Federation Of Labor and the unorgan-
lied workers, on the basis OF the reVo-
lutionary class struggles"
Mr. Palmer believed that the nation
wide round up Of radicals. conducted
recently by the department, had
"halted at least. if not seriously hin
plans by its leaders" He said that
literature distributed among railroad
workers described the raids as having
shaken "the foundation. but not dis
TuDIeQ our III OHc Vi
these documents the Attorney General
was termed Americas head police
man."
Make I. w. W. Documents Public.
The Department Of Justice today
made public more documents seized
from l. w w. agitators. and
copies of appeals by that organization
to The shopmen to throw down the
labor politicians who. the appeal said.
ara pnu hon ding tho abor unions All
of the labor officials from President
Gomprrs of the American Federation
of Labor. through the list to local chair
mon were bitterly assailed and the
charge was made that these officials
had betrayed labor as successfully as
if they had received a price
Railroad corporation officials also
were attacked by the l. w. w. propa-
ganda and accused of using their most
barbarous tactics against the leaders
Of the outlaw strike. Appealing to the
shopmcn directly. one of the docu-
ments said:
The yardmen and the road workers
have hlazed the trail. and we must
now open our eyes and see the truth.
We. the shopmen. are dancing with
the same skeleton Of starvation that
is haunting the transportation men.
Now is the time for all of US to Join
the fight. Never before have we had
the opportunity TO gain our ends that
now faces us"
Another document. seized yesterday
in Pittsburgh. rebuked workers there
who did not go out on strike. and
do your own thinking" 1t said also
that these men who have remained on
their Jobs were content ito be the
goat. You are always content with
promises and more promises, mono of
which has been kept"