The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-05-16
The City
Commission
Must Be
Sustained

n Nv NEkIlSEM ENIS of the
"a group Of labor leaders and
paid agitators who are seek.
ing 10 take over the city govern.
ment Of Albuquerque, answer the
ease against them made by The
Evening Herald with the state
ment that The Herald is shouting
Bolshcvik.
II il a difficult proposition for
these fomentors Of trouble 10 ans.
wer The llcrald's statement of
their ease and what their demand
means to Albuquerque. They can
not answer It with logic. because
there is no logic in their cause.
They cannot answer II with public
spirit, because their demands are
opposed TO every principle Of pub.
lie spirit. They cannot answer it
with an assertion of justice in
their cause, because there is no
justice in their cause. They can.
not answer II with AN argument of
community welfare because their
demands are utterly and surely
destructive Of community wei
fare. They cannot answer 10 with
statement of right and wrong.
because they are wrong by every
standard of the public interest
and every argument Of right is
against them
Therefore these men resort 90
efforts to fan the flame uf elias,
prejudice; to foster class con.
sciousnc,s; TO set American cit
izcu against American citizen.
The Herald has not referred To
these labor leaders aud hired agi-
tators aS Bolshcvlki 80 We have
not termed their effort an effort 10
establish soviet government in
Albuquerque. la the place of free
American government. II they
wish o. ~ subscribe their under
taking, this newspaper d, willing
to let their definition stand.
We have preferred to describe
this undertaking of Patterson and
his gang Ia plain language of the
United States. Many labor lead
cr> who undertake such leadership
rs an ayocatiou. with pay for
their services. fall into the com.
mon ryiug that lead
crShip cannot hc maintained with
ont stirring up strife between rm-
ploycr and cmpIoyr. Let u,
have trouble Is their slogan and
make conditions worse is their
guiding principle
There Is another and more
dangerous type of leadership be-
hind their effort to wreck Alhu.
qucrpr Il !, the type that make,
agitation % business aud the fo-
mruing Of strife profession.
These latter care not one whit for
the interests of organized labor.
except a., they can u,r IL 90, % We
h.'le for riding along u easy liv.
ing without work They care
nothing fer the welfare Of the
community wherein they operate
and wherein organized labor firls
employment They are willing 20
sacrifice both and tn wreck both.
il iu the process of wrocklug they
.cau pull down the rakc-otf Of the
hired agiiator and the reward of
The lahor.uniou hypurritc
ln this recall election. ,uu thc
citizens OF Albuquerque. are asked
o. yield to th, demands OF this latter
type of labor union 3gIt1'os They
huy, converted to tu.u effort f,V
unpaid labor f,rd.rs Who arc m.s-
taken Done sincere Th.y arrE tn bind
aIl organized lalur to them Iy th,r
effort to rliar OBJ. .Hsuu of th. "uprn
shop. #1u issu, which does not np-
u,H. bon This situation. except as thrs,
lDHd,ys huN, raised &c.
TH.a. mon thuurht that their Fuu
upon labor and through labor. upon
Alhuuu,ruu, va. strong enough to
fast,u th,Ir rul. upon loul ruy'ru'
mont. as vcll Hs upon local Iusiu'r.
and local living casts and IIyiuE roUdl'
lions Trty forced thU issue Cos vu,
Of tl, attempted uuiouiEaiIon Of cts
tmuIuy,- and upon that i"suU. force
td tho r,HI Is-u, fhpy sought tur m.
furt .u recall tN, city commission. and
Tao over the city government
You Will ,uuuH" urEt Friday h'
tween gu efficient GO. government
and government hF IlI.d u-if1tuIs
You VIII ghOus' I,IH,.u EUNrruuI,u
by au uuturru,N uf wrDrEDrs and gov
'rnmrnt hr your own elected repro
This b. th, situation fn AuuqurrHu,