Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-18
ANNIHILATION
PLANNED FOR
W0RKINGCLASS
Class War Being Waged BY
Organized Capital On
Toilers

/
Washington twaShingtan lnroau
Discovery that class aar Il un
/ der way In the United stairs. and
that organized labor l. gattinr she
worst Of iI+thus Far has iui Aeen
made bs the officials eE The A.aesieass
Federation Of Lahar What + moro
named by the elnpioyens ~ thn elh,
hodiment OF the working elaAs fufees
(which must be annlhllaieh
Frank Morrison. secretary IT the
4. OF L.. had on hlr slesk on Thursday
Il half.paEe adker,isemeni earriaa on
the back pagrpf the Philadelphia rnA
lle Ledger, signed hs the Industrial
Relations Committee of the philadei
nhis Chamber '0f Commerce. headed
Laws, Courts hnd constitution or
American Federation of l.ahof1'
In this advertisement the business
Interests OF Philadelphia. under per.
feet control by seers.ar, of the Treas
nry Mellon, the Pennsylvania Railroad
and the United States Steel Corpora
tion interests. declare
The American Federation af Labor
proposes to become sraeial priyi-
legged class s-setting up a mhar die
Itatorship.
"The Federation suggests nnllilylnE
the Constitution of the United States;
exempting themselves from the laws
of the land: freeing themselsssso OF any
moral or other obligation 10 their
fellow .eitIsena
"Do you, as citizen OF tho United
states. want a condition aueh as Tits,
or do you want the equality OF tree
dom AN provided by the Constitutions
OF the United staters The Issue ~
exceedingly clear and defnitc.'
| In support uf this challenge the
philadelphia Chamber OF Commerce
quotes from tho declarations OF the
emerxeney conference held by the A.
r. Of l.. here ON February "a. and
dealing with the right 10 strike. to
lbarkain collectively, freedom of unions
Ifrnm Punishment In damages. remov-
lni pf the msurped pnNer nf tha usbftA
Ito oec1Arn na<A ~ UonRr&na nlirsnHtE
jfuti8HxI (which fhs shnlnhaf sAxr
would destroy one pf thu nations
Ihuiwarks1, repeal 0f tho anti.eunnpir.
lacy and anti-combinatinn laws as they
affect trade union activities. and final.
iiy the isHne OF rnsisfnnee 10 Illegal
lnjnnetions In labor disputes.
The Phiindeiphla business organiza.
tion denouncea tfie proposal of the
A. ". of l.. to deful court iniunetions aE
one which would make the tonsiiih
lion a scrap Of paper
On Secretary Mufriaun'a desk at
the same moment was a letter inform
Ing him that the national Association
of Manufacturers had offered 20 The
debating team of one of the largest
universities III the east the services
OF itE general counsel and another eA
pert, for the preparation OF the bnAAas'
| side OF m open shop" debate. As
Harvard yalo, Princeton, Georfntown
and other universities are alow debai
| Ing the issue Of the union or open
shop In industry. II Ii possible that
| the offer OF the manufacturers 10 send
a $4,000 lawyer with his assistant 90
help three college boys prepare an
argument against the labor movement
has not been restricted 10 one uni.
yersity
"This Ia only fragment of their
plan" said Morrison They are
spending huge sums OF money In every
kind of propaganda against labor.
both IN the colleges and schools and
In the public forums evefywbare+ tn
addition To their heavy Investment
such rs this In Philadelphia.
we are meeting them with less
expenditure. because we have not the
money. We are holding mass meet.
ings In the INDUSTRIAL cities, and we
are beginning 10 organize our own
printed propaganda In self defense.
| Morrison addressed big crowd In
Baltimore this week and will talk IN
Chester, Pa. Winaton.salem. y. G..
Toledo and other places within the
next two weeks.
The National Association OF Manu-.
facturers claims 10 represent corpora
tions employing s,0000o0 persons and
having an Investment OF Sl5.Uo0oVu-
900. From these INVESTORS u IL gath
erlng it's fund 10 put anti-labor speak
ers before every civic and religious
organization In the country. according
TO information forwarded TO the a. OF
l.. And this time fits objective Is not
the destruction OF the reds, but OF
the whole trade union movement, ~
order that the attacks which the re
cent conference and recent conYen'
tions OF the A r. Of l.. have made
upon profiteers and the eoaris snail
nat he continued