Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-03-25
ROOSEVELT
DENOUNCED
CONSTABULARY
7old Walker That Day OF
Club and Bayonet
Was Gone

-bs following two letters are self
a,,story They refer to eonyer-
- between ex-President Roosevelt
s. - resident John II. Walker OF the
III, - state Federation of Labor:
iiiii1''s Springfield Illinois.
March 10, 1921.
49, r-,.k Farrington. Pres.
rl,rai. Miners Union.
Springfield, Illinois;
Dear q ,oa,t hearing on the Constabulary
- ~ - the Committee on Efficiency and
n.a,,, " for the House. Mr.. Castle. the IN
a,.sr heoss ~ the bill. referred tn ex-fresiaent
tze.S,-s Roosevelt. having given the nigh
laeoao.a ,sndation TO the Mounted Military
- go ~ Pennsylvania. In all OF MS
S.zs4;,,gs senator Dunlap. also. parrot-hke.
s.a.s nat statement
= y,n viii recall on ex-President kooseveits
- y;sit 10 Illinois. he. through Governor
Ssl invited YOU as well ss me TO meet
- =. the governors mansion here in spring
III - discuss existing and future problems
- y ll.hor@and amongst the many things that
- considered was the Constsoniary or MIL
- police of Pennsylvania.
10 y. ,,in recall me asking him IT II was
-. ,rpa that the brutal. repressive action of
-, hody was creating bitterness oil feeiing
.sst made il almost impossible To avoid ugly
hls IN Industry in our country. and that
- ~. .,c,d Of our Republic, all institutions
- rat Kind should be abolished.
~ -" a.,yeed with me heartily. and expressed
.ass1f enphatirally that subject saying
'thst the day when the nayonet, ne eiup
- tbs gun could or should be used to crush
"a drive working men. was sone-and that
!. ,sa only harbarians that advocated such
rns,boAs now-that every enlightened man WAS
opnosed 10 IL, and he strongly advocated the
5s,stnant of their relations between the en-
rlcvsrs and workers, by joint conferences.
.t.,rsb the representatives OF strong organ
;1stions on each side'--he said ''that II
si,hsv side knew that the other could or would
~, seht lockout on the one side or strike
J, he other. that the other would take ad-
vintage Of il that in order to get the best
/ yesplts By joint conference methods both
sides must know that the other could and
would fight II they were not treated fairly.
| He expressed himself as preferring honest.
i.;r aTbtrations, in which both sides were
| well protected, to industrial warfare.
did not like to make this statement at that
| hearing because there would have been only
a night when Castle made the statement.
number had left the hearing and nearly every
one was impatient to leave for their homes
at the same time. II is SO vitally important
that Mr.. Roosevelt's statement during the
latter days of his life on this subject should
be known and not only himself set right be-
fore the people in country, but the infiu-
enee Of his words used to prcxynt the exten-
son Of Military AutoeTacy, An4 y abolish u
uhr<<-4t exists rather t4san 70 <UktgAd 4 IN
he interest Of the mercenaries Of our day.
that il you agree with me as to what he said
at that conference will publish IT,
That the advocates of this unjust and un-
American Institution have found themselves
compelled to resort To "he said 'she
said" argument and even to go 20 the grave
yard and disturb the dead who cannot defend
themselves from them. shows the poverty of
merit 10 their case, and how far they will go
To accomplish their purpose.--it also shows
how desperate they are.
A would like to hear from you as to just
what your recollection of the discussion be-
tween myself and ex-President Roosevelt on
that subject was, rs you were sitting close by
listening
Trusting that | may hear from you at an
early date. and with best wishes. I am
Yours truly,
(Signedl J. H. WALKER, Pres.
Illinois State Federation of Labor.