The labor world., 1921-03-19

Did Not Understand.
one held me up and asked, Are YOU q
card man.?
Il pretended not to understand,
Then he said, We'll, read this and let
us see you down at the Polish hall to-
morrow night At this he turned his
attention to another man walking
across the street, and I continued on
into, the plant. t., a.. =.
AT just 6:48 a. m. I registered in
my time upon entering the plant and
joined Matson. Almost immediately
he began talking to me>on the subject
OF prohibition, and in this connection
said to him, Booze never got a man
very far, but prohibition has made a
man out of many boozer' What do
you mean by ,that?' he asked, and 1
answered, We'll, many good man
was made a bum by liquor. but when
ever anyone has sworn off drinking
they have always realized that booze
was bad thing to get mixed up with"
Just at this moment Moore appeared
on the scene. and Matson remarked,
Here comes prohibition now' Moore's
response was, Never mind-you old
booze fiends will be carrying a stamp
on your forehead and be black -balled.
You know what that means. Every
boss will know you as a boozer and
nobody will hire you
Recognize no Principle.
AT II noon I left the plant in COM
pany with Huck and had lunch at his
home. While walking together 1
aFked him, What do you think of
these fellows out on picket duty?' and
he answered, I think they are lot Of
d. fools, and don't know what they
want. There they are, doing picket
duty for 50 week when they could
be making $40 day right at the
plant and have it soft. too Continu-
ing, Huck stated, What good are they
doing, stand around the streets? If
they wanted to do things they'd pound
h out Of a couple of men who took
their jobs. That would be more sat-
isfaction than standing around con-
versing on the corners. They've been
out Is weeks already and haven't
gained point Huck added at that
time they were trying to organize ev-
erybody in the metal trades line in
order to strengthen their organiza-
ton so that they will be able to have
their demands acceded to.
AT this time we arrived at Huck's
home and had dinner at his place as
he keeps boarders
Observes Every Move.
For the afternoon 1 got back tc
the plant as soon as possible, noticing
on the way in that the client was talk.
ing to two of the pickets at the cas-
end of the plant. Apparently the Glen
put it over them in an exchange o
words, as. he smiled when he walked
away. Different ones in Schmidt's de-
partment saw the client have cha
with the pickets and took a peep a
him. =
I'm this. part of my report wisl
to suggest that Stein be placed at tn,
work OF cutting and given pieceworl
at rate so 'ow that he would quit
This would be letting him down easie
than to discharge him. I am sure tina
II Schmidt kept him at cutting stead.
he would quit within two or thre
days. He is the bad egg that we mus
get rid or him in order to put q stop
=, the organizing work he does amonl
the employees of the plant at present
Then after we get rid of him we cal
take care of the lesser lights, an,
these I will bring to the clients at
tent1on from time to time with sug
gestions how they can be gotten rid o1
Only in this way can we avoid havinl
trouble this summer with the presen
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