The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-07-17
LABOR V|EWSOF
\. v. GA. Raped
BY EMPLOYERS
Trade Unions Are Blamed for
Prsssnt Depression In
Industry.
BY NORMAN HAPGOOD.

BY NORMAN HAPGOOD.
The campaign against liberal
thought goes industriousiy forward
The latest aspect TO come to my.
knowledge u an attack by the Pitts
burgh Employers Association on the
support OF the Young Woman's Chris.
tisn Association.
Tho Christian Register. q notably
fair.minded weekly. has during IT.
hundred years Of existence stood for
moderation and nationality In social
questions. It says. In its issue OF
July =. that the Pittsburgh attack on
the Y. w. c.. A. II In its opinion 'the
most important example In recent
tween those who stand for the church
az spiritual Institution. which shall
limit itself to religion only, and those
who say there 10 no religion except
that which works for definite change
as needed In all relations
Progressives Attacked.
One OF the circulars. signed, will
liam Fred Long. vice president and
Association OF Pittsburgh. sums up
being that It stands for: a4 III
Industrial democracy
Collective bargaining.
A share In shop control and man.
agement by the workers.
Labor's desire for an equitable
share In the profits and management
of industry. (
Minimum wage. f.r
Government employment offices.
Experiments In cooperative owner.
ship. t ~
And something which the Employ
ers' Association expresses thus: PRO
lection of workers from enforced en-
ploymsnt" What the Y. w. C. A. &C.
tually came out for was, Protection
Of workers from the hardships of en-.
forced unemployment" The Employ.
ers' Association has not apologized for
that misrepresentation.
Fight Extended Here.
The Employers Association OF Pitts.
burgh has branched out In Its fight tn
New York. Denver and other places.
and gives signs of q determination to
keep after the women as long as the
women contend that religion has any
thing to do with Justice on earth.
From California there has just come
to me another example of the nation.
wide attempt to shut the lid down on
progressive thought. 1t IL sent to me
by the president of q lodge In one of
the railway brotherhoods and IL q let
ter issued by one of the banks In Los
Angeles. This letter says:
The sole reason why conditions are
not now hack to normal In this coun-
try 10 the position assumed by organ
ixod labCrn
sole reason" 10 fairly strong. Most
Of US supposed the taxation middle,
the decentralization Of the European
market. the sudden collapse of prices
in agriculture. and the inefficiency In
management pointed out by Mr..
Hoover's committee had something to
do with It.
What is labor doias7 The bank
says:
TT has not yet reached the dyna,
hitting stage. but with Ryan of In
dianapolis at large, by an inexcusable
Executive pardon. and McNamara out
of the penitentary. no knowing what
will happen.
Attacks Closed Shop.
Capital can fight back by simply
refusing to finance any closed shop
enterprise. The Steel COM
pany did this In New York. and how
organized labor did squeal."
President Harding IL much too radt.
cal for this bank. 1t has q terrible
time over the compromise OF the pack.
ers'' strike. For putting In q labor
man as Secretary Of Labor It says the
President Ia being properly and se'
verely criticised. 1t tactfullyS calls his
attention to the fact that many who
contributed money to his election find
It inconceivable that he should have
made that blunder.
ALSO the only word that satisfies
the banks feelings about Secretary
Davis is the word thug"
The bank covers a wide range. II
does not overlook the radicalism OF
the Supreme Court Of the United
States. After the recent rent case, I!
says, 1T would appear time to search
our lunatics for applicants for posi-
tons on the bench"
It's scholarship is shown by saying
that Justices Holmes. Day and Pitney
were put on the bench by woodrow
Wilson.
The labor official who sends me THU
document says he doubts whether Il
win help either capital or labor. Thai
question refer to Vice president
Coolidge. who Is making d specia
study of public opinion In Its danger
GUS agpectS