The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1921-06-18
B UILD DEEP
WATERWAYS;
UNEMPLOYMENT
Labor Federation Urges
Constructive Work by
Government

DENVER, June fs.--Immcdlate
~ deep waterway BY tho govern
nent IN order 10 provide work for
the millions of unemployed was
urged By Jaues Lord. president OF
the mining department of the Amer
can Federation ~ Labor. w his an
nual report made public today
besides relieving unemployment Mr..
Lord said this gigantic enterprise
would provide for establishment OF
ship canals. would "aiao prevent
floods forever. would reclaim mill
lions OF acres Of the richest land In
ne world, and would DO away with
yellOwiack and malaria"
This would automatically do many
other things" said Mr.. Lord. BE-
sides making seaporta OF some OF our
inland cities 1 believe II this system
were started, building from the head
waters of the Mississippi and the Mia-
souri,. and 60 some extent the Illinois
and Ohio rivers. down 10 New Orleans.
La. II would give an outlet By water
for the produce OF 81 Louis Kansas
city, Chicago. Pittsburgh and other
cities. directly 10 either coast OF south
America or TO Europe.
IT would require many years 70
do this Job right In the meantime.
while the rest OF the world IL writh-
ing in agony and uncertainty. this gi-
ganiic enterprise would boom every
line In hrmnn cndeavor In our coun-
try; our unemployed would be put 20
useful and prOfitnbie work. they
would require clothing. food housing.
pay rolls steel. concrete and machin-
cry, and IN the meantime We would
have an open field for n thorough and
complete organization"
Reclaim Desert land
Reclamation Of desert and swamp
land and the building Of good roads
was also urged BY tho mining depart
ment head TO give work 10 the unem-
ploycd.
Speaking OF the financing OF auch
projects. Mr.. Lord said
We do not hesitate 10 pledge the
credit Of generations 10 come for the
purpose Of war and carnage; and In
piedging credit OF our succcssorH 10
this constructive work We would also
be Fiving them a legacy that they
would all participate In with comfort
and profit for all time"
Referring to employment OF gun
men" by empluyera. Mr.. Lord said
There Is no country IN the world
where the owners and directors OF
troll armies OF privately hired killers
AZ they are. now with impunity doing
In some p=fs of our country"
1T IL doubtful II. IN any other
country" he added. "men whose sole
recommendation are that they will
commit murder or any other crime for
and with its fuiI knowiedro from Its
own Investigation. 20 supersede and
dispiace constitutional government.
Tolcrates system.
True. our government does not ad-
vocate this institution but strangely.
toieratss i and In effect says Il can
Declaring that the government
knew OF these professional murder
crs" by lis inveafiRatlon In the up
per peninsula IN Michigan. the Paint
and Cabin creek outrnRes In West
Virginia and the Colorado horror"
Mr. Lord declared mot one man.
hired killer, coal operntos. or cor
rupt government official has been
brought 10 trial and convicted 10 this
good day"
lie urged the workers 70 unite 10
their fullest capacity politically and
economically and abolish this prob
lem OF shame"
1--WE should initiate" he continued.
''and fight for passage Of federal les
iSiation competent to deal with this
evil, either In lis interstate features.
or the abolition OF the charters or
these professional murder enter
prlnca"
Referring to the coal mininR indus
try Mr.. Lord said.
''The Industrial reaction which has
set IN has hit the mining industry
possibly harder than auy other in
dustry Thousands OF miners are un-
employed and they who can get three
days a weok are better off than tho
average. The question OF unemploy-
ment also manifcats itself in tho af-
fairs OF the international union finan-
ciaiiy. a. Idle members are cxoner-
atrd from dues"
The Aiabama coal strike. he de-
clarcd, was ended by one 81 the most
brutal decisions ever rendered within
the remembrance of man"
This decision" he added. "ren-
dered By the governor ~ tho state,
n as cruel. tyrsnnical and cold blood d
ID as II n were written exclusively
| by the operators or the exclusive boz o
nor circle of tho merchants and man.
ufarturers' association"
Reviewing the strike situation iu
| Mingp county West Virginia. ha naid
| the armed forces pf the operators "thc
the government, the only government
that ever answers tho needs OF plea
% the workers there"
/ '"rhn metalliforous Industry Il e1-
pcricncinE the greatest slump In his.
tory" Mr. Lord said "rhe smeltcrl
are almost universally closed. and the
mines are nearly az bad
There was no session of the Amer.
| iCan Federation OF Lab conxentior
here today. The delegates loft on d
special train Tor Colorado springs fol
a mountain sight-seeing tour.
The convention unaniniousl,
pledged its support 10 the pacSiul
house workers n TIM country IN thrl
nght against fuTthcr way roduo
tluuh.
The "tig fivo' packcrs were con
dcmned for attempting 10 ~educa -
most a million workers aud their dc
pendants TO IA degrading state o
pos srty with an its attending depri
Nationn' and cause an "uHfortunat
condition that because OF its "a
reaching results win also Impede IN
progress % the nation"
Interest IA whether John Levi,