Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-11-28
UNIONS SCORE
SLURRING NOTE
SENT TO SHANK
DenOunce Employers AssOcia
ton Secretary as Merely
Hired AgitatOr.

Statements of A. ]. Allen, secretary of
the Associated Employers of Indianapolis
in a recent open letter to Mayor-elect
Samuel Lewis Shank are scathtngly
criticised by a committee of the Central
Labor Union in a letter which 1t an
nOunced today it has sent TO the incoming
chief executive.
Most Of the criticism was directed to
a paragraph IN Mr. Aliens letter In
which he wrote to Mr.. Shank; "There
are times when the industrial situation
of the city viii require me, as the bust
ness agent of said associations, to con-
fer with your law enforcement depart
ment" and used the phrase certain
emergencies
When the Central Labor Union asked
Mr. Aliens association to cooperate with
it and the Veterans of Foreign Wars in
the recent Armistice day celebration, the
labor letter charges he wrote across the
post card sent to him that "the celebra-
ton should take place under the aus
pieces of a recogD 1ed patriotic organ
ization."
The union leaders who signed the let
ter are Charles w. Kern, president;
Louis c. Schwartz, vice president: Louis
A. Barth, secretary of the Central Labor
Union: Adolph ]. Fritz. secretary of the
Indiana State Federation of Labor. and
Theodore Perry of Typographical Union
No. l.
BRAND ALLEN
As PAID AGITATOR.
After designating Mr.. Allen as the
( paid business agent OF the Employers
Association. the Foundrymen's Associa-
ton and the indianapolis branch of the
I Metal Trades Association, the letter said
2 fo mi
tatiOn of them seem to be to promote
strife and discord among the workers of
the city. His conception Of justice seems
to be that employers may organize and
/ the workers should not.
] 1.-The tone Of his communication to you
seems to be that you should allow him to
/ dictate to you just how your admins
tration deal with the toilers Of this city
that you should take orders from him.
; in reference to his communication we
might say that we could not let this
/ damnable slur on the part Of Mr. Allen
| &c by without making few remarks
or commenting on the same.
First, under the caption of Assuring
| of support he states, II was his inten-
( ton to convey this message 10 you in
/ person How is 1t that he waited so long
/ in extending his congratulations?
/ rs II possible that the stunning blow
you delivered against his kind on election
day took him these many days to over
come? We might say that the great
Committee of One Hundred all familiar
names in the roster Of the employers as
sociation. which came out to save the
world. made such a rank failure.
/ 1t is our understanding that every mem
her Of this committee is a member OF
these so-called great organizations that
are so willing now TO cooperate with you
/ in any manner"
The letter challenges Mr.. Allen to show
where he ever fostered industrial peace
and refers TO the efforts Of employers TO
get the State cOnstabulary bill and the
anti picketing bill through the last Leg
/ islaturo and wants to know II this Is the
/ kind Of cooperation "Mr Allen and his
gang is offering to you at this timer"
( SALVADOR ASKS
/ ONLY SQUARE DEAL
! Reference is made to Mr.. Aliens state
ment that he hopes to become personally
acquainted with members Of the admin
/ istration and comment thereon as fol
lows:
Labor is not squrming for personal
/ acquaintance with the heads of your law
/ enforcing departments. but asks that 1t
/ he given that square deal that was 50
/ prominent in your campaign utterances
/ and the recognized heads Of labor in this
/ city are more than willing 70 cooperate
/ with its prestige and influence TO the
end that industrial strife viii be held
/ to a minimum.
"While we are willing to admit. that
we have some radicals in our ranks,
but are not willing to admit that we
have as great radical a this Mr.. \ J.
Allen"
The communication concludes
I'VE trust that your administration
will be n successful one and assuring
you Of a real. fun, hearty cooperation on
behalf of all the affiliated and nonaffili-
ated local organizations of the Indian
apolis Central Labor Union and assur-
ing you we have no axes to grind or spe-
cial favors to ask and have no desire
to dictate the policies you shall follow
/ but only asking a square deal for every
body, we remain"