The Connecticut labor news., 1922-04-21


 to learn what the administration and
 Of course, to incorporate the word institution would be too glaring an
 too p1ebian to those who depend upon Once in a while one of these secret reports finds it's way into the office of
 the American Federation of Labor. 1 The latest was letter No. 187, sent out by the Whaley-Eaton Service, Colum-
 bia Trust Building, 358 Fifth Ave
 nue, New York City. It is labelled
 For Clients Only" and "Confden- tal" Among the startling things said in this letter are the following: l That in view of certain assurances l given to Lloyd George and Poincare e by the Soviet authorities, Russia will within few months be 'yoked to the
 chariot of organized, orderly prog
 ress,' and will be taking her part in l the rehabilitation of the world with
 the approval of the United States.
 That this informal understanding l between the United States and the allies is a we'll defined movement to l keep Congress in session until No vember, and the reason assigned in l inner circles is the conceded inevit- ability of critical international decis-
 ions being reached during the summer l months
 That at the proper time Congress will be asked to recommend an Amer ican official to sit on the Preparations | Commission.
 That the offer of Henry Ford on headed off by appropriations by the government It will be contended 1 that water power of such enormous | military importance can not properly l be turned over to one individual whose heirs and assigns might for the purposes of profit become provokers l of war
 Consideration is also being given to proposals to develop system of government water powers as a meas ure of preparedness and to utilize at least one great site in the west. Both of these projects are to be retained permanently under government own crship.
 That Chairman McCumber of the Senate Finance Committee has lost control to Senators Smoot, Curtis and Watson, who found enough votes to defeat the chairman in the dye fight.
 That the tariff bill will not be passed until after the Genoa confer ensce, and that Congress will consider the pI1nC1pIc OI TOT elSH lHSlSdu VI American valuation as basis of
 rates. An ultimate compromise will probably be reached in favor of the Shoot substitute for the Fordney valuation plan.
 That the bonus bill is one of the
 least of the troubles of the leaders in Congress, but the real problem IS how | to put over a sales tax.
 That some form of sales tax will be operative by this time next year.
 That the Shipping Board officials were tremendously exercised by re- port reaching them from New York that the Standard Oil would oppose
 the ship subsidy proposal.
 That an effort was being made to l make the coal strike an "open shop" l battle; that a representative of the Chamber of Commerce of San Fran cisco was reported to be III the coal fields urging an open shop fight and that large contributions for this pur- pose had been rendered.
 That certain congressman who had | introduced resolutions to force the Presidents hand in the St. Lawrence 1 waterway project were called into ! private conference and informed that ] if the President was to be harassed l in this way he would hardly care to move independently on that question. ] The congressman therefore laid ! down, and the President will follow his original plan to make the project an administration measure by going ahead with diplomatic negotiations in
 connection with the matter.
 That signs of a closer contact be-
 tween the Interstate Commerce Com
 mission and the Railway Labor Board
 means that the wage and rate ques- tions will hereafter bear a closer re-
 lationship in their solution"
 Much of the information given by
 the Whaley-Eaton Service and by
 other "services" is known to be true.
 The following from the former shows
 the methods being used to lull the people into false security:
 Tt Is the policy of leaders to let the impression get abroad that Con- | gress is undisciplned and out of con- troll It would not be wise to ascribe to present leadership too great de gree of subtlety, but clients can as sure themselves that the administra- l ton can get the votes 1t needs, when | 1t wants them, and put through nearly any program it desires. The method
 involves delays, while the opposition has time to talk itself out, but when the showdown comes the administra- l ton marches away with it's refund- ing legislation, or it's Austrian relief measure, or it's ratified treaties. The process is one of multiple feelers,'
 public education and attrition" The above statements are known to l be true in many respects. For in stance, the Standard Oil Co. objects
 to the ship subsidy bill because it
 will not receive any of the subsidy
 The bill provides that if the owner
 of the boat owns more than half of
 the cargo the vessel is carrying there
 shall be no subsidy. This will elin-