New-York tribune., 1922-06-17
.5owelI Seeks
Aid of Miners
For Rail Strike

g. has failed completely 20 realize that
e. b.. dealing with human lives. It's de-
r0u r.ad. Nsc "a trade journal re-
fr0 nr'co of harbod wire
Mr fitzgerald said. however, there
r. .e ro general strike Of members
f. c.nl.sfirn. a strike vote will
uot he pu' out. nc added.
p W. Hct president q the signal
mon. raii the general committee on
Zach road wolid decide whether %
issue strike ballot
Timothy Hea,v. head of the hremen
oilers and watcIfCndcrs. who were cut
fw1 cents an hour. said he would send
out strike ballots tomorrow night and
the c.clAs sIii have theirs in the mail
NOT later taan Sunday.
The railroads and the Labor Board
we've denounced tonight a. a mass
mcclnr held in the local labor tenn
pie Nr. Jewell Joseph 4. Franklin,
OF rho boiicrmakers, and William H..
Johnston, Of the maehinists, were
speakers.
Legion Head Pleads Unity
7te other most important feature in
connection with to-day's convention ac-
fvitos vas an address hy Hanf0ra
N4cNider commander Of the American
Legion. il which be pointed 0ut that
thf ley OIL and The Federation nave o
good dcai In common. especially along
Che aar oi ioInt political action, snd
advocated moro complete understand
lrc between tne two organizations
Tie was followed hy GcorRs =. Berry
who. in addition 20 being vice-eom-
n|anccr oi tne Legion, SIS president o.
the International Printing pressmen
and Assistants Union o. America. Mr.
Berry declared there are two planks or
which born organizations can act mu-
flalIy- education and Americsnism-
end De- urged that the latter joint pro-
gram be- begun "in the Cap.to! at Wash.
irr'on.'
Commander Macnider in his address
.cf.tI.. Oh tho democracy Of the Legion
membership. spoke Of tho power ex-
rr'ed hy ttc g. a. r. in the days fol-
lowing the Civil War and predicted
tha. We cannot help through the COM
lr. rears hut yield a tremendous in
fuc0ce upon OlT national existence"
1T must be our duty" he said. ito
see that this Ierion of our stays
far tolerant, clean, straight and
American. and that is on. ambition
for &c.
Continuing he said that the Fedora
tior and the Legion both have as COM
mon enemies those who seek 10 tear
down Tie lawful integrity Of our na-
ton Then hc went on;
There is a way provided by the
Constitution 90 make such changes as
we taira are uecesslry--the ballot. Out
in ny onn state the other day We
shook ourselves rather forc.b.y and
romuattd for United States Senator
hy on Overwhelming majority Smith
BrookhaTt, q member OF the Legion
and strong labor man. Shady
Lewis, president Of the Iowa Fedora
ton Of LABOR. can tell you Of the fine
accord with which our organizations
worked together ogt there IN the tall
corn.
Legion Not in Politics
Don't risunderstand ne. the Amsri-
oan Legion has not, never has been
and ! lopc never will be .n politics
Rut We are going % see mat this
country stays as We wc.kei and fougat
that 10 sho-ld stay-American That is
the big basic purpose e this Legion
Of ours
NO real American denies the right
of labor 20 organize for the betterment
and protection o. is members That
is exactly Why the American Legion
was Organized for the returned scrv-
ice rnen-that. and for continued SEW
lee 20 the country IN peace as well as
in war The first thing on our pro-
eram is % see that these men who
came back here, blind, manned, broken
in health and body, and who have