The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-07-21
I'VE ARE GOING TO WIN"
THUS, PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. JOHNSTON OF INTERNATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF MACHNISTS EXPRESSES HIMSELF OF
THE BIG RAIL STRIKE GOING NOIsELEssLY ON
Campaign Planned For Months Ahead Make Effective
taking Is Being Carried Out With Armylike Precision

was promptly dispelled by the young
woman in the outer offices.
"Of course, Mr.. Johnston will give
you an interview" she said.
On the hottest day of the year Mr.
Johnston seemed to be the coolest
man in Washington. SO far as a Wis
itor might Judge from externals,
nothing was transpiring at Machin-
lists headquarters that does not take
place every day.
/ rather expected to find a situation
similar to that which prevails in news
paper offices on election night, when
the business of gathering and tabu-
lating returns, wears the nerves of
newspaper men to ragged edges.
knew that reports would be COM
ing in by the thousands, that instruc-
tions would be going out in reams,
and that very heavy responsibility
rested upon the international officers.
Frankly, believed ! would find them
a bit upset by the crisis they were
facing.
Nothing of the sort There was a
complete absence of fuss and fury
Mr.. Johnston was in consultation
with President Bronson, going over
sheaf of kilograms that had ar
rived from the battle front In short,
crisp sentences, Mr.. Johnston was
making disposition of them.
Tell them to come OUT" went in
one direction; tell them to stay on
the job!" in another. Business was
dispatched with military precision.
That was the thought that first i'm
pressed me, and it stuck with me
when l was given a chance to get a
little deeper into the complicated rou-
tine of conducting great strike.
1t seemed that every contingency
had been foreseen, that every step had
been carefully mapped long before
it was taken. The marvellous eff
cheney of the well-disciplined organi-
zation was working as smoothly as
well-oiled machinery with no noise
and practically no friction
Mr. Johnston explained the modus
operandi of the strike mechanism.
When it became apparent that the
railroad labor board didn't intend to
deal fairly by the workers, the ma
chinists international officers got
ready for a strike. The entire battle
was mapped out on paper, in much
the same manner as a general staff
directing an army in the field prepares
in advance for eventualities.
The military analogy carries right
through a strike campaign, found
International headquarters is the gen
eral staff, directing hundreds of thou
sands of men through trusted lieu
tenants, who may be likened to field
generals.
When strike became inevitable Mr..
Johnston and his caDlnet prepared
list of dependable men, who have
been through the strike mill, and as
signed them to strategic points, to
take charge of the situation in pre-
viously designated areas. Generally
railroad systems compose these units.
AS a supporting column, large
number of special men, trained for
the work, are held in reserve, to be
dispatched promptly to any point
where an emergency might arise.
These men are constantly at call and
are relied upon to correct and defect
that might work out in the theoretical
plan of action.
The preliminary arrangements be-
ing made, the international officers