The labor world., 1922-12-16
OBSERVATION. As TO men.
ABD.MEASuRES
CHESTER ! j j! M. WRIGHT


Labor, is serving as counsel for Con-
gressman, Keller who started, the
impeachment proceedings.
:. Daugherty so far has done nothing
but deny in a loud voice that he is
guilty Of the fourteen formidable
charges. outlined in Keller's bill Of
particulars. Loud voices. however,
do not always. convince. ~.
. Let the fig hit go on. It will be a
pleasure to shear what Mr.. Daugher-
ty has to say on the witness. stand.
That will be much: more interesting
than his preliminary bluster. j..
How many are watching the indi-
cations Of Russian domination of the
Turks? How many rem embef, in ad-
d1tion, that Russia has a treaty with
Germany?
Those who laugh at, the strength
Of Communist influence abroad or
who regard as inconsequential the
Communist prdpaganda in our own
country Aee making a grave mistake.
: The: trade union movement itself
has not reached the point where. it
can forget this destructive influence.
There is before congress a. pro-
posed. constitutional amendment pro-
viding; tor abolition Of the electoral
college and direct election Of prest:
dent: and vice president. There is one
also which proposes to do away with
tax exemptions on bonds.
. Success Of such propositions means
much to the people. These will be
real steps in the direction of: prog
ress. How wildly they contrast with
such propositions as the ship sub
sidy. ::
Ship subsidy, by the way, is rock
ing along. on rough road in the
senate: There seems to be, much
clearer shadow of the recent .elec-
tions In the senate than in the house,
Ola John R., Plutocrat isn't going to
find it so. easy to hang the senate
scalp to his belt. Meanwhile It would
be "a good; thing AZ every: American
worker" and IA rn1ers saIould write his
senator a letter, aPQut the: subsidy
loot. With >subsidy In operation. every
boat would be a: gravy boat: X: i,
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when the levil: was sick, the devil
q monk would be. That was. said
many, many years ago: 1t is recalled
blythe administrations frantic hunt
for. something to do for the, farm
err The president calls in: his 2golf
partners and. dopes it ali out. How
ever, the farmers are much better
Judges Of: what's needed than are the
golf partners and until somebody
takes the framers'' word for it, there
WON'T be. much doing Of any colise-
quence. \ -, 49,.
Mr.. Secretary of the Treasury Mel
Ion tells newspapers that Congress
man Frear is all wrong in his at
tacks on the treasury policy of APP
proving melon cutting. The people
will look at the figures, which have
been well reported through the labor
press by International Labor News
Service, and they will draw their own
conclusions. Working people will find
it difficult, quite likely, to agree with
Mr.. Melons justification Of the stock
dividend saturnalia.
Boston Central Labor union is re-
ported to have ord cred delegates to
get out Of the Foster so-called. de-
fense council or give up their C. L.
U. seats. That is handling Foster
without gloves. There will be q great
many. trade unionists who. will feel
like congratulating the Boston C. L.
u. for its, actlbnu. Foster will find
that there 'are a great many who
can't be: fooled even a part of the
time. = y H. ,..'
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When the progressive senators and
congressman, including those serv-..
ing and those newly, elected, met re-
Gently In Washington, the, reaction
ary crowd cried ''bols1eyik." :: :
There aer; real bolshevikAin Amer
lea, at both ends of the line; and
labor is the foe Of both kinds But
labor knows the real thing. and isn't
deceived by mere, name calling. :
Senator .Brookhart; one Of the new
progressives, hit the; thing or when
he said in = speech that the Wall
Street strike against the farmers Of
the west had costa the farmers Of
his state more than ali 6f, the labor
strikes In the history ofAthe country.
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= What every union man should
know: The strength, solidarity and
unity Of purpose Of the trade union,
movement sis the most important
thing in ttl1e world to all workers.
Think Of that when ''inte1ltctuals''
and fad purveyors come knocking
at your door. h II ,.s. D
4 .....s. PUZzLE: FIND POP.
il Col. p. A;sFranllin. vice president
OF Strathmore Paper company. is re-
sponsible for the fo1lo wing story: AZ:
gentleman having business with i.
country farmer inquired of the
farmers. boy where the old man was
tn An foltsr ssHI nsa 01YfA In III q 11}fr.S