The labor world., 1922-02-25

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.s- ..s@ - Tried TO- "Get Even.'' st..s.s@-5
. IT was Paul May, shortly after4 he
left the Duluth :News-Tribune, who
furnished John l. Morrison, editor of
The Rip Saw with a series -of
stories In which he attempted tos..get
even with the morning paper be-
cause Its managing editor refused
to- re-instate him az reporter
Those stories. alisof which were of. 4
scandalous character, formed the
OF the Rip Saws attacks on. the
y xs-Tribune. which it has since
continued. -. - -. >. ,s.s.,S-2s=. -
: Mr.. May was afterwards employed
asa special writer for the Minnesota
Iesder. and later became Northwest
editor: of, the Minnesota Starsats Nin-
neapolis where he, was employed un-
'tftlast week. .What his, trouble with
the Star or the. Nonpartisan league
was ~ about their friends here have
not learned: In any event he Is now
attempting. to '''get even'' with the
farm-Iabor daily and the league as
he tried to do with the News-Tri-
bune.:. - y, -.
S. S: ;We1eomed-by Times. sE.55.
:. The. most bitter newspapers4op-
ponent OF union labor and 5of the
cause of justice, in America is tho
Los Angeles Times. It is ever ready,
to give first page publicity to any
story that will prejudice the public
mind against union labor and against
any farmers organization that makes
:war ag1anst special privilege. That
:is q fact we'll known to every union
labor and farmers league member
in. tho country and Paul May lost no
time fn feedinE the Los Angeles
Times With material that has given
.%atd and comfort to the enemy. -. 'z:..;s T..
!: His zstory to the Times is. siEned:
Paul May, Former Editor Minne.s
seta Leader, officisas paper OF the
:NonpaFtlsen League an Minnesota q
He atsno editor OF the
EEAaAef. 11iy U ~ : is Iprffiss6 as IN
'::e1sxclus3ve. Dispatch.' = aud is dated
1t Minneapolis, Feb. IS. The Times;
runs the following column
headline over the: story on Its front
page '.Nonpartisan League in its
Death Struggle. Former Editor Of
Official Paper Declares Few Months
viii See Radical Party's End. /" The:
story IS as. follows: - -. .ss::z:...s ::..s.
The national ;Nonpartisan league IS
in it's death struggle. It may last "a
few more months; 1t may even see
an election in Minnesota and North,
,Dakota-but that's all. For nearly
two yeatiI have been identified with
'Nonpartisansleague :,ublicationssand
I haverseen It fall from a: dizzy height
TO- the bottomless pit. HIS VS. ssTs s.
Here are some, reasons for that.
rapid descent. which was rapid: s
The end. Of the war. which when.
being waged Enve lecture agitators
sonethms I'd yell about. :35.-1t ~ lss- S.
=. .r*as.a e + ;,s Heavily In Debt.
X, Incompetency in league affairs.
The.Ieasue; is hundreds OF thousandsf
of dollars In debt. It owes Id the
than $50, 900: The Star. .co-opera-
lively owned newspaper. capitalism
at, 81, ,oo0; 900 Is chiefly the properly
81 organized labor. but John fh0mII,
son, business manager for the STAT
allowed the National Leader natiop-
al organ: Of the league, to- buy on
credit huge. quantities of paper he-
fore 1t was discovered by ThomHs;
Van Lear: one--tine mayor OF Minne-
Apolis, and president of the scusopas
eratiye league which publishes the
Star. Thompson, incidentally, Sig sbps-s
iness manager for all Nonpartisan.
league Publications. ss-rte>s
3. Lack OF faith among farmerss IN
league leaders. The. league has been
badly beaten in every recent. poiis-
ical campaign It's leaders have heenS
Jailed. Those on the. outside, mere
.hangers-on for pay were incapable
1of. continuing the, work. The publicity
bureau, once mum bering twelve men.
now numbers but one. who has little.
I'd, do except gamble with. the print
ers In. the composing room Where
once Ford automobile were bought
by the dozen for organizers, g dozen
organizers today are lucky os.Get,
one. League workers have been be-
hind In their pay for m months. -. \
ss.,.. Lack OF Faith Grows. ss IS. j.
The farmer slack OF aithsisErow-S
ing because they are realizing that
while ToWhley himself may be fAne1s
ically sincere there are among H.
.lieutenaptgthe large. ma joritX Of
them mere self f-seekers who wish
tfatten their pocket hooks ats tl.srss,.ssss ~
pense 81 sfsrmers.
For Instance, there IS. John Them ~
sonS the business n1aragss5 % Menss