The Washington times., 1922-03-15

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CHICAGO. March 15.-The Cow
ernment has drawn back from. the
coal miners controversy. Having
scorched their fingers. the, Federal
officials would not risk burning their
hands. b the coal strike VIII come
az scheduled; the Govnrhment unable
to stop or compounds H. % Why1
Most persons can REMAINDER when
Mr.. Roosevelt interfered to Prevent
q coal strike and prevented, It, can
recall similar instances Of Govern.
ment. interference that succA1ded.
Why il such interference sl6ta esucr
cessful OF late? Why do offtolGl a.
surances of Justice fall 20 often on
deaf ears and needless minds? Why
Ia the Government less able than
formerly to assuage the hard feelings
and resentments that culmjnate In
such q national misfortune as q coal
striker
Various Reas0ns.
There arep many reasons, somc
plain matterb of dollars and cents:
others. matters Of personal grie, :
ances. But these always were In.
volved. even back in the days Of
Roosevelt. What then are the new
factors that make the trouble?
One answer may be found In set
of pamphlets, just Oft the press.
They are addressed to nAAn IKE the
coal miners, and are} intended tn
convince them that no WAxSs are
large enough, that floor r&l2s q day
Is a fraud and cheat just asiss - or
IS a day, that in any scase the en-.
ployer is a swindler and the wo-E-
ingman q victim. The workinEniau
is entitled to receive "the full pro-
duct of his labor" II he doeanit, Pet
in wages practically the Waite .of eall
he produces, II, any noteworthy de-
duction is made from the valusi OF
the Foods he produces when he re-
ceives his wages, II his pay u not
virtually the whole thing and the
employers share OF the selling price
little or nothing, he. IL robbed, OPP
pressed. enslaved, and defrauded OF
his just due.
Pure Bolshevissn.
Although the writers of these
pamphlets would deny It. this teach
ing Is Marxism and Bolshevism rurs
and simple. Labor produces every.
thing Of value; therefore. labor
should get everything Of value Il
produces. This ID the raw PROPOSE.
ton shat the whole theory IND
propaganda 30 back % and axe
based on.
But surely a hundred thousand os
a million pamphlets Of this sort
- a In
Correct;s but these pamphlets are
only q few OF q great mAss Of
pamphlets, tracts, booklets, and
periodicals, that descend n q shower
on the workers OF the. CO Intry every
week and. almost every dsH. In
Wasfifngton q few days ago the
writer saw piles ON piles OF such
literature IN the room OF ono whose
business 1T is to collect and report
on 1t. And 1t all ~ for he one pur-
pose Of convincing men like the coal
miners that, no matter what wages
they get, they are swiniled BY the
operators out of more money than
they receive In their pay envelopes.
Cause Of Discomfort.
There is yeast enough in that
sort of stuff to leaven a big lump Of
discomfort. Such teaching Ii likely
to bring forth q good-sized crop Of
trouble whenever 1t. 10 carried on.
At present 1t IL carried GU more
actively than ever pefore. and hero
and there IL IL financed with money
that never was provided by Aineri-
can labor or labor organizations
$50. 900 is supposed to lie. Europe's
latest contribution to spread the
propaganda. -"