Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-11-14

One point of responsibility is
connected with Patterson. This
lies in the publication of the circu-
lar letter, calling the strike. Pat
terson brought a copy of the letter
to the Morning journal Sunday
night and its publication yesterday
morning was because Of his request
for publication.
In view of the great secrecy
which is being maintained in con-
nection with the circular letter and
of certain other phases. many have
formed the opinion that there must
be something more than the mere
calling of q strike behind the af-
fair. One fact which is self evil
dent, in view Of the letter signed
by ten men who compose the
committee appointed to represent
the men of the Santa Fe shops in
Albuquerque before the labor
board is that some one outside the
shops Is making an effort to fomenr
dissatisfaction among the SHOP
workers.
In the letter which Patterson ad-
mits having written and sent out
with the circular letter calling for
a strike. he opens with the state
ment: "The enclosed letter is self
explanatory" Patterson's letter is
also self-eXplanatory, although men
in the shops may ask for consider
able explanation in view of the very
different tone of the two letters.
Patterson's letter is as follows:
Albuquerque, N. NJ,
November 7th, 1922.
ALL CHAIRMEN:
The enclosed circular letter | be-
Iieye is elf-explanatory.
In order TO make this effective
it viii have to be handled very
carefully. Mail one of these to all
scabs whose names and address
you are able to secure upon the
18TH (and not before), then en-
deavor to have ~1me of them turn
cd loose in the shop upon Monday
the 18th. 1t might be good idea
also to have some Of them posted
around the shop. but be careful
and not get caught posting them
because 1t might be construed as a
violation of the Daughcrty injunc-
ton.
Don't read this in your meeting
or let any information concerning
it get beyond yo:r executive COM
mittee before the 18th. You can
iusH say in your meeting, If you
desire that you will have some In
formation to give out on the 18th
which will surprise them and
which will indicate that anybody is
A double-dyed dam ed fool who
would think of returning to work
at this time.
You may not be able to start a
movement of this kind at your
point, but this will at least serve
the purpose of giving the manage
ment some worry. md anything
that damaged the morale of the
bosses helps us just that much.
However. / want to say to you that
this walk-out is going to occur at
some other points. and If these
birds" in your shops have their
own welfare at heart they will get
busy and make it unanimous.
Now, there are those among our
membership who in their bitter
ness against these men (and it is
justly due them). will not favor
any kind of a compromise. or the
offering of any inducement to
bring the scabs out OF the shop.
But why bite off your nose to spite
your face? This is a cold-b -blooded
business proposition. We want to
win the strike and win it quickly,
and believe me. If these fellows
can be induced to walk out the Jig
will be up right now; so let us
smother our feelings on this ques-
ton for the present and do every
thing we can to encourage this
Strike No. q"
These men can be made to pay
for their disloyalty later. and we
can well afford to ease up a little
on their punishment If they will at
this late date show that they still
possess enough manhood to come
out and acknowledge their mistake
and signify willingness to atone
for their error.
My activities in this matter may
mean trouble for me. therefore do
not under any circumstances per-
nit this circular to get out of your
possession, and be careful not to