Evening journal., 1922-05-23


American Federation of Labor's ex
-ecutive headquarters have issued al
attack upon the Republican party
and the present Republican Con
gress. The attack is addressed tC
all labor organizations and to the So
called 'Non-partissn Political Cam
paign Committees OF the American
Federation of Labor. The attack
makes many accusations and
charges. 1t states that the primar-
les and elections this year will de-
termine whether the misrule which
has characterized the present Co
gress will be permitted to continue. -
1t asserts that "sll hope Of remedial
legislation Of a real constructive ma
ture by the present Congress was
lost months ago" 1t makes the as
sertion that "profteers' and 'reac-
tionaries" hostile to labor unions
have control of the present Con-
gress
In all fairness It should be stated
that the so-called Non Partisan
Political Campaign Committees OF
the American Federation OF Labor
those who are trying to make the
American Federation OF Labor po-
litical organization rather than a
labor organization are Dtmocrats.
The exceptions are those few who
are socialists. Samuel GOmpers,
who heads the movement in a fight
upon the Republican party, has been
a Democrat ever since he came to
this country and foreswore allegi
ance to the British crown. Mr..
Gompers' associates are Democrats ,
or socialists. His right hand man, |
confidential adveser and publicity !
agent was for long time. editor OF |
the New York Call, the leading so
cialist. paper in the United states.
Mr.. Gompers has started a So
called non partisan campaign every |
campaign year for years for the |
purpose OF deceiving Republican /
labor union members. His efforts
in this direction were more success
ful several years ago when II was
new than they are now. Labor
union members. as well as laboring
men outside OF unions. have come
10 realize that when Mr.. Gompers
and his so-called non-partisan COM
mittees speak, they speak not as
leaders OF the labor movement but
as Democratic politicians whose
chief interest is in electing a DEM
ocratic administration in order that
they may fill public offices with their
relatives and friends.
1t is significant that in bringing
,fg !
the Democratic politicians who con
troll the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor draw
no bill Of particulars indicating why
the Congress should be characterized
as an enemy of the labor movement.
The accusation that it is controlled
by enemies of organized labor
sounds rather strange in view of the
fact that only few weeks ago In
passing the appropriation bill for
the Department of Justice the Con-
gress inserted proviso that none OF
the money appropriated for use by
the Department OF Justice may be
used for prosecution OF labor organ
zstions for any violations OF the
nti-trust law.
4.
resent Congress in its special ses-
ion was the enactment of the re-
trictive immigration law, which was
onceded TO be a piece OF legislation
orely needed by the industrial
,orkers OF this country BY reason
( this law hundreds OF thousands
( people who were trying to get
way from war-torn Europe were
revented from coming TO this coun-
v and thereby increasing the
inks OF the unemployed, aggravat-,
& the congestion in the large cities
here the housing problems were
suite and otherwise adding to the
dustrial distress in America.
The attack Of Gompers and his
en- acratic associates refers to the
problem with the as
rtion that upon the shoulders OF
ose who control legislation must
st responsibility for present unem-
oyment. Not only are
e wage earners crying for relief
L the farmers have their backs to
e wall and are just as earnestly
d insistently demanding of Con-
ess to do something to save thtm
I'm bankruptcy This statement
mot be characterized otherwise
an a deliberate misrepresentation
facts.
The unemployment situation in
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