Evening star., 1923-04-13
FALSE" SAYS GARLAND.

NORTH CARVER, Mass. April IS.
False. absolutely false" indig-
nantly declared Charles Garland this
morning when shown a copy of the
press dispatches containing the
charge of Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation Of Labor,
that the 100000 fortune of the &C.
centric young Boston millionaire is
being used to bring together an in
terlocking network of pacifst and
revolutionary organizers of more or
less extreme character"
Much has been said about the for
tune ! inherited and saw fit to use
toward the benefit Of my fellow man.
My attitude was misunderstood from
the first and false absurd stories have
been circulated and published.
often have ! made my position
relative to the fund and the purpose
for which 1t was to be used perfectly
clear" he continued.
Il feel that the organization admin
istering the gift has and will use II
not only in accordance with my
wishes, but wisely and above ali,
the fund has been given outright
where 1t was the most needed, re-
gardless of creed or color.
Salaries OF Teachers.
Some has been given for teachers
salaries, relief of destitute families,
the anti-lynching campaign. the ad-
vancement of colored citizens a
workers health bureau and economic
news services
Further than this I am not exact
ly familiar with the details, although
1 know some 100000 has been loaned
to labor organizations.
Personally 1 believe that Mr.. Com
pers has misinterpreted Mr.. Baldwin's 8
which refused to
grant an endowment to the workers
education bureau, and Is unnecessar-
lily alarmed.
True" he smiles. "I may have had
only a loose idea OF how to proceed
about giving the money away-but 1t
was my money. not Mr.. Gompers."
Garland, who is still living his
peculiar life with the two young
women who renounced family and
they actually worship. declared that
the American Fund for Public Serv-
ice. through Mr.. Baldwin. would
probably reply to Mr.. Gompers in de-
tail.
Garland's recent act in leaving his
wealthy society wife and children
for the love Of Lillian Conrad, his
soul mate" with whom he lived here
until police interfered. and who is
now an art student at Philadelphia,
children are now touring Europe.
A statement made public today by
the United Mine Workers of America
declared that those who now are in
control of the Garland fund are
tempt to control and dictate the pol
icies Of the coal miners union"
This Is the same aggregatton, the
statement said, that formulated and
prepared the so-called plan for ma
made public at a recent meeting Of
radicals in New York. 1t will be re-
that that plan for nation
was given to the public at
that it was the plan Of the United
Mine Workers of America. The plan
was repudiated by the union when 1t
was made public.
Union Did Not Approve.
In the reply of the managers of the
Garland fund we find 1t stated that
81, 900 Of that fund was sent to dis
trict Of the United Mine Workers
on strike, and that $4,000 was lent
to the United Mine Workers. None Of
this money was sent or lent to district
2 with the knowledge or approval Of
the international union.
"It is worthy Of note in this con-
nection that the president Of district
Q is John Brophy, who Is closely as
ISOLATED with the group OF New York
radicals.
Communists and other reds have
given and are still giving the United
Mine Workers of America more
trouble in Mr.. Brophy's district than
in any other part of the country.
They are conducting an active cam
paign for the purpose OF gaining con-
troll Of the union. Meetings are being
held continuously. w. 2. Foster has
been one Of the leading speakers at
these meetings
"The United Mine Workers of
America Ia not q red organisation.
It is genuinely American In it's prin-
ciples, purposes and policies 1t is
unfortunate that the good name OF
the United Mine Workers should be
associated In any manner with the
names OF any OF these radical or
groupAp