The Connecticut labor news., 1924-04-19


 has been accused of many dire things, among them hiring William Gibbs McAdoo to represent him in Mexico, the latter charge being to shut off McAdoo's chances for the nomination to the presidency, but no matter what he may or may not be, MT. Doheny is and always has been warm friend of Organized Labor and the right of free speech, and in all his vast works since he became wealthy has never had a strike or labor dispute with his workers The reason is that Doheny treats them as human beings, pays good wages and doesn't do it in spir- it of charity but as their due.
 Doheny has stood adamant for square deal for labor, first as a prin ciple of social justice, and secondly because he has swung a pick himself and knows what it is to have been on the bottom looking up. Therefore his policies of fair dealing have their genesis not only in distractions of social philosophy, but in the blunt practica1ities of perspiring toil
 Doheny did not slip into his com manding position by virtue of family wealth. The gifts of the gods did not fall in his lap. As the conventional saying goes, he was born of poor but honest parents and had to battle his way to the eminence he now occu pies. Hard, unremitting manual labor was the lot of Doheny until he was well past 40. He knows the heat of desert suns the numbing cold of mountain nights. He swung pick in search of gold and silver throughout the wide regions of the Southwest. Many a month of the most strenuous toll to put in only to gain nothing by his efforts. He smiles reminiscent1y over it now and delights to tell of the times he had to tighten up his belt.
 At the time when the principle was regarded by big business as an econo mic heresy, Doheny was committed to collective bargaining as the essential basis of trade unionisn. The opposi ton of the great financial interests did not deter Doheny from taking a firm stand i'll behalf of labor His associ- ates in various enterprises often brought tremendous pressure to bear upon him to cause him to change his position. But the inherent fairness and straight thinking of the man com pe1led him always to adhere to the cause of the worker.
 On one occasion when Los Angeles was affected by big strike, Doheny threw his influence in behalf of the labor side. His bank sought to swing him into line by c1amping down on his credit. It was at a time when his re- sources were rather slender But he discontinued his account and promised he would come back within four years with a personal for tune greater than the assets of the bank He did Then he deposited all his funds in the institution only to withdraw every cent within a few weeks.
 Doheny never has had a strike called against one of his companies ether n the oil fields or III the refneries. And on occasions when his tanl1ers were affected by general shipping strikes, he has used all his influence to cause the to accede as a matter of justice to the demands of the work 1 CTS. Strikes against Doheny individu- ally are unknown. There have been numerous strikes in the Tampico dis trict, but never once on any of the Doheny operations. The vast major ity of strikes in this district had as their objective the installation of wage scale and conditions such as