The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-13
Spotlight ThrOwn on Labor Faker

you fellows vote for me, I'll be your
next president anyway" Needless tc
say, this crooked autocrat is a bitter
foe Of the proletarian dictatorship in
Russia. And why not? There are no
Frank Farringtons under the red flag
of the Soviet Republic.
Some Juicy Morsels.
In making the investigation Of the
career of Frank harrington in the
miners union, the DAILY WORKER
ran into some juicy morsels relating
to the activities Of John L. Lewis
which will look just as well all by
themselves when the opportune time
comes. Suffice it to say that it is not
surprising that labor takers with a
past" should not feel very kindly
toward the DAILY WORKER.
We have followed Farrington's
career since he first went down a
mine at Streator, ILL.,, up to the pres
ent day. He has been going steadily
down ever since in the estimation of
the honest coal diggers of this state,
but his relations with the banking
business show that otherwise the
business of being labor leader does
not pay so badly. Few coal diggers
have an orange grove in Alabama, or
can afford two homes in widely sep
arated cities.
harrington has violated the consti-
tuition of the miners union whenever
he felt like doing so, and whenever
it was to his advantage to do So
This charge will be proven by docu,
mentary evidence. We will place the
criminal in the box to testify against
himself.
Wizard at Figures.
Tho not literary man, Harrington
is quite handy with the pencil, par
ticularly when it comes to putting
in bill for expenses. Like the viii
liam in Victor Hugos "Toilers of the
Sea-" whose honesty was almost pain.
full until he was favored with a big
opportunity, the william" of this
series made his debut in union poll
tics by attacking a sub-district presi
dent for charging up one dollar a day
for hotel bill. We will show as we
go, along that harrington not alone
was generous in his estimation of his
own travelling expenses but was equal
ly generous in allowing the union to
pay the bill for the fare of his fair
companions, when he felt that mem.
bers Of the opposite sex were indis-
pensable to the comforts of his jour
ney. This prediction for female
companionship is set down here to
prove point and not to make a point
against Farrington's orientation away
from Anthony Comstock, for whom we
have no particular love.
Watery-Eyed John.
The lachrymal squirt can, John l..
Walker, shares honors with Earring
ton for few brief paragraphs during
this series. In this article we merely
announce the goods.
We will show how Brother" Far
rington went to bat for a notorious
judge in the Collinsville district.
During the same period the presi-
dent of the Illinois Miners Union en-.
dorsed Col. Frank l.. Smith, of Dwight.
ILL.,, for governor on the democratic
ticket What he said about the Small
forces in the letter of endorsement
makes interesting reading today. We
have copy of the letter.
| A Crooked Trail
Farrington's trail from the time he
entered the coal mine at Streator, I'M
til he turned over the political ma
hinery of his Office to the crook, Len
Small, will be gone into. The story
of his conduct during the "outlaw
strike" of 1919 makes nasty reading.
So does the correspondence between
himself and the other notorious labor
crook, John L. Lewis, over the Lester
mine, of Williamson county ill-fame.
If the miners of Illinois who are
cursed with the leadership of this
Napoleon of labor takers do not take
steps to replace him with man who
will use his Office as it should be
used, to direct the never-ending strug
gle of the miners against the bosses,
it will not be the fault of the DAILY
WORKER.
The next article Of this series will
deal with the early days of Earring
tons career in the miners union
when he was preparing for the role
which he has since played, with so
much damage to the interests of the
miners.
WORKERS PARTY LOCAL CHICAGO