Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-02-29

Continued from Last Week.
I. ..nld net be otherwise. The very
Il - 80, a million dollars has been
Ia a. IA send the defendants to the
ta ~ ar to a living death In a cell
s'i :, Quentin penitentiary is incon-
s.,ferti6Ie proof that there Is some
NV Else interested besides the State
o " s'eoEfornia IN demanding the blood
y y Mooney Of al. Violence and dyna-
10 bave not Won any victory at any
. ~ foy labor. One ounce of solidar-
~, Is worth a thousand pounds of
~ ana more. Dynamite at
bs.t destroys only the property OF the
'o,srs8 owner. but when the workers
ts.n their hands in their pockets, re-
sSs,ng 10 produce for their master,
,Ssn tbey are bound TO score not only
= victory for themselves, but intrin-
90 and valuable benefits for genera
lions to come. If Mooney and his
r0pfreres are guilty, which they are
sot then they must be guilty of the
only crime that is objectionable in the
owes Of the eXploiters, and that is,
Mooney and Billings are guilty of the
crime Of organizing the workers TO
bitter conditions, to bring about a
standard Of living worthy of men and
women.
"A CONFESSION is GOOD FOR
THE SOUL"
Courtesy Of Federated Press)
Baltimore, Md.-One of the most
complete exposes of the methods used
By employers to defeat a strike and
break up a union that has come to
light is in the possession of Baltimore
Typographical Union No. II. 1t was
made by Joseph II. Thomas, a trusted
operative of the bureau of industrial
relations, which is hired by the Balti-
more typothetae to break the local
strike.
The Baltimore Sun of July % an
nounced that George X. Horn, presi-
dent Of the typothetae, admitted that
some methods described by Thomas
had been used Edward X. Passano,
author of the Baltimore plan, also add
mitted that the methods outlined had
been used, but said they had been dis
continued for some time, as they had
been found TO be Ineffective" said the
Sun.
The confession, dated July %, 1921,
reads:
To the Officers and Members of In
ternational Typographical Union,
Local ~:
| am writing this statement to you
because feel that a good confession
Is the best for the soul. Before go
ing into this line Of work | was
member Of large labor organization
and due to misunderstanding, |
dropped out and got position as an
operative, supervisor, assistant super
ntendent and superintendent for two
Of the largest strike breaking agencies
In the country. The names of these
agencies have given to the officers
Of this local.
On May /, was made a tempting
oner by the bureau of industrial rela-
uons to come down here to Baltimore
4nd take charge of the operating end
ol this strike, after being assured of
I good salary and a position equal to
me one | was holding.
became a member of the bureau
p Industrial relations agency and on
nay Is, 1921, ! came to Baltimore for
NE NE sole purpose of breaking up the
llled printing trades. | will now go
'acS 10 May |, and, from that date up
. saturday, July 16, 1921, | will show
.ou men the methods used by our
'gencies in breaking up local unions,
'no also IN breaking strikes.
~ IN May man representing the
s : department of the organization
u Nhleh l was member was called
d d conference held at room 1927,
auaSey building, by George K. Horn,
~ 'he pprpoeS of showing the men,
Tas oil the typothetae, of which Mr..
loih Is president, why the fight |
nould be staged in this city and, if
.sseessiul, carried to other cities
throughout the country. The typo
I H. thought was that if a strike