The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-18
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Arizona are greatly pleased with
the investigations.
II left Los Angeles Sunday, June
18th and returned to the Office Fri
day, June 22nd, with Mr.. II. d.
Dowell, who is in charge for the
mining interests Of Arizona, handI-
ing the under-cover work for them.
Dowell, whom Sherman has met, is
a good smart fellow, who was for
merly a manager for the Thiel
Service and he has made a close
study of Radical Work and the
Mining Work.
With The d. of ].
investigator WI has been made
an organizer and it is only a mat
ter OF a week or so when he will
be made General Organizer and
he will then be in power to make
Delegates and Organizers, and he
will Of course Immediately make
my other men d. & o., so as to put
them on the inside. We are work
ing In direct touch with the Dept.
of Justice Agent, whom the Gov
ernor transferred from Butte.
Montana, to Arizona, and he is a
real fellow and knows the game.
| spent two days with him while
In Arizona and had a good chance
TO judge him. He is also we'll
thought Of by the Mine Managers
and they put great deal Of trust
in him.
D. of ]. Again.
My men are not confined to any
especial district but are at perfect
liberty to go to any part of the
State where they think they can do
most good. This of course they
take up with the D. Of ). Agent SO
that he will know at all times
where they are so that he can
keep in close touch with them. and
while they are all under cover he is
out In the open, but as fast as any
OF the real wobblies get too ram
functions or hostile, the D. of ].
Agent viii put them on their right
loot or act accordingly. We are
getting wonderful cooperation.
Very Sincerely yours, LOS
ANGELES OFFICE MANAGER. :"
r. S.. Know it has done
US a great deal of good, as / also
met the biggest Attorneys of the
State, and further the beautiful
part of the trip was that we were
allowed time and expense for the
entire trip"
Los Angeles "Tight-Wads"
Then we have another letter. in re.
gard to money matters especially. in
which 1t apears that the business mer
of Los Angeles are "tight-wadsD anf
40 not want to pay $40 per dav fo1
Investigators when they can pet then
Tor less. Some of the business mer
are now, however, to frame a law il
california that viii exclude the
other, cheaper agencies while per
the Burns crowd to operate a,
a monopoly!
eve" Get The Business.
This letter is from Pross to Mr.
w. Sherman Burns; at the time tn,
letter was written, July 20, Sherman
was holding down the New York of
lice. Extracts follow:
"Dowell and | have been doing
other missionary work and we at
this time are getting all the con-
Germs in Southern California in a
body, the same as we have the min
ing companies. All the business is
to be given to my Office and I real
~ believe that there win be at
least twenty men, or investigators.
from the Los Angeles office as
signed TO this case.
"Your Newspapers.
"The /. w. WIS are giving plenty
OF trouble in San Pedro. You have
been receiving our Investigator
WIS reports and, no doubt, your
newspapers are carrying big arti-
cles. Well, this situation is going
to be a whole lot worse before it
gets better, and l really believe af-
ter six years of hard work on nv
part, we are showing the corpora
tons, individuals and business peo-
pie in general that what / have
been predicting for six years has
come upon them.
A Camouhage Agency.
What these companies have
asked for after they had committee
meetings is that / take charge Of
this entire situation in Southern
California. They have even asked
that l handle an outside office, not
in connection with the Agency, and,
possibly, under another name.
e., some investigating bureau. This
Office would be established in the
same building with the Los Angeles
Office, and, of course, my time and
expense would be charged the same
as an investigator. would be
manager of this investigating bur-
eau, which in reality will be the
William ]. Burns international De-
tective Agency. However, the idea
that the consolidated business men
wanted to establish is that they are
using their own investigating
bureau.
Hit Rival Agencies BY Law.