Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-17
REDS BORE FROM WITHIN
TO CONTROL u. S. UNIONS
See Eventual Winning of Government.
Doomed to Failure, Says
Labor Leader.

The progressive mine workers are
In the same class with all the other
progressives-the progressive paint
nrs. the .s,, progressive CARPENTERS. the
told that they own the earth. why not
take 1t over. An alluring picture has
been painted for them with imported
paint: There is also much color
with great intensity. All who oppose
the new philosophy, all who point out
its emptiness and It's dangers, are de-
nounced and villifed In convention
not so boisterous as at the last gath
ering Of the miners, but relentless
and determined. and at times resort
ing to force, but always to date meet
The pepole have had some regrettable
Experiences with this necessity. They
are still more than memory. So the
coal miners in convention attract at
tention. They mako good newspaper
| copy: Perhaps 1t is we'll that this IL
so, for people may read and know
| just what the scheme of the COM
| munists is. just what 1t contemplates
and just how 1t is to be applied. Bet
ter than this, the immediate victims
not consent to turn over their unions,
the development Of years of effort and
sacrifice, to their sclf-proposed mas
| tiers.
"FfEhters for Prizes-''
Then there is the matter of immedi-
ate material gain to the leaders of
the communists. They are the pro-
motors of the convention disturb
ances. For a time they occupy the
center OF the stage, almost to the
same extent as does a successful prize
fighter. The smile is not q bad one,
for that is what these teachers OF the
new philosophy are in almost every
case-fghters for prizes. They renew
their fame in these convention arenas.
They get much publicity. Then they
are in demand for the lecture plat
form at remunerative honorariums.
One week of convention limelight
equals forty weeks of lecture fees.
Not a bad investment at all. Also, IN
their opinion it all advances the day
Of their economic and political DON'T
nation. Yes, they are shrewd and re-
sourceful, and good business man
that Alexander Howatt did not want,
striving apparently as he did to
achieve 1t. was reinstatement as q
member of the miners union. Now he
ers and martyrdom pays we'll. Foster
is an example of the rewards that
| flow from nartyrdom.
Schemers Doomed to Fail.
| There is no danger of the schemers
ever securing control Of the Ameri-
can trade unions. They may be at
tracted for a time by the glitter and
the rainbow hues, but they have the
! faculty of getting back to earth.
Then they make short work Of one
! time guides and prophets. They know
the history of organized labor, and
where that knowledge may not be
complete, under stress of necessity
for knowledge ii is easily obtainabIe.
1t is Il fact that all the progress that
| labor has made Is the result OF slow
and at times discouraging effort. If
we were to assess achievement BY u
day or a month or a year, there might
be ground for pessimism, and that
| limited vision accounts for labor's
falling out of line with its organized
hosts. 1t is when the survey Is made
! by five, ten and twenty year periods
that the great gain Is apparent. Youth
may scott at this advancement, may
ibe willing to risk all on one cast Of
the dice; experience will pause and
count up the cost, will look before the
! leap.
The young workers of today will be
the cautious labor leaders of the next
generation. Soothing now, they will
+, later sit at the feet of wisdom. Many
of them, goodly proportion, now
plan for next year.
Danger signs are not the attribute
of automobile highways. They dot
the onward march of the movement
of labor organized. That is one rea-
son why the communists who call
themselves progressives will not win.
Copyright, 1924 by the Mcclure Newspaper
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