The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-08
Wilson, Stool-Pigeon.
for Morgan Lawyer,
Repudiated at Last
BY J. LOUIS ENcDAHL.

TODAY another so-caed labor leader Of yesterday
had the tied to him. He is completely dscredited
in the eyes of the reactonay leaders who still
remain in the labor movement chief among them Samuel
Compers himself. He is an out-cast.
His name is William B. Wilson. and he rose to promi-
because the organized coal miners power in the
land
From pit boy miner, then from organizer in
ternatona secretary of the United Mine Workers of America
Wilson went up the ladder very rapidly.
Atho jailed in Maryland, and elsewhere, because of his
into the inner circles of the democratic party sent
congress and then made secretary of labor the cabinet of
President Woodrow Wilson,
Wilson has gone the way of all other labor Headers"
who drop to the in the class struggle and then seek
in the old political parties, not actually in the
service Of the bosses.
Wilson is in politics what Tom l. Lewis former president
of the United Mine Workers Union, in industry Instead
of going into politics. when he retired president of the
miners union Lewis accepted position in the service of the
fields He has been active in fighting the growth of the
miners union in West Virginia, and gories in picture
Virginia cossacks, sometimes called State Constabuary
Where is the difference?
Lewis serves the non-unon mine openly.
Wilson IS democratic politician. He is supporting the
office boy Of Wall Street. John W. Davis, democratic
ddate for president Lewis and Wilson both in the
service OF capitalism.
Wilson had almost been forgotten. Attic prominent in
the Madison Square Garden meeting Of the democrats his
name did not get into the papers Today he is the front
American Federation of Labor asking him to postpone
sion on the A. F. of LIS political policy until after Davis
speech OF acceptance at CldrkSpurg Aug nth.
Wilson, ex-labor LEADER the political stool pigeon
OF Wall Street, handing out the hope that Davis, the
private lawyer of James Piepont Morgan might have
thing to offer to the organized labor Of America
Gompers had himself been in communication with Mr.
Davis At the Atlantic City meeting of the A. F. of l. ex-
ecutve council Gompes made public the that he had
exchanged letters and kilograms with the democratic pres
dental candidate in the best style Of the National Civic
Federation 1t all in the hope that there might be
meeting between these two worthless to discuss the relations
between the democratic party this year and Compers F.
of L. regime
There to be meeting late July goth. But
Davis failed to keep the rendezvous. And he
letters But Wilson, the renegade thrown into the
breach with request that the Gompes ofcadom withhold
their campaign declaration until the Morgan lawyer can
didate of the democrats had spoken from his the
midst OF West virgnia's coal czardom.
However much he would like to do this compers
doubt felt it would appear too much of seIout his
Civic Federation friends So he kicked into his half
hearted support of La FolIette's candidacy.
The incident is important marks the final break of
the old party politician, William B. Wilson, with the
Gompers regime Wilson, the go-between for Morgans
lawyer repudated just much Tom Lewis the agent
of the scab coal barons Of Davis home state.
The day will come when all labor leaders" who stand
outside OF the class party of the workers farmers will be
just completely discarded and forgotten.
In that day Compers, and those like him. will 90 the
way of Wilson,