The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-03-31
PAYROLL VENTS
ITS WRATH ON
JIMMY OATES
Veteran Is In Bad for
Exposing Padding.
Especial to The Daily worker,

roll Dy showing Jll1L ne was nlTeQ
at $500 month, while neither the
international or the Provisional Dis
trict Cooke Regions) pay-rolls
showed any account for him, the
machine in the Pittsburgh District
intends to vent its wrath on "Jim-
my" Oates.
This man Oates, despite his many
years of service for the organiza-
ton, is made the butt end of all the
jibes that the machine henchmen
can cast in his direction.
One of the oldest men in the dis
trict, in point Of service, and not
very far behind in years, having
tramped all over the district in the
old days when courage was a very
necessary asset he IS now made the
goat by an INSCRIPTIONS set ae men
as ever pulled on pair Of shoes.
He, Oates, is the man who is re-
| sponsible for the establishment Of
the United Mine Workers Of Amer
lea in many of the mining towns in
the Pittsburgh district. When Van
Bittner was forced to resign as pres
ident Of this district in 1916, it was
alleged that he, or others, had re-
ceived bride of $4,000 and it was
then that Oates won for himself
the enmity Of the machine.
Bittner sent him many kilograms,
and ordered that he withdraw the
organizers from the Allegheny Val
ley, but Oates refused to do so and
he finally succeeded in organizing
the places where he was at.
Murray Turns to Europe.
Declaring that "Soviet Russia APP
points all its leaders, in order TO
increase its efficiency" Phillip Muir
ray made grandstand plea for
retention Of the appointive power at
the convention Of miners in session
here. This after all the attacks that
he personally directed against the
first Workers government, both
here and at the Indianapolis fasco
last January.
He also stated that the officials
Of the British Miners Union en-
ioyed the appointive power, but
when his statement was challenged,
| by delegate who has not been away
from the old country long enough
to lose his decided Scotch" dialect.
he took the challenge without re-
buttal.
No opportunity is being lost by
the machine to cast inferences that
this and that resolution 'came from
Chicago" Lies and insinuationg,
backed by the overwhelming number
Of pay-rollers, are ruling this con-
vention. Nothing is Being over
looked to link everything of a pro-
gressive nature to Soviet Russia,
thru its agents in Chicago, and
the need of salvage for "our splen-
did organization" is an urgent one.
Defeat Howat Resolution.
The hard skinned delegates from
the picks get little consideration
from the southland tribe with the
glib voices in this convention.
The Howat resolution was defeat
ed with machine-like precision and
the resolution on appointive power
was rushed thru in like manner.
Van Bittner, as the principal de-
fender of the International. Uaion,
in its action on expelling Howat and
the rest of the Kansans, told how
proud he was Of the United Mine
Workers of America.
He described it as the greatest
organization in the whole world, and
John L. LewiS its president, as the
greatest labO- leader in the world
He was followed by Vice President
Murray and between them they con.
| sumed more than three hours de-
/ spite the fact that, according to
the rules, each speaker was limited
to ten minutes.
Murray attacked the author ~
the resolutions and demanded TO
know who had prepared them. The
idea Of anyone attacking "the great
est labor leader" as they termed
Lewis, was more than he could al
! low himself to comprehend. He said
that the New York and Philadel-
phia papers attacked Lewis, had
cartooned him, with his head to the
tail Of a snake.
Someone in the convention among
the machine henchmen, when MUIR
ray was asking who prepared the
resolutions, yelled out, "They come
from Chicago" Someone else also
yelled "They came from Moscow"
and Murray answered, eyes, Com
rade Myerscough came with them
clear from Chicago.
Turn Down Labor Party.
With the army Of pay-rollers and
sluggers, the machine is running
amuck; they are actually sounding
their own death warning, as far as
the membership Is concerned. When
the question Of a Labor Party was
brought before the convention bv
resolution from Wyano, Pa, the
committee moved to non-concur and
the delegate who introduced il was
refused the. privilege Of speaking for
his resolution.
This In spite Of the fact that the
machine applaudei "Jim" Maurer
president Of the State Federation