The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-03-05
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ONE of the most unlucky

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~ working at the business Oh
ticipating the actions of labor fakers,,
is Laurence Todd, Washington cor
respondent for the Federated Press.
When William Green took over Sam
Gompers' mantle, Todd predicted that
the anti-Soviet Gompersian policy
would be dropped. But not so that
you can notice 1t. Green is now writ
ing the anti-Bolshevist stuff that Com
pers used to deposit in the literary
garbage can known as the American
Federationist, Todd was bit disap-
pointed because his prediction lost
its way, but hope springs eternal in
certain human breasts-hope that the
crooked will go straight provided the
crooked sit in the seats Of the mighty
and have power.
N.ns,
DRESIDENT GREEN is now up to
his ears in Cancellation jobs, ac-
cording to the F. P. man. He brought
Warren S. Stone and John L. Lewis
together. one the chairman Of a scab
coal company, also labor leader, and
the other an unofficial lackey of the
coal operators in the miners union.
One conference marked down to
Green's credit! 1t might be well to re-
mind the naive TODD that Green may
have schemes which will be best served
by conciliating Stone, even at the
risk of offending the pride of Mr..
Lewis. And it should not be forgot
ten that Stone is only a little less
popular in the miners union than
Lewis. He is only one of many non
union operators. Lewis is on friendly
terms with most of the others.
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n MOTHER conference concerned
"A itself with the textile industry.
This much touted move was the usual
stunt of the labor takers when in a
quandary Thousands of workers are
receiving wage cuts. The only remedy
Of the takers is to hold a conference,
dig up lot of figures and show the
hard-boiled employers that even tho
they may be able to get away with
~ 1NSh AACbhoAo cAC nOl UCCOMluk a
christian nation. And the hard-boiled
textile barons are expected to fall on
the hairy chests Of the proletariat and
tickle themselves into weeping tears
OF joy. Like the devil
DREsIDENT GREEN was for many
years an official Of a. union that
had to battle for every nickel it ever
forced out of the coal barons. The
United Mine Workers of America did
not win its reputation as the shock
force of the American army of labor,
by delving into statistics or appealing
to the better nature of the employers.
They won their fights by planting
their collective fist on the enemy
suout until he threw up his hands.
But those days are gone forever if
the labor takers can help it. In this
respect Green is typical labor leader,
and entirely worthy of his deceased
master Sam Gompers.
MIHILE the labor takers are rolling
Wv up figures, the mill barons are
rolling up fortunes. squeezed out of
the blood and sweat of their mill
slaves. The labor takers and their
hired liberal research workers and re-
port writer's will be living comfortably
in hotels while the mill workers, their
wives and children will not be able to
enjoy even the doubtful luxury OF an
evening at the movies. IF President
Green keeps going as he has begun, he
will have done big job in reconcilia-
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