The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-04-07
5TOOLP PIGEON OF
EMPLOYERS BUSY
IN GREAT FALLS
ReUOkeS Big Federal
Unions Charter

With the aid Of contractors, the
agents Of the Anaconda Mining COM
pany and wild cat stock promoters,
Paul Smith, ple-card artist extraor-
binary and official (dis) organizer of
the American Federation of Labor,
struck the first blow against the la
Dor movement here when he ordered
the lifting Of the charter Of Federal
Union No. 1872, because the MILL
ants in control Of the union refused
o obey the orders of the Anaconda
Mining company stoolpIgeons and the
peddlers of fake oil stocks into whose
lands Smith intends to place the des-
tinies Of the trade union movement
of the city.
Smith, fresh from a victory. in
Minneapolis, where he succeeded in
lifting the charter Of the trade coun-
Gil with the aid OF the notorious Citi-
zens' Alliance and the denizens of the
underworld, arrived in this town with
a fanfare of trumpets. He was cor
daily greeted and fulsomely praised
by the Anaconda press and having
thawed out under the beneflcient rays
of the copper barons' benevolence, the
disrupter loudly threatens to make
the labor movement of Great Falls
safe for big business.
Picked Confidence Man.
Looking around for some conve-
nient collection of confidence men.
that could be trusted to do the dirty
work Of the employers, his eyes rest
ed on the notorious purveyor of
worthless stock in fictitious oil wells,
Herbert Gallagher, secretary Of the
Smeltermen's Union, an auxiliary OF
the Anaconda Mining company.
This fellow, Gallagher, is as vel
come in the labor movement here as
a pole cat at picnic, but he smells
alright to the seasoned nostrils of
Paul Smith.
After laying down the law to the
membership of the Federal Union,
Smith wired to Washington urging
revocation of the charter. The com
PLEASANT progressive" Frank Morri-
son, complied with the request and
the charter was revoked. Now, Smith
is visiting the local unions in Great
Falls urging them to send delegates
to the Cascade Trade and Labor AS
sembly who will support the reac-
tionaries. The assembly is now un-
der the leadership of Tom Logan and
the progressive elements.
The Federal Union is composed of
workers in many trades, who are
banded together for greater protec-
ton into one organization rather than
split into 81 crafts as Smith desired.
Naturally the members refused to
commit suicide and wired to Secre-
tary Morrison that they would not
divide and be conquered. The revo-
cation of their charter followed.
II the members of the Federal I'm
ion do not join their respective crafts
declared Smith, it means that their
sympathizers are with the, one big
union principle as espoused by Fos-
ter, Ruthenberg and Dunno Of the
Workers (Communist) Party" Smith
shows his colossal ignorance of the
labor movement when he confuses
the trade union policy of the Work
ers (Communist) Party with the sec
tarians of the gambling concession,
known as the o. B. U. that operates
from Winnipeg, Canada.
Smith goes around flashing instruc-
tions from Jerry Sullivan, secretary =
treasurer of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees International Alliance, au-
thorizing him to chaperon any stray
bartenders he may find into the fold
of the per capita shark.
| Seat Employers as Delegates.
Two contractors were seated as
delegates to the central body after a
long discussion during which the pro-
gressives pointed out that the Cas-
cade Trades and Labor Assembly was
body for workers and not for CAPT
talists. Smith, however, believes
that the capitalists are the best
friends the workers have and must be
considered brothers. The two con-
tractors were sent as delegates by
the Carpenters' Union and Smith said
1t was up to the local that sent to
determine their fitness to represent
them. This would be logical IL they
were workers, but it is strange that
Smith did not apply the same kind OF
logic to the Minneapolis situation
where he expelled several Commun-
lists from the trades assembly after
their locals had elected them repeat
eddy. But Communists fight the bat
ties of the workers against the capt.
talists. 1t is much nicer for the labor
takers TO have capitalists run the cen
trail body. This plan avoids strife,
and also helps to line the pockets of
the takers.
The local labor movement is arous.
ed over the actions of the imported
disruptionist and bitter fight is in
prospect. The militants do not in
tend to allow the trade unions to be
| smashed nv fha atoolniQoona ~ Tho