The daily worker., 1926-10-28
MANUFACTURERS
OF MUSKEGON TO
BAR Ed D Y TALK
Bring Pressure on "Y"
Secretary
BY a Worker Correspondent

Cerleu eHOrtS are being made here by
the Muskegon Employers association,
not as an official body but more in
sidiously, to prevent the visit to this
city Of G. Sherwood Eddy under the
auspices Of the local Y. NJ. C. A. on
Nov. 2 and 3.
Activities of Mr. Eddy, international
secretary for Asia OF the Young
Mems Christian Association, since his
return from a recent visit to Soviet
Russia and his admitted favoring of
the recognition of Russia by the
United States government are caus
ing the opposition on the part of the
local manufacturers altho they are
too crafty to take any official action
as body.
Attempt Crops Out.
Opposition to Mr.. Eddys visit to
Muskegon cropped out Friday in
noon luncheon meeting OF local bust.
ness men when one of the group at
tempted to get the organization to ex-
press their disapproval of the visit
of the friend of Russia in resolu-
zion to be sent to the Y. NJ. C. A.
Secretary Leland s. Westerman.
head Of the local Y. NJ. c. A. organ
lzation who, with the president,
Archie e. McCrea and the members
Of the board of directors, has ap-
proved Of Eddy's coming and ar
ranged a full schedule Of seven pub
ic meetings for Nov 2 and 3, was
called yesterday to the Office of Wal
ter Poole, secretary of the Muskegon
Employers association.
"Y'' Man on Carpet.
What the exact details of that con-
ference were would not be revealed
either by Secretary Westerman or
Secretary Poole but inquiries about
the visit of Eddy and the program
were answered reluctantly by the Y.
M. c. A. secretary who requested
that nothing be published about the
proposed assemblies at the Muske-
gon and Muskegon Heights high
schools where plans have been made
for Eddy to address more than 1000
young people.
Linked with Detroit.
The local opposition on the part Of
the employers is linked up directly
with the attempt on the part Of the
manufacturers of Detroit to prevent
President William Green Of the
American Federation of Labor from
speaking in Detroit churches where it
had been arranged for him to appear.
The speaking engagements arrang-
ed for President Green by the Detroit
X. M. c. A., as was customary in
every city where the annual conyen-
tion Of the organized workers is held,
were cancelled after pressure was brot
to bear by the capitalists.
Local manufacturers are attempting
to bring the same kind of pressure to-
bear in Muskegon to cancel Sher-
wood Eddy's visit here. The local Y.
NJ. G. A. has just started on a new
100000 building program here, the
money for which was pledged more
than a year ago.
That threats of the non-payment of
large pledges which are necessary to
complete that building may have been
used by Secretary Poole of the EN-
ployers' association yesterday in his
conference with Secretary Westerman
are possible for Westerman was fear
ing for the safety of his building pro-
iect yesterday following the inter-
view.
This action on the part of the EN-
ployers shows that Muskegon, as with
practically all of the industrial cities
OF Michigan, is almost completely in
the clutches of the manufacturers who
dare do anything to maintain their
control here. They have just elected
eight OF fifteen members Of the board
of directors OF the Greater Muskegon
Chamber of Commerce and one Of the
remaining minority OF seven is a
banker.