The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-27
REDS NOT WANTED IN INDIANA SHOUTS REACTlONARY
SHEET; HATES PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
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hand and decided that WeisbOrd
should not be allowed to speak. ...
There was no meeting of any kind"
Poor on Facts.
The veracity Of the author Of the
above is worse than his grammar. A
meeting was held in South Bend at
which Weisbord spoke and little
later the officials Of the Central
Labor Union, thoroughly ashamed of
themselves for being duped by labor's
enemies, gave the Central Labor hall
free for meeting for Passaic re-
lief
But this is beside the question.
What is most interesting in this is
sue of "The Union" is its outright
appeal to the employers for support
because of its hostility to the red
menace" 1t says:
Zone thing ought TO be clear to em-
plOyers, that were it not for the con-
servatiye labor press, the Red move
nient in America would be bound to
make Roadway. II is the cOnserva-
tive point of view as reflected in the
conservative laLOr press that makes
n very difficult for the Communist
movement to advance in America. 1t
is for this reason THE CONSERVA-
TIVE LABOR PRESS is ENTITLED
TO THE SUPPORT or THE BUSI-
NESS INTERESTS OF THE COUN-
TRY. Emphasis mine.)
) Lucky Ward,
How extremely fortunate for this
inspired writer that someone put
the word conservative" in the Eng
fish language. Otherwise, unable to
express properly his love for things
as they are, the full flower of his
slavish soul, unrecognized by the
bosses, would have blushed unseen in
the dark garden Of silence. AS it is,
he can now get off such super-con-
servatisms as:
''The organized labor movement Of
America does not desire to take pos
session of capital nor TO run private
business. 1t does desire better work
ing conditions WHEN SUCH ARE
SUGGESTED AND BET T T. r
WAGES WHEN 1T is POSSIBLE
TO GET THEM IN A REASON ABLE
WAY" Emphasis mine.)
If you are not reasonable" you are
a red"
The voice of the great god Morgan
has spoken to the labor Moses from
the golden clouds of the Wall Street
Sinai and said:
The first commandment for thy
flock is that it, each and severally,
be reasonable. :.
ASK and thou shalt receive-per-
haps."
Demand, and it is prima facie evil
dence that thou art unreasonable and
therefore ''red."
A labor editor who can justify the
closing of a hall for meeting for
strike relief on the ground that the
speaker stands in. danger Of life inn
prisonment because of his leadership
of strike, shows that he has learned
well the way to "be reasonable"
Reds Cause Strikes.
In addition to the editorial quoted
there are four news stories on the
first page of the special convention
edition.
Two of them strike the same note
as the editorial and quote the presi-
dent and vice-president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor to prove that
the editor "knows his onions"
One of the stories is headed:
TRADE Unions In U. S. Being
Purged OF All Radicals, Says Green.
Communists Being Expelled From
Every Organization Belonging 70 A..
f. Of L."
Why are the unions "being purged
Of all radicals? The sub-head tells
US: REDS Cause Strikes"
The second news story is headed:
Matthew Wolf, in Phils., speaks
kindly of Capital"
Is this not in sweet and kindly con-
trast to those workers who are in
clined to disregard appeals to be
reasonable Just listen to the
reasonable" vice-president of the
American Federation of Labor as
quoted in "The Union," whose motto
on it's masthead is "The Sword May
Strike The Shackles From The Slave,
But 1t is Education, Organization and
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