The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1928-03-30

Washington - (FP)- The UnlIed /
States is no longer a new nation aole
to escape the bitter labor and soclal
struggles that face the nations OF Eur
ope. An industrial war that Will
spread over the entire country, tie up
numerous industries, and create untold
hardship, is imminent. Radicalism un-
der those conditions must continue 90
grow.
These are some of the conclusions
TO which the Senate subcommittee IN
vestigating conditions in the bltumin-
Gus coal fields of Pennsylvania were
led es a result of the five days they
spent visiting the homes Of the strlk-
ers, interviewing labor leaders and
mine owners, and studying the injunc-
tiOns that the employers obtained
against the strikers.
The prediction that an industrial up
heaval is sure to develop gained force
several hours after this prediction was
mad when Ethelbert Stewart, United
States Commissioner of Labor Sta
tistics, issued a statement in which
it was said that unemployment thru
out the country fOreshadows an APP
preaching crisis in the struggle be-
tweeI. the workers and their employ
ers. That crisis may be reached with
in the next six weeks or it may be
postponed until next year, but only the
date is in doubt. The crisis itself is
inevitable, he declared.
The return of the members of the
Senate subcommittee to Washington,
and of some of the labor leaders, in
Guiding John l.. Lewis, president of
the mine workers organization, and
Phil Murray, it's international vice
presidnet, shifts the struggle to this
city, where not only the mine owners
but also other groups of the employ
ing class are expected to join in de-
Tending themselves from the antici-
pated attack of the Senators. One of
the most important fights upon which
labor and capital have been engaged
in recent years is certain to develop.
Senator Gooding, of Idaho, chair
man of the subcommittee, in announc-
ing the formal hearings on the conGi-
tions in the strike area will open
\ within the next two weeks was par
ticularly vehement in his criticism of
existing conditions, while Senator
Wheeler, of Montana, and Senator
S Wagner, of New orYk, joined with
e him.
: America is no longer a new ma
ton, and is now just beginning to face
: the economic and labor problems Of
I Europe" Senator Gooding declared
d on his return to Washington. "Tht
: industrial war will spread over thu
q entire country, affecting railroads anC
d every industry unless social and econ
t omic conditions in Pennsylvania are
e improved.
"The soft coal business is override
> veloped and there is resultant over
: production. Consequently there is al
= oversupply of miners. But the SAM
is true also Of other industries. New
: industries must be developed to car
} for the overflow" Referring to radi
: calism, Gooding said that the Com
2 munists were active in the soft Goa
: fields. His remedy for these ills wa
II expressed as follows: eve must chok,
" the l. w. w. to death or see the gut
. tiers of our streets run deep in blood.
n Senator Wagner appeared interest
3 ed mainly in the violation of consti
: tutional rights resulting from the in
d functions handed down against tn,
strikers. He said that "every consti
? tutional right of strikers at Rossiter