The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-04
VICIOUS TOOL OF
OPERATORS GIVEN
OFFICE BY LABOR
Mum as Strike Leaders
Are Jailed
BY MORTON ALEXANDER

yer and given general circulation
through the liberal and labor press, a
very cunning effort has been made
to exonerate from blame and shield
from criticism Governor Adams OF
Colorado, for the part he has played
in the brutal and outrageous treat
ment accorded the striking coal
miners of the state.
Truth Should Be known.
The public, outside of Colorado, is
entitled to know the truth--the whole
truth-about this newly written chap
ter in Colorado's disgraceful labor
record. And the truth is: That Gov
ernor Adams, elected largely by the
votes of misguided labor, has from
the beginning OF the strike, played
the role of the Artful Dodger, blow
ing first hot and then cold, flirting
with the miners, while secretly con-
niving with the coal corporations on
the most effective plan to break the
strike and drive the strikers back to
work.
Long Tool
Governor Adams for many years
has been a willing and dependable
tool of the great corporations of the
state, and especially of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Co., the Rockefeller cor
poration, which has been the leading
factor in the present disturbance. For
nearly forty years prior u his cleo
ton as Governor, Adams was mem
Der of the state senate, and during
all of these years the records w.u
show that ne never cast a single vote
in opposition to the interests Of the
corporations or in denance of their
wishes.
The Official Labor Policy.
For several years past il has been
the policy OF cerca4n so-caIed laDol
leaders, mostly officials OF the Amer
can Federatlon UL LABOR, 70 deliver
the votes Of CoIoraao,s organized ia
Dor over to the Democrat candidates
a. es,cn election. For renG~rlng TINS
s-Is.ce THESE labor IeaaeLs nave been
lcwaraed with certain perty sCace
Js,ls=- ~ 4.eneger the desl4acgats We're III
pvsltion 10 thus Compensate them.
several ot tnese laDor Officials are
NV holding appointments under Gov
eInor -Adans ana IN order to protect
their jobs, they must, OF course,
snleld adams from the righteous
wrath of the workers whom he has pS-
trayed. Hence TIE wnitewasniEg
stories sent out to the LABOR press.
The Facts.
What are the facts ABOUT the Gov
ernor?
AT the beginning OF The strike Gov
ernor Adams puUnshed an open le.,e4
TO /. ". W. leaders, vIcIously ue-
nouncing the strikers as law
breakers anu uu-Americans, ana
their strike as illegal A little laCer
he appointed private companies OF
gunner, former state Rangers"
armed them to xiii and sent them into
the strike zone win instructions to
stop picketing and break up the
strike. Acting under the Governors
orders and with his knowledge, a
company OF these gunner preclpita-
ted the massacre OF strikers at the
Columbine NINE where six miners
were slaughtered and a score of
others wounded.
The Terror Campaign.
Acting under the Governors orders,
and with his knowledge and approval,
these state gunner have gone from
camp to camp in the strike zone ar
resting strike leaders and throwing
them into jails, refusing to file
charges against them on bring them
to trial, and when effort was made to
secure their release, they would be
Immediately and secretly spirited
away to some other Jail ii some other
locality, and in this way deprived OF
their right to their day in court and
denied the the opportunity to have
just hearing of their cause, right
vouchsafed by the Constitution to
every American citizen.
Despicable Tactics.
This outrage upon the strike
leaders, this open invasion of their
fundamental rights, has been going
on for weeks under the approval and
connivance of Governor Adams, and
the brazen attempt of unfaithful la
Dor leaders to cover up the guilt and
shield from criticism the oily, corpora
tion-owned Governor, is as stupid as
it is despicable.
Disastrous Policy.
The, Colorado situation is another
vivid illustration of the disaster and
disappointment that will continue to
confront the labor movement 80 long
as it listens to the advice of leaders.
who, to advance their selfish purposes,
dicker and traffic and co-habit with
the corrupt politicians of the two old
capitalist parties.