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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
REASON By Fh IAsBlS

"a cost of the reports from Washington say "it is
lV1 understood generally that Justice Hitz already
has decided to suspend whatever sentence may be
imposed on ex-Secretary Fall" but this must be
mere Surnise since decent judge would lnolcaVe
in advance what his decision would be in any case
Were an average member of the human race try
ing this case, he would not do any sentence suspend
ing for Fall is common offender
He sat in the cabinet of the President OF the
United States and used his great Office to rob his
country and he is traitor and should pay Inc
penalty.
In fact, Fall does not rise to the responsibility
Of Benedict Arnold for Arnold was the most gallant
officer in the Revolutionary army before he Tell.
TITS crime was objectionable, but he was subjected
III to the most Infamous provocation; ne was
falsely accused of petty sdeeds by those who enved
him and, Smarting under resentment and pressed py
poverty, he sold his soul.
If Fall ever made single sacrifice for his country,
that fact has eluded the historian and instead OF
reappearing ngrattude for distinguished service as
Arnold did, Fall reaped long public career the peo-
pie gave him far more than he ever deserved:
And he was not pressed by poverty the gains from
his depravity making him rich man.
The country suspects the seriousness of Falls con-
don, for the simple reason that he has played the
role of invalid since he was first indicted some
and Falls sentence is suspended, We would gladly
write him a policy figuring that he would continue
to adorn our planet for many years to come.
TvEN if Falls physical condition be such that JUS
Z tice Hitz would not want to put him behind the
bars he should not be permitted to get away with
the fruits of his depravity.
1t would not affect his lungs his liver or even his
vermiform appendix to fine him 100000 and thus
total he received for making all those tainted oil
leases.
There Is something in this case far more important
than Fall and his spotted record it is the OF law
enforcement throughout the entire country, condi
tion which alarms every citizen interested in the
future OF this experiment of free governmen-and 1t
still is experiment.
0NE of the greatest weaknesses of social fabric
" is the inability Of courts to handle crime
particularly crimes by those financially able to chal
lenge society.
If Falls sentence we're to be suspended 1t would
strike another body blow to the already Keeling form
Of law and order
Let the courts turn leaf eliminate the
silly technicalites which enable powerful defendants
with foxy lawyers to play with the United States
and will have travelled far down the road toward
victory over crime.
Put both Fall and Doheny In stripes, and add
Sinclair to the group again. if that be possible, and
that would do to give people respect for
courts than anything else that could occur.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Charge Held BaSeIess

The charge that the American
Federation of Labor had little to do
with the labor awakening in the
south and that for thirty years the
American Federation of Labor has
ignored that field except for "eaSy
resolutions and a handful OF or
ganizers" is baseless and utterly
false.
Fortunately, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor is in possession OF
the facts and the historic records
of it's activities in the southland.
Fol. more than thirty years organ
izations affiliated with the American
Federation Of Labor have been Civ
ing most freely of men and money
in carrying on organizing campaigns
and in financing strikes in southern
communities. This service was rem
dered in an honest effort to help
working men and women Of the
south to raise their standards OF
life and living.
AS result of these efforts, many
thousands of workers have been or
ganized in the south. State fedora
tons of labor, representing organ
lied workers, have been established
in every state. City central bodies
have been organized and are func-
tioning in every city of any conse-
quence.
These state and central bodies Sc
cured the enactment of social JUS
tice legislation in practically every
state of the south. The records in
headquarters of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor show that thou
sands of workers have been issued
commissions to serve as volunteer
organizers in the south.
More than $14,C00,000 has been
spent by American Federation of
Labor organizations in carrying on
organizing campaigns and in f1nanc-
ing strikes in the south, during the
last twenty years. All this money
was contributed by the membership
of organized labor.
Representatives of the American
Federal of Labor, while attempting
to organize southern workers, have
been murdered, kidnapped, tortured
and maltreated. Some have been
sent to Jail for varying periods of
time and many have suffered indig-
mites and injustice imposed upon
them through the blacklist and dis
elimination.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Has Kept the Faith

The charge that the American
Federation of Labor is failing mis-
erably in its stewardship" is not in
accord with fact. To the contrary,
the American Federation of Labor
has achieved many detectives.
These achievements are reflected
in the higher standards of living,
the increasing leisure enjoyed by
workers and in the improved condi-
lions OF employment which they en-
joy.
The enactment of workmen's
compensation legislation, the pro-
lection of children, the abolition of
sweat shops, the improvement in
sanitary conditions in work shops,
mills and factories, the enactment
of convict labor legislation, all was
sponsored by the American FEEDER
alton of Labor.
The best answer which can be
made to this unfounded charge is
found in the records and achieve
nents of the American Federation
of Labor and in the establishment
and maintenance of an organization
composed of more than three mil
lion militant trade-unionists with
twelve million more relatives and
friends associated with them.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
William Green Replies

The Times publishes today statement
from William Green, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, in reply to recent
editorial criticising the American Federation
of Labor.
Upon receipt of a telegram from Mr..
Green, following the original publication, he
was assured that the columns of The Times
were open to such reply as he might care
to make.
The publication of his statement today,
which will be found elsewhere on this page,
is in response to that offer.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Help Textile Workers

The textile industry in the south
is a new industry. 1t gained i'm
petus since the close of the war.
The United Textile Workers organ
ization, alone spent $1,080,000 in it's
efforts to organize the southern tex
tile workers during the last twenty
five years.
The facts are that the present So
called awakening" in the south is
but the elimination Of years Of
effort on the part of organizations
affiliated with the American FEEDER
alton of Labor to arouse the south
eyn workers to a full realization Of
their political, civic and economic
rights.
1t was the systematic, patient,
never ceasing campaign of the
American Federation Of Labor
which produced this result. Com
munists never were heard of in the
south until recently, when they at
tempted to capitalize on the
aroused situation created by the
workers at Gastonia as result of
the strike at EliZabethtcn, Tenn,
financed and administered by the
United Textile Workers organiza-
ton.
The Communists have no organ
ization in the south. You place
yourself in most ridiculous posi-
ton when you say the organization
OF southern workers has been left
to the Communists.
The American Federation Of La
Dor is dealing with the problem Of
chronological unemployment, dis
elimination by corporations against
40-year-old workers, and it IS using
its great moral and political influ-
ence in behalf of the enactment Of
old age pensions.
The facts are that state Fedora
tons of Labor in many states are
directly responsible for the enact
ment of old age pension legislation
during the last ten years. There is
no other force or organization DEAL
ing so vigorously and effectively
with these problems as is the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Hoover and the Tariff

President Hoover in public statement has called
upon the Republican leaders to get together and pass
a tariff bill before the end Of the special session OF
congress- He thinks the senate should act within two
weeks so the bill can go conference with the house
His statement was provoked by the desire OF some
Did guard leaders, who are angered by the Demo-
cratic Progressive coalitions control of the senate,
to adjourn without action
Such inaction would be dspeasing to the President
because Of the party campaign pledge to raise agrcu-
tura rates and adjust rates for few depressed in
dustries without general industrial tariff increase
The country will sympathize with the Presidents
desire that the campaign pledge be carried and his
rebuke Of the old guard. But just now the senate,
which has not yet completed one schedule, can get
through fourteen other highly complicated schedules
within two weeks is not clear.
It is unfortunate that much time has been
spent in the special session. but time is not the chief
test the main thing is 10 get the right kind of tariff
law. If any.
There are two ways in which the Republican
party can be false to its campaign pledge. One is
by passing no tariff law. The other is by passing
general high tariff law directly contrary to the cam
oaign pledge.
If it were a choice between these the country
would much prefer no action by congress.
There can be no misunderstanding to who is
responsible for the present mess. If the Republican
majority had written bill along the lines of the
campaign pledge and the Presidents message calling
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Injunction Is Menace

The exercise of our right to or
ganize has been taken from us III
many instances. Through the use
of the writ of injunction, we have
been prevented from using our
economic strength for mutual pro-
lection and economic advancement
We have been prevented from using
our funds to feed and care for
strikers and their families.
We have been prohibited from
printing and publishing and from
circulating information regarding
strikes-al1 through the use of the
writ of Injunction. 1t is these pow
erful interests, special privileged
interest, organized wealth, and po-
Iitical power against which the
American Federation of Labor is
contending.
Notwithstanding this huge array
of opposition, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor has fought consist
emily and is fighting for remedial
injunction legislation. In 1914 we
drafted and secured the passage OF
the Clayton amendment to the
Sherman act. The leaders and
membership of organized labor were
told by great constitutional lawyers
and by eminent members of con-
gress that the Clayton act would
afford the legislative relief sought.
Even though the Clayton act
was rendered practically valueless
through judicial Interpretation, the
American Federation of Labor can
not be blamed for failure to do
everything to cure the injunction
evil.
1t might be well, In passing, to
state that during the last fifteen
years thousands of working men
and women have been sent to jail
or have been compelled to pay fines
because they we're charged with vio-
lating injunctions in labor contro-
versies. Only recently I submitted
to the national crime commission a
detailed list of hundreds of cases
wherein men and women, members
of the American Federation of
Labor, had been penalized, some
fined heavily and some sent to
prison, because of their alleged vio-
lation Of injunction orders.
No other group in America has
fought against or is fighting at such
tremendous sacrifice the injunction
evil as the membership of the
American Federation OF Labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
BY WILLIAM GREEN

President of the American Federation of
Labor.
TN the first paragraph of your edi-
Il torial entitled Where is the A.
F. of LIP" the editor states:
ITO any one interested In the
rights and welfare of the workers,
the American Federation of Labor,
meeting in Toronto this week, is a
somewhat pathetic organization"
No one interested in the rights
and welfare of the workers would
ailege that great international or
ganization, such as the American
Federation of Labor, composed Of
100000 members, who, with their
families and friends, number ap-
prcximately 100000 people, is a
somewhat pathetic organization"
There is no s''9le dues-paying Or
ganization on ne American CONT
nent which equals it.
A comparison of the membership
of this great organization in 1920
with it's present membership is I'M
just, unless the comparison is ana
Iyzed carefully. 1t is not fair to
compare it's membership during an
abnormal period in the worlds his
tory with that maintained during
a period when a most determined
onslaught is being made upon it by
powerful corporations, immense
wealth and hostile groups.
The membership of the American
Federation Of Labor and of all
groups of organized labor always will
fuctuate between peak points and
normal levels. Such phenomena are
traceable to the operation of eco
nomic laws during alternating pc
RODS of business depression and
stimulated prosperity.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
No Fault of Federation

It is unreasonable to blame the
American Federation of Labor,
however, for chronological I'M
employment or for the social and
economic problems which have
grown out Of it. The failure of
working people to become organized
in steel, automobile, rubber, oil, coal
and textiles, as referred to in the
editorial, can not be charged to the
American Federation of Labor.
Failure must be placed upon the
workers themselves employed in
these industries and upon the
powerful opposition of the employ
ers who are hostile to labor or
CARNATIONS and who resort to force
and intimidation to prevent their
employees from joining trade
unions.
The door Of trade-union member
ship is wide open to all workers.
We appeal to them to come in.
Failure to come rests with these
workers, not with the American
Federation of Labor.
Regarding anti-injunction legis-
lation-the editor VINO penned this
editorial ought to know that the
American Federation of Labor has
been the real victim of injunction
abuse and has suffered in the cur
tailment of freedom, liberty, and
the legitimate use of its funds
through use of the writ of in
junction.
Never in the history of our ma
ton was organized wealth en-
trenched more strongly than at
present. Its influence has been eX-
tended in an effort to crush and
destroy organized labor. It is using
it's influence to limit the exercise
of the political and economic rights
of the workers. Through the or
ganization and financing and con-
troll of company unions it is oppos-
ing the establishment of bona f1de,
democratic, independent trade
unions.
1t is arrogant and brutal, both in
formation and execution of its
policy to hinder, hamper and de-
stroy trade unions. The writ OF
Injunction is one of the most pow
erful instrumentalities used by or
ganized wealth to injure and destroy
organized labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
American Federation of Labor
Chief AnSzUerS Times Editorial

work of the American Federation OF
Labor.
The charge contained in this
paragraph is an exact repetition OF
charges made by Communist papers
and by some of the most bitter foes
of the American Federation Of La
Dor. 1t would be impossible to dis
tinguish between the language used
in this paragraph by an editor who
claims he is indulging only IN
friendly criticism, and similar state
mentS contained in the publications
OF those who admit their uncompro-
missing opposition to the American
Federation of Labor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Brain

DAVLOV'S most recent work has0
L been upon the physiology of the
brain. This work represents an ex-
tension of his work upon conditioned
refleXes. q.
He is seeking to determine tn :
changes which take place IN thI
brain which accompany the building
I'D of the conditioned rehexes.
Pavlov was the eldest Of clever
children. His father was a priest Ii
the Russian Orthodox church.
He was inclined toward a Scien~
tific career by a book on physiology
which he read at the age Of Is.
Pavlov is a severe critic OF tic a..
Soviet today because he feels that
it's reign has interfered with the i.
activities of intellectual workers.
He was stirred particularly by the
poverty and lack Of opportunity
which confronted college professors
and research workers as result OF
the revolution.
But while he criticises the pres
ent regime, he was no friend Of the
old one. He is alleged to have said
on one occasion before the war that
he "was not sure whether the car
was only useless or obnoxious"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Makes Us WOnder

A SUICIDE next door, or a war
IN overseas takes the form of a
drama. We are. entertained by it,
rather than shocked, looking for the
wound to be described in detail, the
method laid bare, the suffering
elaborated.
And by and by we wonder how
it would be to experience it.
To a measurable extent, indivi-
duals, communities and nations be-
ecme the embodiment of their
dream life. This is why literature,
the stage, headlines and neighbor-
hood gossip play such stupendous
part in determining human charac-
ter
A smart philosopher has said,
"Give me to write the songs OF a
nation and I care not who writes
It's laws"
He was referring to the influence
of what people write as opposed to
what they pretend, to the effect Of
art, pleasure and recreation, in con-
trast to that of business and gov
eminent, and he was right in &C
cording it first place.
Who are Mr.. Hoover's personal
secretaries?
George Akerson, Lawrence Rlchey
and Walter II. Newton.
What is the meaning of the name
Tabitha?
1t means a gazelle.
How soon after enactment do the
laws passed by congress go into eff
feet?
Unless the time is specified on
the bill, they become effective as
soon as they are signed by the Presi-
dent.
Where do balsa trees grow?
In Cuba, parts of Porto Rico, ia
maica, Trinidad and along the east
coast of Central America, where the
species is confined largely to the
nangrove swamps and to other in
accessible swampy places.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
Do Your Own Voting

Every gangster, crook, pay roll lizard,
CRATER and seeker for privileges will vote
on Tuesday.
They may vote often, if the necessities of
the machine and their own desperation COM
pei them to vote. But the kind of citizen
whose patriotism and vision of public service
are lacking always vote.
1t is the man and woman who have been
told that all politics are bad who stay away
or take a holiday when officials are being
elected. They protest and rage later.
This year it is especially essential that
the man and woman who have been lndlf-
ferent in the past take the trouble to vote.
For there is a clear cut issue to be settled.
The result will determine whether Coftinlsm
with it's long array of crimes and outrages
shall be given lease on the city hall and
the schools.
It is possible that you may believe that
Boss Coffin should run the city government
and the school system. You may believe
that he is the kind of man who gets things
done, and that whatever added cost comes
from the necessity of supporting his NAL
odorous political machine is worth while. II
that is true, you ought to vote for his can
didates for the city council and for the school
board.
Of course, you may not like his sort OF
government. You may not believe that the
statute of limitations is intended to protect
those who would bride Governors. You may
not believe that it is all right to put such
men as Duvall and the confessing councllmen
in office and then control their actions
through fears or their greeds. You may not
believe that the education OF your cnlloren
should be under the direction OF the CofIlns
and the Ships.
If any one is in doubt as to the issue IN
the campaign, it is not Mr.. Coffin. he knows
that his five years of rule and mlsrule IS the
issue. He knows, with the desperation OF
one who faces sure defeat, that Coffinism IS
to he the subject of a referendum, and that
not all the pretense that turks behind hne
renutations for integrity in the past on the
mart of one candidate out of a dozen can
change that issue.
That is the reason he will have all his
henchmen, hangers on, protected and pam
pered pets, at the polls.
You can line up with that crowd, II you be-
leve in them, or you can help that great body
of men and women who have fought Tor the
mast five years to rid the city and the state
of misrule in their battle against bossism and
Cofinism.
But whatever your decision, see that it
oets into the official record. Let the verdict
he one of all citizens, not of few. The law
bars children, idiots and criminals from vot-
ing. When you voluntarily absent yourself
from the polls you take your place in the line
with these classes.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-01
It's Up to Legislatures

We have presented injunction re-
lief legislation in number of
states and have secured enactment
of statutes providing for regulation
and limitation of the use Of injunc
ton in labor disputes.
We are pressing a federal statute
for adoption by the congress of the
United States. We will continue our
efforts until we succeed, but it must
be remembered, by our critics, that
the enactment of legislation depends
upon the attitude OF legislative
bodies.
The statement, Will the hungry
southern mill hands are facing alone
the organized employers and hostile
authorities, beaten by mobs and
shot down by sheriffs, the sleek A.
F. Of L. officials sit twiddling their
thumbs at mahogany desks in
Washington or are making patriot
eering speeches to the National Sc
curity League or at West Point" is
contemplate end a most unworthy
expression OF the eOltOI OF great
chain Of newspapers.
If this expression represented a
deliberate attempt to destroy the
confidence Of the masses Of the peo-
pie and the membership of organ
lied labor, it readily could be I'M
derstood. Instead of it being CLASH
fed as a criticism Of organized la
Dor. it properly could be termed a
personal attack upon the officers of
the American Federation of Labor.
venture to say that the editor who
wrote this paragraph is unac-
quainted with the president Of the
American Federation of Labor or
with other officers whom he may
have had in mind. He is unac-
quainted with the administrative