The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-03-26
A. F. of L. Leaders Betray
Tom Mooney
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trial was published the Clarion" February 4,
1921, stated: Another Sensation has been thrown
to the public in the Mooney case by the pubh-
cation of an alleged confession made by John
Mcdonald at Trenton, N. j., last Monday. The
alleged confessor is said to have sworn to
statement that he was coached in his testimony
in the Mooney case by District Attorney Fickert
and that he did not tell the truth. If the news
paper stories are true then Mcdonald has per-
jured himself in very serious manner If he
did not tell the truth at the trial then he has
been guilty of sending innocent man to the
penitentiary on perjured testimony. If he is not
telling the truth now he is endeavoring to lib
crate guilty man. In either event. if published
stories are true, Mcdonald should be in the
penitentiary." This is rather obscure reasoning
but it is sufficient to show the complete af-
finity of Mullen and the California labor lead
ers" for the frame-up crew that sent Mooney
and Billings to prison.
On June g. 1919, the "CIarion" became very
indignant over the fact that Anton Johansen,
one of the few militants of the A. F. of L., made
the charge in Southern Illinois that: mo one
in this country is more responsible for Tom
MONEYS conviction and continued incarceration
than certain labor leaders in San Francisco" In
this same issue of the paper, Mullen sharply con-
demned mass meeting that was attended by
over 10000 people because the meeting was ad-
dressed by what he termed imported Red
orators such as Mother Jones and other radical
talents"
If these quotations are not enough, one more
example will illustrate the complete corruption
of the Labor Clarion" its editor and the labor
leaders" it represents In every Labor Day issue,
the Clarion" carries full-page advertisement
of two of the worst ant-labor firms in this coun-
try-Sears Roebuck & Co., and Montgomery
Ward Co. Chicago Typographical Union No. 16
is now in the midst OF an active campaign
against these firms as all their printing-S10-
100000 and over-is done by VIGOROUSLY scab
firm. James w. Mullen is a member of the
Typographical Union, yet, in spite Of the vigor-
GUS fight waged by his own union, he betrays
his fellow-craftsmen for few pieces of silver.
OF course, the San Francisco Labor Council
and the Directors of the Labor Clarion" fully
endorse J. w. Mullen March 49, 1919, a resolu-
ton adopted by the Council highly commended
Mullen, and stated: That he was not temporiz-
ing with rainbow-chasing faddists" and that ''the
welfare Of the millions had been the thought
kept foremost in Mulen's mind that the
Labor Clarion had been strong influence to-
ward keeping the labor movement on an even
keel during this time while the crazy-quilt
theorists have been struggling desperately to turn
things topsy- turvy."
All Of these excerpts from the Labor Clar-
ion" bear witness to the point Of view Of
paper and editor that boasts Of their sincerity
to labor while forging chains to hold Tom
Mooney. Mullen and his friends act as apollo
gists for Big Business. They blindfold the
workers by the use of such terms as rainbow
chasing faddists" keeping the labor movement
on an even keel' and reference to Mother Jones
as IAN imported Red orator" Hobnobbng with
the Chamber of Commerce might be James Null
lens idea Of keeping the labor movement on an
even keel by keeping workers from striking when
conditions are intolerable but IL u not Tom
MONEYS idea. Any sensible working man knows
what to do when conditions 60 from bad to
worse but Mullen gets his wages regularly. SO