Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-12-19
KEPT PRESS IS
INCONSISTENT
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LET me say that the strike at the
plant as conducted by the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers was Endorsed by the A. F.
of L. to the fullest extent The or
ganization of hosiery workers is an
affiliate of the A. F. of L. and neither
their organizations nor its leaders
have ever been under suspicion of
having communistic tendencies. In
fact, in this case the opposite is
true"
The attitude of Mr.. Lewis must
have been bit disconcerting to the
Citizens Alliance and to the news
papers doing the bidding of the Alli-
ance and of other reactionary influ-
ences in Minnesota.
Papers Fume.
To illustrate further the attitude
of the press, it is only necessary to
quote two or three editorials, in part.
from the capitalist newspapers of the
state.
The Glencoe Enterprise bemOans
apolis should be SO unreasonable in
their demands as to necessitate the
closing down of so worthy an enter
prise as the Strutwear plant. News
papers in thriving and progressing
cities in Minnesota" says the enter
prise, were extending invitations to
the Strutwear people to locate in
their cities, where they would be rea-
sonably free from labor trouble insti-
gated by Reds"
The Jordan Independent, a reac-
tionary sheet of the Democratic var
iety, okays what the Glencoe Enter
prise has said and expresses the hope
that 1.-The situation will be ironed
out" 1t proceeds, however, to place
the blame for the strike upon polit-
ical officeholders who aided and
abetted the strikers "in the name of
trick drivers in that city last year"
The above quotations from capital
list newspapers merely go to show
that there is no consistency in their
pretenses of friendship for labor at
any stage Of the game. They are
servants of Big Business at all times
and do not hesitate to contradict
themselves if occasion requires it.
Then and Now.
Curiously enough, the strike of the
truck drivers conducted under the
| leadership of Truck Drivers Union
! STA year ago had the sanction OF
the American Federation of Labor
when it was in progress. For some
reason the officers of the information
al union saw fit to take away the
charter several months later, but this
has nothing to do with the fact that
the strike was conducted under the
general supervision of the A. F. OF L
The Strutwear strike is being con-
Quoted under similar respectable au
spices, according to Meyer Lewis. the
official representative of the A. F
of L. e
1t is high time that the workers
wake up to the fact that they have
interests in common and that they
cannot depend upon the publicity
agents of Big Business to render then
a service. The only reason why the
daily press of the Twin Cities ha!
given approval to Mr.. Lewis attempt
at purging Minneapolis unions of thu
so-called Red element is for the pur
pose of creating dissension in labor!
ranks. There can be no other reason
for their attitude.
Moreover, low wages and intoler
able conditions for the employees o.
the truck owners or the workers EN-
ployed by the Strutwear Knitting
Company carry no persuasion as fal
as the capitalist press is concerned
The record of the newspapers. botf
large and small, especially those Of
the Republican variety. shows con
clusively that they are for the en-
ployers and against the employees a,
all times.