The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-08-21


 lent, This was caused, he said, by "an infiammatory newspaper edis torial declaring disorder prevails in Seattle, that the freedom Of the press is abridged, that the governor is delinquent, and that the gover. nor is submissive to the mayor and certain labor leaders of Seattle.
 'sThe strike should not Do Of statewide concern. It should be confined to that particular plant, and settled by negotiations between employees and the owners, or their representatives"
 Last Thursday a part of the Post- 1ntelligencer editorial stan - 4S members, the strikers claim, 20 n1er1l- bers, the management says-went on strike because two members of the staff and of the Seattle chap ter of the American. Newspaper Guild has been discharged. Approx inaately 500 syr .pathizers from other unions gathered around the plant. The mechanical employees refused to go through the picket line to their work maintaining that 1t would endanger them, and the newspaper suspended publication.
 Management Position
 The management took the DO. sition that 1t was being prevented from publishing by a break-down of law and order manifested in mob violence. The strikers and their gympathizers said the management sought to turn public sympathy against them by this attitude. The number of pickets has diminished day by day. Yesterday six pickets were on duty at one time.
 Statements issued by both sides indicated that there was little in1- mediate prospect Of settlement. The statements came from William Ran dolph Hearst, owner of c group Of newspapers of which the Post-1n- teliigencer Is one, Haywood BrouTl, president of the American News paper Guild, Harvey J. Kelly. gen-- ' erai counsel on labor for the Hearst publications, and Jonathan Eddy, < executive secretary of the Guild who is personally directing the strike.
 What Hearst Said
 "It has cost mo over million dollars to conduct my paper In Seattle all through the depression and up to date," Hearst said.
 If the communists want to re- iieve me of that cost and Of the duty of supplying jobs to labor. It is not an unmixed evil. l would have money.
 "However, there is c greater is- sue ct stake than saving money.
 "There is the issue of free press and Q free country.
 "No press is free that is subject Go mob rule.
 "No country Is free where the public officials are too cowardly or too corrupt to protect the funda- mental rights of law-abiding citi- zens. .,
 "Protecting the liberties Of all citizens in Q free country is not aitruism. It is enlightened self ifl- Serest.
 "The time to stop the mob rule of communism is before 1t gains control of state and nation; not af- forwards, like poor prostrate spain.
 "But whether anybody else makes the fight against communism and mob rule or not, I am going to make 1t and I am enlisted for the duration of the war"
 Broun Makes Statement
 Broun denied "fiatly" that the strike had led to terrorism and the break down of law and order"
 "While declining all conferences looking toward the settlement of the strike brought in defensee of men fired for Guild activity, the Hearst management is filling down town Seattle hotels with armed men, termed loyal workers imported from Los Angeles and San Fran cisco" Broun said. These toughs wear fake identification buttons of local unions, cruise the city in cars, beating up pickets and terrorizing the wives of strikers late at night while their husbands are on picket line.
 "There has been no violence or mob action on the part or Lrdue unions picketing the Post-Intelli- gencer. Hearst management, at l5 minute intervals, breaks into Seattle radio programs of all major stations with attempts to incite a spirit of mob violence against the duly con- stituted authorities of the city be- cause they have refused to condone the reign of terror which Hearst has already instituted. The real is- sue involved h this dispute is the right of organized newspapermen to seek fair working conditions. and tho right of other organized work CTS to support them in a strike brought on by denial of those conditions"
 Hearst,s statement. issued by his New York headquarters. was pub- kshed today in al Hearst's news papers. Broun's statement was is- sued by the New -ork headquarters ct the Guild.