The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1936-09-11

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not only that the slgner was not
q member Of the union afiiliated
with the A. +. Of l.. but that he
was q member IN good standing Of
the company union. It was alto
gether against law and conscience
but It was done. The valid organ
ization as result was annihiiated
almost overnight. What ! want to
emphasize is not that the annihi-
lation occurred but that when 1t
had become an accomplished tact
the company union went out OF
business. It's end In life had been
reached. The memory Of that
sweet bit Of union destruction Is
the reason why / could not join
in Candidate Landon's Hood OF
crocodile tears shed yesterday
over the present split In the
American labor movement made
by the suspension by the A. F. Of
L. Executive Council Of ten
unions connected with the COM
mittee for Industrial OrganiSa-
ton. The Republican presidential
nominee Is heartsick over the
breach and hopes 1t viii soon be
healed. For, says he,
1.-THE great gains made By
labor through Is organizations
are in danger 50 long rs this
division exists"
We all know that, Alfred. At the
same time why not save your
weepings for the far greater dan
ger to labor's gains, the Company
Union which you have endorsed,
Knox On Labor
While Candidate Landon was
opening wide the fioodgates Of his
sorrow over American laborS
danger, Candidate Knox was
blowing the fog horn Of his de-
nunciation against the sins, he
says were committed by tho
Democratic administration against
the workers. According to the
soldier.punlisher 1.-THE Roosevelt
administration policies have done
labor harm It has fon1ented
strife. 1t has passed laws
ostensibly In the interest Of labor
that mean the labor will be under
the iron hand Of government"illl
Even after making due allowance
for the fact that the colonel as
q fighting man Is In q tough spot
with no ammunition to expend
and that he Is suffering from an
attack Of self-hypnosis brought on
by too much campaign speaking
with nothing TO talk about, no
cannot expect any intelligent per-
son to swallow that sort Of drivel.
II the Roosevelt policies have done
labor harm no one Ii aware OF 10
except Candidate Knox. Certainly
the news has not reached the long
list OF labor leaders and the great
number Of labor organizations 20
enthusiastically working for the
Presidents recollection. President
Green Of the American Federation
OF Labor remains In ignorance OF
the Knox discovery. 30 does the
majority OF the A. +. Of L. Execu.
tive Council. So do President
Lewis Of the United Mine Workers,
Sidney Hillman Of the Ainalga.
mated Clothing Workers, David
Dubinsky OF the international
Ladies' Garment Workers, and
the heads OF other unions whose
membership runs into q million or
more. II Just goes 10 show how
smart Col. Knox Is. He not only
knows what no one else knows
but he also knows what everyone
besides himself knows 10 not true.
More Knox
The accusation that the Roose-
welt policies have fomented strife
In the industrial world has just aS
much foundation In truth as there
Is In the charge that the PreSi.
dents administration has harmed
labor. II "a true that Section 10
OF the National Industrial Recov-
cry Act was intended TO insure
American workers their inherent
right 10 bargain collectively with
their employers through repre-.
sentatiyes OF their own choosing.
It Is also true that the effort on
the part Of the Democratic admin.
istratlon to make that insurance
something more than an empty
gesture did foment strife. But Col
Knox being himself IN employer
Of labor ~ well ~ the publisher
OF o newspaper must know who
did the fomenting ana who
created the strife. In the face OF
what happened the Republican
vice-presldential nominee might
have painted the exact picture II
he had been 90 minded. II was not
labor either through its leaders or
lis unions which houted and
fought tho law. II was industry.
Labor accepted the legislation rs
law until iis constltutlonallty had
been passed upon BY the Supreme
Court. II was Big Business %
represented BY the steel kings
which ignored the passage Of the
law, refused 10 obey its provisions,
and COunseIled Ill and gundry that
II was unconstitutional 81 least
three years before the Supreme
Court had the opportunity 70
settle tho point. One Of the bitter
est enemies Of the Democratic
administration, q hater Of the
Roosevelt labor policies, ana enc
FIRST most fragrant viOlatOr OF .
law which oil good citizens were
ObIlged 10 observe until u was
declared unconstitutional y q. W.
Weir, Of the Welrton Steel Conas
pany. Mr.. Weir y . LandoI.-Kn .e,s