The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1937-10-28
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BY lemuel F. Parton

NJ EW YORk.-Blg, Square-head-
! ' ed, Manifested Ernest Bevin,
car of right wing British labor, lost
his first big fight at the Bourne
Left Wing of a as the Labor par
British Labor ty voted greater
Gains Pouer representation for
it's left wing politi-
cal elements. Mr.. Bevin is the Sam
Gompers of British labor, opposing
political activity, labor theorists,
philosophers, communists and intel
ligentsia, and relying solely on the
economic squeeze for tying knots in
the lions tail-and on occasion he
has made the lion yelp resoundingly.
The Bournemouth showdown,
lightly touched in American news
dispatches, is a victory for the
united 'front.'" for such left wing
ascendancy as that of Maj. Clement
r. Attlee and Sir Stafford Scripps;
it marks potential schism in Brit
ish labor and it reveals distinct SIM
larity to nascent political and side
ologicaP' trends in American labor.
He is head of the powerful Trans
port Workers union, large ele-
ment of which clamored for boy
colt against Japanese goods and
threatened to refuse to handle them.
England notes all this with acute
memories of 1926, when Mr.. Bevin
and his dock workers gave Britain
severe case of filters with their
paralyzing strike. He was similarly
obdurate when he pulled the big
London bus strike at the time of
the coronation.
Innocent bystanders cheer his
roundhouse swings at the reds, but
=, wonder who'll bell
mr.. BeDins the cat if he gets
Bad Case of more power-and
pouer Itch Mr.. Bevin has an
aggravated case
of the power itch. In the present
issue-roughly comparable to the
disagreement between John L.
Lewis and William Green-conserv-
alive opinion is being heavily mo-
bilized behind Mr.. Bevin.
He is from the Limehouse dis
trict, an expounder of traditional
trades-union doctrine, such as Com
pers taught, based chiefly on Gre
ward your friends and punish your
enemies" and never mind the phi
losophy or politics. Bulky, moon
faced and belligerent, he is not only
a fighter and organizer, but clever
strategist. AS in 1924, battling the
ship-owners for a shilling a day
raise in dock wages. Professors at
a conference showed charts proving
a worker could get fat on the cur
rent wage. He stepped out and
translated days wages into bread
and margarine. 1t was a pitiful
showing. They won their increase.
M USSOLINI and Hitler, oiling up
1'A the Rome-Berlin axis, didn't
hesitate to let the world know they
can't lose. They might ponder what
Mr.. Madigan Madigan when he
Lives Up to broke loose from
His Nickname the traditional in
feriority complex
of football coaches. Recently, set
ting a precedent, he said st. Mary's
was going to trounce California and
there was no use making any bones
about it. Then California trimmed
St. Mary's, 80 to 0.
Since Mr.. Madigan and his "Gal-
Looping Gaels" were last seen here
abouts, the bankers have grabbed
old alma mater, but they are still
going strong, a lurid spot of color
on this years football horizon. 1t
seems to be something new-a top
hole football outfit touring for fore
closed college.
In the 16 years in which Mr.. Madi-
gan coached the little college of
Moraga valley, California, 20 miles
east of Oakland, he pulled it up
from a detected little hangnail
squad to rowing, ravening band
of man-eaters. 1.-THE Mad Magician
of Moraga," alliterated the football
scribes, referring to Mr.. Madigan,
who was not only coach, but trainer,
rubber, handler, doctor, dietitian
and pants member.
I remember looking on, in 1920,
think it was, when California beat
st. Mary's, 120 to
Early lays or 0. The college was
St. Mary's a dingy little red
hriol b,,i1dipo IN a
sleazy little side
street. They took drubbings like
that every year.
Then came Slip Madigan, from
Notre Dame, via Oregon. His main
assets were law degree, several
pink shirts and an unmatched in
stinct for showmanship. He set the
place on fire with football fervor.
Two. years later, they licked Cali
fornia, just as if Ethiopia should
lick Italy today. From then on,
there was no stopping them. The
college got plenty of funds and
moved to nice home in the Moraga
valley. The "Moraga Maulers,"
with candy-colored pants this year
and red silk next year, bounced
and devoured all over the country.
The financial crack-up focused on
Slip Madigan's salary. Last Febru-
airy, bondholders charged the col
lege had turned over to him all of
the $38, 324.15 receipts from the
Fordham game. Last July, the col
lege was sold at auction, but, col
lege or no college, the Gaels keep
on galloping. Just fast, 16-year
running start, and they can't slow
down.
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