The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-23
INSIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MICHIGAN RESURRECTION

One of the c0untryS distinguished au-
thors, whose name will not be set down
here for the reason that his conversation
was. private and confidential, speaking 10
4 representative of The Times-News, made
certain statements in regard to the nsur-
rection in Michigan and sit-down strikes III
general. which are illuminating for the
consideration of good citizens who are
seeking all the information it is possible 10
obtain, in order that this situation may De
correctly appraised.
The statement made by this gentleman
was that he is personally acquainted with
many of the country's radical leaders ana
when the roll is called he can positively
identify all, or nearly all, of these men ana
women. According to his positive state
ment the John Lewis c. /. o. organization
is differed entirely by Reds of every
known brand in this country. Two-thlrds
of the leaders are known to this gentleman
rs avowed communists and the others are
socialists.
The whole movement is Red move
ment, as far as leadership and policies are
concerned. 1t is evident, therefore, that
John Lewis, who has never been known as
a communist (who, in fact, few years
ago, was highly vocal in his condemnation
of communism has traded with the Reds
as the only group in the country that would
afford the backing for his revolutionary
movement.
Under the existing conditions it is clear
that the Reds control the c. |. .. and the
Lewis program. The movement IS, there
fore. nothing less than Red uprising, an
insurrection directed against the govern
ment of Michigan, and in its implications
against all government and all legal rights
of all the people of the United States.
The Michigan war is no ordinary labor
disagreement, in which wages and indus
trial rules and regulations are alone IN
yolved. Any talk INDUCED in about these
matters is a smoke-screen. In fact, no pre-
tense is made by the insurrectionlsts that
wages or working conditions are involved
in the Chrysler sit-down. The sole cause
of the seizure and unlawful holding Oh
property and defiance of the courts Is
Lewis determination to force a closed shop
and the "check-off" on the Chrysler en-
ployees and management.
The Reds are allied with Lewis because
the only openings for making trouble they
have ever been able to discover in this
country are in connection with labor trou'
bles; and they recognize Lewis as the king
min of trouble makers in the entire country
OF course a considerable number OF mis-
ouided workers have been lined up with
CLIO. and others have been forced te
SIGN I'D for membership by the well known
methods of coercion practiced by labor
racketeers.
Of course, it is we'll known that in the
great industrial centers of the country Ia
bor organizations, union and non-union
are honeycombed by the Reds. They are
everywhere, pursuing their favorite policy
of boring from the inside. Theses Reds
aided and abetted by a comparatively
small number of misled and mistaken
workers, are responsible for the uprising
in Michigan, for the defiance of the courts
and laws of that State, for revolutionary
outbreak that is directed against every one
of the 4S States and the federal govern.
ment.
First-hand information obtained from
former citizens of North Carolina who
have been for years employed in the motor
car industry in Michigan, who are now 80