Evening star., 1937-04-10


90, with IL good farmer abor justices
on the bench if the United States
Supreme Court doesn't stop trying to
dictate economics and social security
The Communist candidate said that
his party program of progressive
measures under capitalism will tax
the rich. adding that if the rich do
not like taxation, the only alternative
is conflSca ton and revolution "
Now il is hardly TO be supposed
that Mr.. Browder had any inside in
formation from the Roosevelt camp
because he was attacking the Roose-
welt candidacy Just as he was lam
hasting The Isndon candidacy. But
the quotation may be taken to indicate
how closely the Communist objective
with respect 10 the Supreme Court
parallels that of the Roosevelt regime
The Communist purpose has always
been TO destroy the judiciary AS an
independent branch of the Govern
ment and IL was not novel to hear the
spokesmen of the Communist party
calling for an enlargement of the
Supreme Court In fact. because this
much public attention has been given
to Communist utterances. Their de-
structive purpose so far as the Ameri-
can form Of Government is concerned
has generally been taken for granted
The ]. w W and the C. l. O.
Nor is the pa ra liel between Com
munistic purpose and the Court en-
largement plan the only coincidence in
present-day events. Looking back to
1918, when the Industrial Workers of
the World, usually called the i. w
W were on trial before Judge Lands
In Federal Court. some exhibits
were introduced into testimony which
bear a strange resemblance to the
sit-doWn" strike technique of today,
which is being heraIded as something
new and surprising
Here is one quota lion offered in
evidence on T. w. w tactics and
Methods as outlined by Vincent ST.
John in his treatise on the l. w. w:
As q revolutionary organization.
the Industrial Workers of the World
aims 10 use any and all tactics that
will get the results sought with the
least expenditure OF time and energy
The tactics used are determined solely
by the power of the orgsniza ton 10
make good in their use. The quest
lion OF right and wrong does not
concern us
No terms made with an employer
are final. All peace so long as the
loo
truce. AT sny favorable opportunity
the struggle for more control of in
dustry is renewed
AS the organization gains control
in industries. and the knowledge
among the workers of their power.
when properly applied within the
industries, becomes more general, the
: long drawn out strike will become
relic OF the past "
Under all ordinary circumstances
strike that is not won in four to
six weeks cannot be won by remain
Ing out longer
When strikes are used it aims
to paralvze all branches of the in
dusuy involved, when the employers |
ca n least afford a cessa ton of work
during the busy season when there are
rush orders TO be filled
Failing TO force concessions from
the employers by the strike, work is
resumed and sabotage is l<d 10
force the employers to concede the
demands OF workers During strikes
the works are closely picketed and
every effort made to keep the employ
'ers from getting workers into the
shops. All supplies are cut off from
strike bound shops.
Government Interference
interference by the Government /
is resented by open violation of the
Governments orders, going TO Jail |
en- masse, causing expense to the
ia sxpsyers-which is but another name !
for the employing class
In short. the l. w w. advocates the |
use OF militant direct action tactics !
TO the fun extent of our power TO !
make good
Another quotation offered in ex-
hlblt at the trial was from Emile
Pouget on Sabotage" as follows:
III II b true that labor produces
everything. 1t is both moral and lust
that it shuuid own everything. But
this is only an athrmstion-it must
bs proven. We Industrial Unionists
care nothing about proving it. We are
: going to take over the industries
some day for three very good reasons:
: Because we need them, because we
want them and because we have the
power to get them.
whether we are 'ethicslly justified
or NOS is not our concern. We will
lose no time proving title TO them
beforehand, but we may, il it is neces-
sary, after the thing is done, hire q
couple Of lawyers and judges 10 fix up
the deed and make the transfer per-
fectly legal and respectable. Also. if
necessary, we will have q couple OF
learned bishops sprinkle holy water on
1t and make it sacred. Such things
can be fixed-snything that is power
ful becomes in due course of time
righteous. Therefore, we industrial
unionisis claim that the social reyolu-
ton is not matter of necessity, plus
q Justice, but simply necessity, plus
strength
All one has to do to understand
how far new concepts" of law and
property as James Lands, chairman
of the S. E. c. and dean-elect of the
Harvard Law School, calls them, have
come under the powerful tactics of the
John Lewis unions is TO compare the
disregard for law and order by the
i. 0. with the avowed strategy of
the /. w. w. of 20 years ago And
still not a member of the United
States Senate couple decades ago