The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-05-18

ployment law. Ours was the first state to qualify under the federal law. And had the honor of sign ing the document which brought into existence the first interstate compact-one between various New England states-for the im- provement of the conditions of labor.
 Something Wrong
 I think I have a right to assert that no man will go further than in the interest of the well-being of the workingman. am con- vinced. however. that there is mething wrong, frightfully wrong, in the set-up of the Ma tional Labor Relations Board. The peculiar inquisitory methods of its Trial Examiners are so nearly identical wherever they appear that there seems to be no question but that they come from a com- mon source, some authority hid- den behind the scenes.
 have taken the back track in an attempt to find out who this master mind is.
 The most obvious procedure, of course, was to make a study of the three members of the Board, who, under the authority of the Wag- ner Act administer it.
 This I have done, and my in vestigations lead to the conclusion that these gentlemen do not en- body individually or collectively that underlying all pervading principle which seems to guide the Board and its Examiners in their practical administration of the Wagner Act. So have gone fur ther, and believe that I have found the answer.
 Master Mind
 The master mind of the Labor Board is one David Joseph Saposs, whose title is that of Industrial Economist. He is the informed professional radical laborite of the Board. He was born in Russia and has been an indefatigable radical propagandist in the United States for many years. He was sponsored by Madam Perkins, going to the Board from her immediate staff. He is a friend and associate of c. I. O. leaders Sidney Hillman, Clinton Golden, and others.
 Today this radical Russian, of the New York garment trade un- ion, is probably the most influen- tial factor in the nation in guid- ing the destinies of labor relations in its many industries.
 The Labor Board, in its reports, has shown that its Division of Economic Research, of which Sa- poss Is chief, is handspring of the organization. Above all else, it works closely with the Trial Ex- aminers and the Board attorneys in the field.
 Saposs was instructor in the Rand School, which during the World War the federal govern ment attacked. He was resident faculty member and secretary of the Brookwood Labor College, which displayed pictures of Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky on its walls. Each of these schools received money from the notorious Gar land Fund. of which Hillman, Golden. William z. Foster, and other C. I. O. leaders were direc- tors. Golden is now director of o. I. O. activities in the steel in- dustry.
 COmmunistic
 SapoSs' books and pamphlets are numerous. Many of them are put out by the International Pub fishers, who issue Communistic literature, and are used as texts In the various radical schools. He was in Madam Perkins Bureau of Labor Statistics before he secured his appointment to the Board, which was first announced pub licly in a small government pub- lication some time after he went on the pay roll.
 Since the opening of Congress there have been various proposals made looking to full inquiry in- to Board activities. Thus has a dramatic and quite unusual situa- ton developed.
 think that 1t becomes obvious to any American that this is not the type of federal institution that should be tolerated.
 If its attitude and acts turn out to be what they sec, believe the public will demand and Congress surely will provide means where by these inquisitorial methods will be replaced by others that are more in harmony with the spirit of the United States.