The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1939-06-08
ANOTHER NEW REPUBLIC LIE

ANOTHER NEW REPUBLIC LIE
THE hairbraned inteligentsia who edit The
New Republic, self-styed journal of Opin-
ion, have been and among the most unreason-
able critics of the American Federation OF Labor
and it's officers, and are likewise among the most
jealous supporters of the C. l. o. which was form
ed to overthrow democratic procedure and ma
jority rule in the American Federation of Labor
and substitute therefor dictatorship based on
minority control.
Criticism of the American Federation of Labor
or of any other organization is fundamental
right under the principles which saturate Ameri-
dent type should not be supported by the wavering
fabric of Justification. Evidently this axiom is un-
known to the editors of The New Republic.
On April 80, the daily press published a state
ment made by John L: Lewis, president of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations, charging that
the amendments proposed by the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor to the National Labor Relations
Act were prepared with the advice and counsel
of representatives Of corporations and OF the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers
Mr.. Lews's statement was in the form of a
letter addressed to the chairman of the Senate
Committee on Education and Labor, which was
holding hearings on amendments to the Labor Re-
latons Act, with the suggestion that the commit
tee PROFOUND Mr. LeWiS's questions-there were
six of them-to Mr. Green when he appeared be-
fore the committee.
Mr. Green denied Mr. Lewis's charges general
ly when they were first made public. Then, at the
conclusion or MS QlTeCC testimony before Inc
ate Committee on May 2 in favor of the A. f. of
l.. amendments, Mr.. Green, in a statement to the
committee, replied categOrically and at length to
each of Lewiss six questions.
Despite this undeniable fact, The New Republic
for MAY TO- eight days after Mr. Green made his
detailed statement to the committee, in comment
ing on the matter, said:
Before Mr.. Green's appearance as a witness
at the Senate Committee on Education and Labor
he denied everything. On the stand he was not
bod III RI hpt fIn
ject directly"
The first part of this New Republic statement
to the effect that the members of the Senate Com
mittee on Education and Labor did not ask Mr.
Green anything about the charges made by Mr.
Lewis, is. true. But the last part of The New Re-
public statement-"nor did he volunteer anything
on the subject directly'-is an absolute falsehood
AS part of his testimony Mr.. Green answered
and denied every one of Lews's charges
But perhaps there is a reason for The New Re-
public's mad crusade against the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. 1t is well known that the A. r.
of l.. is unaterably opposed to the principles and
policies of the Communists, regardless of whether
these subversve elements seek to establish a po-
litica government dictatorship based on force and
violence a similar terrorstc regime in industry
symboliZed by the sit-down strike.
1t is not generally known that The New Re-
public favors the Communist principles. But in
the same issue which contains the false statement
made about Mr. Green there is editorial diSSer-
alton regarding The New Masses, which The New
Republic editors describe as "the only National
Communist weekly"
1t seems that The New Masses is threatened
with suspension from lack of money to pay its
bills Confronted with this tragedy to American
institutions, The New Republic says, 1--WE believe
The New Masses is a valuable force of progress.
And to keep this Red periodical going, readers of
The New Republic urged to contribute finan-
cial support to it and thus save the day for mill
tant Communist propaganda.
In this connection it is interesting to note the
literary sponsors for The New Republic. It's editors
are: Bruce Bliven, Malcolm Cowley, r. M. Lovett
George Soule and Stark Young. The associate
editors are: Otis Ferguson and Elizabeth Huling