The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1941-09-11
Facing The Foc+s
With PHILIP PEARL

JOnn IL. Lewis is now IN pickle |
with his best friends of recent years
the Communists. He was their hero
while Soviet Russia and Nazi Ger
many were pals. But since Hitler
turned his fangs on Stain, Lewis has
been losing his lustre in the eyes of
the Commies and now they are def
nitely on the outs.
The tip-off came the other day
when the Daily Worker published an
editorial denouncing Lewis, their
erstwhile champion, for lining up with
a group of isolationist Republicans
opposed to President Roosevelt's de-
fense policies. The Daily Worker
branded this group "Munichmen,"
which means the lowest of the low in
the Soviet lexicon.
Well, if that's the feeling, we can
soon expect the fur to fly. There was
a time, years back, when the Com
mics and John had the knives out for
each other. John spent quite bit Of
money digging up evidence of Com
munist plots in the United Mine
| Workers. union and submitted brief
to Senate Investigating Committee
in which he charged that the Reds
were plotting to destroy the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor through the
Zone Big Union" idea and policy
of unrestricted industrial unionism.
The Commies came right back with
a sensational story Of how John got
to be the big boss of the miners which
has never been successfully denied.
Will They Begin to Sing?
Well, the Commies and John have
learned lot more about each other
during their close association since
1885 and if they begin to "sing" now
the public should hear some very in
teresting stuff. For instance, the
Commies might reveal a few things
about Johns connection with thu
Mexican oil deals. We'd like to know
more about that ourselves, as woul,
a Federal Grand Jury in Washing
ton, ID. c., which has been doing som'
quiet investigating.
Then, there was that recent matte
of the Federal Shipbuiding plant a
kearny, N. J. The Washington
>, Merry Go Round column recently dis
cussed this case and broadly hinte,
that John had tried to come to tn
i, aid of his friends in United State
Steel, which owns the company, a
! the expense of the CIO Shipbuildin
: Workers Union. There have been lot
Of sinister rumors about this inciden
= and it would be healthy if John
y Communist ex-freinds spoke up wit
, what they know.
u, And, of course, we may look fol
. ward to lively fracas at the comm
= ClO convention if John and hi
former buddies like Harry Bridges
Joe Curran and Matt Quill have def
nItely broken. John was relying O
! the Commy clique in the CIO to hel
U put him back in office as CIO pres
dent. lt seems assured that Phil Mu
ray is too ill to run again. But if tf
3 Commies are now going to run OF
$ on John it will be quite scramD
e with no holds barred.
T. 1t seems to us that this whole diz2
q picture provides significant contra
,. to the steady, stable, construct,
II policies and principles of the Amer
II can Federation Of Labor EveryboC
e Will realize before long that a lab,
le organization which will have no tru,
with John or the Commies is, indee
2 fortunate.
L Compare the Records.
:" The upset condition of the CIO w:
Is never SO frankly exposed as on Lab,
Day. Who were the CLOS spokesmt
on this great occasion? Why, Ji
Carey, the executive office boy, al
Allan S. Haywood, a Lewis lacke
who holds the office of organizati,
director. Where was John on Lab
a. Day? Retired in the gloomy silenc
VI OF obscurity. Where was Murray
lie, they tell us, is still very si
n man. Well, then, where were Il
10 other ClO big shots? Echo answe
II there are none-at least none tn
e. John would trust.
n, And what did jim Carey say? |
eS said the ClO was for the defense pr
IN gram. On what authority did he S;
o. that? God alone knows because {
ie Go never has gone officially on re
ld ord on that subject. What else d
M he say? He said that the CIO sto
+ united against Fascism here a
+ abroad
ld If there ever was dead give -aw;
st that statement was it. Not a whisp,
'y YOU see, of the CIO policy on Con
/ munism. There was no need to VIII
per. The bald omission of Communs
n from Carey's statement spoke mo
IA eloquently than words.
"A We suggest to all workers
at America that they might profit il
~ mensely by comparing the Labor d.
lf addresses and statements Of Pre-
ry dent William Green and Secretar
K, Treasurer Meany with the speech
Il and statements Of the CIO spok,
8 men. Nothing could be more ed