The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1942-07-03
FROM EDITORIAL COLUMNS
The Case of Harry Bridges

WI. SchOOl
of the Office of Civilian Defense
Here the outstanding the cas-
for your information.
The Record
Dean James M Landis n the Matter of Harry Bridges
December, 1889:
Bridges statement of his political beliefs and
disbelefs is important 1t given not only without
but vigorously dogma and faiths of which the
proud and which presented in his mind the aims
of his existence. That Bridges aims theoretically
radical be admitted but the proof fails to establish
the methods he seeks to employ to realize them other
than those that the framework of democratic and constu
tona government permits
Board of immigration Appeals, J. A. Fane, Chairman
January 3, 1912:
'That the aims of Bridges personally, legit
mate union aims is clearly shown by the evidence
Bridges believes in arbitration and direct negotiation to
settle labor differences, with the strike used only
last resort"
Official Statement of Harry Bridges May 20, 1922
81 am urging all union and to redouble
their fight against Hitler and the Axis to make for the
damage caused by the Attorney General. Our first
job is winning the and this decision will not deter
in any way from that goal My deportation has
BEEN and not the issue was the fight for union
conditions and against Fascist aggression conducted by
union which led to the orginaton of the charge of
Communism against me-"
The Reaction *f1sF
New York Herald Tribune, Editorial, May 80, 1912
"It may be that Harry Bridges, west coast labor
leader doing his best to promote this countrys battle
of production against the Axis not from love of America
but from loyalty to the Cominern But whatever his
helping to organize managementabor committees and in
his talks to ongshoremen and shpyard workers he
has been making no mean contribution to the cause
j. A. Beasey Minister of Supply and Acting Attorney
General of Australia, May 80, 1922
Determination of the desirabilty of any person
matter for his country to decide Bridges might
cevaby be the greatest social reformer here
Another countrys court decisions regarding the desira
bty of Australian cannot be regarded acceptable
viewpoint Australia's code of industrial conditions
and the rights of and workers to organize
different level from those of other countries. The men
who fight obtain these conditions in Australia might
reasonably be regarded undesirables elsewhere"
The New Republic Editorial June 8, 1912:
"Vewed whole, it (the attorney generals de-
cision) of the most stupid, iadvsed undemo
cratic actions in recent years r Bddle) goes back
into Communist Manifesto of 1913 1t is like saying
that the Democrats in favor of states rights and
the Republicans favor of federalism just because this
was true in 1850"
PM, Editorial May 80 1912:
Bridges is absolutely about not only for winning
this war; for winning quickly and decsvey Far
from advocating the overthrow of the governmenttoday
he advocates putting nothing ahead of its welfare
he has continued to advise his to waive all kinds of
advantages from their employers long period
of years-so that they might get the job of
ing ships for the battle of the southwest Pacific Our
who fighting the southwest Pacific already
in Bridges debt. He is the hard working and ag-
gressve head of organization whose efficiency the
lives of Americans fighting abroad depend
The Nation "Biddle and Bridges" by Freda Kirchwey
June 6, 1912:
Zone is driven to the unhappy conclusion that Francis
Biddle is not sharply wartime attorney
general should be of the social and political effects of adj
ministraive acts. Division and turmoil have been
ated at time when unity and order essential The
pretense that Bridges with his work while his
slowly from court to court is ridiculous No
labor leader effective aid
which has ordered his deportation dangerous alien
New York Daily News, "War Chiefs Protest Dust Bridges
)rder' by Guy Richards May 80 1912:
"Officials of the War and Navy departments the
War Shipping Administration and the War Production
Board today complained bitterly that Bdde outofthe-
bue-sky decree had handed them the wars No. political
headache Said harassed big shot, 9 you
probably know Bridges has helped to keep labor
and shipping troubles down than any civilian think
of. In the five months since Pearl Harbor Bridges,
Communist not, has the loyalty of government adj
illustrators Army and Naval officers and the rank and
file membership of the stevedore and merchant marine
unions But not Communist. AS leader"
Agernon D. Black, Leader Society for Ethical Culture
yer State WQXR New York, June A. 1912:
Francis Biddle has made mistake, the mistake the
pro-Axis propagandists have been waiting for and the
Fascist and Axis press going to work every pos
sibe way exploit the issues for dsunty confusion
to weaken, to divide u.s.
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