Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-01-31
Blasts Union
Politicians for
Fascist Aims
PegIer DEGREES Failure
Of Senate 10 Act
BY WESTBROOK PEGLER

THE House of Representatives
recently passed Dy an over
whelmng vote a measure called
the Smith bill TO curb the power
of brutal and malignant union
politicians who. with total
numerical strength Of not much
more than 100000 workers.
many of them unwilling cap
tiveS. are trying TO establish a
Fascist or Hitlerian form of gov
eminent.
The bill then went TO the Sem
ate where II is now being smoth-
thered obviously under orders
from the White House.
Thus, again, although the
Lower House angrilv revolted
against the assumption Of the
legislative function by the Presi-
dent, the function Of the legis-
alive branch is being defeated
and the citizens Of the nation
are being sold down the river.
meanwhile" PrpSi ent
4'l Roosevelt has moved into
tho situation 10 box up John l..
Lewis in a trap Of his own maxi
ING and has made 2 deal with
the bosses Of tho AfL and the
Go whereby they and their
power over the workers will he
utilized for political purposes.
hut not necessarily for national
defense, by The ruling power
and personality.
lewis made a false move when
he tried 10 muscle into the COM
handing position in a reconciled
and consolidated union orGaniza-
tion embracing the AL and
tho Go.
He was quickly and publicly
stamped down nv Phlln Murray.
the president of tho CIO. and is
now dlScrcdlted although he is
reSourceful and power-hungry
dictator IN his own union. The
mine workers. and may not Vet
be counted ont.
He and hi, family arc ire
mendouSlN ambitious and au-
dacious and rs long a John has
Tho treasury OF 3S5 600 mine
workers under his personal hand
and his brother Penny, has
command OF tho CIO con>truc-
tI0n workers. a union which u
2 sort of politlCal and economic
concentration camp for mScol-
lanoouS Cap'iveS and helpless
waits They vii hc dangerous not
only 10 tho whole mass ~ work.
crS but 10 the Very American
people as nation
s SOON as Lewis had been
II publicly rohukod by MURRAY.
President Roosevelt with his
great sense OF timing moved IN
~ recognize tho AFL and the
Go as the controllers %
labor although they both en-.
hraced only a Very small minor.
ny of the total Of employed
citizens
This leaves Lows on the out.
side and Conter> on William
Green with his following. con-
S'l'ut"d n part of underworld
criminals and trained picket-llne
Coon>, nominal or apparent
power winch Doubtless nattors
that strange. humhljng conSort.
That power. however. IS HUI
S!onary. not real
The President is using m.
bosses Of the AFL and Go for
ms own political purpose which
plainly and irreNIStibly tend to-
ward totalI'arian state.
Although tho nattcred bosses
think they are cooperating.
they are IN fact only collabo-
rating IN tho present Il ay
Partisan political sense Of the
word.
NEANAHllLE. the Senate has
-'A held steady and ignored
that alarming situation which
the House aCknow lodged in pass
lnG tho Smith bill and not for
any reasons of duty or patriotic
craftsmanship hut for purposes
ot collaboration, again in the
Partisan sense.
Tho Senate refuses n chal-
lcncc tho Presidents assumption
/, OF Ms own constitutional duty
and function 10 enact laws for
The preservation Of tho clt1cns
freedom and the power Of the
IinioneerS. under the President,
IS growing day by day as more
CaptlNcS arc hcrdcd into the
compounds OF The unions and
their treasures and the income
OF many unprInciplcd and utterly
unrcCulaicd little IlitlcrS in.
--efc1SrS by millions Of dollars.
No single man or woman in
the United States. IN or out %
tho totalliarIan union movement,
with its Brown Shirt vICllantes,
knows within hundred million
dollars how much money the
unioneerS skim off the pay OF
/ tho worker every year.
It IS we'll beyond billion a
year and tho power Of this
money AZ the polls IN cities.
states and congressional districts
Is approaching 4 point AZ which
II Will he sufficient 10 buy the
election Of mayors. governors.
legislators congressman and
senators obcdcnt 10 the boss
unionccrS who. IN turn. would
SorNe the nolllical nrnrrarn OF