Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1924, Page 4

FGHT OVER POLCY | OF GOWPERS SEE Conservative Aims of Leader to Be Tested Severely, Observer Feels. ¢ BY DAVID LAWR F%Will the policies of Sa #rs live after him? American labor's anrwer to that | Buestion does not depend so much on énc who chosen as preisdent of the American Federation ars upon the ajreumstances, both political and cco- fiomic, which in the last four years welghed so heavily ¢ the veteran feader who is to be buried tn Tarry- town, N. ¥ Few pebple know NCE. uel Gomp- is the inside poli- of the American Federation of | its el of viewpoints be- icrates and extremists, and know that it was by sheer perzonality that Samuel vestrained his own leu- tenants. Kver since the war the Gbmpers policy has been one of pre- wention and when the federation in- ddrsed La Follette it was Gompers Who thought that very act would find | #§s own remedy. For he was against thic organization of a labor party in politics, h being con- stantly 1 from within to join With the railroad brotherhoods in an effort to wield the maximum politi- ) influence tir b e faw e fo of Gompers e esed Wanted United Front. mpers found erful alty, but one, because groups fre- samuel Gom- more the need of Ppresenting a united front for labor than to reconcile even fundamental differences between the brotherhvods and the Ame an IPederati of Lavor The problem may affect the entire labor for years to ceme. Will th ower be held together w zainst eeach would fit by guen labor would curren dissension strong and only a Gompers can keep labor united Even a Gomp however. has have a fa b mosphere The 1 sw the pel f b mony tried to most For the s h Federation of Labor to La Follette candidacy. He practical poli. who bitterly eritic asional waverings and ersals knew that with Gompers the end justified the means and that h was vindicated cent years Mr Jtherhoods a exatio the felt & somewhat the poli Qquently w pers, how now comes. up situation cohesive will tae and even Capital situation, the to ast vear Gompers the ut- rmony permit in- mdc Bad usually Anticipated This Climax. For been his adv vears ancing toward the leaders Gompers has the end of of the labor movement have been discussing what would happen when he left. It has not been unlike the discussion of 20 years ago as to what would happen to loosely comstructed Austro- Hungarian monarchy when Franz Joseph died. Predictions have been made that the American Federation of Labor would split off into two groups—the ecnservatives and radicals. There is no doubt that within the federation there is already such a sharp division but it was the Gompers policy to ¥ield & point here and there to the radicals and thus keep labor's power unimpaired. Will his successor be ablc to do it even if he follows the policy? test may st now the not come at re is no extra rosperity once, ordinary or inflation. Un t is not altogether removed factor and immigration r n is not yet accomplishing all that r s5t out to achieve. The real troubles usually occur in a time of nflation and shortage of labor when higher higher wages are de- manded. Politcally Samuel Gompers leaned toward the Democratic party. He was | a powerful influence in the Wilson administrations, an experience, how- ever, which tended to make him even more conservative than before, for he was often given the responsiblity for the settling of a troublesome situa- tion. something that put him on the | defensive. But Samuel Gompers was not able to deliver the labor vote in elections, vallantly as he tried. His was a rule over labor Teaders and not the rank and file, though he had thousands of admirers in the local unions from coast to coast. Gave Leaders Able Advice, He had & knack with the leaders. He showed them often how they could retain power. He taught them labor | politics. It was to his interest to do so. | The longer the chieftains stayed on the jeb the stronger was the political or- ganization working for Gompers inside the American Federation of Labor. They were proud, too, of the position he won in the public eve, the forcefulness of his public statements and his keen under- #standing of the changing currents of public opinion When some of the emploves of the Washington navy yard, 2for example, implored him o act in their behalf and keep labor from mixing up in the mov ment reduce armaments, Gompers was not but gave his hearty support to the proposals of President Harding and cven agreed to sit as a member of the advisory commission. He felt that labor, wavs argued for world not be inconsistent and that -in the long run labor would benefit through the expanded commerce and shipping of peace-time prospe Questions like these tween administration bor’s objectives frequently happen, there is always straining at the leash n the part of the radicals. Gompers has zone. Will his philosophy and policy be adopted by lah~r leaders or they begin the inevitable quar- reling which characterizes mtnority &roups? The death of Gompers Is not merely the passing of an individual It is a critical point in the labor his- tory of America (Copyright, 1924.) MOURNS GOMPERS’ DEATH dissnade peace, could conflicts be- | policy and la-| Wet Soclety Praises His Stand for Liberty. The Assoclation Against the Prohi- bition Amendment in a statement to- day declared the death of Samuel Gompers was a personal loss to the leaders of the association. “His steady support ofi the principles of fadividual liberty,” said the state- ment, “was especially notewort. in one whose public career must have been one long temptation to forget the rights of a special class. The association, it was announced, will be represented at the funeral by Charles S. Wood and John T. Flood. To Print Wilson Memorial Address Publication for free distribution by Representatives and Senators of 23,000 copies of the address delivered yesterday at the congressional me- morial service for Woodrow Wilson by Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, president of the University of Virginia, would be authorized under a resolution passed today by the House and sent o the Senatge | ticatly which had al-% (Continued from First Page.) prising & sergesnt and 10 soldiers, by orders of the War Department. This guard will accompany the. body through the route of procession (o~ day both from the Union Station aud on the return to the station. - This guard, according to thé War Department’s official statement, g designated “in recognition of his cou- splcuous war service.” The order was signed by Secretary Weeks. Elaborate arrangements have been completed for supervision ‘of the crowds expected this afternoon and tonight to view the body. The room is so constructed just at the west of the main entrance to the building that lines of persons may walk in one door, pags between the Janes of flowers, see the figure in repose and pass out another door in & continuous | stream. Great Array of Flowcrs. It will be impossible, according to labor officiuls here, even to attempt to transport o labor headquarters the flowers which have been accumu- lated by the castward passage of the funeral train from San_ Antonio, St Louis ‘and Cineinnati. They will be kept on board the train in the cark for the journey to New York. where they probably will be grouped in the Elks hecadquarters for the- funeral services The active pailbearecrs last night by those in charge of ar- rangements include: A. W. Lawson, | president of the local Central Labor nion: L. J. Gainor, president of the | National Association of Letter Car- riers: William H. Johnston, president of the International Association of Machinists; James P. Noonan. presi- dent of the International Lood of Electrical Workers of Amer- ica: Thomas F. Flaherty, treasurer of the National Federation of Post Office Clerks, and Willlam H Howlin of the American Federation of Labor headquarters staff ENGINE BREAKS AWAY. designated Coaches With Body Stopped by Au- | tomatic Controls. Br the Associated Press ON BOARD GOMPERS TRAIN E ROUTE TO WASHI) CUMBER- LAND, Md., December 16.—Through the mountains and valleys of West Virginia a4 Maryland the train carrying to Washington the body of Samuel Gompers, late president of the Amer- n Federation of Labor. who died jast Saturday In San Antonio, Tex pushed its way today, halting fre- quently to permit thousands to the face of the dead leader. \ousands had to be turned away be- cause of lack of time. The train ar- rived -at Cumberland at 11:30 am., about 30 minutes late. A few miles outside of Piedmont, W. Va. the locomotive pulled the Jupling that attaches it to the train and rushed on down the track, leav- ing the coaches to come to a stop on a down grade under action of the au- tomatic airbrakes. The cars stopped zently, and it not known what had happened until the brakeman stepped off to discover that the train was without an engine. In a few minutes a shrill blast from the loco motive announced that the engineman had discovered they were without a train More Than 1,000 Assemble. At Keyser, W. Va., a town of 6.000 population, more than 1,000 assembled to see the bier, but onl¥ a part could be ommodated. The mountain towns pald a similar gribute, and where the train did not stop, work men ceased their labors fora moment to bare their heads as the funeral sortege passed One of the most touching seenes of the trip was at Parkersburg, W. Va, which was reached at 3:45 a.m. The mayor and several hundred citizens gathered to pay their respects. Prac- all of the official party were aslcep except the new watch of two comrades, who raised the lid of the casket while the people filed quietly past NATION TO HONOR LEADER. Military Escort Planned for Body in New York Tomorrow. By the Associated Press. EW YORK, December 15.—The en- tire Nation, offiefally and through representatives of finance, business, industry and professions, ‘will_share with labor in honoring its dead chief- tain, Samuel Gompers, at his funeral here Thursday morning, it was indi- cated in completed arrangements an- nounced today by Hugh Frayne, na- -ional organizer of the American Fed- eration of Labor. eral thousand union representa- tives from more than 45 individual labor groups as far West as Chicago and St. Louis will attend the services. In addition, there will be several hun- dred men of prominence representing the National, State and city ments, the Army and Nav tional Guard, banking circles. Invitations have been issued to Sec- retary Hughes and Chief Justice Taft to act as honorary pallbearers. Gov. Smith, with his military staff Mayor Hylan will be present as rep- resentatives of the State and city. Allitary Escort Planned. The program now provides that when the body arrives here over the Baltimore and Ohio from Washington at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning it will be met by a composite battalion, rep- resenting the Army, the Navy and the National Guard. The branze cas- ket will be placed on an artillery caisson and, with its military escort and a delegation of labor officials, will proceed to the Elks' Club on ‘West Forty-third street. There it will lie in state until the funeral services begin at 9 o'clock Thursday morning. Masonic services at the grave in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, at Tarry- town, will be conducted by Very Rev. Oscar F. R. Treder, chaplain of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York and dean of the Pro-Cathedral at Garden City. St. Cecile Lodge, No. 568, the Actors and Newspaper Men's Lodge of this city, is in charge of the services, which will follow the Jewish service and the Elks' ritual. Honorary pallbearers will be as follows: Hughes Heads List. Charles E. Hughes, Secretary of | State: William H. Taft, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; Maj. Gen. R, E. Bullard, U. S. A; Rear Admiral C. ¥. Plunkett, U Gov. Alfred E. 8mith, Lieut. Gov. Lunn, naval- and | military staff, State of New York: | Mayor John ¥. Hylan of New York City, United States Senator Royal . Copeland, Edward'J. Henning, Assist- ant Secretary of Labor, and Commi sioner of Immigration Henry-Curran, George W. Perkins, John H. Fin- ley, John R. Alpine, B. M. Baruch, | Wil 7. Hays, Oscar Straus, Samuel Untermyer, George - Gordom Battle, Grosvenor ~ Clarkson, ~ Marcus M. Marks, Ralph M. Basley, V. Everitt Macy, Judge Alton - B. Parker, Otto M. Eidlitz, C. G. Norman. Nicholas Murray Butler, . Martin Conboy, William F. Ashley, Jr.; Don M. Seitz, Abram Kahn, Gen. George Gerard_Swope, Gen. J. G. Harbord, Dantel Willard, Elihu Root, George E.-Roberts, Samuel -McRob- and other Brother- | secretary- | | | | | | | | } and | | { him. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, ON VIEW HERE FOR SIX HOURS Public Admiited at A. F. of L. Building From 4:30 Uniil 10:30—Military Escort Provided by War Department. Sy erts. Judge Jown H, Clark, William H. Short, Everett Colby. Bainbridge Colby, Owen D. Young, Dwight Mor- | row, Seymour Cromwell, Walter Fad- | dis, Stephen F. Voorhees, Bert L. Fen- ner. Ronald Tavior, John Morrison, Harry M. Moness, John F. Downey, jeorge W. Wickersham, Charles Stelzle, Adolph Lewison, Samuel Me- Cune Lindsay. Henry W. Taft, John Hays Hammond, Frank Vanderlip. Cleveland H. Dodge, John R. Voorhis, Dr. *. Curran, Morgan J. O'Brien, Nicholas F. Brady, Haley Fiske, E. K. Hall, Harry N. Taylor. Delegations from Chicage, St. Louls, Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more and many other cities notified Mr. Frayne today of their coming for the ceremonies. ' In New York flags on State and munieipal huildings wilt be at half-staff. All labor halls throughout the metropolitan area will be draped in black. INSPIRED BY LINCOLN. As Boy, Gompers Saw Face of As- sassinated President. By the Associated Press. ABOARD GOMPERS' ROUTE TO WASHINGTON, VIN- CENNES, Ind. December 16.—The dead face of the great Lin-oln, as the martyred President lay in state in the { City ‘Hall of New York many ye ago, gave inspiration.to Samuel Gom pers for his fife work in behalf of labor. according to the story of the occurrence he often told his secre- | tary. Miss Florence . Thorn. Miss Thorn recounted this yvester- day as the train bearing the body of the late president of the American Federation of Labor sped across In- diana and Ohio on its way to Wash- ington. The boy Gompers had heard his elders speak of the man Lincoln in” the fabor shops of his native Eng: lish city. When Gompers came to America at the age of 13 he learned more of the Civil War hero. He grew to look upon Lincoln as the friend of the common laboring people, and fn his boyish manner pictured himself fashioning his own life after the mode of the man who is quoted as| saying: “God must have loved the common people; He made so many of them.” TRAIN Was Profoundly Moved. | When Lincoln's death sent a shock through the country Gompers said he wept for three days, and when Lin-| coln’s body was piuced in City Hall, New York, Gompers stood patiently ia | ine all morning to et a chance to view the body. Finally the chance ame and he gazed In rapt wonder for the first time on the face of his idol stilled in death Mr. Gompers sald the face. with its story of tender strength written into | each feature, made a tremendous pression upon him. He never forgot | the sight, he wald, and in after life it was a memory that often inspired | He thought it was a fine thing that Lincoln's body was placed where all the people could see him before eartl closed him from view. So Sam Gompers' friends too lieve that the man whom they idol- ize as the emancipator of labor should lie in state where his face ple- turing the drama of life and death Le seen by the multitude. TRIBUTE OF SILENCE. Union Pays Honor to Samuel Gompers. GLEVELAND, Ohio, Decembcr 16— | Tribute to S, Gompers was paid last night by 1s and members ©of the Wood. Wire and Metal Lathers' | International Union, assembled here | to dedicate the organization's new | $150,000 home. They stood for a min- | ute in silence, after which speakers | culogized the late leader. A framed copy of Mr. Gompers' dying word »d bless the American institutions: may they grow togeth- er” hung on the wall of the banquet hail. The international executive board will hold a three-day conference to discuss the organization's policies. DAUGHTER'S DEATH SHOCK. Gompers Said by Sister to Have Felt Blow Keenly. BOSTON, December 16.—The death of his daughter Sadie, when she was serving as a Red Cross worker in Washington in 1918, was a blow from which Samu:1 Gompers, fate president of the American Federation of Labor, never recovered, his sister, Mrs. Sam- uel Isaacs, said yesterday. Mrs. Isaace and a second sister, Mrs. Har- ry Isaacs, both of Boston, will at- tend the funeral of the veteran labor leader in Sleepy Hollow, N. Y., Thurs- day, they said. Although Mr. Gompers had long been in poor health, neither sister realized the seriousness of his con- diton because, they said, he never ad- mitted, even to relatives, that he was 111 My brother idolized his daughter,” Mrs. Samuel Isaacs said today. “Sadie was 28 years old, and was an accom- plished musician. Another daughter had died some years earlier, in her twenty-seventh year, and before that Mr. Gompers had lost a son. The sud- den death of Sadie, his favorite, fol- lowed in quick succession by the death of his aged father and his first wife, weighed so heavily on his heart that I belleve it hastened his own death,” Mrs. Isaacs said. MEXICO TO STOP WORK. be- | Lathers’ Pause of One Hour Ordered in Re- spect to Gompers. MEXICO CITY, December 16.—The workers throughout Mexica have been called upon by the Regional Federa- tion of Labor to lay down their tools for one hour during the funeral of Samuel Gompers, whose journey to Mexico City to attend the Pan-Ameri- can Labor Congress proved to be his last one. The Senate and Chamber of Depu- ties have authorized the sending of messages of condolence to the widow and the American Federation of Labor. Anthracite” The best Virstnis Coal < A. Stove Size..s16.50 Deliveries convenient to ‘ar 1365 D st ew yard. Ain Office 1319 G st ow -fi-b-, S Tolo.. 1019 Out aw PAPER SUSTAINED INTAX PUBLICITY Baltimore Judge Holds Con- gress Intended Public to Know Figures, By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Md.. December 16.-— Federal Judge Morris, A. Soper today sustained the demurrer of 4he Balti- more Post to the indictment charging illegal publication of income tax re- turns, The demurrer admitted the facts set forth in the indictment—that the Post published the tax payments of the five persons named thercin--but con- tended no law was violated. Judge Soper held that by the act of 1924 it was plain that Congress deter- mined to abandon the policy of se- creey from the general public con- cerning the amount of taxes paid. United States Attorney Woodcock, who handied the case for the Goyern- ment, said the question of an appeal would be decided by the Department of Justice at Washington. APPEAL TO BE MADE. Government Finds Ruling in Bal- timore “Interesting.” The United States attorney at Bal timore will be instructed immediately to file an appeal from the ruling of Federal Judge Soper in the Baltimore Daily Post tax publication case. Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General. explained that the department had no other in- terest in the question than that of determining exactly what Congress had intended to do. Judge Soper'’s view that Congress apparently had intended to abandon provisions of law compelling secrecy for income tax information, in the view of Department of Justice of- ficials, develops an cntirely new sit- uation and a phase of the case re- garded as “decidedly interesting.” Mrs. Willebrandt has asked the United- States attorney at Baitimo to supply her with a memorandur statement of the judge's ruling, and as soon as this is received the de- rtment will be in a position to lay out its program. Gov. Small on Job Agai KANKAKEE, 111, December Walking with & limp and still suffer- ing considerable pain, Gov. Small as preparing to depart today for Springfield. This will be his first ap- pearance in the State capital since ar automobile accident on December In which the governor. his and daughter and another passenzer were serfously injured. . Calla Expert lnde:slgg Letters an Cards 5 Folders Guides.etc. 5 ( 605 13th Street N.W. Phone Main 8688 OUSTED FOR SPITE, WARDEN DECLARES; CLEAN-UP LOOMING (Continued from First Page.) ties and ‘assigned to varicus positions about the prison. About 150 of these were bootléggers, which number is approximately the same as that of other classes of prisoners. We never make trusties of narcotic prisoners, and the proportion of convicted bynat- leggers in the 550 trusties was. not high. “I have endeavored not to discrimi- jnate for or against any prisoner or class of prigoners, and have on made assignments affecting privi- leges according 1o my best judgs ment “Any mistake ‘the Department of Justfce had complained of would have been corrected at any time the department had made known its dis- pleasure, and if any grave mistake has been made I regret it. However, my consclence ix clear about baving done any wrong. 1 would far rather be censured for acts of mercy than for acts of cruelty | “The investigation has nad nothing to do with dope or narcotic trafiic, hut has seemingly been conducted solely for the purpose of paying of old scores on the part of certain indi- viduals.” Attorney General Stone, accordjng to Washington dispatches, said that anything done at the prison would be intended to increase efficiency and malke for better administration. Plans which have been worked out will ac- { comylish this purpose, in his opinion | No details of the “secret evidence’ | Assistant Attorney General Donovan has | for presentation to the grand jury | could be learned today OFFICIALS ARE SILENT. | No Word Forthcoming Herc on At- | lanta Matter. | The extreme secrecy which has sur rounded the change in wardens at the Atlanta penitentiary, and the air of mystery which interested officia have thrown about the whole situa- | tion, have created something of a | sensation in Washington | Today. Attorney General Stone and others who are responsible for the conduct of Federal prisons, continued to withhold all information bevond | repeating the fragmentary and cryp- tic confirmatory remarks they made | yesterday after news of the ups: | the Penitentiary had reached Wash ington in Associated Press dispatche from Atlanta | Just how 6f a new acting warden is a ques tion regarding which officials only ake explanation of ) placing nstituti the bands of a department agent w has refused even to say what real name is, or to answer.the publi charge of A. L. Sartain, the outgoing warden, that he was the victim of r chamber” procecdings s there have wors of a disagreeable the affairs of the ofic of th serious is the situation a s in | been | tangle in | Atlanta Peniten- la t and most «Skyscraper” man— he’s trained! Branches and Agencies Everywhere. Consalt Your Phone Book. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1924. Amporiant.” of ~ the ~Natiows., vublic /Institutions. Charges of a _ serious [character regarding narcotic smug- £ling and favoritism among prisoners were made before the Senate Daugherty investigating committee, and promptly were denied. Since then other” ' storles of irregularities at the institution have beén in circulation in. Washington, and officiala have contented them- selves with informing the public that most of these storles had no founda- tion. Recently the purchasing agent of the penitentiary was removed without explanation except that jt was “for the benefit of the service. Attorney General Stone did take oc- casion to say, however, that he had no direct proot of a connection be- tween (ha. discharged ptorekeeper and the Weehawken rum scandal. No: Word Forthcoming. The silenrce of officlals of the Jus- tice Department about the whole mat- ter has served to accentuate rumors of the seriousness of the situation at Atlanta. A further evidence of the unusual importance attached to the problem there is seen in the dispatch of Assistant Attorney General Dono- van to take personal charge, and in officlals hints of a thorough house- cleaning. Tt was indicated today that for the present mno. - explanation would be made by the department. An Atlanta | grand jury is to-decide some of the questions involved, and officials take the: position that meantime nothing of an informative character should be permitted to reach. the public Tiny Camera Takes Pictures. Probably the smallest camera ever made has been presented to Queen Mary of England, to be placed in her Doll's House. It is just thres-quarters of an inch long. It is said to be prac- tical in every sense of photograph and takes remarkably clear photo- graphs. . {COOLIDGE OPPOSE The PLAN IN CONGRESS ~ FOR NAVAL PROBE (Continued from First Page,) Tlitnois, committee. is the source of the alleged propa- -ganda, that the whole affair is being set in motion have something to sell ernment. There of the President or mit either the Army or Navy terforate. on an efficient basis the charge Was made that the present agitation was greater in the United & in, any Coolidge's annual gress lald down a policy of working for world peace contrary present agitation. 1t is recognized that both the Pres- ident State bring about when conferences | armaments. tions are that to see what developx out forts of the League of Nations in re- gard to this disarmament if nothing develops within a reason- able time, the United States will again take the lead Going Before House Naval Com- Secretary fore and it was suggesied today|ships. The Illinois largely for interests which to the Gov- After the confercnce declared that until is no intention on the part ongress to per- to de- | Euns be maintained | N In one quarter! of other world power He =aid that 50 American s ne Sxtimates for is_accomplished the They will also for additiona) armament s than President to Con- the forejgn country. message thorized by by today. which is retary Wiibur, ft publishers entirely to the of the ernization battleships. The dispatch of marks the first definite department to have made at this session the money for bringing the American to. the 5—5—3 treaty ratio. of the six and Secretary Department Hughes of the are anxious to | they can, further | on the limitations of At present the indica- this country will wait of the ef- these However, it may be expected that The the Health Departm Mary M. Nolan, 57 Helet D. Rernolds, Thomes §. Garges. in the | 1223 $th WILBUR TO BE HEARD. 7, Sophie Brill, 20, 8t, Marlon R. 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