The Seattle Star Newspaper, June 25, 1919, Page 11

“GRAND OLD” GOMPERS Head of War Labor Board Tells How and Why A. F. L. President Has Ruled Labor 37 Years BY BASIL M. MANLY Joint Chairman, National War Labor Board ATLANTIC CITY, June 25.—Samuel Gompers’ control of the American Federation of Labor remains unshaken after 37 years in office. His re-election as president at the Atlantic City convention, which his enemies months ago predicted would prove his Waterloo, is only the con- crete evidence of his dominant control, The less tangible daily manifestations are even more convincing proofs of the power of Gompers to direct and sway the policies and plans of the American Labor movement. Gompers does not merely hold office; he controls his great and unwieldy organization. Gompers does not merely reign—he rules! How and why does Gompers rule? Be cause he is one of the most accomplished politicians and molders of public opinion in the worl An English Jew, he combines Hebraic subtlety with British tenacity. In speaking to his followers from the platform or thru the press, he preaches no intricate | social philosophy, but appeals directly to their fundamental desires and prejudices. He sometimes postpones, but never | refuses a fight. Always, however, he picks his battleground. His strategy is simple—“Divide your opponents and crush the weaker division. “‘Gompers May Rule y as Long as He Wills” Gompers is no one-man power. He is supported by a solid phalanx of Beutenants, selected not for brilliance, altho they are chiefly able men, but Father for their loyalty and sticking ability, Combine such an organization With a constitution which provides for elections by delegates and not by popular vote of the individual trade union members, which also gives to the President power to name all committees, and éontrol debate, and the source Of Gompers’ ability to reign and w rule the American Federation of Labor @S long as he wills is manifest ‘This does not mean that Gompers can impose on the American trade Unions any policy he chooses. | such caar-like intentions. In pre-war conventions, his advocacy of a policy of preparedness was overwhelmingly outvoted by the then antiwar dele gates. So now Gompers may not be able to secure the solid support of the A. F. of L. for the League of Nations, or even for his own international labor covenant. But Gpmpers can and does contro! and direct the applica ton of the policies which are acceptable to a majority of the delegates. He form of any measure to which he is opposed. He cannot command the tide of opinion among the trade union membership, but he can navigate his ship thru that tide in any wind that has yet blown, Interviews with delegates at the Atiantic City convention Indicate un @f American labor solidly behind the war and to hold to a conservative which the Wilson administration manifested before and during the war. Wilson’s Hand Supports Gompers “Suppose,” these delegates say, “that at the beginning of the war Gompers had been under sentence by a federal court as he was in 1910, Suppose that during the war there had been no department of labor, as there was none until 1912, headed by a cabinet member thru whom Gompers | could always be sure of reaching the presidential ear. Suppose also that the 10-year fight to curb the injunction powers of judges, which culminated in the passage of the Clayton Act, had still been on when the United States entered the world war. Under such conditions Gompers, advocating pre war attitude, would have been swept from power, or would have been | Obliged to devote so much of his energy to fighting labor's battles with an | unsympathetic administration that he would have had no time or strength left to fight the reds.” tae Aaentge ns soairn wines and comers re wine reromeone SHOE Says Alliance of ean labor movement is today the most conservative in the world. Gompers Would ' Fight Lower Wage ‘There is no doubt also that Gompers’ ability to maintain this policy of | conservatism is dependent upon American employers dealing with the in-| d@ustrial situation in a spirit of reasonableness and upon his securing from present congress a sympathetic hearing for the many important meas which this convention has voted are necessary for the welfare of the ers. If Anfrican employers should undertake at this time a policy of wage Feduction or attempt to restore the pre-war conditions as regards collective | bargaining. Gompers would either be forced to fight with every weapon at his command or see the workers forsake him to follow the radicals, There is no doubt as to what Gompers would do. He would fight. " Similarly, if this congress should attempt to treat labor's spokesmen | and labor's measures as they were treated in the Cannon-Aldrich days, Gompers would be forced to drop his fight against the reds and start a| nation-wide campaign of agitation which would almost inevitably end in a general industrial upheaval. Uerty | Bonds | at Full | | win. do*Y HALFORD ‘The Careful Dentist” -IS IT FAIR? | You wouldn’t think of neglecting the mechanism of a piece of machinery—of running it when out of order. Yet, with defective teeth, you will insist on run- ning the human machine—trying to make the body do ip proper work under tremendous handicap. Why not be fair to yourself and the heatth has tried #0 generously to endow you? Why not be fair to what you know to be true—bad teeth will soon undermine | your health---that decay and delay go hand in hand? ALL MEDICAL AUTHORITIES AGREE THAT SOUND | TEETH ARE THE FOUNDATION OF GOOD HEALTH. WHY DELAY? WHY NOT CALL NOW FOR AN EXAMINATION OF YOUR TEETH? Examinations and Consultations Are Free ‘DR. JEFF HALFORD || Rooms 205-6-7-6 Pioncer Bldg. First Ave, and James Bt. Phone Main 6237 which nature | He has no such autocratic power and no! not put thru any policy he likes; but he can block or at least contro! | mistakably that Gompers’ ability to swing all but an infinitesimal portion lelaim the Federation Opposes “One Big Union’ | National Convention About Thru Its Work | (Special to Th ATLA t Star by Mail) CITY, N. J vention of the June 18 Amertean ation of Labor has di od of some of the most troublesome matters that are like | before it | Mere are the ebtef is acted upon Unanimous vote in favor ft ft letermination fer Ireland A demand that the United Stat withdraw American tr | Russian soll, as soon as convenient and a denial of recognition to tt soviet government of that country Repudiation of th ‘One Nig Union” propaganda on the Pacific Coast Demand for «a new trial for | Thomas J. Mooney and his assoct ates, together with a repudiation jot the plan for a genera! strike in his behalf “Dictatorship of the wan put to sleep Soviet defenders medicere fight, but were swept int jeasy defeat by the vast majority, committed to sanity and The action taken prov America will recognize no govern ment not set up by the people and stving reqpenition to all in Russian society Get Small Comfort So is the soviet question settlad im the ranks of American labor |The same principle held good in the “O. BLU." ¢ nm and found lexpression in @ slightly different American labor voted strong to stand by tried principles of demo cratic progress. Rolsheviam and ali other fantastic projects get small comfort here. The Bolshevik ques tion was brought before the con vention by report on three resolu tions dealing with the of the soviet government sia and demanding American troops in Russia. Th: are Resolution 9, urging the fe ing of the starving population of Russia; No. 85, asking withdrawal e troops In Russia, and No. asking recognition of the republic The resolutions committee offered the following resolution beth points “Resolved. That pres ite well © the United & withdraw all Amert m soll at the ea and be it turther Resolved, That this convention with a bang put up @ rather elements recognition of Rus withdrawal of viet covering uly demotratic form of “The outstanding fact,” said Chair man Frey, “is that the soviet gov ernment has prohibited and prevent ed a popdlar election or constitution al assembly for Russia, Irsiand has expremed her desires [na popular election. Rossin never han.” “Would you give the mame oppor tunity to Belgium?’ demanded An- drew Furuseth. “Belgium has a duly constituted proletariat” Againat bolsheviem. }eonvention that the federation offi THE SEATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1919. Jmethod of expreming the popular dosires,” naid Mr. Frey | “But has it?” demanded Furuseth. | A delegate——Can anybo geta pop ular election tn war times? Max Haye (Cleveland)>—I waa In} favor of the Kerensky government bur it has fallen, an 1 think it would be h now for us to de fine what form of government would be « 4 for Russia, when the Rus sians can't seem to do it themaelves. | The best we can d and material sur workers, whether vik or Kolehak control “Let's Be ProAmerican” Charles C. Shay (Theatrical Stage Employes—I think it is tme we! stopped this discussion. ‘There's lots | of work to do here, Let's atop being | proirish, proJewish and pro-Rus wan. Let's be proAmerican for a Une. The discussion ended suddenty with adoption of the committee's re port, quoted yea and nay in to send food | t to the atary ing under bolshe above, Vote was by| and was a landslide The debate the committee's re jection of the Mooney strike was ac rimonious, as was anticipated, Chair man John P. Prey, of the resolutions committee, pressed hard by the at-| tanks of the Pacific coast radicals, finally charged on the floor of the| claly had proof that funds collected | for Mooney's defense from trade unioniats had been used by the In-| ternational Workers’ Defense league to continue its attacks upon the per sonnel and methods of the American Federation of Labor Say They Have Evidence We have the evidence.” he very same day! charged. ‘‘comsieting of photographie | copt indormements of checks | repeatedly. le & ted for the defense | Tom Mooney were used to defray | railroad fares of delegates to the Chi cago convention of the International Workers’ Defense league | I think [t is time to call a halt to tion in which the moneys col from members of the Ameri an PFedera: » of Labor can be and villfy the Ameri can Federation of Labor. T am cer inly Opposed to the collection of unda in this manner, and to its ad ministration by men who cannot b any etretch of the tmagination be sald to have the welfure of the American Federation of Labor at W. D. Patterson, president of the | Me ¥ defense league, was granted mh Minutes’ time in erder to defend ague He alleged that Mooney ould have been hanged were it not for the tion that aro being used to | formation of this organiza James A. Dunean, of Seattie, launched Into a bitter denunelation of the attitude of President Gompers And other federation officials toward the Seattle strike and the Mooney| jefenan committee. Julius Deutelbaum, representing Cormidhiad,. 195 by Lover Boos. Ca, Have him wear | HO thinks of sending men’s silk shirts to the laundry | nowadays ? come back faded, pulled out of shape, the lustre of the silk half gone! There's | a better way—and much less expensive! Just whip up some delicate Lux suds and plunge in the silk shirts. 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Rinse three times in look just as soft and fine and silky, fit water the same ture as the water in just as comfortably at the end of the which you washed it. Roll in @ towel to dry. While still rgd ge with @ warm iron, on A well-padded board. Pongee when catirely dry. No suds so wondorful as Lux fov all fine laundering the Detrott central body, anid the keneral strike would be called in De troit in =pite of the antagoniem of the federation of action of the con. vention Worker and Control “The triple alliance will control politics of the state in the fu. | ture,” William Short, who was reelected president of the State Federation of Labor at Belling ham last week, declared Wednes day of the political alliance made at the convention between the state federation, the railway- men’s league and the farmers’ xrange. “The alliance will influence the votes of more than 100,000 people in the state,” Short continued, “and on a strictly non-partisan basis, without being tied down to any platform, wil) back the candidate who is best from the viewpoint of the alliance. If no candidate is presented by any of the parties who can be considered favor able to the best interests of the work ers, we will then put our own man i the race. If a party puts up a candidate whom we think ix favorable we will simply step in and back thaffman to the limit. We will not hate a party organization of our own Along | the other re THIN, FRAIL FOLKS NEED PHOSPHATE the countless pre tw which are being advertiaed for th making thin people} fleshy, developing arma, necks and bust, and replacing ugly hollows and angles by health and the soft curved lines of beauty, there are } of men and | their exe feel more phosphate modern foods in nothi Physicians that will sup: ply this deficlency so well as the organic phosphate known am druggists ax bitro-phosphate, which is inexpensive and i# sold by | all druggists under a gua f satisfaction or money ke y| feeding the nerver directly and by supplying body cella with th necessary phosphoric food element, | bitro-phosphate should produce a welcome tratsformation in the « pearance: the increase in weight fre- | quently being astonishing Increase in welght also carrion with it a general on the health ners nearly thinness, should #¢ es ought to brighten and’ pale cheeks low with the bloom of per fect health CAUTION is unsurpas ness, sleep akness, it wh its tendency to Increase weight. used by any one Who does not desir to put on flesh. | the Altho f [the lines that parties have been or. | er proponit “Tip” is missing. | Miss Pyncheon resumed — the | Warner’s Safe Rheumatic Re: ‘ This may not mean much to you a Mag ; but Pon areas at Warner's Safe cath medy i : J ene | the bulldog has been found as yet. | arner's < uf Asthma Remedy. 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Aye, ance will do away with the bickering and splitting of |more than that, “Tip” has been the wn lconstant, inseparable companton of votes shee haw occ urred in organized |), mistress for three old years abor in the past. eLabor has been|., ri 11 o'clock Mond organized for political influence, and|°i pe 8" UP te 11 ocloc smd every union cnan tn the state is back night. of the movement. At that hour Mies Pyncheon lost “Workers and producers both are “Tip” from her automobile. It is not .clear whether “Tip” was jolted be oe ailiance. ‘The union men | overboard from his customary seat ailated with the federation and the/in the tonneau when his mistress railwaymen. who at present are not! bowled around a curve in the Mt under the jurisdiction of the federa. |Baker Park district. or whether tion, ‘are the workers, The farmer,|“Tip* just naturally took French Fepresented by the farmers’ grange. |joave eee nee Sie eroeneer Anyway, {it is of record that State elections, for governor, the|when Miss Pyncheon turned to house and senate, will all be dealt|give “Tip” a friendly nod in the with by the new alliance County | vicinity of Sist av 8. and Mc and civic elections also will have can:|Cletlan st, the bulldog was missing s backed by the alliance. We, r all contests for of n the state from now on, and we And so, from 11 o'clock UM 1 in the morning Miss Pyncheon burned going to er up the roads and plenty of “gas, will control them pausing anon to carol the name of One Big Union referendum, | jy, pet if ip” heard the ap- authorized by the Bellingham con-|peais of hia mistress, he kept mum vention, w Il be kept separated fromjabout “it. Anyway, “Tip” is still endum votes that will| missing and up to noon today was be taken among the members of the |4till A. W. 0. I federation “We will not allow Union plan te the One Big mixed up with oth ons,” Short sald, ' MONEY WASTED BY vi} BRITISH WAR LORDS vote will be wtrictly on {4 merits.” | The executive committees of the| LONDON, June 10—(By Mailp federation will meet a week from|Taxpayers here are gnashing their next Sunday, according to Short, to/teeth at the wny their good money finish the work that was left undone |has been wasted. | by the convention The comptrotier and auditor gen- | SINN FEINERS ARE fast, published Rie renee on the ae AFTER COURTS NOW | tor counts of the ministry of munitions DUBLIN, June 10—my Math——|*?OW the past year, His accounts | ‘That a factory which cost $9,600 Sinn Feiners are out to capt hi peineoihs 0 ” 500, THeh dousts pture the | 09 to erect produced only $80,000 {worth of material Encouraged by their succe: the | Wor’ roost general ble tion, sian ¥en |. Another factory which: was bullt ri Sinn Feit | at a cont of $885,000 was closed and conventions in several counties have pg po tinige few Posing | decided to contest all weats for coun: | U8*d a# & ic acetates cancels vax built | ty and dist 1 Ireland Le Wests @ te fr 1 ie; «| One of the staff was engaged at a jaelle wi # are, ax far as po of $10,000 a year and go sible, to be elected wo that the pro ph age eniaa’, Ain it ceedings may be conducted in the AERO Irish language os was done at the |” opening session of the Irish repub- | Mean convention (Dail Kireann) PLAN AVIATION STUNTS | FOR CONEY ISLAND LONDON, June 10.—(Ry Mail) Shooting the chutes” and “roller coasters” are “has-beens.” Civilian aviation firms here are out with the latest thrillers and tt ts xpected Americans will soon follow The thrillers consist of flights di- | vided into seven kinds, as follows: ‘The spiral at $5 a trip, in addition the regular “fare” of $10; the which is @ series of slight dips, 50; the grand roll, a series of at $5; looping the loop, at $10; the falling leaf, at $5; the stalling, at $5; and a plain old-fash- joned flight, at five dollars, 221 Third Ave “COR UNIVERSITY Lier ate eG For entertaining friends Nothing makes so big a hit with hey bene ay perpen” oy Friends are alighted you fa to serve the yoann —and that, as all agree, is RAI- NIER SPECIAL, the soft drink that really satisfies. 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