Show 1 6 1 ROGERS D HILLS Well HILLS-Well Well Well nil all I IJ II 11 J I now Is la just what shat hat 1 I read In tho papers Did I 1 evel tell you about going up to tho T strike 1 strike in Frisco m mr L r Well I 1 had as 1 I told you ou been toj to yi the general g genera e n era j V o 0 In En Ens hud lind away assay back In 19 G So I 1 r wanted to see seo what that bat one ono that f wo would put on oni would do Over In Ingland L 1 LI I never saw anything anything any anything thing as ns quiet In my life me Why I used to walk the tho streets v wishing tv two 0 dogs wouL light fight just to caro up somo some excite excite- excitement excitement ment sent Not even a newspaper as as published Well Wen 1 had always ys been going around bragging and ind e ery time I 1 met an Englishman complimenting him on the stability of ot his race the he feet on the ground attitude altitude it that th the Englishman Is famous for torI I used to say v why shy it If wo we ever had a general strike In any part of or our country one halt half would kill hill of tho other half halt Well then hen llong comes this on one up in Sin Francisco and so I grabbed the quickest plane and up upI upI upI I went Got In there at night Every Everything Everything thing was as quiet no street cars runnIng no to and the pilot had to drive us in from the airport Just a few lew restaurants was open 18 ISto to be exact This was the night of the first day of the general The strikers allo allowed cd them to open s s you went to enter our hotel there thero v was as a guard or tv two 0 on deck to see you iou ou enter unless they knew you vou ou or If It you vou ou laid hid previously registered there and had our reg registration card from the clerk cIerI of the hotel Well then I wont 0 el to see Gen General General eral Johnson round Found a bell boy Oh yes all the hotel help had to stay in the hotel as they were supposed to strike to Cites fes v were ere closed but they served you meals in sour our rooms Well ell ell this bellboy was de do- de- de deliverIng delivering livering General Johnsons pants that he had pressed so BO I grabbed them and delivered em cm to him In person If It been for tor me the General have bave had bad any breeches He lie was just going to start out that morning to break the strike e was to go to the Unit University of Cal at Berkley the ranch of the University of oC Cal Is at Los Angeles Ho was to bo be given the By Dy rota reta Fy or the Phy Sigma Gama or some one of those Geek G celt elks club affairs lie sas as to get a keyNell key hey keyWell Well Nell Its funny tunny b it the tho whole aspect of the strike changed v when ben benit it was made general and It began to interfere with your business You Youcan Youcan Youcan can be In favor of oC something and lots iota of good folks v were ere but when they saw the he trucks that was moving ing hg moving with a sign on em say sayIng log Ing It was by permission of the strike committee v well ell all that rubbed em the wrong Hong way They got to thinking Here Here look v what shat hat this might lead too to ha have hate e somebody tell you lust Just V shat hat you yon can do Well the old American Am rican spirit bobbed up and that really re was the beginning of the end of the general strike I have read that one never did In It just Is not in the cards Lots Lotsof Lotsof Lotsof of time Individual strikes when they aro are just and conducted along fair Calr lines u have won their case and they the 1 should for tor manufacturers manufacturers man r have bavo associations for tor the I 1 r mutual bot betterment t e r man t w r bankers bankers have associations as y to see how the they l can help each other out and there Is 15 nothing fairer than workmen bay hav baylog havIng tog log unions for tor their mutual benefit Its helped to keep heep wages wage up In San Francisco and Its a n strong union unto uniontown n town ton but when the people felt that tha t the Reds were running the thing and that It really done dono to Cor Corthe r the sole solo benefit of the striking men but just to raise the devil generally why the folks turned against em Even Mr AIr Green head of the whole whoa e Federation said It was a mistake But Dut what 1 I want to get got over Is t a that the people were just as down t to o earth as ns peaceful and as law ing as ns you ever aver sa saw saV V Again a n dog do g tight would have havo constituted excite excitement went ment There Is lots of oC o Reds In th the e Country Countr but you would be surprised surprise d at the amount of nt Whites when thereal the th e f real showdown n comes comas This strike e will do more to get em m weeded seeded out ou t than any strike for tor Its been prove n that they hey Gummed this one up u uSo p So the minute one starts telling g some Bomo other union gathering what to todo t todo 0 do somebody will holler boiler Yeah about San Francisco Things are up me men n M with i money for tor Industry whon they the they y see they have a x good chance to ru run n their u will start running It 1 t again It If we se 0 just had somo some mor more e lobs jobs needed m 1931 J c A Uc 1 ao lit S I tin lc |