Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-07-28 | Page 2 | Communist Influence Shown in U. S. Strikes

Communist Influence Shown in U. U S. S Strikes Intrigue and F Federal deral Feeding of Workers Who Walked Out Make Situation Grave By IRA BENNETT Copyright McClure Newspaper Syndicate WASHINGTON July 28 28 Communist 28 intrigue and feeding of oC strikers strikers strikers ers by the federal relief administration are two factors which make this country's strike situation more m menacing than former labor l disturbances disturbances- The government do does not investigate communists a. a as such Various federal agencies do These Thes gather much information concerning them In running down crime patrolling the borders and ports and arid directing Involving labor The The flow liow of this inform information Uon to the coordinating center is quiet but ef ef- ef Systematic death threats by com corn mun ts within labor organizations have cowed conservative members In hundreds of instances c The They and their families are threatened with death and bombing if they obstruct obstruct obstruct ob ob- ob- ob I communist plans By this method minorities led by trained agitators have captured eon control control con con- of many labor unions unions- The object object ob ob- ob in all aU cases cast is Ii to prevent strike settlements and provoke labor and food tood riots and burnings in an effort to overthrow the authorities and hasten national revolution Plan Makes lakes Progress Crack-brained Crack as It seems the plan makes progress s in spots Communists have been heard telling their followers follow follow- ers era to fight to the death that death that they I need not fear hunger as I. I the federal i relief administration would feed and shelter them A Red Cross agent who flew here from San Francisco as the strike began began be be- gan fan is authority for the statement that strikers were were not only fed by bythe bythe bythe the government but were furnished with tents and cots At federal relief headquarters here every effort was wai made to dodge the direct question Do 00 you intend to feed and shelter strikers Spokesmen Spokes Spokes- men said uld that they made no tion In relieving want Communists have publicly stated that they hoped to paralyze the perishable per per- crop movement In California Farmers in the great fruit valley valleys have organized vigilance committees to clean up the destructive Element lement I Influence Seen Se-en Department of ot justice agents see ce communist Influence active in the cotton strike the steel situation and the Ithe automobile industry Smart rad md- leal kal leaders are studying ways and means means' of ot breaking up transportation by rail and truck Heads of the federal housing administration administration ad ad- ministration privately admit that the labor side of their problem doesn't doesn look good They can not obtain any assurance that building trades unions will not demand higher wages anc and shorter hours as soon as the repair and modernization campaign gets under un un- un der way Reports among labor extremists here there here there are plenty of them tr try ing to sabotage federal public building build build- ing operations operations are are that building trades unions will raise rabe their demands de de- mands mauds Ii as fast as lumber and construction construction con con- industries reduce prices to boost the housing program