Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-09-17 | Page 4 | Detonator

DETONATOR JHEN General Hugh S. S J Johnson oh son spoke Fiday Friday Fri Fri- W da day night before code authorities in New NewYorK NewYork NewYork York his hiss aSs assertion that Thomas P. P l fc McMahon president nt of f the United Textile V Workers ha had repudiated an made when the textile code was ivas Vas bein being drawn exploded Francis J. J Gorman strike leader with a dC demand nand for the j. j doughty cavalryman's scalp Newspaper headlines head head- lin lines 1 s' s s reamed screamed Labor Demands Johnson ReB Re Re- B sign g The T Th fact is js that labor as such did nothing of the sort Gorman is not labor though ugh he has revealed himself as an adroit 1 J fi field ld marij marshal Going back a little the record s shows Last June when a a. a textile strike threatened McA McMahon Mc Mc- rc- rc A Mahon r 11 n ac accepted settlement terms which his craft c aft vehemently vc denounced d. d His unions nth north and d so south th cr criticised him vigor vigorously as as' too oo conservative His hs position at the time was strictly in line with what General Johnson indic indicated in in- dic had been his attitude when the admin admin- 8 rte work ork on the textile code a year before the president took office So much for th that t. t i. i t h record also shows that when the textile I work in annual convention in New York in mid McMahon J hon was as- as still a 8 conserva conserva- tive The deJ reco recognized the year old u ua ft t tried le an and nd t true ue standard ard b bearer W A I big chance that lie he could not be reelected But the militant rank and file executed a brilliant brilliant bril- bril coup coup Strike spirit was wa in the air Fiery speeches were made notably b by AV W. Yo N. N Adcock of or Alabama Walking Charlie l of So South Smith th Carolina and Thomas J. J Argo lay preacher of Georgia The rhe convention was whipped hipped into high hig fervor When the vote w is s staken taken only 10 out of or delegates voted against a general strike of mill null hands McMahon Jc rahon saw aw th the handwriting on the wall ire ITe Ie threw his conservatism out ont of the window and md became intensely pro Then the call for or the election came Anti Anti- Anti McMahon le lahon delegates were vero won by the McMahon 1 forces by the promIse promse prom prom- iRe Ise se that if they w would uld d' d support McMahon Mc rahon the thc r l forces would support them in jn selecting selecting select- select ing ng the able Francis J. J Gorman as strike leader During During- th the strike at least McMahon's McMahons c conservatism conservatism conservatism con con- if ii lie suffered a relapse could not become a n wet blanket on the walkout From Prom the he viewpoint of the spindle crafts Gorman has ms been a t potent leader On his past record record rec rec- ord McMahon rahon would II have YC yielded ground where Gorman has las dug in for a long sit in the trenches In no now denouncing General Johnson Johnon John- John son on he lie is acting strictly in ill character r The strike leader reveals r himself as a n. good politician As soon as he lie was detonated by General Johnson he started a flow of statements state- state ments that hat would meet with immediate approval approval ap- ap roval b by the rank and and- file of the force he lie leads cads That builds security for him in ll his s job It t to his power an and glory and puts puls him t m mon on n the wa way to greater emoluments and emoluments and bi bigger big big- ger emoluments depend upon bigger and bet bet- cr enrollments of paying dues workers There Theres is s very er little difference between labor politics and ml partisan politics fundamentally Th They Y are arc both as Ira Bennett Washington ashington newsman remarks Melodrama the Melodrama the villain is a fiend incarnate an and the tile victim m is an unspotted saint Raint about bout to be sawed in two at the old mill at midnight