Show NATIONWIDE STRIKE IS IS' LOOMING IN IRELAND DUBLIN Jan 14 WIth H.-WIth With the struggle o over ver t the ratification of ot the Irish Anglo p peace tr treaty aty out of the way the new w Ireland Ireland Ire Ire- l land and will have haV to face a serious labor c crisis risis V This Thi crisis will be of of or such V proportions tt t that hat Sinn Sinn- Fein statesmanship will be put putto putto t to o a severe test and the very existence o of f the new-born new free state will be threatened The three biggest groups groups In Irish organized organized or or- g labor w will 11 be Involved Involved dock dock dockworkers w workers building trades workers and andi r railway ailway men V And V many members of of these V three groups g also are members of the extreme i I Irish rish Transport and General Workers Workers' u union nion V an organization founded on theone theone the one One big union idea by Jim Larkin n now ow In prison In the United States Factors behind labor unrest are much V t the he same as those in America Wage agreements between employers I a and nd employee expire this month and must be renewed I The employers say Weve got to cut wages down Until that's done the cost I o of f living must stay up We Ve might aswell as aswell I well have a showdown now We Ve wont won't J r renew the old agreement We want to I cut wages and lengthen the working g I day V I But workers reply The cost of livin living g still Is high That must come down beI before be before be- be fore well we'll permit a a. wage cut Well We'll I renew our contracts only at the old wage scale There must be a showdown showdown and and Its It's coming now So both workers and bosses firm In their stand a strike seems inevitable Every railway Ive I've talked to here said hed he'd strike rl And the dock d building trades des workers p probably I ably will strike with the tho railway men I Meanwhile the V Irish Transport and General Workers Workers' union growls ominously ominous ominous- V IY ly That In aih the organization background g dis Is more extreme in Its doctrines than any labor organization In the United States Its theories are something like those of the Industrial Workers of ot the World Its power is enormous Its member carry on every process of Industry Industry- farming T i ng 1 ng fishing cheese making butchering end milling And this big union is showing signs of enmity toward the Irish free state Because it always has been extremely republican and views the recent treaty as a shameful compromise V |