Show J JUDGE GA GARY f DECLARED lA MI M STAKEN T A Union President Says Testimony Given Was Far and Away From rom Being the the theT T Truth rut h hW W Oct 3 WASHINGTON W v Michael I P. P Tighe president of the Iron Steel and Tin- Tin workers' workers union union told the senate committee investigating the steel strike today that the United States Steel corporation instead of ot leadin leading lead In ing the van in advancing wages as Judge Gary has claimed has lagged behind our organization Information given gh-en to you by Judge Gary Tighe says was not firsthand firsthand first firsthand hand evidence gained from practical knowledge of ot the industry but in instead instead In- In stead consisted of the statements made to him by his t foremen remen and superintendents It was far and away from being the truth about the InI in industry In- In CHARGE REPEATED I Tighe repeated the charge that the steel corporation early In its history had appropriated to fight unions and gave names of his in informants In- In The unions he said had never sought the closed shop but union shops When the manag management ment signs a contract contract contract con con- tract as to scales and working conditions conditions conditions condi condi- it is a union a-union shop he explained The effect Is the same as a closed shop isn't it asked Senator SterlIng Sterling Sterling Sterl Sterl- ing Rep of ot South Dakota No said Tighe We Ve are not askIng asking asking ask ask- ing for closed shop and never have FOSTER PRESENT W. W Z Foster Foster secretary of the general general general gen gen- eral strike committee whose alleged views as a radical have drawn congressional congressional congressional con con- gressional fire was present at the hearing toda today prepared to testify after Tighe had concluded Armed with copies of ot his book on syndicalism ism members of the committee were ready for sharp cross examination of ot l Foster oster T TIghe read an advertisement of 1909 credited to the t U United States Steel corporation which said Men Ien wanted Syrians Poles and Rumanians preferred d. d This gentleman's Judge Garys Gary's remarks about now Tighe remarked are not well taken in n view of th that t. t Do you charge that from rom 1909 on there was a steady increase of foreign workmen in the steel company's mills mills' asked Senator Va Walsh Ish Dem ON ON STRIKE Yes I 1 do Tighe answered Tighe declared that the present strike was preceded by universal demands for or organization organization organization or- or from steel workers On October October October Oc Oc- tober 1 1 he said men were on strike How many of ot those strikers cannot cannot cannot can can- can can- not speak English asked Chairman Kenyon To be frank about the matter I think thel argest percentage of ot them are foreign born I wouldn't be doing justice to my myor or organization Tighe concluded if it I failed to contradict Judge Garys Gary's state state- ments The corporations have used the vicious element they complain of ot I 1 want to protest that neither our or- or nor the American Federation Federation Federa Federa- tion of ot Labor has any vicious element in them I I. I W W. W W. BLAMED Why could not the strike be de delayed delayed delayed de- de at the presidents president's request asked Chairman Kenyon Because there was a number o of I. I W. W W. W organizers among the men Ti Tighe he replied If It we had delayed they would have said that the American Federation of I Labor could not do anything They would have succeeded In calling some sporadic strikes anyway anyway Then hen in the last analysis the I. I W. W W V caused this strike said Senator Sterling Oh dont don't take that view Tighe responded If It we had gotten a a. conference conference conference con con- ference with Judge Gary we would have had something to show these men that their Interests were being I protected and could have held them themon on the job |