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INDORSED BY THE STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR CHARLOTTE, N, C '•*** ^Unfairness of the C. L. U. in Presenting Question naires to Candidates, and Then ‘‘Endorsing” Bailey Before Any Replies Had Been Received, ' * .4 the Cause—Herald Objects to Half a Dozen Men Running Labor Movement—Herald 'Will Stand for Labor But Will Not Be Dictated to | / By ‘‘New” Citizens. BY JAMES F. BARRETT. It became necessary,iast Tuesday night, for me to tell the Central Labor Union of Charlotte that I "would no longer carry the caption, i that The Herald is indorsed by the ^Central Labor Union of this city. Possibly, in the heat of the mo ment, I told the Central body to take the indorsement and “go to hell with it.” Believing that the facts in the 0case, leading up to Tuesday night’s action, would be of interest to my readers, and to the workers, I would like to give the following facts: For twenty-two years I have served organized labor in an official Aid a semi-official manner. I defy any man or woman to bring one iota of proof that I have ever proven false to a single charge imposed upon me or assumed by me, in the name of labor. For nine years, I have been editor of labor paers in North Carolina, with my activities confined to Ashe ville and Charlotte. About five years ago, the Char lotte Central Labor Union tele graphed me to come and assume charge of The Charlotte Herald, which was at that time, in Dutch, in debt and in a “devil of a fix.” \ C took it, and for some time, printed the paper in my Asheville office and , sent it dhwn here for distribution. This was pot satisfactory to the Charlotte Central Labor Union be cause they wapted a paper pub lished in an office here in Chariote. Weil, I came. I started out big, be lieving in the bigness of Charlotte S labor unions for support. It took about four months to throw the whole thing “blooey.” Coming back from that, fighting the prejudice against the old Char lotte Herald, before I had anything * to dp with it, having to face the op position to labor caused by A- W. Keller’s fool efforts to go to the leg islature on the labor ticket,, and in face of all the mistakes that Labor had made, I struggled on and on. From time to time, and those times seemed to be several times each day, the anvil chorus of the knockers’ club was heard on the street cor ners. - ! , Finally, 1924 came, and things were looking brighter. But with Baerfacts •• » BY J. M. BAER, The Conjjressman-Cartoonist. International Labor News^ Service Voting and'Vetoing r r t The former Vice-President has become the Veto-President, much to the pleasure of Big Business. President Coolidge hopes to be the next President. He expects to win on. his veto program of killing the will of the people as expressed by the great Progressive victory of 1922. 'Recently the President ve toed the' Bursum pension bill, which provided a little addi tional compensation for' the Civil War veterans who pre served our nation. The 'at tempt to override the veto was lost. He vetoed the bonus bill, which provides paid-up life insurance for World War vet erans, but fortunately , for the former soldiers, the veto was' not upheld . The Progressives and Democrats have a tax bill that will tax the ric|» and re lieve the small fellow—Cool idge will in all probability veto it. Coolidge thus works to re lieve those with big incomes and throw the bjurdfen on the small taxpayer. When Coolidge was Presi dent of ihe Senate he helped in a plot to kill the Norris-Sin clair bill, a splendid measure the coming of the new year, had come some new union men to Char lotte, who seemed to know how everything ought to be run. The Central Labor Union allowed Mr. R. L. Lyle, of the * carpenters’ dnion, who by the way is a South Cato ilinian, and whose family still lives in Sduth Carolina, to have a room in the Central Labor Union hall. Mr Lyle worked hard to build the labor movement, but the fellows took ad vantage of his office and converted it into a bedroom, a bedchamber and all , other kinds of chambers. It was here that the knockers met to knock The Herald and abent broth ers. I had. an editorial praising the1 Old Man Duke for the bigness of the man’s vision,_ in opening up work in North Carolina, and as soon as | this little chorus down in the Central Hall read my words of praise of Mr. Dujke, the question was imme diately asked, .“How much did Jim Barrett get for writing that edi torial?” This question \Vas just beginning to lose its general interest when I wrote another editorial praising Clarence O. Kuester_for’ his activities ! and wonderful influence for Char lotte and North Carolina, as a rep resentative of the Chamber of Com mene, and then the new question arose as .“to how much Jim Barrett got for-writing'that Kuester editor ial?” In the meantime, not a single pat on the b^ck had been given me for the miles and miles of labor union editorials I have written. Then'bamei the gubernatorial cam i paign. I kne'w both men as I know | all men in public life in North Car [ olina. I knew Josiah W. Bailey to be a demagogue. I knew Angus Wilton McLean to be a democrat. I knew Bailey to be a man who had never been called upon to make one single sacrifice in life. I knew An gus Wilton McLean to have been a plowbdy in his you,th and a man whose judgment was such that the United States called him to Wash ington to serve upon the war finance board during the strenuous days when we were all battling for (Continued on Page 3.) for farm relief. Big Business does not like legislation to* re lieve the farmers and if the present farm relief bill, known as the McNary-Haughen hill, is passed by Congress, the Pres- * ident will no doubt use his veto Ptfer 'The Old Guard is, now trying to kill the nesy railroad labor bill. If by filibuster and dila tory tactics, the railroad own ers cannot kill it in Congress they have full confidence that Coolidge will veto it. Congress! is condemned by ' the subsidized press and its 1 sheep-like credulous readers for # not doing anything. The truth of the matter is that Congress has dotae a great deal but that “Veto Cal” has done his best i to nullify what the national ■ legislature has accomplished. But Coolidge's veto power is not all-powerful. There is a power greater than the veto. It . is the voting power of the people. . If the men and wo men of this country take as much interest in voting as Big Business does in vetoing they Will add Coolidge to the' lief — of Newberry, Fall, Denby, Daugherty and Burns. /’ WISDOM r v Each week a quotation from some wise and famous person whose writings are tucked away in the store-house of history and achievement.' “The attempt to regulate, coni trot and proscribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the prac tice of primitive peoples. Such governments assumed jurisdiction over the action, property, life and even religious convictions of their citizens down to the minutest de tail. _ A large part of the history of free institutions is the history of the people struggling to eman cipate themselves from all this bondage.”—Calvin Coolidge, Ad dress to the American Bar Asso ciation, August 10, 1922. BAILEY LETTER MISCARRIES According to information receiv ed in this city yesterday, the much embattled answer to the question naire mailed by the special commit tee of the Central Labor Union of this city, to Josiah W. Bailey, candi date for governor, has at .last turn ed up and is said to have been mail ed to the special committee under date of May 19.* The answers were * mailed to Ra leigh, according to statements made yesterday, where it was supposed that Ed. F. Snakenberg, chairman of the special committee would be in attendance at the Farmer-Labor con vention. Mr. Snakenberg did /not attend the convention and as a result the answers miscarried. The indorse ment of the Central body vnas baaed' upon verbal answers made by Mr. Bailey to the committee in this city, while a short resume of h|s written answers are to be found in this is sue of The Her add. The communication of Mr. Jimi son addressed to Mr. Snakenberg reads: “I am informed that you have not had a written answer from Hon. Jo siah William Bailey to the recent questionnaire of the Charlotte cen tral labor body. I want to say for your information that copy was mail ed to you on May 19. I ljave copy of it, signed by Mr. Bailey, and am enclosing it herewith. I am at a total loss' to know what became of the one which was mailed to you unless it went like the one you mail ed to rM. McLean. I would be glad and am sure Mr. Bailey would, if you will publish his answer with this letter.” SNAKENBERG IS TYPO PRESIDENT In a close and interesting contest Wednesday, Local 338 of the Inter national Typographical Union, of this city, elected Claude L. Albea, of The Charlotte News Chael to rep resent this city at the Internaitonal Typogarphical Convention to be held at Toronto, Canada, August 11 to 16. ' v Mr. Albea won over W. R. Layton, of The Observer chapel by a vote of 23 to 18. Thsi ballot was the hardest contested of the entire election. Officers elected for the local are as. follows: Ed F. Snakenberg, of The Char lotte Herald, president; C. L. Albea, Charlotte News, vice president; K. A. Duke, Charlotte Observer, finan cial secretary; T. F. McNally, Char lotte Herald, recording v secretary; delegate to state convention, James F. Barrett, editor of the Charlotte Herald; delegates to Central Labor Union, James F. Barrett, editor Charlotte Herald; C. L. Albea, #E. F. Snakenberg, George S. Coble, Char lotte Observer and Watson Connell, Charlotte News. - -Results of the, voting-for -officers of the International Union, which also played an important part of' tbe local election-Twill be *1 anndunfced at a later date. ^ 1 ' Prohibition officials padlock three more New York city cabarets.. Manufacturers adopt resolutions attacking Congress. James Brown, miner, reigns in Holyrood Castle, Edinburg', as Lord High Commissioner of Scotland. Many persons hurt in Ruhr strike disturbances. . New York City . trade reported hurt by boycott of Ku Klupc Klan in West. i 9 At Lexington next Saturday af ternoon at 4 6’cldckf the Joint Council, of Textile Workers of the lihrolioas, will convene. Thefe are many] matters of im portance to come before the meeting and it is expected that an unusual nu/mber/ of delegates will be pres ent. The matter of curtailment among the mills will W1 thoroughly dis cussed. It is ndt giving away any secret to state that there is open revolt among the textile workers be cause of a long period of unemploy ment. This unemployment has been aggravated by the /fact that many mills have charge ' for house rent, lights and water just as though the workers had been employed full timo. - '** ^ ^ Another mattfer that will make the meeting of more mart ordinary in terest is the fight that has been waged upon James F. Barrett, pres ident of the Joint Council. It has been predicted that his resignation Will he called, for at this meeting in Lexirigton on Saturday. Others state that. Barrett gained his unpop ularity among the elite M labor, be cause of his constant and uncom promising $ght for the cotton mill workers. Therefore, some say, the cotton mill workers are ready to dross Hades on a spiderweb for the man who has waged battle, for them. At any rate, it is destined to'*'be the most important meeting ever held b$r the Joint Council of Textile Workers. NATION HAS FADED IN CARE OF DISABLED, SAY VETERANS IN DENYING COOUDGE CLAIM (By International Later New* Service.) Washington, May 26.—President Coolid':e’s assertion in vetoing the soldiers’ bonus bill, that vthe nation is doing what it should fpr disabled veterans, has aroused intense indig nation among Wor'd War veterans, ••'ho declare that the' President mis iv; r* seated the .skuatiro “I -:m not umnhuUul,” wrote the President in his vfcto message, “that this bill also embrace* within its provisions the iHsiilrl uf our vet era > and the deoenrients pf tho-e who fell. To state that the disabled veterans and these dependents are entitled to this additional gratuity is to state that' the nation is not meet ing its obligations to them. Such a satemertt can nqt be truthfully made. The nation has spent more than $2, 000,000,000 in behalf of disabled veterans jand dependents of those* who died. It is ndw spending for compensation, training, insurance and hospftaliz&tfoi* *tpre than $400, 000,000 annually. Solicitude for the disabled veterans and the dependents of those who lost their lives is the nation’s solicitude. To minister to their every need is a sacred obliga tion, which, will be generously and gratefully met. The nation stands ready to expend any amount need ed for their proper care;” Fact* Refute Claim of Coolidge, Say Veteran*. While not denying that vast sujns have been appropriated for* the care and treatment of disabled, veterans, as specified in his message, World War veterans point to appalling con ditions in the Veterans’ Bureau re vealed by Senate investigation as proof of their contention that the Jnation has failed to care properly 'for its sick and wounded soldiers. They charge that the Veterans’ Bu reau fraud upon the Government, its neglect of sick and disabled men, its manifest shortcomings in hand ling the whole situation, give effec tive answer to thw President’s con tention that the nation has not fail ed in meeting its obligations to its former soldiers. So bitter has been the feeling against the Veterans’ Bureau among former soldiers that Senator Tasker L. Oddie of Nevada made the sweep ing statement in the Senate that “it can be said with practical certainty that wherever men have dealt with the Veterahs Bureau their efforts have been ignored or treated with contempt. How One Veteran Feels About the Bureau. t To back up his assertion, Senator Oddie read a letter from a former soldier which is a revealing hupian document of the bitterness of feel which exists among many soldiers. Leaders in the‘movement to obtain justice for the veterans declare that it is 'typical ' of complaints made against the Veterans’ Bureau, which President' Coolidge blandly intimates has met the obligations of the nation to the veterans. The letter reads as follows: «“The American Legion Allein Post | No. 3, i. ' “Vicksburg,.Miss., April 4:0, 1924. “David A. Keed, Esq., Chairman, 1‘Tasker L. Oddie,vEsq./ and David I. t|‘ Walsh, Esq., ^United States Senate, Select" Goih f mittee on the Investigation of the Veterans’ Bureau, Wash ington, D. C. . “Gentlemen: The writer, a per manently and) totally disabled ex-of ficer of the Army in the World War, respectfully petitions your honorable committee to hear and give heed to this, his, complaint, of treatment at the hands of the United States Vet erans’ Bureau under both Directors Forbes and Hines. “Discharged from the Army, cap tain, Quartermaster Corps, May 25, 1921, after seven months’ hospital ization . for chronic nephritis, after a decision by the Army medical board that I was incurable, and with a rec ommendation for 25 per cent per manent disability, the United States Veterans’ Bureau during the latter part of that year decided that I was 15 per cent, temporarily disabled, but that I was nonfeasible for training. They told me I was unable to attend a school, but to take $15 per month and go starve. My wife did the working—I was absolutely unable to do anything—and we did not starve. After 10 months’ careful nursing I had improved somewhat and was told by Col. Dallas B. Smith, manager district 6 at New Orleans, to stand a civil service examination and he would place me with the United States Veterans’ Bureau. I stood the examination, went to work for the subdistrict officer at Lafay ette, La., worked five .months, and then was offered <ny present post tion,-where a civil engineer is need (Continued on Page Three.) READ ’EM AND WEEP! WHOSE SCANDAL, ART? Ii hasn’t been a pleasant session of Congress, with its Teapot Dome, its selling and stealing of the naval oil reserves and its other features, and you will be glad to see the session, die.—Arthur Bris bane in Hearst papers. 128 SOCIALISTS INCOG. “The I. L. P. counted up 128 of its members (among the Labor P*rty’s( 192) in- Parliament and 26 of these in the government.”^ -—Herbert Blankenhorn in Labor. VOLUNTARY VERSENKT! Russia, teeming with millions, 'with a government chosen volun tarily by her people, is considered an outlaw by America.—Senator SKY’S THE LIMIT. There is no limit to the amount an 'individual may give to this committee. Large contributions will be so divided as to give full observance to the requirements of the statutes.—From letter signed "il&ossachusetts Calvin Coolidge Finance, Committee,” written, on letetr head of Walworth Manufac turing Compiany. THE CHARLOTTE HERALD ] Is Pleading the Cause of the MAn Who Works for Wages ' You ought to read it, for there is no other paper in this section pleading your cause for you and your loved ones. I - $2.00 the Year $1.00 for 6 Months . Fill in the blank below and keep posted on questions that affect your bread and meat. > jm CHARLOTTE HERALD, ■ 32 SO. COLLEGE S1U ' • CHARLOTTE, N. C. - Gentlemen: ^ * Please enter my name on your subscription list. Name___,___________ Street Address________ City___.__________ (I will pay collector or mail money to you.) BAILSMAN HAN EXCHANGE BILLET DOLCi Gal|at«) Roberta, Former Mayor of Asheville, Wants Jim , Barrett to Support Bailey—Barrett Fears Roberts' is Losing His Sanity—But After It Is AH,'Over the Two Will Still Be Friends—JEach Gives the Other the £ Right of Opinion. Gallatin Roberts, of Asheville, N. C., is one of the finest fellows in the world. He is for Bailey for governor, therefore lie writes a letter to James F, Barrett, with whom he attended college. Barrett replies. It is not so ranch to give their ideas of their respective candidates that these letters are published. Gallatin Roberts was long in the legislature, later that men can disagree and both still be honest and sincere, that these letters are published as it is to show to some boneheards about Charlotte becoming mayor of Asheville. Jim Barrett is just Jim Barrett, but with it all a friend to Gallatin Roberts. s Read the two letters and above all remember that whatever may be the outcome of the present election,Roberts anjl Barrett will continue to be the best of friends. That is the purpose of this publication. We hope all citizens get the drift. Here are the two letters: ROBERTS FOR BAILEY. May 16, 1924. Mr. James F. Barrett, Charlotte, N. C. Dear Jim: Just a line to you, old friend. I have just wondered how you stand in the fight for the governorship of North Carolina. I am for "Mr. Bailey first, last andi all the time. Mr. Bailey delivered the greatest speech here last night ever delivered in the City of Asheville', and lie comes back into this. section again at an early dat6. I have heard many of the great men- of the nation speak, but there is not a man on the face of the earth that could have beat Bailey last night. When he finished that superb effort every man actually sprang to his feet hr a great cheer for the Raleigh man." I am for him in that he is a man that copies after no man. He stands four-square to that which he believes to be right. There is no comparison between Mr. McLean and Mr. Bailey. Bailey is a man 'of great} power and ability. He would malie a governor that would delight the people of North Carolina. Jim, don’t you re member when I was' inaking my fight for the Australian Ballot and for women suffrage whop I was 4 mega* b*r of the Legislature? Mr. Barfwy Wds always for equal suffrage for the men and women of North Caro lina. The old Machine men would laugh at me when I was fighting for equal suffrage in 1911, 1913, 1915 ana ±»x i. They defeated all my bills, but the time came when under the lead ership of that great man, Woodrow Wilson, the State of Tennessee rati* fied the 18th amendment jus£ l&ftei1 the legislature of North Carolina had refused to ratify, and too, in the face of the request of Governor Bickett that the Amendment be rat ified. Jim, take your pen and write* some of those soul-stirring thoughts of youfs, and let’s see the state nomi nate and elect that brilliant man, Hon. J. W. Bailey the next governor of North Carolina. Wish that I might see your per sonally, and we would talk over the situation. Our thoughts usually run some-what along the same direction. If there ever was a time in the history of this country when wo need honest men in public office, now is the time. I am thinking of the gov ernor of Indiana, ahd many -Other public men who have forever damn ed themselves in the United States. I just felt that I wanted to write you as an' old friend and tell you how I felt. i y Give my kindest regards to Mrs. Barrett and the children. With best wishes for your success, I am, yours sincerely, GALLATIN ROBERTS. BARRETT FOR McLEAN. May ,2.7, 1924. Hon. Gallatin Roberts, Asheville, N. C. My Dear Old Friend: Your letter of May 16 came in my absence from the city, hence the delay in replying. 5 The best of men go wrong at times, and while I believe your life has been about as free from mis takes as most men, yet like all good men, when you do go wrong you cer tainly pull a bonerJ* I could under stand your joining the Mormons, or moving from West Asheville or tak ing a fee to defend bootleggers whom you hate so cordially. I believe I could understand your motives should you decide to give up youjr law prac tice and go to selling Singer sewing machines or diswashers. But to save me, I cannot understand why you of all men should be supporting Mr. Bailey for governor. From the time we sat.on the banks of Big Ivy, dangling our bare feet in the cooling mountain stream, and dreamed of the time when you and I would have a part in this lif e’s great worjt, I have followed you and supported you and swore by you. When you were first presented as a candidate to the legislature I work ed for yoUj with all might and.main. In fact, my friends soon came to the conclusion that if you failed of elec tion I would be to bury. When the' delegation first ap-’ proaehedr yo uto become a candidate for mayor of Asheville, I was so happy that I couldn’t run a linotype that night for pure joy at you* prog ress and success. You . were successful in all these undertakings and you acquitted yourself with honor to yourself and to the gratification of your friends. $ut your “off-day” has come. You have gone off chasing the wii lowwisp, and I fear for your sanity. No man of your intelligence and past experience should be for a man like Bailey for governor. You know he has never turned his hand for the very people you love and serve so well. You know he inher ited his first job and his standing from his father. You know he in herited his law practice from his father-in-law. You know he has served the big corporations all his life, and you know he cannot now be trUje to hte people you love. For God’s-sake, Gallatiq, recant, repent, face about, and get with the corwd you’ve led so successfully and finely in .years agone. Let your common sense rule you now), as it has in the past. That common sense would suggest to you, as it has to me, that; you vote for Wilton jMc-' Lean, a man who .came from the ranks to rule over, his people. A man, is McLean, who loves to know that his neighbors believe in him and in what he says. If you knew him you would love him. Come on, Gallatin, and get with your friends, get right with yourself. You’re too good a man to be going in this direction. I love you, Gallatin, and hate so awfully to see you making this mis take. With best love .to your family, 1 am* , Your old friend, JIM BARRETT. Charlotte, N. C. PRINTERS MEETING TIME IS CHANGED Local 338, ’fypgraphical tlnion will meet in the Central Labor tJriion hall, West Fourth street, at 2 o’clock next Sunday afternoon. All members are requested to note that the hour of meeting has been changed from 3 to 2 p. m.f t^nd a full attendance is requested, as the newly elected officers will be in stalled. Friends of Gov. Smith claim 400 votes assured for him in Democratic convention. ' New York State to sen dour bonus checks to former soldiers at rate of 2,000 a day.
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