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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 14, 1919.
urn ADOPTS
DECLARATION OF
" INDEPENDENCE
Union Heads Call Upon Work
ers to Seek Redress
i Of Their Grievances by
Political Pressure.
Washington. Dec. 13. A declara
tion of principles was adopted to
night by the conference of presi
dents'of labor unions affiliated with
the American Federation of Labor.
It calls upon all workers to seek re
, dress of their grievances by politi
cal pressure, presumably through
existing parties as no mention is
made of a labor party.
Issues which face union labor re
quire unity of effort if "industrial
tyranny is to be avoided," the de
claration said. It denounces the
; use of injunction proceedings in the
; mine i strike and criticises the
"usurpation of unconstitutional au
thority by the judiciary."
T Gompers Approves.
' The declaration had the approval
' of President Samuel Gompers, of the
American Federation of Labor.
Numerous resolutions were intro
duced and many attempts were
made to change the draft without
.success.
. Radical activities were condemned
by tht conference and workers
were urged to aid in stamping oat
"destructive element" in their own
ranks. At the tame time dangers
that lay on he other side were noted
"for powerful forces are seeking
more and more to infringe upon the
rights of the wage earners and deny
to him the right to cease work," the
declaration said.
"The perversion and abuse of the
writ of injunction, was enumerated
among these.
Disapprove Wage Baais.
The declaraion 'urged congress to
enact legislation retaining the rail
roads under federal control for "at
least two years after January 1,
1920," to permit detailed study of
the situation and save the country
"another increase in transportation
rates."
The fixing of wages on a cost of
living basis was strongly disap
proved. "That idea is pernicious and in
tolerable," the declaration said. "It
means putting progress in chains
and liberty in fetters. It means fix
ing a standard of life and liberty
which must remain fixed."
The anti-strike provisions of the
Cummins bill were described as "es
tablishing by legislation involuntary
servitude."
While labor has shown to the
world the faults of its opponents,
it has overlooked none of its own,
the declaration said. It is "fully
conscious of its duty and desires
that its increased productivity be
used for service and not alone for
profits." Its program would aid in
supplying the world needs, the
declaration adds, if its memberi
could be something more than mere
numbers on1 a book."
Cite Steel Corporation.
The United States Steel corpora
tion was cited as one whose "auto
cratic attitude and destructive ac
tion" must give way to the new
form and new relations between em
ployer and employe.
"Labor fully understands that
powerful interests are at work to
day to achieve reaction in industry
if possible," the declaration de
clared. "They seek to disband or
cripple the organizations of work
ers. But labor must be and will be
militant, in the struggle to combat
these sinister influences and ten
dencies. It will not permit a reduc
tion in the standard of living nor
will it consent to a reaction 'towards
autocratic control. In this, it feels
it is performing a public service."
Want Peace Adopted.
Adoption of the peace treaty was
urged that "peoples may know to
whom they owe allegiance, boun
daries may be fixed and credit and
exchange may regain the lost volt
age." "We feel that we cannot with
honor and humanity maintain a
policy of isolation and disinterested
ness from the distress and sufferings
of the European peoples," the dec
laration said.
"Even if the necessity of those
peoples did not have a compelling
appeal, the inter-related economic in
terests of the world would prevent
our limiting our attention solely to
he western hemisphere."
The treaty's labor provisions were
endorsed and it was declared that
only through tbem could the stand
ard of working conditions through
out the world be lifted.
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Gridiron Club Has Fun
Despite' Fact Booze et al.
Are Not Supposed to Be
Public Men (and Things) Throw Off All Cloaks and
Make Merry in Washington Even the Vice
President Forgets That He Is an Official and,
Along With Others, Helps Raise the Deuce Good
Humored Treatment Accorded All Subjects.
Washington, Dec. 13. The Grid
iron club bad its little evening of
fun with public men and things at
its opening winter dinner, tonight.
Headed by Vice President Mar
shall, cabinet members, ambassa
dors and ministers of the diplomatic
corps, and members of congress, a
large guest list included scores of
men well known in public and pri
vate life.
Nothing was spared from the tra
ditional gridiron. The railroad
problem, prohibition, the labor situ
ation, woman suffrage, reform and
! other tonics in the oublic eve came
in for their share of good humored
treatment ,
Members of the club, principally
Washington correspondents, took
the parts of the actors in the sk:ts
which did the "gridironing" on these
subjects.
Moonshine Skit
As the capital, like the remainder
of the country, now has "dry" ban
quets, or at least is supposed to, it
seemed appropriate that one of the
skits should be on "Moonshine."
A company of moonshiners pre
paring some "brew" was shown and
some of the dialogue included the
following "jabs."
"A gridiron dinner is not the
place" for that sort of thing."
"There ain't no place where it's
more needed." -
"Speaking of books on the sub
ject, I see by the papers that the
prohibition enforcement agents raid
ed the office of 'The Saturday Eve
ning Post and confiscated six in
stallments of Henry Wattersons
memoirs.
"Has it got any kick in it?"
"Kick, well you ought to see the
way it keeled over Morris Sheppard
and VVes Jones the other day.
"I see Vice President Marshall's
here. Did you hear him order the
senate galleries cleared the other
day when we cheered Jim Reed?"
un, yes, that s the oldest moon
shine around here."
"I suppose you read that Josephus
Daniels thinks he has a presidential
boom?"
Nominates Hays.
'That's' Moonshine off a green
cheese."
"Speaking for the old solid demo
cratic party, I nominate, the best
known moonshine dispenser of the
day, Will H. Hays, chairman of the
republican national committee."
''On behalf of the United States
republican party, progressive and
reactionary factions, I suggest there
is no finer connoisseur of moon
shine than Mr. Holmes S. Cum
mings, chairman of the democratic
national committee."
It was decided to present both
chairmen with a bottle of "moon
shine. The bottles, they were told,
were "refillabie."
The railroad .skit dealt with "un
scrambling the railroads." The
actors represented former Director
General McAdoo, Director General
Hines and an investor.
McAdoo "The late Mr. Morgan
said that' you cannot unscramble
scrambled eggs. He was wrong. By
the exercise of a little magic, to
which we modestly lay claim, we
shall illustrate how the railroads of
the United States may be scrambled
and then in the twinkling of an eye,
as it were, and so to speak, un
scrambled again. Can anyone loan
me a silk hat? I shall return it
promptly and entirely undamaged."
(Man steps forward with silk hat.
He is Mr. Investor, a well known
citizen.)
McAdoo "I shall return it with
its pristine beauty untarnished."
Investor "Please be careful. That
hat represents the sale of a Liberty
bond."
Drops Egg Into Hat.
McAdoo "Tut tut have no fear
we shall not hurt it in the slight
est. I shall break this egg into the
hat so." (Breaks and drops egg and
shell into the hat.)
Investor "Oh, my hatl"
McAdoo "Tut, tut, sir. Have no
fears. Trust me. Kindly turn your
back. What you don't see won't
annoy you. Now we take another
egg and break it so. Now we take
some flour add some coal pour in
some of this agreeable variety of
ketchup add a little sand and fin
ish with a dash of vinegar. Please
don't groan, Mr. Investor. It is all
right All these ingredients are sym
bolic, gentlemen. Now we have the
roads scrambled. This completes
my part of the trick. I shall now
pass the buck I mean the hat to
my friend, Mr. Hines, who will, in
his magic way, with a few passes
produce the beautiful rabbit known
as government operation and con
trol, and return the hat undamaged
to my good friend, Mr. Investor."
(Investor groans.) '
Hines (looks at hat and glares at
McAdoo) "I am deeply indebted to
Mr. McAdoo for his trust and con
fidence. I wish he had finished the
trick. He hates the limelight and
likes to retire while the retiring is
good. But to the trick, gentlemen.
Let me first cover the hat for es
thetic and olfcatory reasons. It is
a little messy." (Covers hat with
handkerchief, seizes wand.)
Hines "I now make these, mys
terious passes so saying the cab
alistic words hocus pocus 1920
brotherhoods as taught me by
Mr. McAdoo. Then I quickly raise
the cloth and here we have (starts
back, looking nervous.) Ah, I see,
Mr. Mcdoo forgot something. Let
me 'add the Plum plan." (Drops
three plums and breaks another egg.
Investor groans and tears his hair.)
Hines (continuing) "Now we
have it. Hocus pocus 1920 pres
to." (takes up handkerchief, looks
starts back, rushes to McAdoo, say
ing:) Hines "My God, Mac, I can't do
the trick." I
McAdoo "That's your affair not
mine."
Investor "My hat my hatl"
Puzzled About Mess.
McAdoo "Give him back his hat."
Hines "But this mess what will
I do?"
McAdoo "Oh, hand it back. He
can't kick."
Hines -b "Hert you are, sir,"
(Hands hat to Investor, who takes
it and yells:)
Investor "What a mess! Oh, my
hat! I can't use it. I can't clean
it. I can't sell it I can't give it
away ."
McAdoo and JHines "Take it up
to cqugress. Thty'U fix it for you."
(Both link arms, bow and go off )
Investor "Mr. President, is it
true that ladies are always present
at Gridiorn club dinners? Then I'll
wait until I get outside before I
say anything more."
The labor problem and its rela
tion got a "brief touch" in a skit
wherein a policeman disturbed the
banqueters, entering with a raving
maniac.
"Who's he" was demanded.
"Well," replied the policeman, "it
seems that a few days ago he was
waited on by the managers of his
political party and informed that
he's been selected to write the labor
plank in the next year's platform."
There was another labor skit de
scribed as the "127th installment of
the Continuous Comedy Drama."
One actor acknowledged that he
was made to look like Judge Gary
of the United States Steel corpor
ation, said he had troubles remem
bering his lines and was admonished
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not "to run up to New York for
instructions" every time he forgot
them.
Another, called Lentrotski,' an
nounced that he was the"so!e sur
viving member of the International
Labor conference" and told the din
ers i that his colleagues had been
"asphyxiated by the United States
senate." He said he used both the
names of "Lentrotski" and "W. Z.
Foster" in "his business."
Acton Go On Strike.
Finally, the director of the skit
announced thaf'it was "rotten" and
that it would be done all over agin,
whereupon the actors struck and
announced that they worked "only
three hours a day" and "knew their
rights."
Life is one damn strike after the
other," groaned the director.
The coal crisis came in for sepa
rate treatment iri a skit dealing with
"Utopia." The Coal King, the Land
lord, the Butcher, the Baker, the
Grocer and other functionaries of
everyday life all had prominent
parts through which they bewailed
the prospect of no greater profits.
The Coal King sang that his idea
of the greatest fun was "High
priced coal and a short weight ton."
The Capitalist said his idea of
Utopia was "a place where there is
neither incorhe nor , excess profits
taxes and you can charge 20 per cent
interest." He wailed that "its got so
a billionaire can't lay up a dollar
any more."
When the walking delegate en
tered he was invited to "come over
and meet Judge Anderson of Indian
apolis," but the delegate protested
that he was "too busy."
The king of Utopia advised them
all to go back "to the good old U.
S A., piay the game square and find
Utopia right at home."
The walking delegate allowed
that the place wasn't Utopia after
all, but rather was "hell."
Sing Popular Airs.
Some singing to popular airs with
words arranged for the occasion
completed the evening. It included a
little song for Vice President Mar
shall to the tune of "Bubbles" with
the refrain:
"I'm forever facing troubles,
But they never get my goat"
Senators Borah, Reed and Johnson
of California came in for a little
ditty entitled, "Hiram and William
and Jim."
Four newly elected members to
the club, Ashmun N. Brown of the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer; Mark L
Goodwin of the Galveston and Dallas
News; H. & C. Bryant of the Char
lotte, N. C, Observer, and Charles
S. Groves of the Boston Globe,
were initiated. They tried to pass
themselves off successively as the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,
the Four Apostles, the Big Four at
the Peace Conference and the Grid
iron quaret, but the diners would
have none of it, the chairman pro
nounced them the four flushers
whereat they retired to "get up" an
other skit.
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