scoundrels and heroes
The Alberton Papers Vol III, #6
By Dick Darne 12- 5 -06
"Solidarnosk" Lech Walesa
The "Evil Empire" was not defeated by Ronald Reagan and "Morning in America Again", but by a Polish Union Electrician and Solidarity. The victories are few and far apart, but this was a big one. Let’s go back to the thrilling days of yesteryear and examine one scoundrel and one hero.
The scoundrel is none other than the infamous detective agency, The Pinkertons.
Besides supplying perjurers as told about in a previous story, they were suppliers of scabs, strikebreakers and goons to American industry, big business tycoons and robber barons. After the Wagner act was passed in 1935, protecting the working man’s right to organize, the Pinkertons’ product became a little more subtle. They sent spies to join unions, infiltrate and cause as much mischief as possible. Almost all large corporations utilized this except Henry Ford. He had his own secret police, and simply didn’t need them.
The hero is Robert LaFollette, son of "Fighting Bob LaFollette", (hero in his own right), both progressive republicans and two of the best friends of the working man we have ever seen. Bob jr. chaired the LaFollette civil liberties committee in congress in the late thirties, which exposed the scoundrels’ activities. Alas, Bob was one of the first victims of a then up-and-coming scoundrel, (Senator Joe McCarthy, another story), and committed suicide in 1953.
Mr Pinkerton, you sang off-key. Bob, you sang like a meadowlark while it lasted. If we could award burning fires or angel wings, it would be a no-brainer as to who gets what.
Where are today’s great republicans? The best defense against injustice is long memories. dd
By Dick Darne 12- 5 -06
"Solidarnosk" Lech Walesa
The "Evil Empire" was not defeated by Ronald Reagan and "Morning in America Again", but by a Polish Union Electrician and Solidarity. The victories are few and far apart, but this was a big one. Let’s go back to the thrilling days of yesteryear and examine one scoundrel and one hero.
The scoundrel is none other than the infamous detective agency, The Pinkertons.
Besides supplying perjurers as told about in a previous story, they were suppliers of scabs, strikebreakers and goons to American industry, big business tycoons and robber barons. After the Wagner act was passed in 1935, protecting the working man’s right to organize, the Pinkertons’ product became a little more subtle. They sent spies to join unions, infiltrate and cause as much mischief as possible. Almost all large corporations utilized this except Henry Ford. He had his own secret police, and simply didn’t need them.
The hero is Robert LaFollette, son of "Fighting Bob LaFollette", (hero in his own right), both progressive republicans and two of the best friends of the working man we have ever seen. Bob jr. chaired the LaFollette civil liberties committee in congress in the late thirties, which exposed the scoundrels’ activities. Alas, Bob was one of the first victims of a then up-and-coming scoundrel, (Senator Joe McCarthy, another story), and committed suicide in 1953.
Mr Pinkerton, you sang off-key. Bob, you sang like a meadowlark while it lasted. If we could award burning fires or angel wings, it would be a no-brainer as to who gets what.
Where are today’s great republicans? The best defense against injustice is long memories. dd
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