Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1920 — 40,000 REDS DROPPED [ARTICLE]

40,000 REDS DROPPED

TEXTILE PLANTS. OF EAST TO WEED OUT RADICALS. Manufacturers Say 110,000 to 125,000 Employees Must “Watch Their Steps” or Go. Philadelphia, Oct. 29.—J. U Benton, managing director of the Philadelphia Textile Manufacturers’ association, declares the manufacturers have determined to “free themselves from radical unionism” as well as of a large number of Inefficient workers., “Between 110,000 and 125.000 employees of textile mills in Philadelphia will be out of work this winter, unless they watch their steps," said Mr. Benton. “The weeding out has already begun. Approximately 40,000 have already been dropped. Whether the remainder will follow depends to a considerable extent upon the workers themselves. “The textile manufacturers are not opposed to unions. They believe labor organizations have done and will do good. But they are exposed to radical leaders and are going to the mat here and now with them."