The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1914-10-21
AMERICAN BAR
STRONGLY OPPOSED
TO JUD|C|ALRECALL
LIMITING INJUNcTIoNs IN LABOR
DISPUTES CONTRADICTORY TO
THEORY OF GOVERNMENT.
SIMPLICITY AND CLEARNEsS
OF LAWS WILL Be URGED
Involved Phraseoogy Of Income Tax
Law RidicuIed-Statutes Addressed
To Lawyers and Not To People, Al.
though This Claims To Be Demo-
cratic Government-German Statutes
In Cheap Popular Editions Found in
Every Home.

X Washington. oct. 21.-Emphatic op-
position 10 the judicial recall and plea
that Congress should apply the same
rule to injunction in labor cases as to-
other cases OF Injunction, are among
lhe questions treated in reports of COM
mittees presented today to the Ameri-
can Bar Association now in annual
session here.
Concerning the status OF judicial re-
call agitation the committee "To Op-
pose Judicial Recall" reports in part
as follows:
"A perceptibe change in sentiment
toward the judicial recall is slowly
but surely showing itself among the
people of the different states, in many
localities its true nature is not yet un-
derstood. In most states the average
voter has, as yet, insufficient apprecia-
ton of its haneful character. The work
of education must be continued. The
of them are now saying nothing about
eminent. due TO persistent efforts of its
opponents. are everywhere apparent.
Former Leading advocates of judicial
recall are saying less about it. Some
of them are now saying nothing about
>M Some have apparently given up
tha idea Of the recall of judges and
have turned TO the judicial decision re-
call as substitute. Others, more
adroit. have apparently given up the
recall of judges and the recall of judi
cial decisions and have retreated to
nositions less antagonistic to constr
tutional democracy"
Injunction legislation before ire
present Congress receives eXtehueu
treatmenr by the committee in charge
of this subject. The provision limit
inc iniunctions in labor disputes orig
inallv incorporated in the ANTITRUST
1eeis,atior of the House Of Representa-
+ives. and later amended by the Sen
ate is criticized by the committee
which says:
"The provision distinctly requires
tbe court TO apply to controversies III
1ohor cases a different rule from tha'
which is applied in other cases nc
.iva snecial privileges to any class o.
f.men is opposed not only to the Decia
fstion OF independence, but to th'
uSo,e theory of our government or
this point all parties agree
.con Il have occurred to the gentie
mon who propose this legislation tina
- the courts cannot decide these con
troversies peaceably, they will be ae
o,sod nv force? The shocking result
of the latter method we see plainly Il
Co,orado Would it not have been DEL
~, - have the questions which nav
given rise to bloodshed there ueolus'
in an orderly manner by the colorao
courts? osod r
, "your committee is not opposeu
S;aod labor. We freely conced
,ahor,rg men the same right to o.
sapize that their employers posses ~
We are persuaded that in Opposing ~, .rr ~,
proposed legislation we '''
friends of both
The Committee on Commercial la
ronorts in favor of the continuance
tbe national bankrupt act ano M - "
1, noses all legislation to repeal @ ,ne q,
simplicity and clearness OF laws
as to be understood by the az averas az
citizen, is strongly urged oy M ,ne :, Ip ~
cial committee on legislative dral''n al !,
:, refers in this connection TO =
acrowning monstrosity OF, the la,on nSsa !
~. act" with its involved phras
.so o,opy and no attempt whatever az )
1.Oly Sarly arrangement The formal :
Facts of the act are pointed oa. amo no
3, nine heads, one OF them snow
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