Arizona republican., 1916-12-07
The Industrial Relation. Commission

The commission industrial relations a eral body authorized by of congress. Its mis- sion supposed to be ascertain the cause of in- dpstrial dissatisfaction propose measures for better relation between employers and employees For the last years the commission has been busy. It has held meetings in every important city try and has had under consideration every important event that has disturbed industry country Its hearings have been distinguished for the harshness and unfairness of the chairman of the commission Frank P Walsh About year ago it subhitted a re- port-rather three reports, by the chairman and group of the commission which reads like pronun- camento of the L ". W: another by other members of the commission which rather leaned the side of the employers and a third which took a middle ground.
 Since then the activities of the commission have been confined to the issuing of bulletins in which the moderate members of the commission seem to have no part They appear to have retired from the con- mission These bulletins are generally diatrbes against capital and employers, and like the Walsh report might be suspected of having enanated from l. W. W. headquarters.
 We in receipt of the bulletin on the Baltimore convention of the American Federation of Labor where it is stated the address of President sampel Gompers quite fairly comparable to Lfncoln's statement of political democracy in the Gettysburg address" We shall quarrel with the compiler of the bulletin about his comparison All this Is a matter of literary taste
 But here is something that should receive atten- tion and consideration coming as it does from gov ernmental body:
 At the time, also. the suit of the railroad interests to nullify the Adamson eight was defining Itself for presentation to the United States supreme court That suit deeply signifi- cant as Illustrating again in critical time the un- willingness of great commercial financial interests to abide by the law. expressed by the lawmaking body, and ratified by popular vote It exemped the custom of those interests to the judicial power for it's veto upon democratic legislation An other of the circumstances among which the conyen- ton of the Federation the political vic- tory for those domestic toward democracy and those policies of international relationships with which the labor movement had just definitely and positively allied itself.
 Here is an attack upon the courts by a commission responsible another branch of the government We cally law passed hurriedy and amid the doubts of
 many voting for 1t. is not revewabe that the propo- stion to inquire into it is offense against demo- cratic legislation.
 Again:
 The convention. Furthermore declared again labor's opposition to militarism and to mitarstic training of young persons in the schools 1t ratified the steps already taken by the Federation to bring about international peace and good international un- derstandngs through cementing international rela- tonships of the working classes not only ratified the steps already taken but made further steps for ward as affecting especially the United States and Mexico, the south American republics and Japan.