National news. (Chicago, Ill.) 1915-19??, 1916-03-22
Compulsory Service Contrary
10 American Ideals.
ITS TENDENCY DANGEROUS.
Government Employees Denied the
Right OF Free Speech ard Of Petition
For Redress OF GrssAness-Orssn'
ned Labor hss Learned That u
Must MAKE its Fight For Freedom.


is "a Federation = ] Ab't
The splendid n.ht that workers In
otter Countries are uaAih- against pro
losals for ,pmpulsiun has Won The al
mirariau Of many Who believe N Volun
tart Institutions HUT under our r.
puhl!anu form ~ government there IL
arSr.aur: ma III, ialIl"m that l. Ell
dra,"riu- 10 deprive government I'm
Itosces e thu rights ~ free workers
Governmental Institutions have grown
IN Proportion t. the Development Of
he country. H., r'asc- IN population
and the tn rra>u: functions that the
sia'r has assumed! Increases In the
numbers = oiNtl service employees
have been proportional
Formerly I'm service positions were
PAR II The - allied spoils system The
E eivtl >crNt'e system ~a~ adopted
Vii, h IN theory MAS based upon meri,
and afforded prutc, tluu To- efficient
workers 1t i general Information that
the ,iNtl >rrysc J. subject L. "iI>du
~ fhtt II fuu'tluu> Ia my >trri
%
some AID Iras,S others hrlpi,.>SAEalust
lie iari"'>. II great ma hinr
W. have heard much fr,tu "hullent
theorists ~ the dignity - puhli' ser,
ait and ~ the greater RESPECT that
vii 'htain f"r governmental en-
rto,'.'> rather than for employees Ia
pri,at" rmFt"s Thes" aden ate~ II
governmental ownership lnh opera
lion arr confronted with dishrartruins
'ali> ruhlis servants III, service
rupioyr.>. ha,r hot the rishi~ - dif,h
di-Ser~ lad arrlerS "r asoinu"u lato-
.rS
tiNii >"r,i" employees have been Il.
ui.,i ~" ri.h, ~ free spec. h and free,
press Ihey have b"en denied the
right H. petition for redress ~ gr1r,
anfrs The, have trcn denied the
right "a PARTED ate In the political life
~ their community or ~ the nation
aud finally they have been denied the
rieht Ia qiIir work compul>ion in our
fuunirY demands our attention n mn, h
~ 'olnrul>inu rlsew here
Recently twenty eight postoffi,e clerk,
anh arriers ~ fairmnut. " Va. .uit
work They committed no violence
they DESTROYED IN property; they mad.
no effort Ia interfere with the mail
they wruie their designations. turned
over their key. aud left the postal
.ervi,e In their designations the,
mnde grave eharses against the post
master ~ fairmnut AMI then left IA.
rottk inja>fio.> and the speeding up
poll Of III" Instot'iee. They Eel, that
Z" w"fh lnnscr Wa Ia los" SELF respect
Surely free men Guild not he compelled
10 work and To- work under III, h cou
d.'iah,. >ash >9bmissitrncss would III
ii n" yer, ldiue natures
Ns'orthc'r~, these twenty eight who
re~ieuri iu>t hat. nnthlug NOR.
~" CHARGED With criminal conspiracy
- DELAY ib" mai, They ar- now al
trtd far Ia rlue ~ determining that
"a ""rk l"us"r under existing cohdi
tt"n> Ma ," sasf1f'e their s.lf r.Sp-'
sui IA Interpretation i an a-~amp
ti"n thu 'uls'lurnf' obtains for civil
-"rfia. nur.s,c,> that they are -ui.
J"t - 4 rt-5l discipline FOR sersia.
AID "a e"Inpt',arv authority ~ enf5r."
s"mfW's"ry ,'r.isr az - Ia prison
II H.. rl@hi - IL. I"'-'rH ,l'Iar.
m'n' ~ cifar.. sumpul-rry ~rryi.. f.,
main'aIl'-l suErrnm.uf eu.pIa,e.-, ...-e
The ri-ht - fro,-ian Tn. l. -. ~.
'hriu- s"Hlrl'jen made hy az snfsr.
mental a-'i#f lfsu'h l-r.i. H.. Irs1a.
IN ih, titi ian hey ~ rs.45'