The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1916-12-08

OF bHtlt EVulIuNtIcttt w tue iitNtil
by adding 70 IL a provision that, III case
the methods OF accommodation noW
provided for should fall a full public
investigation Of the merits of every
such dispute shall be instituted and
completed before a strike or lockout
may lawfully be attempted.
Aud, sixth, the Judgment in the
hands Of the executive Of the power,
iii case Of military necessity, TO take
U0HlfOl Of such portions and such rolls
ing stock Of the railroads Of the conn-
nv rs may be required for military
HAS and 10 opefite tiiem for military
purposes Wiiii authority to daft Into
The military service 1T tie United
states such train crews and hdntiDls-
trative officials as the circumstances
require for their safe and efficient use.
Rensws l4ls Reeommsndations
file see6nd md third Of these req
IIhihieIidalioRs The eohgfess ihlmediaie-
N aeted OH. Il established the eight
honr day as the legal basis Ct WITH
and wages in train service and It au-
tiiofized tb' appointment of com
mission to observe ibid fbtioft upon the
practical results, deeming these tie
measures most Immediately needed;
but Il postponed action upon the other
suggestions until m opportunity should
be nf'ered for d u0re deliberate con
sheraton Of ilieill Tile fourth rec
Decentralization do lot deehi II fieces-
sltft to feiiew Tile Bowef of tile in
tefstate comiliefee e0ihliiissloh to grant
on, increase of rates on the grothd re-
fcrred, to is indisputably clear and n
recommendation by the congress with
regard to such MATTER might seem to
draw in question the scope of the com
missioa's authority or its inclination to
DO justice when there is no reason to
doubt either,
The other shggesiohs-t increase
Id the Interstate commerce commits
slbt's membership and in its facilities
f6f berfdfmlng its inaalf5ld duties, tile
provision for full public Investigation
htid assessment Of Industrial disputes,
AID The grant 10 tile executive. of the
power to control and 6tefatE the rail.
ways when necessary in time of war
Or other like public necessity--I now
very earnestly renew,
The necessity for such legislation Is
manifest and pressing. Those WHO have
intrusted us with the responsibility
and duty of serving and safeguarding
them in such matters would find it
,t.A 10, n fof ff
act upon these grave matters or any
unnecessary bostponement Of action
Upon them.
Not only does the Interstate conf
iiierce e6inhiissioti how find it practi-
cally impossible, with its plesefit hiefn-
bership and organization, 10 perform
ifs great functions promptly and thor
oughly, but It is not unlikely that IT
may presently be found advisable to
add to its duties still others equally
heavy and exacting. 1t must first be
perfected as an administrative instru
ment
The country cannot and should not
consent to remain any longer exposed
to profound industrial disturbances for
lack of additional means of nrbtra-
ton and cOncilation which the con
eress can easily and promptly supply.
And all will agree that there must be
ITO doubt as to the power of tile execu-
tive to make Immediate and unintel'-
rupted use of the railroads for the con
eehtratiOh Of the military forces of the
nation wherever they are needed and
whenever they are needed.
This is a program of regulation, pre-
vention and administrative efficiency
which argues it's own case in the mere
statement of it. With regard to one
of its items, the increase in the eff
cheney of the interstate commerce com
mission, the house of representatives
has already acted; its action needs
only the concurrence of the senate.
For Control and Operation.
would hesitate to recommend, and
/ dare say the congress would hesitate
to act upon the suggestion should /
make it, that any man in any Occupa-
ton should DO obliged by law to con
tinue in an employment which he de-
sired to leave. To pass a law which
forbade or prevented the individual
workman to leave his work before re-
ceivi2g the approval Of society in do
ing so would be to adopt a new prin-
ciple into our Jurisprudence which I
take 1t for granted we are not prepared
TO Introduce. But the proposal that
tile operation of the railways OF the
country shall not be stopped or inter-
rupred by the concerted action Of or
ganized bodies of men until public
Investigation shall have been Instituted
which Shall make the whole question