The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-31
INJUNCTION SUIT
ARGUMENTS OPEN
At KANSAS CITY,
States Rights Also Invoked by
Federation,
CITES DECISION
Supreme Court Held Act Legal,
Says Attorney,
BULLETIN.


COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 3i.-A
gigantic propaganda plot, with na-
tonal headquarters in this city, or.
ganifed to induce young men Of mil
itAry age all over the United States
to refrain from rsSisteriAg for cor
seription next Tuesday, has been IN.
covered by state and govsrnmsat
secret service agents, according 70
announcement made this afternoon
BY Gov. james n. Coz.
Details Of The plot which vas saal
10 have sxtsHdsA iato maay stalss,
became known wAsa uaitsl otate6
y NAsabaaeye yeni1Do - .pUont GrDfr Y
efftess st iliK, SosA HigA po4G
vhbfs pgeedeally ~ u ~ i11toS
eaada literature vas prjooe7 -
distributed. II wss stated ~ ~
plot apHssred to b ~ r. Sset1
''' well '.','v.tHsss ~
KANsA$CTy. En;dnrx nu sl.-As
guments began in the t,o,,,X X court here
today on the injunction petitions filed
by officers Of the federation for demo.
cratic control. enjoining the governoe
and Mayor Edwards and other sss4s.
county and city officials from enforc.
ing the draft registration next Tuess
day F,
Uneonstitutionshty ALLEGED.
The argument to be presented by ].
W. Shewalter Tor the petitioners was
that the registration and draft vas
illegal. as il violated amendments 70
the federal constitution pfsveuting Ia.
voluntary servitude. Il also was noe
in accord, he said. with sections OF
the Missouri state constitution.
The attorneys said the proceedinso
brough, up phases OF law not con.
tanned in the recent decision Of Saa
Francisco courts 6pholding the draft.
Supreme Court Decision Citsd.
Jacob Harrfeld. representing Mayor
Edwards, was prepared to assert that
the supreme court of the United States
had held the draft to be legal. He
had quotations from a supreme court
decision which said that . man may
be compelled by force, against his will,
without regard to his personsl inter
est or even his religious or poliAoal
belief, 10 take his place in the ranks
OF the atmy." sSNSs. -
Every point to be brought up BY NJ
Shewsl,er. Mr. Harrield said. had been
overruled in previous supreme covvt 6e-
eisions He expected to say that ths
state court had no jurisdiction and that
such action as the present pseeesdiagl
could be brought only IN the federal
court
The injunction proceedings were filed
in the names OF Raymond !. Moore and
Thomas Sullivan
States Rights Appeal.
Sh.wsl,er appealed TO the doctrine y
states rights" in his argument, ssyinG
that state, county and city officials nd
no power 20 carry out the fedsrsl due)se
assigned to them IN the registrst3SN
work His argument, which was lengthy
and composed largely Of legal rslR-
ences, contained surh phrases % MN
,ary empire, "iiberty Is Threatened 70 b
struck down." registration has 10 e.
istenee under the coustitulioW." aa(
when you strike down iree spseeh. ~
strike down the bslwasks Of govern.
mert" ~
He declared that he ssvsoooesS Nd
forced the country into tkls ~ = NJ
had done in every other was ~ ~.
Try hs, had Si'h the escsptiua = ~
revolution. a.. n s1'.p
Civil War Casss cs(ol.
Many of the legal references no1l
by Shewalter were from cases beltt(
the Civil war. growing out u ~.
tion Of the fugitive slave law aa1 ~,
eral from courts of the southesn oeotos
principally Kentucky.
jefferson ani nseissa Quo(ol
Ne frequently made Qselaljqnn :, -
| the writings and speeches q
and Madison. His 90 ~
marx vss that state q ~
be used TO carry - ~
said, he'd bssa ~ II
He declared ~ D@
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