Arizona republican., 1918-02-22
GOVERNOR HUNT URGES REMOVAL
 FEDERAL TROOPS
Communication to the State Federation of Labor Sets Forth Reasons for Course
 Just Taken by Executive


 The withdrawal of all United States troops stationed in the Globe Miami and Ray mining districts has been urged by Governor Hunt
 In a letter addressed to Colonel George Il. Morgan at Douglas com mander of United States forces in this district, the governor states that in his opinion there is no further need for troops in those districts and asks that they be removed as soon as convenient.
 The regular army soldiers at Globe Miami and at Ray have been stationed in those mining districts since last July, having been sent there to queli the disorders following the rioting dur ing the labor troubles Five carloads or regular army troops under command of Major Charles M. Bedell arrived at Globe on July 4.
 Previous suggestions concerning the removal of the troops from Globe have been strenuously opposed by citizens and other prominent persons who have insisted that the presence of the reg ular army soldiers was necessary to preserve order and permit the opera ton of the mines.
 The acton of the governor in ask ing for the. removal of the troops is the result, he says, of inquiries he has made of many persons concerning the necessity of the further presence of the | soldiers.
 The Governors Letter That Governor Hunt had sent let- ter tn Colonel Morgan asking for the removal of the troops from the Globe Miami and Ray mining districts was made public yesterday in communica- tion from the governor to the Arizona State Federation of Labor as follows: Gentlemen:
 l It becomes my duty to advise you i that l have today written to Colonel George H. Morgan, district command CT, Douglas, Arizona, in reply to let ter addressed to me by him, conveying to him my recommendation that the | United States troops now stationed in the Globe Miami and Ray mining dis
 tricts of this state be withdrawn as soon as convenient.
 | This action on my part results from inquiries which 1 have made relative to
 The necessity of having federal soldiers
 detailed for patrol duty in the two dis
 tricts above mentioned at a time when
 there IS no domestic disturbances and
 during period when the United States government is in need of all available men for military service in the field ! In adopting the measures hereinbe- fore outlined, I have reaffirmed my
 conviction that the vast majority of
 the workers of Arizona are intensely
 patriotic, and are ready to make any
 reasonable sacrifices to support the
 government in its time of need. As
 every citizen of this state is aware, a maximum production Of copper is es- , sential to the successful execution of
 the war plans sanctioned by the presi-
 dent and congress. It, therefore, be- comes the bounden duty of every mine r operator and every worl1ingman in this
 state to cooperate, one with the other
 for the production of those metals l which are needed for war purposes. Appeals to Workers With that fact in view, and precedent
 to the withdrawal of the federal troops
 from the Globe Miami and Ray dis trictS 1 am requesting, with all the
 earnestness of which l am capable that the workers of Arizona use every
 precaution against the interruption of mining industries, and do everything in , their power to maintain industrial peace throughout the state. Let it be demonstrated beyond a doubt that pa $ triotism is universal among the work
 ingmen of Arizona, and that any diff d ferenceS which may arise to embarrass v the government in the present crisis e are not invited by the workers, but r rather are deplored Should it, how a ever, come about. notwithstanding al }. efforts to the contrary, that conditions = in any particular district should re- V quire readjustment, then, and in that = emergency, would strongly urge upor
 all loyal workingmen of the state to cal = upon government agencies, such as the if department of labor to weigh the situ- a ation, analyZe the causes of the trouble . and effect a settlement based upon the = equities of the case.
 ~ f,. in this connection, I, as governor = can extend by aid at any time to tn, . maintaining of such working condition: 'A as are just and, likewise, conducive ts
 the maximum production of copper
 during the war, I shall regard it my
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