Evening journal., 1918-03-19
TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1918.
AMERIcANIzE I'm. oR mLL III.


n ROM tho State House in Dover comes the nforma-
tion that the autocrsiic, outrageous and wholly
iustiaabIe labor cOnscripton features Of the pend
ing State Defense Council bill which ammcd
through the House with hurrah will be stricken
0ut by the State that If the Governor and the
House refuse to accept the amendments the bill will be
permitted TO die.
That is good news such bill as is tho which
passed the House would he better dead than alive.
Tho labor conscripiion feature contains is in
excusabc insult the loyal and patriotic people Of the
State of Delaware and to the democratic Of gov
ernment which they up and under which they live.
If Kaiser Wilhelm Germany, and former Gar Nicholas,
Of Russia had and colaborated for the Of
putting auiOcratic shackcs upon free people, they
could not have devised much nero deyish and out
raapous section than the labor conscrpton section in
the House bill that is pending in the State Senate
n the people OF Delaware dsoyal; II they
in state of insurrecton if treason were stalking in
their midst; if they they lOaGng the war Job,
then there might be for such legislation
But no such conditions exist No knows it
better than do the who supporting this scanda-
lOus labor conscripiion proposition that has been aG
ysnced through the House and sent to the State
senate in the hope that it, too, would fall in line,
thing that il has failed TO do.
In what have Delawsrcans failed that it is deemed
necessary 10 rivet these autocrac Germonc Russian
Ike fetters upon them?
They did more than they were asked 10 do in floating
both Liberty loans
They did more than they were asked to do in the
matter OF the War Savings stamps
They did moro than they asked to do in raising
the Red Cross War Fund.
They did more than they asked to do in the
matter of Belgium Relief.
They did more than they were asked do in the
matter Of War Children Relief.
They did more than they were asked TO do on the
Y.M c. A. War Work Fund.
They did more than they were asked to do on the
knights OF Columbus War Fund.
They did than they were asked 10 do tho
Jewish War Relief Fund.
They did all they could be expected 10 do on the
Armenian War Relief Fund
They did all they were expected to do the saliva
tiOn Army War Relief Fund.
The Rcd Gross of Delaware has done than il
asked to do, and It's volunteer workers made
all of sacrifices time labor money to put
the thing all lines.
Hundreds upon hundreds OF the boys and girls frou
colleges and schools aetuated solely by patriotism
and not by necessity, have thrown themselves into on
commercial and industrial establishments and ou
farms and assisted in doing the work
=. Our elderly and some Of old mel
have joined with younger and girls in kntiin
for the soldiers.
Our school teachers not only have accomplished wa
work in the schools but many Of them have rallied
hc assistance of the exemption boards and done yauabI
clerical work.
Our state has supplied many volunteers to the arm
md navy.
II has met every requirement Of the draft.
Il has submitted, a measure, TO State Ineom
that many persons believe be uncOnstutiona
because OF lis exemption provisions.
The thousands of employed in. the Harlan plan
Of the Bethlehem shipbuidIno Company have estab
ished records driving and other forms
nar-sinning work
The DUPONT Company and its tens OF thousands o
snpeses have broken sill world in The produc
N~eussnss OF aud employed IN oths
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