The Washington times., 1918-03-02
Can the Supreme Court Order
Men Not to Persuade
Other Men?
Other
1t Can, For 1t DOES. What Happens to the Consttu-
tional Right of Free Speech!

neatly printed nea0ed supreme GOurG OF OulGeu
States"
Each of these documents refers to lawsuit between the
Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Company and Thomas w.
Rowe president of the American Flint Glass Workers umon
and others.
The Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Company, of West
Virginia wanted to run an open shopthat IS to say free
from union labor and the control of union labor
The employing company not only demanded freedom to
employ anybody it wanted but also the right to forbid its
employees join any union And it went to the Supreme
Court of the United States for the right to prevent any c
zen union workman Others from persuading, asking
urging its employees to join any union.
The employing company first asked local court that
all and sundry be enjoned from interfering with plaintiff
employees fOr the purpose Of unonzng your orators glass
factory without your orators consent
Adsict Judge named Dayton granted what Mr. Justice
Brande later described "a sweeping restraining order
which enjoined defendants among other things from pick
etng for the purpose of interviewing talking to any
or on said railroad or street cars coming
plaintiff glass factory to accept employment with
the plaintiff for the purpose OF inducing them -
by persuasion to refuse fail to accept service with
plaintiff and from the of persuasion enreaty to in
duce any person in its employ to leave the same"
This you was very important and as Judge
Brandes puts it, sweeping order.
Under that order according to our limited light, the
United States Constitution is altered to read that liberty
of speech guaranteed unless some local Judge sees tit
to enjoin wOrEmen from using FREE SPEECH interview
ing talking railroad street cars nducng-persuad
ing, ETC.
higher court the circuit court of appeals, reversed
and dissolved this Injunction.
Then the Eagle Glass and Manufacturing Company went
to the Supreme Court of the United States
And the Supreme Court of the United States-Mr
Justice Pney delivering the opinion-uphods the lower
court uphods the sweeping injunction The case is
manded to the district court by the Supreme Court of the
United States and sent back to the hands of Mr.
Dayton.
Justice Brandeis Justice Holmes and Justice Clarke
uphold the circuit of appeals which dissolved the in
junction and uphold the workmen
Mr.. Justice Brandeis writes the dissenting opinion
These little white documents from the Supreme Court
very important in the history of the United States and
in the history of industry, labor and capital
The understanding until has been that in the Con-
suton of the United States the right of free speech meant
THE RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH.
We suppose that the Supreme Court would not sustain
any injunction that should forbid one workman from peace
ably without violence soliciting persuadng inducing anoth
cars railroads elsewhere join the Catholic
Christian Science, Presbyterian Churches.
We presume that it would be held legal for workman
to try to persuade another to join the Democratic party Re
publican party, Prohibition party the Socialist
party
sincerely believe that the labor union agency
sary powerful and beneficial religion political
party:
minds what seemed to them excellent for deciding
that Free Speech does not include the right to persuade fe
low-workmen to join union.
Mr. Justices Brandeis, Holiness and Clarke undoubtedly
had that seemed to them good for their opinion
that it violation of the Constitution forbid
exercise the right of free speech regards persuadng
men to join the unions for sef-protection
To enOn from any act of violence of course right
and necessary.
To punish any of violence necessary Interfering
otherwise than by verbal persuasion with any mans
patton belief desire is, of illegal and should be
stopped.
IT, however legal for the court to forbid one work
persuade another to join union AND IT Is LEGAL
NOW for the Supreme Court has decided that
thing important to workmen important to the whole
try.
It is the intention here merely to present the facts
readers of different opinions They will be interested and
do their own thinking
The Supreme Court is the absolute power in the United
States.
And what says in the United States-aud there
is nothing that can the opinion of the Supreme Court
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