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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1919-12-26

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The Washington times., 1919-09-02
CONGRESS WILL UPHOLD
COMMISSIONERS EDICT
IF ASKED FOR DECISION

Congress will Uohold the action Of
the. District Commissioners in their
anti-union ultimatum issued today II
the question reaches the Capitol.
subcommittee Of both the Senate
and the House have been named to
Investigate the Police Department. II
is not considered likely that questions
of policy will arise. But should this
be the case, there is little doubt but
that members OF both House and SEN
ate will hold that the Commissioners
are empowered to- administer the af-
fairs Of the District, and therefore
should be supported by Congress.
By failing to report out the Mspes
resolution providing for a sweeping
investigation OF the police and other
of the District the House
committee has prevented the House
subcommittee from going into this
situation to the extent of considering
a question of policy such as a union
ized police department.
The subcommittee will not meet this
week. Chairman Norman ]. Gould OF
New York will be out Of the city un-
til next week. Until that time no ac-
tion relating to the police situation
will be taken up.
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

memberships = doesn't take two
minutes to write out a resignation.
Thinks Most Men VIII Yield.
There is plenty of time and most
of the men will reject the counsel Of
interested and biased persons who are
urging them to disobedience. AS for
the others, the ordiary disciplinary
measures will be taken.
"'In the meantime steps have been
taken TO assure the protection and
proper policing Of the city regardless
of what may happen.
''The question now resolves itself
into this and only this: Shall the
Capital City Of the Nation have a po-
lice force that is responsible only to
public authority, or shall it have one
that is partly responsible to public
authority and partly responsible to an
Organization o. one section of the peo-
pie?
There can be but one answer.
There will be but one.
"This action. however, must not be
interpreted as hostile to organized Ia
Dor. The Commissioners friendly at
titude toward organized labor has
been demonstrated in many ways.
Most OF their employees are members
of unions. But the police force is in
a. different class. 1t will remain So"
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
POSTAL BILL OF RIGHTS
DRAWN UP By CONVENTION
OF BURLESORS employees

Delegates to the eleventh annual
convention OF the National Fedora
tfon Of Postal Employees. which was
held In the Ebbitt Hotel yesterday.
presented a "bin OF rights" which
they viii endeavor to put into effect
during the present convention
The demands OF the postal en-
ployss, as outlined by Thomas j..
FlAherty, secretary treasurer Of the
federation. included the following
provisions.
Higher wage standards. time and q
half for work over eight hours. dou-
bic time for Sunday and holiday
work, the elimination Of Unnecessary
night work. Saturday half holidays
throughout the year, thirty days
sick leave, rest periods OF five min
utes each hour for all employees en-
gagged IN work requiring close men
tai application, q court Of appeals
upon which the employees shall have
representation to consider their
organizations, locally and nationally.
by the Postoffice Department
Officers Of the organization dis
credited rumors Of strike action. al
though a few delegates disclosed a
tendency toward radical steps.
Postmaster General Burleson was
openly criticised BY many Of the
delegates, and 70 was generally
agreed among the delegates that
their attitude was not friendly
toward their -chief."
Edward Keating. chairman Of the
salary reclassification commission.
assured the delegates that their In
terests were being looked after.
Speakers Of the afternoon exhorted
the members of the union to consider
the welfare OF the nation as a whole.
pointing out that the nation came
before any one class OF workers.
I'VE have visions Of q new civil
service system in this country" said
Mr.. Keating. We believe there
should be a civil service in operation
which win help every red-bloOded
American 20 form a career for him
self
'4We are convinced that rcivil seFv-
ice employees should not be placed at
the mercy Of any bureaucratic tyrant.
The civilian employe Is entitled 70 a
fair hearing before an impartial
court IL he has grievances"
Congressman Nolan OF California
in addressing the delegates yester-
day afternoon. said: IF the Presi-
dent can't do the things he has prom
ised to do in the reduction OF the
cost OF living, then the Government
must bring wages up TO meet the cost
Of living"
The convention win also hold q
today, after which the dele
gates win visit Mt Vernon.
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

the President could proclaim the re-
turn Of peace and the cOincident re-
turn Of liquor sales. assuming, Of
course, that the army rehabilitation
had been completed.
At this moment the prospect for the
ratification of the treaty before
October 1 is remote. The prospect OF
its ratification without such qualifi-
cations as might send il back TO the
Peace Conference, entailing prolonged
delay. is getter better all the time,
and II the President succeeds in build
ing a hot fire. under the Senate on
his Western trip, this prospect will be
brighter still
\ Six Weeks at Most for Wets.
At that, the chances are that there
win not be a period longer than six
weeks in which liquor. may be dis
peused before the amendment goes
into effect on January 1G. II ali goes
well with the treaty IL probably win
0e acted upon some time after October
1. or, 10 allow a generous margin,
some tir2e around November i. Then,
Il another thirty-day period for the
exchange Of ratihcations O. allowed,
December i viii be in sight.
This much seems sure: Congress
will offer little or interference
with the sale Of lie during such
period as may exist rom the time
peace Is proclaimed and the time the
constitutional amendment goes into
effect. Various plans have been ad-
vanced for the Outlawing Of liquor,
come what may. until the effective
date Of the amendment. but they have
found little or no support on the part
OF even the dry leaders in the House
and Senate.
II the President is given a chance
70 put the country on liquor basis
for a few weeks after peace comes,
Congress probably win offer no OBJ
lection.
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
N !. LabOrs Suggestions
To Cut High Costs

suspend aII penaEhs strikes Ter
six months. or longer.
order No new strikes, except
thsse necessary to prevent ouures-
SISn.
Make executive committee of
state Federation of Labor judge of
necessity fer strikes.
Increase Droduetion ~ lateasive
methods which helped to via the
war.
UDhoId President Wnson's ef-
forts to reduce living costs und
place the country On a safe and
srl business basis.
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
NATIONALOK
IS DEMANDED
ON UNI0NISN


The right 70 Organize ana baraain
collectively with respect 70 wages
and working conditions viii be the
principal point organized labor
win press at the ~round table in-
dustrial conference to Be called 81
President Wilson, leaders here
agreed today.
Labor leaders feel they win have
the President with them.
May Delay Demand.
Some favor having organized labos
make granting the demand a eondi
ton on its participation IN the con-
ference. Most leaders. howsveE. -
Heve the demand should be pue forlh
after the conference convsnes.
s. Leaders plan to begin soon q series
Of formoI conferehces az which othsr
points in their program win be fran-
ed. Local leaders may be called q
attend the conferences from all parts
Of the United States.
The President has not yet Indicated
how the conference shah be consti-
tuted. One problem on which the
President IS studying, it was learne1
today. e whether the representative
OF the public shall be named 20 atten1
the preliminary meetings Of the con-
ference or whether he SHAH represent
the public.
May Nane ReprssenfatlVeu.
As another alternative. the Presi-
dent might call on both capital and
labor to send representative and thea
name representatives OF the public
Officials IN touch with the President
believe he win adopt the hrst plan far
an informal meeting TO Be held az the
White House at which he would az
tempt to mediate differences and pro-
mote q more friendly feeling between
labor and capital Out Of this meet.
Ing then would grow the bigger in
dustFiaI congress.
Only way - CIaIn.
tits the only way the workers ca1
obtain justice" said Secretary John
Scott Of the Railway Department ~
+. Of 1.
Wen endorse the conference Dlan
II It gives as the right TO discuss
better working conditions and Wagr
increases with officials Of the post
Office, said President Gilbert ~
Hyatt Of the Postofice Clerks union
eft is just what the steel WORKERS
are contending for" said James
Eagan, editor Of the Weekly News
Letter OF the A +. Of y.
President Bert. ~. Jewell and other
officials Of the Railway Department
A +. Of l.. today announced they
are prepared to take Immediate action
to halt unauthorized strikes.
Today was fixed for a walk out 6f
5OO. 900 railroad shopmen. but the
strike order was Cancelled When
President Wilson asked the 8hopuen
to vote on his proposal Tor wage fn-
creases Of four cents an hour, peudiug
efforts Of the Government to reduce
living costs
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
POLICE MUST QUIT
AT. OF |. OR Jobs
CONTINUED from Page one.)

AOO4LlhAGQ from BaZe Onesl
their union connections with the
federation and risk the conse-
quences. They have served many
years, are eligible to retirement in
the future and to other benefits
which they do not care to lose. Ap-
parently the disposition is plain for
the older men of the force who have
joined the union to get out. Younger
men with fewer home and family
ties are not so mindful Of the con-
sequences and a sufficient number
Of men are in a mood, it was said
today, 70 hold on to their member
ship, at least that the question of
their rights may be tested in the
courts.
Will Go to Courts.
The Federation OF Labor some time
ago made it known that the fedora
ton would stand by the men. In
stead OF holding up the issuance of
further charters 10 policemen's
unions by reason OF the attitude Of
the Commissioners here and Of the
city authorities In Boston and else
where the Federation has now char
tered more than forty unions, and
is standing back OF them as fast as
the fights como up.
There Is determination in manv
cities TO settle nov the question OF =
plOciman's obligations. Municipal
authorities are almost unanimous in
opposing policemen belonging to any
union affiliated with any other labor
organization. In Boston police VOL
unteers are being organized to meet
threatened strike Of policemen be-
longing to the union.
May Use Soldiers.
in this city volunteers may not be
called for, and the course to be fol-
lowed by the Commissioner will be
determined by the number OF men
who may be dismissed and the course
to be followed by the men. Anything
like a disturbance here will be met,
II is strongly hinted, by soldiers Of
the army being put on Washington
streets.
The Federation OF Labor finds no
harm in the affiliations of policemen
belonging to local unions. The posi-
tion taken is that this affiliation does
not prejudice an officer. II Is broadly
intimated that the police forces OF the
big cities have in the past practically
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
wen IN RuTCHER SHOP

NEW YORK, Sept. Lots
cheaper than hiring a hall" explained
William Goldman, and his bride, Miss
Gertrude Jones, who held their we'd
ding reception in the butcher shop
where both were employed.
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

MILK CANS VALgABLE IN INDIA
LONDON. Sept. z-Carsfuily burr
ished condensed milk cans and BovrH
bottles formed Hcurrency for TIE
troops operating in Portuguese East
Africa The empty milk cans were
highly esteemed b native bellies fef
necklaces
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
OPINION OF POLICEMEN
DIVIDED AS TO ACTION
TO BE TAKEN ON ORDER

Here are the opinions Of ten mem
bers of the force scattered over
Washington, who were interviewed
by q, Times reporter, following the
issuance Of the Commissions order:
The union is going to fight the
Commissions order. 7 am sure a spe-
cial meeting will be called. and plans
made for an injunction against this
order. II Is unfair to us and we are
going to fight IL in the highest courts
The Commissioners should at least
have given us ample time TO think
the matter over"
THE people OF Washington will
not stand for such acticn on the part
OF the Commissioners II is unfair
to the police Of Washington. / be-
lieve in the union and will stick to
ii. My opinion I think is the same
as many other men. We will have a
special meeting and decide finally"
"If we back out now and withdraw
from the union, there will be no liy-
ing in the Police Department When
we joined the union we knew what
to expect. it will kill the efficiency
OF the department II the order is
obeyed."
Il am undecided. l have a family
to support and must think seriously
before I make any move. I believe in
the union and want to see il continue
and believe that we are not getting a
fair deal am going to decide
finally when ] learn The attitude of the
rest of the men"
My name is under consideration
for membership and I am going to
join the union II II exists by next
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

washington VIII stand Tor It II mS
name goes through, I'll be a union
man By next week"
IT am undecided. won't say any
thing until we hold special meeting. p
"The Commission cannot issue an
order of this kind. believe the pub
lie will resent any such action, on the
part of the Commissioners. We band
ed together to benefit ourselves, and
il we backed out at tRfs time, the de-
partment would neYeshoe the same.
For one. am going to stick with the
union, II It continues to exist"
I'VE will hold a special meeting
and como to a final decision. 1 am
waiting to hear what the men in
Congress think OK It. L myself, be-
lieve every man in the union viii
stick-even to the last man
Il have made application to join
the union. am new to the force,
but If the other men decide to stick
to the union, 1 am with them, and
will join, If it costs me my job"
"I am undecided. won't say any
thing until we hold a special meet
ing"
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

we may suffer from q temporary dis
advantage which after All may be
more apparent than real
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

name goes through, I'll be a union
man by next week"
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
WILLIAMS HEARING
REOPENS IN SENATE
Ccontinued from Page one.l

(COntlnued from rage sOne.)
ington during the time of the Riggs
National Bank controversy; records OF
the connections between National
Bank Examiner Trimble and the dis
trict attorney; copies of letters writ
ten by Mr.. Williams tonatiOnal banks
criticising loans to bank officers, and
numerous papers and reports of the
examinations of Washington banks.
Mr.. Hogan laid special stress on a
personal diary kept by Mr.. Williams
in 1851, containing entries relating
to Riggs National Bank officers and
other matters involved in the contro-
versy. He said he wanted this diary
produced TO show just what Williams
did with regard to the Riggs case.
Cites Williams Letter.
At the conclusion of the hearing Mr..
Hogan said Comptroller Williams had
submitted letters to the chairman Of
the committee which were not made
public. The last letter, he said. was
written on August 12, in which Mr.
Williams made a refutation of charges
brought by Hogan.
"Mr. Williams in this letter reviews
the case, concluding with the follow
ing:
"The vindication of my name and
motive is immeasurably more import
ant to me than confirmation and fur
ther service as Comptroller of the
Currency. / owe that vindication-
not only to my own self-respect-
but to the President and to the two
Secretaries of the Treasury who have
honored me with their confidence.
Truth may not OvertaKe a lie, but
may outlive it. This record is the
only means by which I can put what
seems 10 me to be absolutely estab-
Iished and indisputab1e truth. in such
enduring and definite form that it
will live TO speak for itself, and for
me, hereafter
Lust For Revenge.
"AIy endeavOr has been to search
out, meet and contradict every charge
that has been uttered or written
against me. And to prove that il
was not only falsehood. but faisehood
incited b. hate-by lust for revenge
and that the whole proceeding has
been a malign and iInpudent attempt
to use your committee to crafty the
animOsity OF detected and baffIed
Iawbreakers. believe that in this
endeavor I have succeeded
The few witnesses who have been
drummed up and thrust forward by
hidden hands. and who have con-
sumed the valuable time OF your com
mittee have. ii seems. tried to offset
their numerical inferiority by the
abundance OF venom. malice and
sIander which they nave poured with
out stunt"
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

IT am undecided. won't say any
thing until we hold a special meeting. /"
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

My name is under consideration
for membership and I am going to
join the union II II exists by next
Saturday night. ] am willing to lose
my job, for I belieKe the police arc
right. / don't think the people of
The Washington times., 1919-09-02
Amt Ii a Grand and Glorious FeeIin'?
Copyright. 1919.
New York Tribune, Inc

-ANO NoU LEARN UAAT HeR
Sci cTtoN IS A 80 70 I SLOT
hNo a IRREGULAR" TELLS NoU
That THE HORSE IS a DOG AND
-A,riT GOT A SOUND LEG UNDER.
HIM AID CAST RUN a LICK
The Washington times., 1919-09-02

membership-it : doesn't take two
minutes to write out a resignation.
49, -. - INN -r,.n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Bridgeport
Ammunition and Arms Producing Cen
tire Turns Again to Manufacture ofToys
ard Other Products of Peace-Unem-
ployment During Transition

largest port in the United States
and given employment to thousands.
Eagerness to learn of the plans of
the Remington Arms Company,
whose great emergency plant of thir-
teen units was built with a special
view to conversion at the end of hos
tlllties, has stimulated the growth
of new industry hcre-the devel-
opment and distribution of rumors.
That the company will make cash
registers, adding machines, type
writer's or automobile parts has been
oft repeated. Moreover, every one
who has traversed the local Rialto
has heard that the Ford Motor Com
pany was about to purchase the
plant and that the Singer Sewing
Machine Company had an option
on it,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

Its geographical position. since last
summer. The Machinists' Union
signed a working agreement with the
New York Air Brake Company at
that time. Now they charge that
the agreement was broken in many
ways and that after the signing of
the armlstlce the company discrimi-
mated against the leaders by dis
charging them, even in cases where
they were old and faithful employees.
A combination of petty grievances
against the company is one explana-
ton for the attitude of the workers.
who claim that for the last twenty
five years the company has not played
fair with them, a charge which the
company officials deny.
The men are now seeking a
straight eight hour day with the
same pay as for a ten-hour day.
They also want closed shop. The
company, on the other hand, asserts
1t IS willing to take its old men back,
but declares its unwillingness to be
dictated to by imported labor leaders
and agitators. A curious thing in
connection with the strike situation
is that the moulders of the Air Brake
Company, the men who work in the
foundry, are welded into a strong
union organization, but have refused
to go out on strike in sympathy with
the Machinists' Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
Mediation Thus
Far Has Failed

When the machinists' union an
nounced three weeks ago that
strike had been called, effective
March 3, the company countered
with lockout The brake plant
was closed down for a week, during
which time not a wheel turned. Dur
ing the shutdown the company gave
the workers DESTROYS of continuing
on the job an opportunity to sign an
agreement, with pay allowed for the
time lost during the walkout. When
the plant resumed operations, on
March 10, substantial working
force was on hand, including some
of the strikers, and the latest esti-
mate of the management is that out
of 1,5O0 men all but 400 are at
work. The strikers dispute the fig
ures and claim that the strike is be-
ing successfully carried on
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
ting Back to "Business Usual" in Three War Towns

Engineering Company. The govern
ment paid for the building, and will
relinquish it, it is reported, on April
Is, when the Billiard Machine Tool
Company will purchase it, if it is
available at a reasonable price"
The Billiard war plant made 155-
nm. e. p. f. field artillery, and visit
ing French and ordnance officers
characterized it as one of the finest
gunshops in the world. 1t is not
quite through with it's war orders.
The American and British Manu-
featuring Company, which has made
various kinds of munitions for the
government since 1900, is still en-
ploying its normal force of 900, but
it's war orders are tapering off. It's
officers have new kinds of peace ac-
Invites under consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
RadicaHsn Of
Various Species

With the penetration of the labor
movement into this agricultural dis
trict has come some of the other
natural concomitants. Most of the
leaders Of the strike are men of
soclalistic tendencies. They deny
they are |. W. WIS and Bolshevists.
but confess to radicalism of other
species. A meeting was held the
other night by the principal movers
in the strike. James Manson, presi-
dent of the Trades Assembly of
Watertown, is a leader of the ma
chinists' union which is backing the
strike.
1--WE are here to organize an
army of unemployed" Manson, who
is Socialist and one of the leaders
of the party here, told his follow
ers. I'VE might not have enough to
organize a whole regiment at this
time, but | think we have enough
for company. The more we get in
the army the more dangerous
we will be. Men are not
dangerous until they become
hungry. BY and by it will be fight
or starve. What are we going to
do? We have heard of the Boil
sheviki in Russia, Germany and
England. They couldn't stop them
there. If things continue we will
have Bolshevists here. Maybe they
can stop US, but l don't be-
lieve it. The army Of the unem-
ployed has it in their own hands
and when they get to be a great
hungry army they are going to do
something" Yet there is no general
unemployment in Watertown, ex-
cepting SO far as the strikers are
concerned. Most Of the munition
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

! "a LIN L ~ w ~, MdrCn ES.--
wv Think of a peaceful little
city of 10000 nesting in
the valley of the Black River, in the
centre of one of the richest agricultu-
raj regions of the United States.
Then picture the same little city in
the throes of social upheaval, with
labor unrest as the prime factor.
That is the situation in Watertown
Hundreds of skilled workers are out
on strike in the city. Three manu-
featuring concerns are involved
'Trade unionism is fighting for it's
very existence in Watertown," de-
clare the labor leaders. The issue is
"unlonlsm VS.. -unionism." 1t is
sharply drawn. The labor leaders
announce their intention, if they win.
to unionize completely the industries
of the city.