The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-29
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Organized labor and Nmcricanism.

Organized labor and AmcriCanism
Chicago Tribune
II is one uf the most rcaHsuring
signs OF these trou hlous times that
hoshcvism and nutt-Amcrican radl-
calism have been emphntcally re
pudlatcd nt the convention OF the
American Federation Of Labor This
body. representing the strongest Gle
mcut rs we'll as the majority of or
gaulEed tabor. has delt d'CtstvCiy
with number OF proposals of the
radical minority and has shown that
IN has n clear conception OF the
Fundamental ~ American repre-
sentative democracy and as firm a
loyalty TO them as any other nHsc m
bly, OF American citizens. Organized
Ia hur, more conscious ~ its strength
than ever. is also more confident
than ever that the way forward FOR
American labor be- the broad way ~
American democracy Organized
labor. which kts placed tht Amcri-
can wage Garner on the highest level
uf well being ~ any labor In thu
world. Is not lilCly 10 80 wool gather
ing for radical ttopins promising
everything and yielding only con
fusion and disappointment II goes
on. year nv year. gaining ground
steadily. and raininG It without de
struction, building. not tearing down.
The vote ON IA" Mooney sympa-
thctlc strike was typiCAl ot this spirit
M was the speech ~ Secretary ~
Labor wilson. In tho course uf which
IA Rualyzcd the meaning of the
strike proposal saying For organ
tied labor 60 participate I'm such a
strike would simply mean tabor wns
trying Mooney without tho benefit
~ evidence Very few NJ ms are IA
mil1r with AN the evidence, yet every
WorknEman iy asked thy propo-
ncnB ~ tho strikcl to make him
yvlf Juror Justice cannot be OBJ
tanned I'm that way
That was m" straight talk appeal
ing TO tho good sense ~ every one
, who Is not carried away by emotional
pArtinuism Justice cannot he oh
tAlucd In tho long run ly any such
method what would hc obtained
IN tho long run would be "a social
intcrrnuon and industrial paralysis
Supnosc fnr example EVERY time
any class or group " mon and
women thought the courts had done
an injustice tO one ~ its mem hcrs
10 called strike Suppose an sur
rruus struck because a surgeon was
convicted ot malpractice or ~ en-
hczzlrment or any other criminal Of
fonsc Suppose all rroccrs shut mp
shop Vhcp any grocer was CON
demncd or an catholics or Netho-
dis's when one of their fo,th sur
ftrcd NJ tho hands Of the law
why should they not N nll wage
Garner. stop work because some one
a B.
named Mooney active IN labor cir
clcs was uniur'lv condemned In tho
California r0ur's'
Not ius'ico hut anarchy would re-
suit from the ovrrru'nE W tho courts
~ law boy factions ot men and
women.
There is mo- class n We must speak
~ Glasses that has greater inter
rst I'm uphuldInr the theory upon
which AN our liberty is based than
tho wage earning class This is not
20 say that courts are perfect llo-
iur human they have the impCrfcc
uung q humanity Eut 500 uJu fhC
men who call and vote for sNmrn-
thptic strikes Courts are blamed rnr
many things thai nrc our own fault
defective laws which are passed. hy
ourselves Eut certainly civilized
man has NOT devised any better sNs-
tom FOR reaching toward Justice than
hF lpw and courts 90 administer lt
Our effort should ho to perfect
laws and their administration, hut
fnrv cannot nr pcrfrctC9 hy appeal
inv 90 the excited emotions ~ MASSES
Of people Tho only SAFEGUARD of
mo individual Is tho establishment ~
n liberty founded uu laws and sys-