The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12

Whl hcIh lNkN the hhlbNt hHut bnNo
with a majority sufficient TO awe it
the whip hand. secure the dismissal
OF all those who Will not come under
Its dictatorship.
This IL an invasion OF that indi-
vldual constitutional right stated
above and IL is because of this
clear infringement Of a constitutional
right that Judge Gary asserts the
principle at issue in this strike u not
arbitrable, Nor can there be any
question as to tho soundnoss OF this
view.
The strike the boycott, plcketlng
and the lockout should be abolished
by law and made punishable by pen~
altles 40 severe that no Individual
or official of labor organization or
commercial corporation would dare
violate them,
NO RIGHTS IMPAIRED.
The constitutional right OF tho In
dividual to work or TO quit work Is
in no wise impaired in this proposal.
only conspiracy 10 infllotaa damage
by concerted walk6at fs prohibited,
And that rlght, properly considered,
has never existed.
but you would leave labor With
out q weapon 10 enforce Its demands
or mako Is decisions effective" says
the labor leader.
PreolseiY, aud that Ia the point
we ara endeavorinE 10 reach. We
want TO take from labor every weap-
on, precisely IN we have taken from
the individual the right 10 employ
weapons In settling their disputes:
Just as we have taken from capital
Its right 10 employ weapons In en-
forcing itp arbitrary deciaionH.
Hut Instead OF the weapon we pro-
pose to create a tribunal on which
labor IL represented and where Its
demands and It's decisions can be
adjudioated fairly and honoraoly and
Justly. We propose 10 create n fed
eral Industrial commission, and a
state Industrial commission In each
OF the forty-clght states, and cloths
these commissions with the specific
duty of maintaining Industrial tram
guilty within their respective turih-
diotions. And We propose that we, the
people, In our Legislative bodies duly
and constttutionally assembled, shall
make n mandatory Oh both labor
and capital 10 accept the findings Of
the commission and enforce them.
just as other litigants are forced 70
accept and enforce the decisions OF
our courts OF justice.
How shall these Industrial cont
missions be consututedi That IL
detail, presenting some obstacles, but
certainly no insuperabie obstacles
IL W assumed that organized labor
would have equal representation on
such n commission with capital or
employers, and that the deciding
vote, IN case of disagreement would
rest with Representatives OF the pco-
pie. That. at least. is the ideal bal
ance OF power,
neutrality-suspicious..
There wna a time when organized
labor was willing 10 arbitrate and
capital was not. Now capital, for
the most part is willing TO arbltrsts
and organized labor. conscious Of It's
strength and the effectiveness OF Its
weapons, says no. The unorganiznd
eighty per cent that forms and en-
forces the authority OF public op4n-
Ion and N concerned only with JUS
tice 60 both disputants and It's own
preservation, says both must arbi-
trate.
To both the labor leader and the
capitalist who opposes the enact
ment OF law making II mandatory
on each TO take their differences into
courts for adjudication, 1 want 10 re-
peat the question first asked In my
Indictment of tho strike:
Has labor or capital any inherent
right or peculiarities ot interests
that render them immune 10 The or
binary laws or prouosses Of Justice
II not why should they be permitted
to settle their differences by prac-
ticcs and methods outside the law
The reply 10 both questions Us self
evident
IT Is BEST FoR LABOR.
And In this solution OF the prob
lem Is labor's best interests TO bo
found. n Fosters aim IL realized
and II Will be II tho radical lead
ership Of labor "a followed and the
general strike IL called. labor. like
every other class will have lost its
aH ON the other hand. III society
is forced 10 defend itself against
the purposes OF such leaders with
out waiting the events 70 must DO
II II N alert for its own safety---and
organized labor stands In opposition
with such leaders as the steel
strike leaders. as impelled the strike
at Seattle. Boston. and even the
threatened strikes during the var
then certainly no prophetic power o.
reumred to fOresee that organized
labor as class movement will meet
tho condemnation ot public opinion.
and however much t mas styur-.H
and resist will completely lose Ir
the end.
No man genuinely concerned with
the best interests OF the laburlug
class w.li permit fnIt class % hs
placed bon the position % impeding
the orderly progresses % government
the free and urrcstrictcd tide Of In
tustry or rejecting the same laws OF
Justice and equity AZ are recognized
hV humanity as a whole. Instead. e.
hN viii De Ncaious O. inculcate tho
.loctr.ue that mhor l. not necessarily
destructive cf either human rights Ur
property rights. And IL must provo
lie sincerity on this point by - acts.
There exists an enlightened public
urluIon ready Co DO service Tor che
tIuen ~ labor al an UmtaH-~D
rDNG As LABOR DOES NpT
SEEK TO RAISE IrShLF ABOVE
AND THE RIGHTS
IF IT'S FELLOWS. D chp'alizr the
exception because GO O. OF capital
ooSTINUED on PACE Two