The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-08-28

} President Wilson made one ~ he
most important labor declarations q
president Of this country has ever
made when h. Informed striking
shopuen that lie could not deal with
representatives. OF their organization
until they returned to work said
Mr.. whitney. He recognized titr
riuhtg Of labor 10 organize and 10
deal With the government through
their orEanizations and H. WIS thc
most direct recognition that has
ever come from "a president Of this
country.
should Keep Contracts
Ills statement that the govern
meut could not deal with the repre-.
sentutivos Of the shops crafts until
h shopmcn had gone back to work
is recognized by tho more level head
~ mSn Of or labor organizations as
"a iust position Jntess our men are
willing 60 stand hy their cnntracty
our Officials cannot he said to repre-
sent them and the government
would hr perfectly right In refusing
10 hegotlate with these representa-.
uyCs.
II wa1 In Indianapolis and Duluth
during The strike Of tho shupmcn
and ! tutt them hcr' that they were
wrong uul should gu back 10 worn.
ThcN did not agree with me at tho
umr, but they did go back 90 work
Th,N came To realize their mistake
after they had coolrd Oft and I lp.-
lic,c 81 viii be- q lesson To them in
h" future 1914 BE- should boz % lesson
to the trninmcn.
The brotherhood or railway
IRAN mon nov huNc som" d,mauds
U'LdaF before the officials len Wash
ing On which we hrlicNo win result
In some wage Increases. but unau.
Thor 1yd siIikts Ike the one on the
iufIUC coust are DELAYING our
chances fot favorable consideration.
"lt Is much harder 10 control h.
boring men nov than u WAS before
tn. wat IN a ms, sound unr,n
able lut IL NJ uuc. The war his
wrought "a chang. In the state Of
mind uf people. We lived under u
Ht.u n nd muuy lost relatives and
Nu ace Ia a. more nervous state OF
mind now than th.n. Then. too, the
tigh cost Of living hIs caused men
10 say, oh. what Is the use OF
working anyway. We can never gct
ahead These conditions make II
much easier for minor grievances leo
spread INTO serious ues and It ~
these local disturbances that We
must %, ON guard against.
IDs Angeles situation.
The situation In Los Angeles "
Ia purely local one that has resulted
iu "a tic-up that threatens u part Of
the couniry and may, II It h. not dealt
with la the right way. spread rs far
as Sew York. For years the Pacific
Electric company, which operates
7 2.GO0 miles of line un the coast and
doos 70 big ncight business az we'll
"a passenger business, has been
. fter1sftTH Ata.HfuaN luI.aT Nh. s....
there have had many grievances
AGAINST tho company and thos' have
grown uutl "a general strike result
ed. The 49, mpathy OF the city Is with
the employees uH \ shown by The at
tiiude Of the people. At the be-
ginnI nR Of the war the government
WINS roirg Ia take over he company
and operate II the same as the steam
lines. but the company foresaw the
conditions that might result and
made so many demands from the
government In way OF compcnsa-
ton that q Was finally allow ed IL
continuc TO operate under privat,
control Conditions grew. steadil,
worse until the employees were force.
To strike IN elf-proteotinn.
1T is 10 be dcpiotvd that there u
not somc government means to ron
troll ~ prevent suuh a situation
The danger Is shown In the sympathl
strike on the santa Re, salt Lake ans
Southern Pacific lines"
Tcls Of Winnipeg Strike.
Mr. Whitney was Ia Winnipeg dur
luE the general strike there and sal,
1t was a typical example Of tn.
chang 4 state ct mind OF the labor
ing people.
SOM at our most conservatiy
men Their" Joined the strikers, ~