South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-06-29

employ and have tea with every
/ one elsei
To Take Over Railways.
Another concrete example. The
/ government IS preparing 10 intro
! duce a bill for a minister Of trans
/ ports and roadway. This bill will
I provide Tor the government control
/ of local ghways-which now are,
! largely as they are in the United
/ states, matters OF local concern; but
I with roadways will come also rail
ways. The entering wedge OF the
/ bill for the nationaIzins of the rail-
/ roads and rOadways entered early
\ in June of this year when the gov
eminent asked parliament 10 vote
money TO buy the freight cars owned
by private shiPpers-say the brew
, ers or the packers or mercantile
concerns.
Nov mind You this proposition Is
not from Wildeyed cranks, not even
from reformers like LaFollette or
/ progressive like Hiram Johnson.
This government is a coalition gov
| eminent, more or less in the control
Of men like Root and Taft and jim
Watson and Knox, they have taken
in some OF the radicals-men who
would correspond 10 Borah or Cap
per or John Mitchell: but it is es
sentially a tory government. even
though Mr.. Loyd George did or
| ganize It, and ali these socialistic
activities are going on under the
shadow OF this government; some
what with its encouragement. large
~ in spite Of il.
Workers Will Run Roads.
Now the naturalization of the
railroads will follow the same lines
as the naturalization of the mines.
The railroad employees. lected by
their fellow workers will operate
the roads on a joint board with the
government, and il is easy TO see
what will happen; indeed what lab
or demands frankly and unSwerv-
ingly shall happen guild control and
virtual guild ownership.
Docks Will follow quickly, and the
triple alliance-the miners, the
dock workers and the railroad en-
ployees will have England in their
grip. For everything comes to Eng
land by ship; is distributed TO Eng
lish families by road or rail and IL
all requires coal.
This year a threatened strike from
the triple alliance brought the gov
eminent 10 its knees; it was that
threatened strike which started the
coal inquiry, which resulted in th5
official condemnation of private
ownership of coal mines. il was the
strike of the triple alliance which
persuaded the tory government TO
prepare the bill as a party measure
TO natiOnalize the railroads and also
TO 90 into the business of housing.
1t is estimated that half a million
, families in England are looking for
, homes; these families are crowded
in with other families and are in
unsatisfactory quarters. Hence, the
housing problem is facing England
and a bill has been prepared with
government backing, providing for
the building Of houses for working
people all over England. These
houses are to be paid for from the
national treasury; but they are &c
be put up by the local municipal.
authorities with building prices con
trolled by the national building
board.
Rent TO he Nominal.
These houses are 10 be rented fol-
. nominal rent, not enough TO pro
vide for what is known as economic
rent. These houses are to be erect.
ed on ground appraised and taker
and aid for under eminent domain
: and each house is TO have its owl
!. yard and garden; 10 houses to th'
acre being regarded as the maxi
mum 10 be permitted.
These houses are 10 be built BY
union labor. OF material bought un'
der government supervision, and
following plans approved by the gov,
eminent. The plan is, of course
socialistic. but undoubtedly it will
instin into the jewellers in thesC
b homes a feeling OF self-respect an(
dignity which is desirable in a dem
ocratic nation. And, OF course, tht
more YOU give them the more they'll
want; wants creates wants. Thu.
classes rise. And the whole theory
of this revolutionary movement j!
that the classes should rise together
With US in America great oppOr
tunity is provided, and great pain,
taken and great encouragement
, given TO the individual to rise. The
socialist state would treat the work
ing class, as America treats the in
dividual And housing the WORKING
class. giving working people gooC
living conditions that they ma.
demand better is part Of the revo
lutionary plan. II all fits IN, and il
England they actually are WORKING
IL out.
Guild system is Goal.
: After the mining bill and tn
3 railroad bills and the housing bill
= are out OF the way. and that shoulC
be this summer or fall, the dock an'
S shipping bills will come next, an,
! them the electric power bill An
that is about as far as the presen
leadership in England has pianne'
its campaign. il then viii nav
5 enough industries soclaliZed 20 or
T ganize the guild system OF labor or
a saniZation. rather than the craft syS
g TEN And the guild system is tn
ideal OF the British revolutionist. II
Il got il from the communist. II hs
bolshevik blood in il. Observe. tn
craft system of labor unions pro
I vides for the organization OF all IN