Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-10-27
P0indexter's Policy
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The efforts of certain radical lead
ers of labor organizations to secure
control Of the police force of various
cities of the country. if successful,
would give to a small special class
absolute control Of officers OF the law.
Its success would mean
the abdication of the government in
favor of a class and the immediate
establishment of a dictatorship. 1t
should not be open to debate or nego-
tia.ion.
This nation cannot be ruled by capital.
ana 1t cannot be ruled by labor. Both
capita. and labor must be subject to
the rule Of the people. The government
must be SUPP eme.
The just claims Of labor should be
recognized and every opportunity should
be given t, laboring men and their fam
lilies for comfort and happiness. The
laboring man above all others. is ben
Gifted by the preservation OF law and
o.Ser. the security of life, person. and
property against violence and arbitrary
RUE But the effort of any labor leader
to pu. labor in control of the govern
ment. by means of industrial blockade,
economic pres :ure. intimidation OF VIC
leace. or so-cailed direct action. cannot
tie tolerated. any more than such an eff
fort en- tire part OF combined capital
would be tolerated Either would vio-
late the cardinal principles Of free gov
ercment.
Communism is inconsistent with tn.
vessel RICH. Of laborer to the wages
of his labor. The r;snt to work. to join
or not to JOIN a union.> and to accumu-
late. CT TO use. as one sees fit. and 10
transmit TO his children the wages Of
his work. is an essential part of life.
liberty, and the pursuit. Of harp ness
The e e sen,ial elemehts of Liberty are
menaced o. revolutionary doctrines.
This revolutionary movement is inter-
na;i-nal in its scope and purpose: It
has received powerful encouragement
from the administration. Many Of its
advccates have occupied high place in
the government. Instead of encouras-
ing a class dictatorship it is the busi-
ress CT the government to preserve the
ordered liberty Of the people, and TO
protect by every means in its power the
institutions on which It Is founded. De-
1ehGSES anu GuSOCdtcS ia \!loSC WIN
have been convicted by due process OF
law of crimes OF violence. committed
in pursuance Of revolutionary and
ocmmunistic program. should be dis
miss,d from the government service.
TIE process of making a supreme
sacr Ace" Of America. and of Joining
our fortunes With the fortunes of me.l
EVERYWHERE should be stopped. The
opposite and ancient policy Of our faith
ers must be restored-of saving instead
Of sacrificing our great institutions. and
Of promoting in every honorable way
the interests ot our people. The pro-
css Of misunderstanding our fortunes
must be reversed, and the separate H.
tere is of this nation. with due regari
fer the rights Of others, must be cher
shed again.
America, in her mighty separate
station which the fathers gave her
leader and champion of the new
world. the friend OF the old. must
preserve her sovereign independence.
as the one secure seat and refuge
of genuine liberty.
An ample merchant marine under
tional prosperity.
favor an extensive system of ma
tional roads-built on approved en-
cheering principles. located with
view to military defense as well as
civil and commercial use. co-ordipat-
ed with existing highways so as to
form a national as well as local sys-
TEN.
Peace with Germany should be de-
clared at once.
The Monroe Doctrine should be re-
established in its full vigor; and the
participation which it is proposed to
give Europe in the control of Amer
lean affairs should be denied.
Should a future exigency in Euro
pean affairs again arise of such pro-
portions as to menace the interests
Of the United States, the American
people must be entirely free to de-
termine for themselves in their own
generation the extent and manner in
which they shall intervene.