Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-02
TRAILING
NEWS
|OF THE DAY

ers and other officers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, in which
thew were said to have opposed the
attorney generals use Of the in
iunction in the coal miners stlike,
Mr.. Palmer gave out the follow
inc statement at his office in Wash
ington:
81 explained the necessity for
the action and the manner IN which
this case must be differentiated on
its facts from all other cases in
which injusction have been used.
I have been opposed, and the ad-
ministration has been opposed, to
government by injunction where
by employers might use the pro-
cesses of the courts on an ex-parte
hearing to force their empoyes into
submission.
'This is the government itself,
using it's own courts to protect it
self from paralysis. 1t is not an
Injunction obtained by employees,
not to settle the controversy, but,
to save the people of the entire
country from disaster. 1t doesn't
affect the right of man to work
when he pleases." ="
In this connection Mr.. Palmer
explained that the petition for in
junction, as prepared by the gov
ernment, seeks to restrain the Off
GERS of the United Mine Workers
from doing anything in further
ance of the strike order.
eff the injunction is obeyed,"
Mr.. Palmer said, "and it goes with
out saying that the law must be
obeyed it will take away the direc-
rection of the strike from above
and leaves to the men perfect free
dom to work or not as they see fit.
No strike can go on without direc-
tion."
Railroad union officials confer
ing with Mr.. Palmer, entered no
protest against the injunction is
sued in Indianapolis but rendered
the good offices of their organiza-
tions in attempting to arrange a
settlement of the strike.
The Attorney General told the
railroad union chief as well as Mr..
Gompers later, that he did not be-
lieve it would be necessary to use
any other power than the courts to
protect the government"
Mr.. Palmer said he told the
union men that they were at lib
erty to say to either side in the
strike that the President was ready
to act Immediately to have the
controversy settled amicably when
ever the strike was called off.
''I'm going to greet the King of
Belgium" Secretary Tumulty re-
marked as he left President Will
sons sick room the other day.
"The King of the Belgians,"
corrected the President
II accept your amendment, ,"
said Tumulty.
cts not an amendment, it's an
interpretation" replied the Presi-
dent.
Lower food prices must come
within the next few months be-
cause of large surplus of sup
plies now accumulating. Herbert
Hoover, American food expert,
predicted before the house war de-
partment expenditures committee.
The results of this years har-
vests will be surplus of from 16
to 20 million tons of food, the for
mer food administrator said.
This accumulating surplus al
ready has been reflected in the
lowering of wholesale prices, he
said, although no appreciable de-
crease has been shown in the retail
figures.
The agricultural organizations
have refused to enter into alliance
with organized labor was assert
ed by John D. Miller, representing
the National Board of Farm Or
ganizations, before the house jud'-
ciary committee. Mr.. Miller APP
peared in support of the bill legal
izing collective bargaining by
farmers.
Because of the scarcity of spe-
cifc knowledge of influenza, the
American Public Health Conven-
ton in general session at New Or
leans had no definite plan to fore
stall the recurrence of the epidem-
ic this year and approved the plan
of DR.. Allen B. Freeman, Ohio
state health commission, to center
its efforts to prevent complications
resulting from the disease
Several delegates voiced dthe
opinion that the epidemic would
rnnaor 4bic x,yioAor op5 that "A pOnl-