The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-10-14
RAIL WAY LABOR
Move ASSAILED
New York World, Strong Wilson
Supporter, Denounces "Revolu-
ton by Ultimatum."
PARALLEL TO RUSSIAN IDEA.
Calls Railroad 8rotherhoods' Plan for
Government Ownership "SoViet
Eeonomies Venture"
PARALLEL TO. RUSSIAN IDEA.

ownership of railroads ms n straight
out adventure into Soviet economies !.
The editorial page of the World has
long had national reputation for UNI
deviating support of Democratic prin' 1
clplcs, hostility to Wall street aud the
most loyal aud Vigorous assistance to
President Wilson. The World says:
"Revolution by ultimatum."
The plan Of the railroad brother
hoods for taking over the railroad
properties of the country Is n straight.
out adventure into Soviet economies.
1t conlcmplatcs collective ownership,
but class operation and control which
is at the foundation of the Soviet sys-
TEN.
The American people, through their
Government are To buy the railroads
from the private owners and turn these
properties over to the railroad en-
ployees to manage and operate. In .
consideration of m investment OF np' /
proxmutcly S2O,OOO,OOO,OOO the Gov /
crnmcnt is to appoint onet third of the .
directors, urd the public is to share f.
in such savings in die cost of opera
! ton us may remain after the emf
i ployccs have paid themselves what
they think their services ought to be
worth
The spirit In which the program Is
put forth may he inferred from state
ment made by Il. NJ. Jewell, acting
president of the railrOad employees
department of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, In which he said that II
President Wilson's suggestion to Con-
gress was carried out 1--WE will tie up
the railroads so tight that they viii
never run again II that legislation Is
passed" II might have been TrOtzky
himself speaking to bourgeoise that
had offered mild and academic obJcc-
tons to being despolled.
rtate budget or .ss Government
VINO ~ 49, = '>,,,'Itst,,,'"'nl oe
= Before any railroad plan - -.
worked out one highly essential fact
must be established-namely, whether
the sovereign power of the United
5 states Is vested In Government and in
5 the American people or whether IL Is
vested in the railroad brotherhoods.
For three years now the brother
hoods have assumed that the sovereign
power was vested In them and Con
grcss has provided them with excel.
l lent reasons for that assumption.
When the railroad employees In the
critical period of the summer of 1916
demanded IN elght-hOur day and
threatened general strike, President
e. Wilson sent II message to Congress in
which he urged that the eght-hour
- day be made the basis Of work and
wages, but lie made four other pro-
FL posuIs, one Of which called for
"An amendment to the existing Fed
crul statute which provides for the
ImuI.ation, Cancellation and arbitration
of 1rl Contruyur ., as the present
boy adding to It provision that I'm
, rusu the methods Of accommodation
now provided for should fail, o. fun
public investigation of the merits a.
r every such dispute should be lusIul-
cd 0gd completed before q strike or
lockout may be lawfully attempted"
Try TO Intmidat3 Congress.
congress refused to enact This Icafs-
f..#
ie@ol TO a. and now we have slula-
zion in which 20 labor leader can thronl
uu t0 "nc Up the railroads so tight Chat
they Win mover run again" ir Congress
Urnsnmes to pass an act 10 which the
brotherhood auruoracy objects us nm
equal TO It's Imperative demands
Iho railroad brOlhpIho0Gs have en-
mrNud upon policy that even the
most conservative Of them must admit
( is economically revolutionary. II heir
scheme Of naturalization under class
control * TO be carried out IN respect
To railroads, nobody can draw the line
where II shall stop until an Industry
Is under SDvipt direction. Yet rr.v
nro not putting their program out us q
matter to be discussed and Deliberate
! ly considered 10y the American people
They are trying to force the issue ana
bring about revolution by ultima
tm.
The Public Pays.
In the last three years The railroad
employees have received hundreds of
millions OF dollars IN wage tncrcasos
| for which thn general public Is Iayiuv
As u reward for IT'S generosity me
county Is 10 be taken by he urou.
and chokci into submission Il hc mos,
complicated economic issues chat have
.ver confronted &c are not settled forth
with. II there is any difference be.
tween that i,md Of arrogance and tho
arrogance OF ,bc German general star
IN July, iHlh we should like to know
what Il Is