Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1920-12-10
SENATOR cuaMlNs WILL
90 IcT OF TtNkERiNG WITH
RAILROAD LEGlSLATIoN
NJ CHARTS N. kEII.FY

NJ CHARLES N. kEtI.EY.
lntetprallng ats reelection by zoo.
eAo votes less than were poiled for
sonator HarlinE IS Sn endorsement
at his hostile attitude towards rail.
rad workers and mandate to re-
nav his attacks upon them. Senator
CnSnnins announces that he viii re
introduce the antistrike provision
thnt was forced ont OF the transporta.
ton aci thai hears his name and de
saana its approval
The transportation act Is not pro.
aaring the results that were predicted
by its sponsors. The railroads are not
Kirfng satisfactory service. and they
have not measnrahly bettered their
had financial condition even though
rates have been tremendously In.
creased The measure widely herald.
esi As representing the hest legislative
and corporate thought, II in operation
= disappointment all around. to the
railroads, the public. and In very
dehnite sense. the workers
Senator cummins and other sena.
tors. moved by pride OF intellect. 10
attempt something to minimize rop..
lar disapprobation. are expected TO do
A los OF sinkerfng with railroad legis.
lation, and II Is natural that they viii
make another effort To hog-tie the
workers. even though the latter are
not In the slightest deeree responsible
FOR an aggravated condition that be.
nosaes progressively worse. There
have been no strikes anywhere, save
tbe strike of arrangements To disrupt
their working personnel and Increase
the army of unemployed When the
railroad bill was approved. bad as Il
Ii. tIe workers stated that they tn
tended 70 give II fair trial and do
their part 10 make 1t work. even
though they had grave doubts OF Its
efficiency They haye been doing more
than their part and IL the expected
results have not come IL Is due To the
incapacity OF the managements or the
fatal defects OF legislation that was
feaffully and wonderfully made by the |
railroad lobby and its representatives
IN congress,
Nobody Is going 20 be fooled by Sen.
Nf0r Cummins' platiiuhinons preten-
sions of loyalty To the public welfare. |
II Is not difficult to locate the basis
uf his interest In anti.strike lagisla. |
ffof The Railway Executives Asso. |
ctn&,an and the Security Owners |
Committed. which Senator I.aFollette |
dofhonstrnted beyond question were
tho real authors OF the railroad bin |
thar Senator cnmmins fathered. are
active mcplbers of the "open shop
committee that Is endeavoring to de-
strby labor organizations The rail- |
ROADS pre- making hard drive against
~ - L. l~tx
for the purpDse or undermining their
confidence In and loyalty to their
organizations. Evidently they anticl-
pate some trouble In consummating
this program. hence they want their |
workers handcnfTed and made impo-l
tent against policy Of repression |
shat is both nnAmerican and In
human
The tidal wave that carried Senator |
Harding into the presidency saved
Senator Cummins bacon. but he has
not forgotten the scare that he suf- 1
fered during Ills campaign for re-
election He expects no further ia
Yors from the electorate. In the nat. !
nral course OF events. his present term |
win in all likelihood be his last |
Therefore, nothing remains 10 re-
strain him doing the work OF the rail.
roads, save discriminating con-
science and that reverence for fair /
dealing which the senator In his
prime possessed hut which have been
lacking IN his public actions during |
the close OF an otherwise creditable i
record of public service
The workers will not accept this 1
new invasion of their rights without
vigorous protest They may fare less
successfully than during the last ses
sion, when they succeeded in persuad.
ing the House 10 kill anti.strike legis.
lation But they are ready for the
contest, and IL Il noteworthy that they |
are not manifesting any alarm over
the sitnafinn that faces them