Omaha daily bee., 1920-02-24
new COURT. ENDS
KANSASSTRIKES,.
SAYS GOV. ALLEN
Chief Executive Of 'SunfIoWer
State Explains Opera
tions Of Industrial
Court.

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turned to America they would be
imbued with determination to be
useful Americans"
In his reference to Washington
he said: ut never occurred to
Washington to doubt the security
Of the future and we should seek to
stretch ourselves up to his great
ness"
Tells of Court.
OF Lincoln he said: at should
steady us to recall the great faith
he had in this republic. | am COM
forted by the thought that Lincoln
had, that there is no menace SO
threatening but that it will disap-
pear when American intelligence
rises to meet it."
The governor then turned to the
industrial court and the events which
led up to its establishment in his
state. He told of $4,000 miners on
strike, with workers and operators
looking at each other sullenly, with
out thought of what would become
of the general public. He said he
pleaded with the miners and told
them that if the people of Kansas
froze to death, the responsibility
would be theirs. He told of the
general response made by kansans
to cali for volunteer miners.
THE big thing that these volun-
teers accomplished was to prove
that the government still has the
power to protect its citizens" he
said. "They wanted to show that
there wasn't anything bigger IN
Kansas than respect for law and
order"
Fight Passage Of Bill.
In connection with the considera-
ton of the industrial court bill by
special session of the legislature, he
said:
"The railroad brotherhoods led the
fight against the bill. They had had
a taste of their power by holding a
stopwatch over congress when the
Adamson bill was passed and they
had demonstrated how solid mi
nority having a monopoly of GER
tain commodity could coerce gov
ernment."
In defense of the court he assert
ed that the state of expectation
which waits upon the accomplish
ment of this court is as high as that
which waits upon any other court.
I'VE realize that we must give i'm
partial Justice to labor and capital
and we realize that the only source
Of impartial justice is in established
government" he added. THE prin-
ciple on which we have based this
court is not new thing. The gov
crnment has declared that trans.
poftation is impressed with public
interest and Kansas has added coal,
food and clothing. None doubts
the efficiency of the criminal courts
and none questions the sincerity of
the civil courts and none will doubt
that the industrial court is the only
reasonable method with which these
labor disputes may be fought out.
"A union official doubted whether
this court would have jurisdiction
over interstate shipments. There is
a foolish notion that the federal
government is above the state gov
ernment. There is nothing more
powerful in state than the laws of
that state. The constitution of Kan
sas provides that the state may ere
ate courts from time to time for the
protection of its people.
"We have said to labor and capi-
tai: We are going to protect the
public against industrial warfare.
We have told capital that we are
going to protect it against labor and
we have told labor that we are go
ing TO protect it against capital. We
are confident that by the end of this
year the conservative laboring men
will be the best friends of the indus |