The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-09-03
,,ssos Tell Union Men
Cox Record Is Most
Favorable.
DIsIORT THE RECORD
Gamers ct al. Pass Along
orders to Followers That
Cox Is Approved.

.,tne tonight, Samuel dohipers'
,,.,.ow VOL and Frank Morrison
.,,neetlvcly president vice-presi'
49,, and secretary Of the American
r,d,ro,ion of Labor, make argu-
ITS obviously calculated to de-
a... the labor vote OF the country
% Cox
Tho records are based on the
"a NJ COX as a member of the
SO and later as governor, and Of
n..ai,g first I'm the Ohio legislature
nd then AS senator
Tho impression made by the re-
-. borc is that Gompers has
..,,rod at gnats and swallowed
.-,els IN order to pile up the num-
~ favorable" actions by Cox
"a "upf,ypfabic" actions by Hard
srrnsi,o was occasioned by the
,.sortment cf measures placed To
ca,s credit Every bill passed by
,be ohio legislature during his six
ysars In the goveraor's chair is
Sredited ~ him as a favorable.
rhere was much curiosity as to the
,rrlusion of one item as follows
IN. (Senate bill 32) providing
FOR full crews for through freight
trains and light engine. Vetoed.
Favorable.
In view OF the clamor of labor
generally for fun crew bills and
against their repeal, no one here
was able TO understand why labor
shoyk approve the vetoipg OF this
bin. The general impression was
hat this was a misprint.
4 "Mistnbc" in Hardings Total.
one little key TO the mental slant
d the makers Of the report is given
By the accident" made In adding
I'd the favorable" and "unfavor-
able" actions Of Harding. All of
his actions In the ohio legislature
we're approved by Gompers. VOL
and Morrison. So this list OF six
actions mentioned by them was not
added In 10 make the total. They
make a score against him by count
Ing his senate actions alone, and they
make the score ten to seven against
him--ten "unfavorable" ITO seven
tlvorables."
Another slant Is given by the fact
that although they consider only n
total Of eighteen actions Zone of
/; them an unfavorable pair) worthy
TO count In six years OF very busy
congress four of the "unfavora BILE"
actions are on precisely the same
question voted on four times.
Mr.. Harding opposed the aboii-
ton by law OF the Taylor efficiency
system, called the stop watch"
system in government arsenals and
navy yards. Three of these votes
against a law prohibiting the use OF
MS system were prior to the entry
t the United States into the war.
and one since.
What "Stop-watCh" System Is.
The stop watch" system is not,
us name implies the hold of
SOP watch over every worker to de-
Vrmine his rapidity, carrying n
mental picture Of pitiful, stralning
worker, urged on to efforts beydhd
MS strength by some brutal task
master II is, on the other hand,
me employment of stop watch
WIN view to determining the most
d'leient and expeditions set OF
movements for any given task. In
%ne instances the whole study had
Veen how to permit women workers
carry on certain operations with
'ueiis with the least physical exer-
wn. Inc chief idea, however, was
] aeHrmine precisely the best way
10 any given Job with view
0teIiy 10 increasing production.
on the occasion of the last battle
Il organized labor leaders against
sls system, Senator Underwood Of
Aoama, since elected lender of the
4 yrne ia'S IN the senate, made n
~ hV'uus speech, In which he said
s t ne could not think with pat
Iuys OF the boys suffering untold
nusnlps Y,n and offering their lives as
vo", ~ france while at home men
vlheu 10 slow down the arsenals
Sauclhs ammunition for them.
,,uch ~ nuch Tor four Of the ten "un-
I,sVorable' votes.
employment Bureau Needed
nsaa 'u'i'g ug vote against an employ
,atn bureau for the department OF
M NM is also recorded against him
tr was september 25, 1917. at n
war. II Is pointed out, when there
M HdSt TWO jobs for every man
n "ou'u work, and also at a slime.
sh,te commented, when a consider
NJ ns number Of young men wer. trv-
ne,' Bet places with the govern
Ar,.tore oelore the draft caught them.
the bo.uer 'unfavorable" vote of
p av zen was his vote favorinp tha
steo,n. horland amendment. This
was w'pt TO grind labor into the dust
IsI, slso during the war. March *
maks aug me idea involved was 10
Wsss, me government clerks in
Tbo "s,'n work eight hours a day,
abo- h'Ht "unfavorable" vote IN
men, va, as ION substitute retire
All measure proposed bv serator
crst .omerone Of Ohio, a demo.
Goys,Sand ana an ardent supporter NJ
II ,s COX at San Francisco.
Obo lurther counted against ,ho
prono.",h s'ha Tor that he voted for tbS
from ~ TO strike the labor sections
vas n,as p'aee treaty. This motion
Tho,uuue by senator Charles :
sevk koSS OF Colorado, a democrat.
an e. thomas considered the
s., -lons OF the treaty so bad
tuin in9as Pa,, aFain from a very success
lsarn. 'ffHuate Course where
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