Evening journal., 1920-01-22

sor all night work II shall be quad
rupltd. and that unless these terms are
Immediately acqulesced IN they VIII or
der a universal strike and leave the SICK
and lying TO look out for themselves
Would the existing unions thinR t-ere
was any hardship or invasion OF In
d.viILai liberty IN making sucl strike
unlawful, ard providing that bof1'e an5
strike wllaiev.f affecting ~ vt'f! m
i,.-, SIS OF the rLtlre public can le ;ltr-
miltctl. there must be full invest Sllitn
Of all the circumstances, and arDitmuon
OF the conflict ng interests, II Nolun-
tary settlement is not reached 9ueu
a strike by the doctors and nurses
would be much less selfish, injurious
and evil than that which is threatened
bv the railroad men and undertaken Ds
the coal miners. one would aueee
only the sick and not interfere win the
business OF the country. Ihe otler
Nould freeze and starve the entire pop.
ulation and destroy all business, "iu
enable the reds TO launch the ploous
revolution for which they are yedrn ls; hs;
In some sections the coal Strike nau
gone so far that people had beeun 70
burn their furniture TO Keep Ioln
freezing hut the miners cared notnins
Tor mai and des sisted only wheh Tue
sIronc arm OF the law interposed' AZ
,er witch they were officially thahAeu
for their patriotic action.
The provision in regard TO strikes in
the Cummins bill is moderate and reas-
onab'e and is calculated TO protect the
interests OF the whole people, the pur-
pose for which legislators are sent here
Minority class rule 10y coercion must
rot be permitted. The Senate has acted
periodically and couragCously. Now
let every constituency watch carefully
the vote in the House and see TO 1t
hat no member who, through cowsrdly
fear OF union >threats or vUte. or fear
OF defect at the next election shrks his
duty and betrays the interest Of the
people. ever comes bsck In Congress.
How is II that so many politicians seem
10 fail 10 realize that the people ad-
mire and approve nothing IN a public
man so much as courage? How hey
responded almost en- masse to Ole Han
SON in Seattle. to Governor Coolidge
in Massachusetts,, and to judge Arder-
son in Indlana. They will be equally
unanimous in their condemnat on OF
such public servants who fail to DO
everything possible to protect theH
from threatened minority coercion.
Labor legislation up TO now has been
enacted largely on the theory that ther'
are but two interests to be cons.dered
ne unions and their demands. ana the
legislators and their po' tical pros
nects II Is time for them both to un'
derstard that there in another not al
together negl g bic element in the prop
lem composed Of a hundred million
more units constituting the American
neonle who have rizhts which they are
determined shall be no longer neglect
ed or vlO'sted.
This implies that we must go oac'
% recognize and enforce the iunoa
mental principles Of justice ana a.
mocracy. which having lo'g Deen az
reSardod 'equsl laws for all ana sp,
c,sl privileges for none; that an eN
contional favors or exemptiors enJoye
d., either cap'tal or labor now ON VI
! sfatute hooks be repealed ana uist
cSmb b'nations Of capital or laDor p9 a. ae ~.
o,,ired 10 incorporate, in order Slst s,aS ,
I ~ ~ alike he held to the periorlilahcI
80 their contracts and to a lust an
rirld responsibility for any Nloi'''''''
me laws Of the iauu.
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