The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-20
TO OPPOSEl c.?
Bad News for Kansas Comes
From Marion, Ohio.
Harding Said To Be Against
Strike Control Boards.
WOULD EMBARRASS KANSAS
G. o. P. Candidate Makes Ac-
eeptance Speech This Week.
Criticism of Kansas Court
Would Have Reaction Here.
WOULD EMBARRASS KANSAS
BY A. L. sHULTz.

| Political Kansas is just a bit IN
| easy today because of the news which
comes from Marion, Ohio. Warren G.
| Harding, Republican presidential
nominee, is slated to kick a hole in
the plan for state and federal strike
control boards. Such stand would
have a decided reaction in Kansas
1t may throw Governor Allen and his
industrial relations court out of har-
mony with the national party.
| In Chicago Governor Allen made a
hard fight for adoption of some por
ton of his industrial court plan in
| the Republican platform. But the
platform committee fsidestepped the
/ issue and gave general discussion to
/ the labor and industry problem with
out direct reference to the Kansas
governors plan Tor stabilized produce
ton. Friends of the industrial court
have al times found words of comfort
and cheer in the national platform.
Yet, there is apparently nothing in
the labor plank directly dealing with
the situation as presented in Kansas.
Drafting Acceptance Speech.
Now q. bunch of sad news comes
out of Marion. Ohio. the presidential
nominees home town. Senator Hard
| ing. who is busily drafting his speech
| of acceptance, has indicated TO press
representatives that he Will oppose
various and sundry strike legislation.
"A Oh ODS6ENSIS Del1eN6 the
presidential nominees course may be
| in direct conflict with the Kansas la
Dor law. altho Senator Harding has
| indicated that he will support the
Cummings bill and is opposed te any
labor move which has for its purpose
a tie-up of national transportation
Should Senator Harding say any
thing which directly opposes or criti-
cises the Kansas labor court law, a
new brand of political trouble might
| quickly develop in this state. Such
position by the presidential nominee
would clearly throw Governor Allen
out of line with his national organiza-
ton. 1t would also leave the party in
| this state without assistance in de-
Tending the law enacted last winter.
In short, the Kansas Republicans
might be called upon to defend the
| labor court act and at the same time
| speak words of praise for the national
| ticket when the partly leader opposes
| the dominant state issue. Equal en-
barrassment might be encountered in
view of the fact that outside speakers
might be called upon to advise their
audiences whether they supported the
Allen industrial court or Senator Hard
| ing in his utterances regarding the
| rights of labor. By the same token,
Governor Allen, who is rated q s one OF
the top line orators of the country,
would be rendered of little value in
the national campaign because of his
labor convictions.
OF Keen Interest in Kansas.
Senator Harding's speech of &C
ceptance= will be delivered in Marion
this week. The early news from Ohio
has not been favorable to an endorse
ment of the labor court act and the
course which the presidential nominee
follows will be a matter of keen in
terest to every man and women inter
ested in the industrial court fight in
. &c 70 81
that Harding has no thought of en-
dorsing the law. Real concern at this
time is whether he will say anything
which may be regarded as a direct
criticism of the course which the Kan
sas legislature took in its effort to
curb industrial disputes.