The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1920-07-17
Why Not Legislative Relief For All Workers, Not
Merely One Glass of Workers
BUSINESS MAN FOR CONGRESS IN THE
INTEREST or THE GENERAL PUBLIC
LESLIE c.. NIBLACK
Publisher Guthrie Daily Leader Member Of the Oklahoma
Senate and Employer Organized Labor Candidate For
the Democratic Nomination For Congress Fifth
District Stands For the Square Deal For
Business Labor and the General
Public
WHAT slsLAck STANDS FoR:

STANDS FOR;
'ast conditions. tuion nuea are gerersl a.
act a. r~sis~i leader. dictate H0rs tha1
s00 strikes hxtr heen recorded "a tnis
soaatry since ths sfEniaE 80 the arm Stiee.
Hsif % this number hsve been raeyes
ptahpsh which mean tas assrthr@m ~
iaAsr '~eif sua st~ ruet srattpm ~ indas-
tfy. EmnsavsFs ths eeQg@rs evrF cry for
hsip. Thss waat skiiiSa lkosr Eheu-
perienced. waa. we-& wth"at paving
sriaaie bat sse, ere aeasFred hy anioa
desEotism.
In ihe face ~ fig,sen years assured
uaFk ahy maeh untaaisRr Wa net
let evsrN skilied iAnorsr wogk Hours
kats hren Hxed hv l#e and unseas arr
nat alarmed through fear 81 decrease
Ia ssaie because aRieu wen are nes werS
Ing far the sezfr. bas for tho honH<s The
smntassr II aston ieaae saust faraish his
awa urassetiaa and hid gor his et"sest
shvn tabor fhe enpiaxer effsrfNG the
hixhsst haans. gestiHe tite most labor
TIE small snsaiovsr saffers sd indistda-
sgly j. unsbis 20 fhree on the taencus
u fhe scaled @hse.
rae argnelnIe "a shs o8ea shop mereiy
neans the promotion &nd safesaardiuu ~
Industrial business ami Isbor interests ~
pFegentinx ali anjpss aissFiuii nations.
whether A~Atmkf emHtayses. emgtaYrrs 0F
the senerat public - pmgp1se a. not 90
combat az gAniTesi lrbot, ur 80 prevent the
organization ef tsb@r anions sat eettssttte
hargSinsnk NHt esther 20 pretcct psssahAi
therts and property " ghts BY ssetnS that
naa-MmlUn Workers hAxe sn rauAl rhaner
with wnrkers whu he4ane 60 Nnsoms--and
thns .pew.5 production 20 strive for an
inereass.. ia the gaarwin het n eeu EsEs> sal
8. f..sA EftlW
eneA and production. Mts1in reasonable
IN wagr. .@vured bs Increased labor rftlei-
the ea.t ~ iiytee and threagh an increase
iinit>. the ray ard the tenure Of positions
Tor su workers. sAsatd h< determined ~
their own ursven ability % nr~vrHs Tn
du.triat disturbance. ssmaathetis strikes,
iaeR-ants, n@Ytotts ana tsieEat FeFs
tion aM ~ a hseR are a mensre ~ 1Nar
aud Industrial progress. weti a. ~
American and isud< towards nndermtu-
lnx eonstitutieAAl rtght. to help worker.
s<rure the kiad - positiens they arv best
fitted for by inclination. natural sasiAtt
srsaAning. and 40 asstss them ia s~eur-
ing and maintaining satisfactory hvinw
and working conditions: to insist the
tns{olahtiitr % huslne<< contracts and ca
fnt eoslr.lisHse wisn the Aa Nnd 20 pre-
vent the mss ~ force In the settlement -
Industrial dispat<--
Opening of the .ealed shop : not
preearsal msnsse far Skilled labor. siaes
.kttled l.bar Aaases for sffi,irnFs aHh
efficiency saslls more .ru5netlen And ths
maintenance of coed wsse~-
The op~n .haa arinrtple s. declaration
% the principle, 81 Asasrtsanism. where
esrry ealIrsn j. left fires and aahaEap~red
Ia sseA ctapfo} meat On his nerNs and
work for wAwm he aEea-~>, nndsF terms
4nd ceHditions - hi. ewR making. with
oat restraint es restrictions, whether sueh
exnnioy meat g. obtained through lndtNtd-
aai or collective bar gaining
nc open sheR y mot new. II Was born
vita organized labor tYrann, and r@-irT
siou of oatnaf eighteen yssrs age Tue
Eievs ha- be~n given lnsn~tas by the Ia
rrssssng arrogance Of radical iessers since
the war. The ssho Of shF voices - the
srk VI the >esies ningies with the voices
81 postwar lAher 1eAasrs-
rhe saving. os Conscientious wsrSers
sre greater than the ~avinss Of the
capitalist The labor i~4At~re preach
strife and bitterness ~hen th~s shen'a
teach the workers tn Gse tais savings
fund for insrstneut. They can bay thsir
WAY fnfe industry. but they sanust br~ak
their NAV IN for when they have broken
in thsy find aethlnr there
When benefit ~ inJary 3. done te pro-
aarttve lnaestfy. u Follows tuat - ~
dane eorresPendinEiy 20 the Raslis-
livery n-m : uRa@r Divine command 20
work. with ne Divine psrmi~ston to loaf
SIX days shalt thou iab~r and a. all ths
woFk." &. tHe voice % Almighty God. ansl
from the daY when it was uttered. Au
through the Old Testament and the NeN.
lhere rings the cry OF work. In the
~ thy bram shalt thoa sat hrssd."
Under ri. Divine command no man can
escape his dmty without violating eo->
law. A. every mAn l. unaer Divine s"us-
nand to work. no man ha- . right %
Yield Obedience 20 any Organization wnirh
says he canu0f w0rk. The uaan @h@ per-
nits the lAber leader anynEr ets@ 20
say he shall net work - yi~idlng his ow n
tsad given indsnendence and violating The
Divine command whleh tells him he must
work. The h.bor leader. whether he be ot
high @r iow degree. la Bnblic office or the
keeping others from work. is assuming
the prerogatiyss Of the Almighty aad
undertaking % rat ss nsnght the COM
maad~ ~ .As Eternal ~
II - fsts-, - eAy that every man has
the right to stop working Whenever he sa I
desires In eae sense tker~ q ns0dieam I
~ truth In II. but broadly spsaking.
every man y under obligation TO his fel- \
iuw-naen to do has part in the World. \
Advancement and in pr1dachn- the thahgs I
wrteh cfyHsixsuon neeSfs. lars ~ prw- <
en.inentiy true whlle the wartd saff<r- I
for laek Of food. clothing and other
products.
The meehanIs whs SEEKS by insffIsieasy. !
or slack vcrk. 20 iess~a mis- ontpmt i
rohsing hi- smsioysr ss mach a. u he
drawer More than th4f. he Is robbtng
his teiiew-men. and even his fellow
iSoerers, beSaHss only threngh increased