The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-08-02
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FOR A HAPPIER AND
RITTER SEATTLE
Editor Tho STAR WHAT'S The mat.
~ with Seattle and our eoasted
Seattle spiritf
Z our fair city not stu Tho Sea
yort cf SUGGEST
Why arc our ship yards die wnen
ether yards arc busyf
Why have wo not larger pay rolls
= various lines OF andeavorf
Why are the larger moneycd inter
osts Afraid Of Seattle.
u not the mechanic. iabcrtng man
ana business man mutually inter.
ooted In the future Of our wonder
tul ciyf
Il Il not fully time that w~-cne
ana all-turned about face and with
patient understanding pulled togcth-
~?
OF what use WIN :, BE- to spend
oeher thousands Of dollars advertis-
1ng Seattle unless wc first purge
ourseives OF the IN feeling now ex-
lnting between our own citixcnsr
I II u silly to talk OF class In Amers-
-; the average business man works
fully - hard - the average me
ehanic OF iaboring man and has far
unoro responsibilities We must al
ways have employers ard employees.
then Why should not each be more
tolerant OF the osherf
Employers must coneede that EN-
d pIoyes have not had q square deal
~ = r1a1e-ln the past and no fair-
unin1D1 employer cAn blame his EN-
p,oyes for aasociAstng with others to
! boetnr cpndiftonA
On ~ ether hand ehs demands
na0o ~ such associations have OF.
ton ooGa anfoisAnf and impo@fbiA
We nOw have ths AsBoctAtsd In
1ugez1sa. suppossd - repressnt the
.onpseyus1I and the unions. supposed
- sspressns the employees: then 80
have the Chamber Of Commerce and
-Ccmmercsal club presumed to b neu-
trial. but which the employees neiievc
are forninst them and therefore sid
ling with the Associated Industries.
There are Instances where the
unions have been led by radicals TO
20 and To demand unreasonable
thipes-conservativ employees know
this to Be a fact
There are instances where en-
plcyers IN session have also been led
" radicals to make unreasonable
rulings conservative employers
know this 70 be . fact
The writer believes II possible 70
have a square deal In Seattle for all
concerned--the Golden Rule. u you
2pIeass--And to that end suggests tina;
Z committee Of 20 be selectad--twen-
~ from Labor Temple. Is from the
Associated Industries and tive from
The Chamber Of Commerce and Corn
mertsial club. to form . workable
plan. II might be well TO give this
COMMITTEES power TO select one or
more disinterested parties to act
with. Or for them.
II this be done and only fair mind
ed. broad gagged men selected much
good should result for Seattle.
Seattle should be a city Of happy
homes for all: every citizen Is en-.
titled to employment at a wage
which win insure not only a good
living according 10 American stan
dards. but which viii also enable
him By reasonable economy to put
something aside for the future. and
~ the same time allow himself and
family to live amid pleasant sur
roundings.
II this possible for Seattle? I'll say
Il H. CHARLES s. McDUFFEE.
JUDGE PLAYING
POLITICAL GAME
Editor The Star: We respect our
courts because In the main they ad-
minister a pretty fair brand Of jus
tee. But whether or not we respect
: Judge depends upon the Judge.
In Minnesota Judge Albert John
oon handed down a decision dcpriv-
ing Rev. o. J. Kvale Of his nominal
ton for congress. Kvale is the man
who beat Volstead in the republican
primary--beat him by a handsome
majority. too.
But volstead has powerful support
among the reactionaries who rule.
and prey. in Minnesota. They like
him. He's their kind OF a man. lie
proved 1t when he attempted 10 drive
thru congress a law suppressing free
speech and free press.
And Kvaie Is minister. He
doesn't prey; he only prays. Also he
had the endorsement of the Nor
Dartisan league. which the reaction
aries are determined to kill, at any
desperate cost.
10 they contested tho election. on
behalf Of volstead. To do 1t. they
dug UP Minnesota's corrupt practices
act, 10 weak and vague that It was
covered with dust and cobwebs. Poll
tcians laughed at IL; prosecutors ig.
n0red It, Candidates openly flouted II
by spending hundreds OF Thousands
u dollars.
But Kvale's case was different
very different kvale. 1t seems, had
I'D that volstead was an atheist,
that he opposed the Bible. that he
Gneered at his n<vale's) sermon on
ne miracle OF the loaves and fishes.
And Judge johnson solemnly holds
lhat this piffle In deliberate, serious
ana material violation OF the laws OF
fhe state"
Let's hope there is still left some
SIRED Of popular respect for the
6ourts in Judge Johnson,s district
- npifo of him u. K h
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