The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-07
.STOPPAGE OF RAIL TRAFFIC WOULD PARALYZE NATION
Underwood Says He Has Been Blacklisted for Pro- tecting Interests of
 the People
By W. J. BoLEs

Albany, April -(Special) Stoppage of the transporta- tion systems in the United
 States for thirty days would
 paralyze the whole country, Senator Oscar w. Underwood told an audience that filled to it's capacity the Masonic Thea ire here tonight.
 The Cummins bill he said, prohibits
 strikes, and, therefore. assures con
 tinuous operation of the railroads re
 gardless of any controversy or disput'
 tl@t may arise between the manager-
 and the employees. Two thousand
 railroad men. including those employed
 in the shops and train crews, make
 their home here and in Decatur some
 of these were in the audience tonight
 and they followed closely every word
 Senator Underwood uttered on the la
 bor and transportation problems. Dismssng prohibition as closed question. closed because the fedora constitution prohibits the manufacture or sale of intoxicating alcoholic bev erages. Senator Underwood said he in
 tended to discuss live issues-issu,s that are really involved in this cam paign
 Woman suffrage, too ls closed met dent so far as Congress is concerned
 he said, and he did not feel that it
 had any place in this campaign.
 CONFERENCE IN DECATUR On his arrival in Decatur last night Senator Underwood was met by sev- 1 eral members of his Morgan county os- ganization. with whom he and state Campaign Chairman Lloyd M Hooper conferred until late hour This morn- l ing the conference was renew ed with county chairmen from Cuflmans 1 Franklin, Limestone and Morgan press | ent.
 1 A canvass of the situation in thsss
 counties disclosed that senator Undei-
 wood has substantial and decisive lead l in all of these countess 1 Polls of some of these counties lit
 was reported, showed that Judge Sam- uel D. Weakley had q larger foilow-s
 ing than l.. E. Musgrove. It was als ldisclosed at the eapfspeRee seaay fhaa < %fs atsNS flse INrtffNt Naf r} M
 slfnl atlf ~sak il{n stAi aA Hef eSst q g3t& Yffs 4afp 6AnAar stHeew ua DNEl3gk The 9ftefnuen Afg4s3 fderWova kff Ecape8 4.ld otaoes 3{A 1 their party. spent. some time at the al 1 tomobile show which. by the way
 one of the biggest things pulled off l l, Alabama in long time. and is a cred
 to it's contemplating and progress. promoter, B L. Malone
 WHY HE Is BLACkLISTED 1 'T am blackhsted by labor leaders, l said Senator Underwood in discussing | the transportation problems because ! l would not let them dictate to me- | The Cummins bill prevents railroad strikes and keeps the railroads func- l tioning while disputes and contro- versies between the employees and man agers are being settled. It provides {. l tribunal for the settlement of all dis putes and the public Is repre- scented on this tribunal equally with the em- ployes and the managers and it should be, for the public pays the bill. The la Dor leaders would have accepted th bill if fl had provided for a commis sion made up of employees and maj agers or representatives selected l ! them, but didn't think that would just and fair 10 the public for the put , lie pays the bill
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