The Washington times., 1920-05-02

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Princeton Football true.
. Eleven. With An irresponsible
bunch worker named John
z. .n.ns.sI a.. e Grunka. who was not
= che RsiIrosd Yrds an official, and not
t1 In Jersey City. even q member OF any
80 .rssponsible and recog
= rnized labor union. started an "outlaw
strike" which In less than three days
spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific
s coast. causing countless millions Of dol
y lars damage and occasioning misery and
.Esufering beyond computation.
~ This sudden national upset and all the
z consequent public annoyance was started
4 not by reputable organized labor bodies.
8 but in spite OF and against the vigorous
8 opposition OF the union officials-and II
has set the public to thinking as to what
3 3, can be done. to safeguard the American
s public from repetition OF this sort OF
& thing which next time might prove much
+. more serious.
w Chauncey NJ Depew, the distinguished
:. former United States Senator from New
York, proposed remedy in these words;
- "No section, no class, no occupation. can
..sbe permitted to prevent the men and
7 women in the other occupations from exer-
cising their functions; and the only way
Ito stop that Is to have new union, new
union of the middle-class men and the
m.ddle-class women of this country, who
constitute so or 80 per cent Of our popu-
lation. Let the millions of this great mid
de class form a union which shall declare
that all classes must be treated fairly,
squarely, rightly, justly and righteously."
.-, What Mr.. Depew has put forward as an
, idea has simultaneously sprung into actual
being in hundred different localities and
in varying and different ways.
It was the student body Of Princeton
University which was the first to suggest
that the public should help itself to escape
the inconvenience and financial loss which
the outlaw strike was causing. The stu
dents OF Princeton offered their services
to the president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road to man switches, fire locomotives.
operate locomotives and fill any Of the
vacancies vitality necessary to keep the
trains moving Here was a considerable
man-power Of some 1900 ablebodied young
men in the prime of life, backed by intelli-
gence of a high order.
The president Of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road accepted the services of the Prince
ton students and they began manning the
trains and attending the switches. Fol-
lowing their example, the Stevens lnsti-
tute students offered their services and
were set to work. Next day high schools
and other institutions applied as volun.
teers and were accepted.
The example of the Princeton men was
= also followed by the soldiers Of the Amer.
'- lean Legion and by business men in sub
urban towns, who performed public SER
vice for their fellow townsmen by operat-
ing trains which provided a service to and
from great cities.
Even the women Of many communities
arose to the occasion and volunteered for
all sorts of work, which they performed
, with much skill.
o And still another development Of the re-
cent outlaw strike was the formation in
several towns of local vigilance commit
tees. The citizens who formed the vigi-
lance committees served notice on the out
law strikers that they must either go to
work or get out Of town. The effect was
immediate.
One interesting development was ex-
planned by Joseph Andrews, vicepresident
OF the Bank of New York, who had been
volunteer worker on. a special train,
morning and night, from Tenshy, N. j.
Stepping down from his engine, the
banker said:
1--WE OF the Citizens Committee OF Tena-
fly and Englewood, are trying to put the
Plattsburg idea OF preparedness into in.
dustry, and we are determined to succeed.
Our citizens, both men and women, are
thoroughly aroused and realize for the first
time the serious menace to American in
stitutions and our own peace and security
by such outlaw strikes. Our citizens are
enrolling themselves for training as street
car operators, both conductors and motor
men, and as railroad workers, brakenen,
iremen, switchmen and the like.