The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1920-09-17
Judge Burr Sees
Results Doubtful
Democratic Judge Is Not Sanguine
OF Party Success In Nov vmber;
Tells OF Industrial Situation And
Efforts To End Unrest

Considerably benefited in health
and with many pleasant recollections
of his stay on the mainland Circuit
Judge l.. L.. Burr has returned to
Maui, was in his chambers Monday
and chatted on the subject of econo-
mic and political conditions On The
mainland. He said it is admitted by
most of those interested, that both
the industrial and the political situa-
lions are decidedly chaoic.
Judge Burr commented especially
upon the growing inclination of en-
ploying firms and corporations to give
their employees a more direct interest
in the business with an idea of allevi-
ating or eliminating the unrest which
has been so much in evidence in the
post war period. He quoted former
state Senator Leroy A. Wright of Cali
fornia who is interested in numbers
of large corporations, In that connec-
ton.
Combating Labor Unrest
Concerns of all kinds are going in
to profit sharing arrangements with
their employees. In the case of banks
and similar institution having perman-
ent employees the desire is to enable
all employees to lay aside savings and
become substantial property owners.
So, also, with other corporations and
their treatment of laborers as well as
clerical employees. There is a grow
ing belief that the worker should be
able to become a property owner, a
home owner, whenever possible, so
as to avoid a condition similar to that
which brought the whirlwind of boil
shevistic destruction upon industrial
Russia. 1t is a policy designed to
eliminate a pr~oletariat and to merge
it with what in Europe is called the
bourgeoisie. At the same time it Is
a recognition thet an underlying
source of unrest is Inherent objection
of the human being to be a mere ma
chine.
Presidency In Doubt
Adverting to politics Judge Burr
s4id he considered the presidential
'fuvass any ones race. He admitted
It the country is normally Repub.
and said that probably if the
I'D been held before the
Republican candidate
but he regarded con
..Ons as cIral.. nv the primaries.
VI General Wood and nIs ~"nagers
spent large sums, especially fo. ehe.
organization of the women voters.
Will those women, organized to sup
port Wood, give their votes to Hard
ing? l have found nc Republicans
who says they all will.
Hoover had a large strength and
in California many Democrats regist-
cred as Republicans to vote for him
in the preferential primaries. Will all
of them vote for Harding? l am sure
they will not.
"Johnson's supporters must be reck-
oned with, too, and by no means all
of them are for the Republican nomi-
nee even if Johnson has agreed to
work for Harding. He worked for
Hughes four years ago, you remember.
"Then there is the Volsted law to
be considered. There are thousands
OF persons who are still getting their
cocktails but who have an underly-
ing objection to breaking the law de-
spite the fact they still drink. They
would welcome a modification. Cox
in effect has said he would not veto
such congressional action and Hard
ing is silent. How will that vote go?
Labor leaders have declared against
Harding. If they could swing them
all it would be decisive. Will Cox get
enough to overcome the normal Re-
publican majority"
AS to the league of nations, Judge
Burr said there were many Repub-
licans in favor of it, and continued:
Accident May Decide
$50, as l have said, If it were not
for the pre-convention contests, labor
unrest, the league of nations and pro-
hibition enforcement it would certain
ly be Harding. AS it is careful OBJ
servers of both parties have admitted
to me they regard the contest as in
the balance to be swung one way or
another by the events of the cam
paign." sees.
Judge Burr said it was reported bet
ting in New York was two to one in
favor of Harding but gave an incident