Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-06-19

There may be doctors who attain n
sort NJ success hy administering only
thu kind 1T treatment which N immc'
dlntcly pleasant Ia the piiient But
don't want any such doctor prnctlcing
on mo or In my family.
have never acquired n taste Tor cns.
~ oil or fondness Tor cnlomcl ar n
~ ing for the surgeons knife hut
= NJ want any professional relations
with amy doctor who would hesitate
about prescribing unpleasant painful
things for me and mine when his know
ledge shows that such things are help
ful and necessary
Internationally the Daily Trlhuncs
editorial Friday prnislng the American
Federation of iabor's resolution for n
six hour day has pleased some NJ the
public to which II WIS addressed But
IA" inclSlvcly frank editorial IN the
Daily News Friday morning condemn
ing that 1uack dope sent out from the
Denver convention s"mmonds itself To
that part NJ the public which believes
| In giving the patient what VIII serve
thu patient best instead 81 what he In
crying for.
I, might he good strategy under some
circumstances ~ assume ~ Mr.. John.
son of the Tribune did H. His editorial
that the Federation III Labor intends
by its resolution that union labor II In
ask only six hours nay for the six hours
they say they shall work IN n day. TN
douhtcdly IN this case Il gained the
Tribune the distinction for the time he.
ing NJ least 81 being the friend In union
labor among Amarillo newspapers
I think better Of Mr.. Johnson's Judg
ment than 10 believe that he thought
that the Federation intended To allow
only six hours pay for this six hour
work day. ny sort Of editorial court
csy he gives the Federation the most
generous construction III the letter al
i,s declaration. What you and ! and
he public generally arc concerned about
claratlon and how such "A policy would
work II II were put into operation.
II happens that the business In which
some NJ nv make our living. including
myself. has been undergoing n nation
wide strike 10y union labor because the
employer side Of II has refused TO give
forty eight hours pay Tor forty.fou,
hours work. with time and half fol
over time. From the fact that IN,
unions had voted this disguised incrcas'
IN pay by an overwhelming majority
members OF the union over the countr,
believed that theirs would bc an eas,
victory quickly won when the issu'
came Ia the date set an May LIST.
short time before that date a union of
fetal In speaking of conditions amonI
printing employers declared that en-
ployers generally were thanking thci
lucky stars. ar whatever they worship
that We are not sufficiently militant 4
demand the six hour day at this time. ="
Instead 81 victory the unions In IN
commercial printing industry all owe
the Untitled States have met with WIN
looks 10 me like smashing defeat. Thi
has not been an anti.union fight In IN
sense ~ cndeavoring Ia destroy union
and II has not been II fight To rcduc
wages hut as the result ~ the fight Il
the seven weeks already. the union IN
lost more shops than II has gained q
many many years. and my information
leads me 10 believe that they arc no
through losing.
In a question which bristlcs with con
troycrsy as docs this union labor que,
tion. u seems Ia H. practically impos
siblc to criticisc any dictum Of tn
enemy 10 msor" i Know ,ha, To-