, 1921-06-19
WATERWAY
URGED.

DENVER. June s.-B The Asso'
Eciated Press)- Immediate develop
fmont OF tho Mississippi system as a
Edccp waterway by the government in
BORDER to provide work for h mil
%lions of unemployed was urged by
FLAMES Lord. president Of h mining
rdepartment of the American Fedora
ftion of Labor, in his annual report
Emade public today.
z Besides relieving unemployment
kMr. Lord said this gigantic enter
sprise which would provide for estah-
tlishment of ship canals. would "alsc
6~prevont floods forever, would reclaim
~millions OF acres of the richest Ian
lin tho world. and would do away with
NyelIow jack and malaria"
This would automatically do many
rother things said Mr.. Lord, be
Ssides making seaports OF some of our
Finland cities. I believe II this system
= wcre started. building from the head
: waters Of the Mississippi and the
EMissouri. and to some extent h IL
Z illinois and Ohio rivers. down to New
SOrleans, La. it would give an out
flet by water for the produce of st.
SLouis. Chicago. Kansas City. Pitts
rbursh and other cities. directly to
feither coast of South America or to
kEurope.
"It woui require many yea to do
@this job right In the meantime,
\ while the rest of the world Is writh-
ling in agony and uncertainty. this
kgigantic enterprise would boom every
Zine in human endeavor in our coun-
&try: our unemployed would be put to
~useful n profitable work. they
Fwould require clothing. food. hous-
Ar-- na.rrl1la steal la-Nr. A-l go
tchinery. and in the meantime we
ewould have an open l=ii for a thor
wough and complete organization"
= Reclamation of desert and swamp
@1and and the building of good roads
Fwas also urged by the mining de-
apartment head to give work to the
unemployed.
& Referring to the coal mining in
Hdustry. Mr.. Lord said:
Z The industrial reaction which has
Eset in has hit the mining industry
@possibly harder than any other indus
airy. Thousands of miners are unem-
z ployed and they Who can work three
Edays a week are better off than the
~raverage. h question of unemploy-
rmcnt also mnnifests itself in affairs
Aof tho international union financially.
Jas idle members are exonerated from
s.ducs.'
& Tho Alabama coal strike. he de-
Eciared. was ended by one of the most
~brutal decisions ever rendered with
gin tho remembrance of man."
d This decision" he added, rendered
Sby the goversor of the state. is a
~crcel. t~yrannical and coid-biooded as
Eif it were written exclusively by the
1opcrctors. or the exclusive inner cir
Hcle OF h merchants and manufac-
rturcrs' association"
The mining department head aid
stii;t h United Mine Workers of
xAmerica has set its face determined
s1y against any reduction in wages"
Z Reviewing tho strike situation in
sAIingo county. West Virginia. he said
TIE armed forces of the operators
Esre the government, the only gov
ecrnrncnt that eve the needs
FOR plea of The worker there"
+ The raetaiiiferous industry is ex-
e-pcriencing the creates slump in his
Story,' Mr.. Lord said. THE SrneItcrs
sarc almost universally closed. and tho
sminer5 are nearly as bad"
= TScre was no session of the Amer
1can Federation Of Labor convention
7here today. The delegates left on a
Especial train for Colorado Springs for
"a mountain sightseeing tour.
= Irish sy-npathizcrs in the convcn-
Ftion today received n telegram from
rFrark p. Walsh. urging them to sup
4pcrt tie Official resolutions OF the
kIr.ah republic" which call for q boy
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