Evening star., 1921-12-16
The Presidents Industrial Greed.

Probably the most discussed fea-
ture of President Harding's message
to. Congress is that which might De
called his Industrial creed. The Phil
adelpfia Public Ledger Independently
thinks ut may be that the most I'M
portant thing for America, among the
many important subjects toucheo In
the message. will be his proposal ior
q national court to halt, hinder pre-
vent and arbitrate strikes" the SAT-
Lake Deseret News tindepenoent)
calls the proposal bold" for. as the
ithaca Journal-News Independently
says, It Is "a policy that hitherto mas
not been suggested in such nign
Mace as the White House" At the
same time. the Baltimore sun Snpaet Sinae
In assuming that "it will receive =
rather mixed verdict" not only from
.the interested parties" but from the
press. -. ,.v
Grafton Of Industrial and financial
CORPORATIONS treaties and
contacts col among nations which look
to the settlement Of differences with
out the necessity ct 3In1ies Conflicts in IN
a
might well have plans of conference
and common counsel, Of mediation, ar
bitration' and judicial determination
in controversies between capital ana
labor" ...,, -, h,,+
no,1e the less "clear and to the point"
the President makes it apparent to
the Spokane Spokesman-Review dnde-
nendent republican, that 'the prin-
ciple of the Kansas. industrial court
Ehas his approval" and in taking TINS
position "he treads upon sure gro1.na 9 .na
the Denver Times Independently IS
sure that "it will indorse to the hilt
any policy which may be evolved TO
force the opposing camps In INDUS.
trial warfare to meet In conference.
"As might have been expected" com
publican), Samuel Gompers promptly
attacked the suggestion of President
Harding" for an industrial court. But
in his comparison of such an institu-
tfon Ito the old slave tribunals. Mr.
GoInters "is unduly alarmeG.; ene
thinks. "If there is any phase Of a
nrouerly developed industrial court
which smacks of a slave tribunal,
the Herald declares that 1t will Join
Mr. Gompers Gin an intrenched oppo-
sition," but it is confident that a law
w
;heiiigerents shall exhaust the agen-
cies Of peace before resorting TO tne
agencies of war takes nothing from
a belligerent except the privilege OF
going off half-cocked." Rather tnan
Sturning the clock back four cen.
turies" to the time When the Sou,e the
of quarter sessions determined tae
wages Of the workers and condemned
men to compulsory servitude ana
slavery II they resisted the decisions
Of the court" as President Gompers
declares. the Chicago News Qnde,,
pendent) holds that ,rtn,n the ,nd"sfr.ar 1o baar
% ON %.industrial strife" the "compacts;
aereements, legal codes and arbftral
trihunals" that are lesseptng 1nterna-
tional war. Instead OF recognising
that such procedure as that OF, tne
court of quarter sessions mas neen
outgrown in the march Of a civinza,
tion ..founded on enhanced mutual
Understanding. Of advancing. judicial
5endaiongrendered under an advancing
iaw" as the New York Times (inde-
nAndent demoeratic) expresses It, the
pendent democratic) expresses II, the
St. Louis Globe Democrat nn <reputnaiSan1 rep tnisn
ers' with attempting to exempt labor
fiisputes from ''the processes Of. le-
ralized Justice by which all other
disputes in q civilized society must
be settled" and maintaining their
inalienable right to the use Of force;
seifishly insisting. the Christian
Science Monitor (Boston, independ-
ent) adds, ''that the policy of dis
armament should not be carried so
far "as to render their weapon In
effective.
But If President Harding really
proposes "to set up in this country
q national adaptation Of the Kansas
Industrial. court" the Des Moines
rRegISter Independent republican,
concodos that probably AL Of Conn
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