Evening star., 1921-11-08
Editorial Digest
Whsse DOES Victory iA2

Spmethi1E sfaxged tha pIan for q
|failroad strike Just as It Was. tearing
along under . full head Of steam. and
ii came 10 q dead STOP With scarcely
Eany grinding Of its wheels What
|opsratsd tho signal that tsad "stops s''s
Did the men realize that, ."thaY had
embarked . on an impossible. 1eatuges"'
las the Brooklyn Eagle (tndsp endent
Fdemocratic) says. and that public
opinion overwhelmingly adverse. to
sheir policy doomed a, strike to. disas,
trous defeat?" Was the strike order
Eremanded because. as the Butte Post
f(repabliean) thinks, ."the simple
ktruth' is that the chiefs Of the broth~
terhoods couldn't deliver the goods"
tand their bluff was called. as the
Epubiican5 slssestss br. on the o,hsr
hand, was 1t because, az q number OF
papers believe, the men won all they
twanted and there was no need to
public opinion really compelled
declares the Boston Herald (fnde-
ndent'republicanJ, and has, accord
ttngiy. "Won q great moral victory"
Ethe Minneapolis journal dndependent
trepublican) adds. The position chat
the recall order was due entirely to
fby an impressive number of papers.
But the question Of where the victory
lies IL answered in various ways.
tThe Columbia Is. C.)' State (demo-
EcratfcN believes that ''for once the
royal for their rights and interests"
and the Roanoke World News (demo-
lcraticl finds that "the real winner is
the pdblic-tffe public which would
Ihave been the worse loser in case of
lcapitulated before rising tide Of
public fury" the Peoria Transcript
Independently feels. "tiasco" which,
1.-THE Wheeling Intelligencer (repnhA-
fcanl says. has given organized lah0r
fa bleck eye from which 1t will -
contrary to that held by the Lynch
burg. News (democratic). which re-
CARDS the fact that the brothsrhoods
had the moral courage and nerve and
patriotism to meet the terms of their
lohltgations 70 the public and the pub
land should be- SO proclaimed"
While q number of papers feel with
the Charleston News and Courier
| (democratic) that "in calling off the
strike the brotherhood leaders have
had to accept the worst humiliation
I WnlCh mas Deen Nislteu upon VI gan
fised labor in this country In many
years" many editors view the out
| comesvery differently. The Lansing
F(Mich.) State Journal independently
thinks that probably the brother
hoods, have won what they went
faMEs. and this belief more positively
staseh is held by many: The issue
Eun&ependent) insists the wage. re-
Fduction of July /. lit was the fear
that the railroads were determined
!upon destroying the unions : and
| that-further reduction in wages would
shortly be ordered that led the labor:
chiefs to exercise their authority to
| call a strike" And asa settlement
has been made ''on the strength of
| the assurance of the Labor. Board
| that it will give the railway workers
| a square deai."-the Muskegon Chron-
| icle Independently concludes that "the
| railway unions themselves. The
position taken. by the Railroad Labor
| Board "is clear gain for the unions"
the Aberdeen Is. d. World Unde-
pendenD is sure. and the Mime
apolis Tribune trepdhiicsn). holds
believe that the brotherhoods have
| suffered = defeat. but it is hardly
possible to; delude ones self into
thinking that, the railroads scored a
| victory" -"
| However. a very substantial claim
for the laurels of victory can By filed
by the RAILROAD Labor Board. in the
| opinion Of The majority of the press
| The; triupnh rafa a aoYna, 9raneallpiie 9al !
and Just policy +wAR wong the Adss
rian (Mic19 sJHegram dridependentJ
feels. when the authority Of the
Railroad .Easm Board was yindi;,
Gated" and "in the final analysis.
the Buffalo Times tdemooratio) thinks
ton" We are working toward time.
the Cincinnati Times Star (repub-
Ilican) says. when a general railroad
| strike will be impossible, but IL we
are not to have strikes we must
hayA governmental machinery which
viii provide for hearings and the
| settlement of disputes without IN
dustrial warfare" In its handling OF
the recent crisis the Railroad Labor
BOARD has earned "a vast amount OF
credit" the Toledo Blade (republtcan)
| thinks, for "it has shown singular
ability in getting itself listened to
by men determined. stubborn: and
angry and the Springfield RApub,
licah (independeptl hnds that IT
] gains in popular prestige. The
great gain, In the opinion Of the .BoS-
ton Post tindependsnt dem6crstic)' is
! that :"the Labor Board: backed oy
| public opinion. has demonstrated
that Its decisions must be accepted
las final," and sin the recognition OF
the principles Of governmental, at,.
lthorItS and public interest" the: Phil.
adeinhia Bulletin Etlndepenqentt .res
publican) believesIslies the real VIC
tfory which has heHif. W op3a :.