Evening star., 1922-07-19
Lodge Appeals for
Public Support in
Strike Crisis.
COMPERS ATTENDS
BORAH CONFERENCE
Favorable Responses TO
: Appeal from White
House Number Seven.

Responses pledging cooperation
from governors of seven coal-pro-
tucing states, among those who
were called upon by President Hard
ing yesterday to cooperate with
the federal government in protect
ing mines at which operations are
TO be resumed, were received today
at the White House. Other replies
were expected throughout the day
from the rest of the twenty-elght
states to which messages were sent
by the President.
Mines Might be Flooded.
At the same time it was broadly
limited at union headquarters at the
Raleigh Hotel that drastic action IN
the shape of flooding the mines may
be taken If strike breakers are called
into use Calling out of the main
tenance force kept at the mines whlle
they are shut down would permit
flooding of the mines by the stop
page of pumping machinery. it was
ton to mine coal was taken by the
operators.
While favorable responses were
being received at the White House
in reply to the Presidents kilograms,
Senator Lodge, republican leader In
the Senate, issued a statement urg-
ing "all. patriotic Americans to sus-
tain the President" in his program
for dealing with the coal strike.
Conference mt Capitol.
An important development in the
strike situation today was the con-
ference set for pm. this afternoon
in the office of Senator Borah. chair
man of the committee on education
and labor. with Senators Borah,
Walsh of Ma ssachusetts. King of Utah
and President Gompers of the A. F. h.
participating.
1t was said today that the sena-
tors desired to obtain from Mr.. Com
pers a statement of the aims and de-
sires of the strikers, with particular
reference to suggestions for changes
in the present industrial system re-
1ating to mining and transportatlon
The meeting was regarded as pos
sibly a forerunner of legislation de-
signed to prevent a recurrence of the
present coal and railroad strikes.
Senator Lodges statement follows:
My position is simply that which
every patriotic American must hold.
have always believed unswervingly
In law and order. which are the
foundations of our government. With
out them we cannot have free re-
public. The laws made by the peo-
pie and their representatives. must
always he obeyed and enforced Or
der mlfSt be maintained for without
it nations fall into anarchy. the worst
Of tyrannies No free man and no
free woman can be compelled to work
and no free man and no free woman
can be deprived of the right to work.
In the exercise of the right to work
all lawxabiding citizens are entitled
to the fullest and most complete pro-
lection of the government, both state
and national.
Only One Government.
"There can be but one government
In the United States and that is the
government elected by the whole peo-
pie. No minority Of the people. no
matter how highly organized. can be
allowed to control the government of
all the people
president Harding asked, as Presi-
dent Roosevelt asked in 1902. the
mine owners and the miners to ar
bitrate their differences. majority
of the mine owners consented.
The miners refused. The Presi-
dent has now requested that the
mines be opened and proposes that
all who are willing to work be pro-
tected to the fullest extent, if
necessary by all the forces of the
states and nation. 1t seems the plain
est and most absolute duty of all
patriotic Americans to sustain the
President without reservation or
purpose of evasion at this crisis
when he is standing for law, order
and justice. precious ABOVE all else
TO the people of the United States
support of Governors.
The kilograms from governors pledg-
Ing support were as follows:
Gov. Morrow of Kentucky:
Replying to your telegram, 1 will
Issue tonight in the form of a procla-
nation, request to all mine operators
to open their mines and to ali miners
to return to their employment or to
seek employment when the mines are
open. and am giving full assurance to
all persons concerned that every power
of the state will be used whenever and
wherever necessary to maintain law
and order and to protect every citizen
in the unobStructed exercise of their
constitutional rights. Your position as
announced is unquestionably correct.
and should be unhesitatingly pursued
Will support and maintain it,"
Gov. Kendall of Iowa:
LAS chief executive of Iowa I pledge
every resource of the state to the sup
port of the program you have inaugu-
b rated fS the relief Of the fuel situa-
tion."
Gov. McCray of Indiana:
Telegram just received Indiana
mine operators have been invited to
resume mining operations. Ample
protection will be given to protect
life and property"
Gov. Hardwick of Georgia:
Il have your telegram of this
afternoon. have carefully noted it's
contents and agree heartily with you.
This morning / issued a procla ration
calling on all aw-abiding citizens to
obey the laws and to preserve peace
and order. I have sent a strong
military force to Waycross. Ga, to
quell disturbance there and to pre-
serve order. / have notified lali peace
and police officers of this state to
preserve order and to keep down dis
turbances and have promised them
military aid whenever necessary. I
believe the National Guard of Geor-
gia will be adequate for that pur-
pose. Protection Of persons and
property is the paramount duty Of
government and the state government
of Georgia stands sQuarely with you
and will cooperate fully with the
federal authorities to maintain and
preserve it You may count ON full,
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