The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-08-18
REMEDIES ASKED
FOR SITUATIONS
BY BETTER LAWS
All Power Of Government
to Maintain, Transporta-
tion and to Sustain
Right of Men.
ESCH-CUMMlNS ACT
INADEQUATE, CLAIM
Commerce Has Been Impair
ed by Rail Strike; Unions
Have Not Obeyed Laws.

WASHINGTON. - President Hard
ing today told congress and the nation
that he was resolved ito use all the
power of the government to maintain
transportation and TO sustain the right
Of men TO work"
The president declared national in.
vestisation for constructive recommen-
dations as to the conduct of the coal
industry TO be imperative and recon.
mended a government commission to
advise as to fair wages and conditions.
. Immediate Legislation TO establish tenn
porarily national coal agency" with
necessary capital TO purchase. sell and
distribute coal also was urged by the
executive.
Present law Inadequate.
Stating that the Esch- -Cummns act
in establishing the railroad labor board
was inadequate. being with little or no
power to enforce its decisions. the presi-
dent recommended action to make the
boards decisions enforceable and eff
fective. against carriers and employees
alike"
Other legislative recommendations
were for better protection OF aliens
and enforcement OF their treaty rights"
measure TO give federal courts juris.
diction in protecting alicns.
Shocking Crime at Herrin.
In discussing the coal situation, the
president referred to what he termed
the shocking crime nj Herrin, uyls."
which so recently shamed and horri-
fled the country" and added the Incl.
dent was "butchcry OF human beings
wrought In madness"
The president in his address to con-
gress in which he recommended specific
legislation desired 10 cure the nations
Industrial ills declared with emphasis
that the right OF employers and en-
nloyes alike to establish their methods
OF conducting business. to choose their
employment and TO determine their
relations with each other must be rec
cgnlzed.
Government by law must be and
VIII be sustained" the president said,
mo matter what clouds may gather.
Lo matter what storms may ensue, no
matter what hardshps may attend or
what sacrifice may be necessary"
Strikes Detrimental.
Stating That sympathetic railroad
strikes had developed and impaired in.
terstate commerce seriously, the presi-
dent said that trains deserted In the
western desert had revealed IN cruelty
and contempt Tor law on the part OF
some railway employees. who have con.
spired 10 paralyze transportation"
Asserting that the striking unions In
some Instances had mot held their
forces TO law observance" Mr.. Harding
said. there is state OF lawlessness
shocking to every conception OF Amer.
lean law and order" and announced
his intention 10 invoke laws. civil and
criminal, forbiddlng conspiraces hinder.
Ing interstate commerce and requiring
safety in railway service.
Men DO Not Approve.
In declaring positively for the right
Of men TO work, the president said that
in both the coal and rail strikes this
right had been denied by assault and
violence" and In some cases winked at
BY local authorities Hc added.
1T Is fair to say that the great mass
Of organized workmen do not approve
but they seem helpless to hinder. These
conditions cannot remain In free Amer.
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