The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-21

Topeka, Kan, July 21-(By
the Associated Press.) The
proposed advance ON Emporia
because william Allen White
displayed . strike sympathy
poster has been temporarily
called Of. Instead Of sending
emissaries to Emp0ria armed
ed with . warrant for Mr..
Whites arrest, they will carry
. white flag, it was stated to-
day.
Emporia, Kan. July 21-(By the
Associated Press.)-William Allen
White, Kansas editor, awaited to-
day the service Of warrant for his
arrest for alleged violation Of the
industrial court anti-picketing law,
which he was informed last night
by friends Of Governor H. ]. Allen
was in preparation by Attorney
General K J. Hopkins. 1t was un-
derstood that the attorney-general
prepared the information lodging
charges against Editor White last
night.
Editor White and Governor AL
len are lifelong friends, both pub
licly and personally. Mr.. White
has supported the governor through
out his administration. and even
in the face Of, impending action
against him he said yesterday:
There Is no personal feeling be-
tween Governor Allen and me. He
is making a splendid governor"
Hearing of his impending arrest,
Mr.. White restated his defiance of
the ruling of the court that to dis
play signs in sympathy with the
striking railroad shopmen was
against the law. Mr.. White said
that he would not take down the
sign which he had placed in the
window OF the Office of 7nis paper.
the Emporia Gazette.
Won't Remove Sign.
II wont take down that sign. 1t
is going to stay there in my win
dow" he said.
The sign reads:
I'VE are for the striking railway
men, so per cent. We are for a
living wage and fair living condi-
tons"
As originally placed in the win
dow the sign read 100 per cent, -
but Mr.. White cut the percentage
o49 per cent Wednesday and rails
ed it to so per cent yesterday.
Similar cards appeared simulta-
neously in store windows at sew
eral points where merchants are
| in sympathy with the strike. With
the first indications that the state
did not approve the display of the
signs, many merchants removed
them, but some have since followed
Mr.. Whites leadership and replaced
the signs on display.
Personal Friendship Holds.
Both Governor Allen and Mr..
White have stated their personal
friendship for each other has not
been affected by the controversy.
4 Q0I. w ulLC o0&0 Io0Ay.
Judge ]. A. McDermott Of the
industrial court declares that the
card In my window is lending NOR
al support to an unlawful act, and
thereby creating an atmosphere in
favor of law violation.
"The right to free utterance
Of honest opinions is fundamental
right. Our fathers fought for it at
Bunker Hill, and at Gettysburg
and to restrict any man from the
calm expression of an honest opin-
ion merely because there is a
strike on in Kansas is unwise. In
dustrial questions are not honestly
settled by a suppression Of free ut
terance, either of speech or the
i press, or of any other kind. so long
as the opinion is orderly and tenn
perate and decent
Insists ON Free Speech.
| "As a matter of fact l am not fol
the striking railroad men 100 pei
cent. They have a just cause, but
they have taken a foolish time fol
fighting for it But so long as the
right to express any opinion is re,
garded as incendiary, feel an old
fashioned American duty to stand
IN and be counted for free utter
ance."
/ The governor said that M1. White
had the wrong "slant" in placing
the strike sympathy card in the
Gazette window and that he did moi
believe forbidding display of the
cards an attack on free speech He
tsaid:
"The Kansas court Of industrial
relations act prohibits. a strike II
| an essential industry. 1t declare:
every form of picketing is a par
lof the conspiracy to deprive tht
public Of transportation"
Then he proceeded to point ou'
that as he viewed it, Editor White!
display Of the sympathy card was
: form Of picketing. and as suci
Ivas in violation of the law. ant
| that Mr.. White was melting other.
lto violate law by his open defiance
Arkansas City. Kas., July IL
!, Mayor George H. Mcintosh. for.
merly an engineer on the Santa Fl
| railroad. informed E. G. Harvey
IrepresentAtive from Governor al
len,s olfice, that he would not Civ.
any orders for removal Of tht
| strike sympathy posters in display
Windows of stores here.
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