Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-09-02
FIRST OF OTHER MOVES

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Washington, Sept. 1-(By A. P)-
Accepted in official circles as a de.
llberate manifestation Of the admin.
istration's determination to use its
every power to restore normal trans
portation facilities, the injunction is
sued today by Federal District Judge
Niikerson in Chicago was de-
nounced by labor leaders as an out
rageous" invasion of strikers rights
which should not be permitted to in
terferc with the efforts to them and
their friends TO win the shcpmen's
! strike.
J The restraining orded did not rep
resent the limit to which the govern
ment was prepared to go should it
| End that other steps are necessary"
the administration spokesman de-
clared. but they refused to indicate
what avenue would be followed IL
supplementary action was taken.
w. II. Johnson. who as president OF
the international Association of Ma
| cHinists, represents one of the lary-
est groups of men on strike declared
! the restraining order would not in
| fiuence the strike leaders to abate in
| the slightest their efforts to make
| their fight effective. President Sam
uel Gompers of the American Fedora
ton of Labor echoed this assertion,
adding that the federation's view
would be as stated in the past: That
| injunctions which invaded constitu-
tional rights would be treated us
scraps of paper"
| Both at the White House and the
! department Of justice, direct comment
was withheld on the sudden appeal OF
the government to the federal courts
IN the railroad situation, officials in
sisting that the governments action
spoke for itself"
The secret of Attorney General
J Daugherty's visit to Chicago had
been so we'll kept that some members
of the administration as we'll as Of
the Senate and House were taken by
surprise by the filing Of the suit and
| the issuance of the courts temper
, airy order which followed quickly.
! Chairman Cummins of the Senate
interstate commerce Commission who
had maintained close touch with the
| industrial situation since its incep-
ton, however, said he had been con-
| suited in regard to the move. He eX-
pressed his approval, adding that his
attitude would be the safe toward
ANY move that will keep that rail-
roads in operation"
Discussion of the proposed suit oc-
cupied a recent meeting of the cab
met, it was said, and developed
decided divergence of opinion as to
its ACCESSIBILITY between certain of
President Harding's advisors. In
some circles President Harding was
understood to have. for the time at
least aligned himself among those
opposed to seeking court action in
the emergency which he was said to
conceive as the direct responsibility
of the executive department.
Later however, when the apparent
collapse of efforts to settle the strike
should be followed by instances Of
| NloleHce OH many IdiliduS. wi. Hdio-
ing was said to have approved the
attorney generals recommendation
that such legislation should be add
ed to other efforts of the government
to prevent such outbreaks.
The injunction petition was held
by the department of justice to be
we'll precedented on the governments
action in the famous DebS case In
1895 which subsequently was sus-
tanned by decision of the United
States supreme court.