Evening star., 1922-07-27

instead of the governments action
Of the capitalistic class. 1t has been
quite as much opposed by those who
speak for employers as 1t is by you
and your associates. Government
undertakes to represent neither class
alone. and Is opposed to all conflict
among classes. and disputes the right
OF any group or class. organized or
unorganized. to imperil American well
fare. Government speaks only for
American people as a whole and the
common good of all it's citizenship.
'In view of all that the govern
during the past year and a half to
relieve the American farmer from the
burdens of readjustment and to re-
lieve labor from the hardships of un-
employment. 1 know your attempted
appeal to American prejudice will fall
as it is untruthful. II you are the
believer in peace and harmony and
the reign of justice which you would
have believed. l invite you now to
pass judgment on the failure of the
mine workers to accept the awards OF
an able and impartial commission in
determining the merits of the dispute
between coal miners and coal opera
tors, and ! invite you to urge the
striking railway workmen to accept
the decision of the American Railroad
Labor Board. acting under authority
of the law, which must be supreme,
and return to work under that de-
cision. until you and l. and every one
else interested in American welfare.
may join in asking the Railroad La
Dor Board to give a rehearing on any
question concerning which there is
reasonable doubt about the correct
ness or the justice of the decision
made. These are the ways of peace,
these are the requirements of en-
lightened civilizat ton. these are the
things expected by your government
of its loyal and law-abiding citizen
ship.
(Signed) WARREN G. HARDING" d"
Mr.. Deans telegram to the Presi-
dent follows:
Deans Telegram.
Chattanooga, Tenn. July %. 1922
Hon Warren G. Harding. President,
Washington. D. c.:
Il wish to point out to you that the
railway employees and miners who are
on strike are loyal American citizens
and are only executing their Consti-
tutional rights. A large percentage
of them fought on European soil that
there might be no more war. and for
you or any governor to attempt to
operate the mines or railroads by
military forces or to attempt to draft
men into mining or railroad service
would be an attempt to entablish in
voluntary servitude. And dare to pre-
dict that when involuntary servitude'
is attempted by you. then the long
predicted war between labor and
capital will loom up. The American
farmer and laborer have come to re-
aliZe the hostile attitude of the G. o.
p. toward them. and they realize that
the hard times that now exist is a
premeditated plan to bring the farmer
and laborer down to their knees. The
blood of the American farmer and
laborer is at a broiling heat because
they came to the firm conclusion that
their government. or your admins
tration, at least. is against them.
Il pray that it will not come. yet
feel at liberty to predict that in your
attempt to place the American labor
under the gun nothing short of
revolution will happen. l am a lover
of peace and harmony, yet l am for
these striking railway employees and
miners. and I know that they will
put forth every possible means to
keep peace in our country. But these
are days which try the very souls of
men, and 1 am hoping that you will
be wise enough to see the dark clouds
that are in the horizon sky and will
change your attitude so as to remove
those clouds
ISigned u CLEVE DEAN,
Chairman Railway Employees
Publicity Association"