The Washington herald., 1922-07-20
FEARS PARTIALLY
North Carolina Executive
Disagrees With White
House.
HOPEFUL, ASSERTS
SENATOR BORAB
Confers With Gompers il
Move to Prevent, Fu-
ture Walkoutss =,

Governors OF the coai-producinf
States. almost to a man. are read,
to back President Harding to IN,
limit in his determination to gei
coal produced at any hazard in suf.
fcient quantities to meet the na.
tion's needs.
They Indicated their overwhelm.
ing Endorsement of the President
strike policy yesterday in teIegrami
responding to Mr.. Harding's pies
for State cooperation with tn,
Federal government in supplying
ample protection for the reopenint
and operations Of the mines. II tn,
governors are rejecting the senti.
ment of their States. the countr,
strongly approves Of the President,
course.
While the Federal and State gov.
ernments were preparing for
showdown on the question Of pro.
ducing coal. union officials got read,
for drastic reprisals in case any al.
tempt was made to reopen the mine,
with nonunion workers. They frank.
ly declared that n the mines were
reopened with nonunion men. or.
ders would be issued for a strike OF
the maintenance workers. This soar
would mean the flooding of ths
mines and a long period Of idIeneSs
lsecause OF this prospect. Il is un.
derstood that the Pennsylvania an
TIN acite operators will make no at
tempt to reopen their mines until
they reach a settlement.
Gov. Morrison, OF North Carolina
was the only State executive tc
I disagree with the Presidents Dol.
/ icy.
Il am truly sorry" Gov. Morrison
wired. that a judgment Ions
formed and repeatedly expressed
heretofore in my State presnts ny
agreeing with your position as se'
forth in your telegram.
Il deem the whole policy OF ma.
tional and State governments tryinE
TO adjust labor disputes unwise Il
always forfeits the confidence of
/ the side to such a controversy fn.
ally decided against by the govern
ment and creates suspicion Of IN,
Importantly Of its exercise of po-
lice power.
|
government and the part of wisdom
Is 10 uphold the law with fearles,
lmpartiality and permit parties in
Industrial disputes to fight the eco
nomic battle to a finish Your no.
sition is practically to use ~.
power of the governmen. araln,s,
the miners and in the enforrc,,..,,,
OF police regulations and the mn
holding Of the law the strikers vii
naturally have little confidence ir
the impartiality or fairness of sol.
dlers or other agencies of force dt-
rected by government which ha,
taken a decided stand against then,
however good the reason for such
stand may be-"
Illinois is silent.
No response had been receives ,,
the White House from the rover,,r
OF tue acting governor OF Illinois m
70 late hour. Because OF the Her
.ih k'liings, there was more interest
the attitude OF the Illinois au-
/ thorities toward the Presidan,-s
stand than in the attitude Of anv
other State. The failure Of IN. n
hnois executive TO reply aroused
considerable comment.
Gov. Kendall OF Iowa wired. .As
chief executive of the State Of Iowa
pledge every resource Of the State
TO the support of the program Won
have inaugurated for the relief OF
the fuel situation"
This telegram was typical. Gov.
McCray OF Indiana telegraphed.
Telegram just received Indiana
mine operators have been invited 20
resume mining operations. Amr,.
protection will be given TO protect
life and property"
Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania. Gov.
Davis OF Ohio. Gov. Morrow of Ken
tucky. Gov Morgan Of West vir-
G!nia all pledged their support to
the President
Gov. Allen OF Kansas said that the
Industrial Court bad ordered the
mines reopened and that about SO
per cent OF the States needs was
now being produces
| No legislation can he Of assistancs
In settling the pending coal and raf5
road strikes. Senator Borah. Idaho
chairman Of the Senate Committee
on Education and Labor. said yes
/ terday. following a conference with
| Samuel Gompers. president OF the
American Federation Of Labor.
Preparing for Future.
Those who participated IN the
conference besides Mr.. Gompers sna
Senator Borah were Senators wash
Massachusetts,. and King. Utah. and
Frank Morrison. secretary Of the
American Federation OF Labor. and
Edgar Wallace. a legislative repre-
sentative OF the federation.
The conference was arranged bv
Senator King. who has been con-
sidering legislative action.
The general lab1r situation Was
disguised at length, includinc the
position OF the strikers in both the
coal strike and the railroad strike.
Senator Borah. In discussing what
took place. said IT was apparent
that there was nothing that could
be done by Congressional action to
settle the strikes. but that Il was
proper to consider legislation with
view 20 preventing a recurrence
of the difficuities.
Senator Bopah said that Mr.. Com