Norwich bulletin., 1922-09-02

Washington. Sept 1.-Rsgardless of the injunction issuing at Chicago today, the American Federation of Labor will continue 10 raise funds and supplies in aid of railroad strikers its president, Samuel Compers, declared tonight and will seek every way Co help bring about ''sa honorable adjustment" of their con troversy.
 Mir Gompers declared the injunction was courageous" and "an invasion of the constitutional rights of working men" and should be SO regarded. The feder- stion's constitutional rights should be treated as scraps of paper"
 Conforming the injunction Mir. Comp CTS declared it represented ''usurpation Of power by courts" and asserted the federation would continue supporting the strike with money and aid.
 The injunction. he said. might be stirring up a hornets nest instead of pacifying the existing unsettlement, be cause there are other railroad workers, the trainmen. the telegraphers, the main tenance of way men, who may now be- come interested"
 "I don't know what they will do, how ever" he remarked, I'm just mention ing them.r
 This injunction Is a most outrageous thing-a process of the manufacturer of radicaiisrn and bolshevisn1 in this coun- try" Mir. Gompers continued Tt Is strange. in our republic. founded on the principles of liberty. that the political party which was made by Lincoln and Harrison to the abolition of human slay- cry. should now be engaged in move ment for the restoration of compulsory human labor
 ''I am quite sure the result of this in- junction will only he to soidity the men. and 10 strengthen the support of public opinion be hind them. We see that the railroads need no lawyers in these matters for fN.orney General paurherty and the department of jus lice becomes the attorney of thes rail- road companies. While action amounts to a confession that strike Is 10 be successful it is strange that all powers of the government should be brought to force the surrended of rights ot the rziiroad labor board when s2 railroads in 1of separate cases have violated it's orders.'
 Turning to the injunction Itself Mfr. Gompers said he was informed It for bzds the men or their representatives to write letters circular statements, by word or otherwise"
 why didn't they stop the radio. and forbid them using the etherT' He in uulred. The American Federation or Labor has advised men in previous in- junction cases to treat as scraps of pa per those court orders which invade their constitutional rights
 He ~as asked here If he considered this injunction to Invade constitutional rights.
 "I don't consider It does-I know it docs" he exclaimed emphatically. "But I am not advising these men what to do assume they know. They will use their own judgment"
 President Harding he suggested. 1T labor matters twas going back to norm eicy. several centuries back"
 ''None Of them. the injunction says may taunt men who are at work. I've never heard of taunting as a violation of law. They mustn't call these felloVs 'scabe'. I suggest they call them insteat industrial angels"
 The executive council of the federation MT. Gompers added, would consider a an early meeting whether. its owl legal representatives would enter thu case in an endeavor to have the injunc ton voided.