The Holly chieftain., 1922-06-29

VI - SVANchtioA dppolAtSu ~ Son-
slider recent United States Supreme
court decisions affecting labor cases
recommended amendments to the Con-
stitution prohibiting the labor Of chill.
dren under 16; prohibiting the enact
ment of any law or the making Of
judicial determination which would
deny the right Of workers to organize,
to deal collectively with their employ
ers. to collectively withhold their labor
and patronage and induce others to do
so: providing that Il the Supreme
court decides that an act Of congress
Is unconstitutional, or by interpreta.
tion asserts public policy at variance
with the statutory declaration Of con-
gress. then II congress by two-thirds
majority repasses the law 1t shall be-
come the law Of the land.
The Committee also recommended
that congress be urged to enact q
child labor law to overcome objections
raised by the Supreme court to pre-.
vious laws.
nNE Of the worst labor clashes in
~ the history of Illinois occurred
last week at the strip mine Of the
Southern Illinois Coal company In
Williamson county. A gang Of steam
shoyelers was at work there, and af-
ter President Lewis Of the United
Mine Workers had declared they were
to be treated as common strike
breakers" they were surrounded and
attacked by crowd Of striking miners
armed largely with stolen weapons.
The nonunion men, after long bat
tie. surrendered and many Of them
were murdered In cold blood by their
captors. The number Of dead is un-
certain at this writing, but probably
is as high as 40. and perhaps much
higher. Governor Small ordered
1000 members OF the state national
guard mobilized at Chicago. Though
the miners quieted down somewhat
after their orgy of slaughter. there
was great danger of recurrence of the
disorders. It is too early now to at
tempt to place the actual blame for
the disgraceful affair,
WELDING to the request Of the
! administration, the Republican
senators agreed to get through with
the. tariff before taking up the soldiers
bonus bill. Then the senate, by vote
Of 81 to % rejected Senator Walsh's
motion to sIdetrack the tariff for the
bonus, and, after long wrangle, voted
almost unanimously to make the bonus
bill the special order Of business i'm
medlately following the passage Of the
tariff measure. During the debate
some of the Democrats severely as
sailed the President and the majority
party for delaying the adoption Of the
bonus bill, but Senator Lenroot re
torted that the matter Of speeding II
up was now In their own hands, anI
that II they would cease filibusterins
against the tariff. both measures could
be passed before August !.
Consideration Of the ship subsidy
bill also has been deferred, President
Harding consenting to postponement
until the house has sent the tariff bill
to conference. When his letter to this
effect was read In the house a partisan
debate arose over the matter Of sell
ing liquor on American vessels. The
Democrats again made 1t clear that
they will keep this issue alive. Mean
while the row over Chairman Lasker's
policy has been temporarily quieted
by the Issuance Of new Treasury de
partment rulings declaring that the
volstead law does not apply on yes
sells outside the three mile limit.
BRovIDING for an enlisted person
mel Of 5000 and carrying about
$295, ,450. 600, the naval appropriation
bill was passed by the senate and sen,
to conference with the house. The &C
tion on the personnel is final. Amend
ments providing for withdrawal OF
American marines from Haiti. the
Dominican republic and Nicaragua
were defeated after long debate.
COvIET RUSSIA, whose affairs are
~ being considered this week by the
international commission at The
economic plans that the other powers
must be satisfied. According to Lit
vinoff, assistant commissar of for
eign affairs, the all-Russian central
executive committee recently has en-
lnrged the scope OF Its new economic
policy, making new decrees defining
private property rights, regulating con
tracts, reintroducing lawyers and pub
lie prosecutors, and reestabllshini
civil law. until now the government re
CARDS the guarantee problem as prae
! tically settled.