The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-06-29

stitution prohibiting the labor Of chill.
dren under 1G; prohibiting the enact
ment Of any law or the making Of
judicial determination which would
deny the right Of workers to organize,
I" deal collectively with their employ.
ers, to collectively withhold their labor
and patronage and induce others to do
50; providing that If 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
grcsS, then If congress by a 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
child labor law to overcome objections
raised by the Supreme court to pre-.
vious laws.
ONE 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
ShorelcrS was nt work there, and af.
ter President Lewis of the United
Mine Workers had declared they were
to be treated as common strike
breakers" they we're surrounded and
attacked by Il crowd of striking miners
armed largely with stolen weapons.
Inc nonunion men, after Il long bat
tie. surrendered and many of them
we're murdered In cold blood by their
captorS The number Of dead Is un-
certain Mt this writing, but probably
Is ms high as 40, and perhaps much
higher. Governor Small ordered
LOCO members OF the state national
guard mobilized ut Chicago. Though
the miners Quictcd down somewhat
after their orgy Of slaughter, there
was great danger of recurrence of the
tempt to place the actual blame for
the disgruceful 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 a vote
of 81 to % rejected Senator Walsh's
motion to sidctrack the tariff for the
bonus, and, after n long wrangle, voted
almost unanimously to make the bonus
bill the special order Of business i'm.
mcdately following the passage of the
tariif measure. During the debate
some of the Democrats severely as.
sailed the President and the majority
party for delaying the adoption of the
hDnllS hlIf
tortcd that the matter Of speeding il
up was now In their own hands, and
that If they would cease Glibusterins
against the taritT, both measures could
be passed before August /.
Consideration OF the ship subsidy
bill also has been deferred, President
Harding conscnting to poStponrmcnt
until the house has sent the tarif bill
to conference. When his letter to this
eTect was read in the house Il partisan
debate arose over the matter of sell.
ing liquor on American vessels. The
Democrats again made it clear that
they will keep this issue alive. Mean
while the row over Chairman I.askcr's
policy has been temporarily quictcd
by the issuance Of new Treasury de.
pnrtmcnt rulings declaring that the
Nolstcad law does not apply on YES.
sells outside tho three mile limit.
DROVIDING for an enlisted person.
mel Of $4,000 and carrying about
S2o5,I50,000, the naval appropriation
bill was passed by the senate ana sent
to conference with the house. The ac.
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.
@ OVIET RUSSIA, whose affairs are
~ being considered this wecA. by the
commission Mt The
Hague. thinks she has so modified her
economic plans that the other powers
must be satisfied. According to Lit.
vinoff, assistant commissar OF for.
eign affairs, the all.Isussinn central
executive committee recently has en-.
lnrged the scope OF its new economic
policy, making new dccrecs defining
private property rights. regulating con.
tracts. reintroducing lawyers and pub.
lie prosecutors. and re-cstablIshing
civil law. until now the government re.
CARDS the guarantee problem as prnc.
tically settled.