The New York herald., 1922-10-22
RADICAL LABOR LEADERS WARNED TO CEASE THEIR AGIATON

men, will say no as vehemently as l do
When government falters when its
chosen leaders neither know nor respect
their duty. when law and order no
longer remain as the guiding principles
Of all peoples and ali institutions. then
civilization is doomed TO atavastic revolt
Thus fell Rome and Athens and thus
passed the Middle Ages ana the Renais-
sance. but America was neither to sue
cumb nor surrender to those elements
which sought to destroy the traditions
and ideals upon which her forefathers
had builded a nation Of justice to all
mankind.
What was the government to do?
The only logical answer and the only
effective measure possible was an appeal
tothe courts for restraining order. re-
straining those responsible for this con-
dition Of affairs from further interfer-
ence with interstate commerce..
The injunction saves a man from
becoming a criminal. 1t protects the
rights. not only of government itself.
but of all the people, pending judicial
adjudication. 1t was the mildest form
of procedure that could have been
adopted in this case.
IF the injunction were not resorted
to, what was the next thing the Gov
ernment could do after all efforts at
voluntary or peaceful persuasion had
failed? Step aside and let violence con-
tinue; let the mob grow in fury and in
numbers let the leaders with torch
and bomb and dagger continue destruc-
ton of life and property? Could the
Government permit itself to be weak
ened to point where, after commits
sion Of hideous crimes by unrestrained
hordes of violators of all we hold sacred
it wpuld find itself impotent to adopt
the policy it did?
Prevention of Crime.
"Is it not better to prevent a man
from committing a crime than to en-
courage him to become criminal? Is
It not better to restrain him by the
gentle hand of the law in a kindly but
impressive way than to let him go along
to his own destruction? Is it not better
to have men again at work as they
now are than confined to jails, as many
Of them would be had this injunction
not been issued?
Another step the Government could
have taken was to have called out Fed
eral troops. That would have been
sorry day. but it would have been done
had necessity compelled. Appeal after
appeal had come to Washington for
troops, but they were withheld. Who of
you will say that it is not better to
lay the hand of Government, with its
persuasion, it's restraint, its admonitIon
and protection. on the shoulder of the
citizen than to call out troops to shoot
MIN down, and, as is always the case,
mingle his blood with the blood of inno-
cent bystanders and bruIse- the hearts
of his~loved ones?,
Menace to Existence.
I'm such a situation if none of the
steps referred to We're taken then Gov
ernment would cease to exist in name
as well as in fact; the people would
become the prey of human vultures,
anarchy would permeate the land and
mob rule would become the law.
I'VE hear quite a little about the
rights of the minority. A minority in
this country has greater rights and is
protected to greater extent than in
any other country in the world. But a
minority has no right to deny to the
majority the right 1t claims for itself
The minority has no right to promote
civil war, impoverish a. nation, deprive
people of those things to which they
are entitled under the law or to ignore
and seek to withhold from the majority
rights as equal as those enjoyed by the
minority.
II hear no great cry on the part of
the nations mentors as to the rights
of the majority. 1t would seem from
observation that there is a broad Inn
preston on the part of the doctrinaire
and their i'll advised and sycophantic
followers that the majority is subser-
Went to the will of the minority and
the minority is subservient to the will
of the radical, and that the radical may
be led by any person who comes to our
shores and undertakes to lead the Amer
lean people into pathway of fire and
flame and chaos. intimidation, coercion
and disloyalty.
Hue and Cry Raised.