Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-10
RK. OHIO. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1922
Tender to PrOfiteers, But
Treat 'fm Rough Policy
For Wage Workers

Attorney General Daugherty indi-
Gates tender regard for the feelings
Of profiteers. He assures them, ac-
cording to the public press, that he
will not prosecute them until it is
established absolutely on the face of
the records" that the case against
them will "stand the acid test"
This means that the profteers need
not fear prosecution unless they have
bungled their affairs so badly that the
department of justice (Which the at
torney general calls the government
will be compelled to act.
The profiteer is guilty of the most
contemplate offense that can be COM
mitted against neonle involved in
war. He even lacks the nerve often
shown by the man who commits
against nation.
The profteers, however, need have
no fear from the department of JUS
tice, if they resent any sort of
bluff defense, and if they employ at
! torneys who are versed in legal de-
vices and delays that sharp practice
knows so well.
The profteers are told bv the man
who is sworn to uphold the law and
administer Justice that he will only
prosecute where the case can "stand
the acid test"-where the offense is
so glarinp that trickery, evasion and
| delay is useless.
Mr.. Daugherty's attitude toward
the profiteers is in sharp contrast to
his attitude toward railroad shop men.
With the profteers the attorney gen
eral talks like counsel for the defense.
He says his denartment (Which he
persists in calling the government)
'must be fair to itself and even to
those whom it would brand as crooks
and profteers.
The profiteer took advantage of the
nation when it was at war. The rail-
road shop men asked for living wage
when the nation is at peace.
The attorney general is fearful lest
some profteer will be wrongfully
punished, but he aided the railroad
managers and the anti-union press in
| developing a mob spirit which was the
groundwork for an illegal injunction,
secured by false affdavits and stealth.
Mr.. Daugherty is very solicitous
about his profiteerino friends who
filched the government in it's hour of
need. This spirit is absent, however,
when he harangues the country on the
civil war he averted and the near
revolution he sidetracked.
Not particle of evidence has he
made public to support this libel of
| 100000 wake workers, who have re-
peatedly called upon him to cease
generalizations and oive them a bill
of particulars.
But not Daughertv! He will insist
on facts when it comes to prosecuting
nrofteers, who are advised to take
advantage of every kink in the law.
When it comes to prosecuting wage
workers, and smashing their strike
1 for living ware, all Daugherty needs
is bunch of affidavits from the head
of his spy observation-disclosures, "the
great detective," whose jurv fixing is
a matter of record, as is former At
torney General Wickersham's con-
demnation of his methods.
1t is truly a remarkable situation.
The man who stole from his country
and furnished defective material when
it was involved in great war is given
the most solicitous consideration,
while the constitutional rights Of
workers are taken from them by
methods that dare not be subjected to
cold analvsis.
The organized workers will continue
to protest against the labor injunction
outrage until the public's Intelligence
is quickened and it's conscience is
stung.
The labor injunction has no place
in a democracy. This rule denies
citizens their rights and brutalizes
those who enforce judge-made edicts.
The labor injunction and govern
ment by law can not survive. Trade
unionism has placed it's standard on
the ramparts of law.