The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1922-09-05

last resort
These leaders do not expect the
Executive Council of the Federation
to recommend nation wide strike
at its meeting In Atlantic City on Sat
urday unless all other means of effec-
tive protest against tho injunction
fail, but they feel they ought to know
definitely how far labor is prepared
to go in what they believe is a fight
for life.
Officials OF the Federation declare It
will go the limit in protecting the con-
stitutional rights of the shopmen as
well as OF labor in general While no
official statement Of the plans Of the
organization has been given out, 1t is
understood that counsel for the Fede-
ration will back up the shopmen in
making the fight before Judge Wilker-
son to prevent the restraining order
)eng made permanent. II the Govern
ment Is upheld. however. this will be
only the beginning of the legal
struggle.
1t Is the understanding that the
sEopmen and the Federation will in
part base their case against the prop
| ostion of making the restraining or
der permanent on section 20 of the
Clayton act. Able lawyers in Con-
| gress admit that it is by no means d
| certainty under this section whether
the Government is entitled 10 Obtain
an injunction as sweeping as that :jr
which Attorney General Daugherty
has asked
Section 20 OF the Clayton act con-
! tains numerous prohibitions against
the courts granting Injunctions in GER
tain matters in contests between en-
ployees and employers. 1t is not en-
| tirely clear how far these prohibitions
apply or do not apply 10 the Goyern-
| ment when it is seeking an injunc-
| tion in a case like the present one.
| Some OF the foremost legal minds in
| Congress admit there is ground for
| much contention with respect to
| whether the injunction can be sus-
tanned under this section.
| Federal authorities are prepared to
go 10 the mat with leaders of the
| shipments strike or other labor off,
| GERS who may step into their places
and ignore the stipulations Of the re-
| straining order There will be no
| backdowr in the Governments de-
| termination to prevent interference
| with Interstate commerce.
\ high official of the administration
declared to-day. however, that con-
stitutioual liberties Of law abiding men
| will not bc abridged
| President Harding Is said 20 feel the
| injunction viii not IN any way hamper
or endangcr constitutional rights Of
the mon ON strike or Of other citizens
and to consider the Government
course entirely clear of complications
which might justify any such a
| charge.
Just how far the Government will
bc obliged To- go with prosecutions
Iagaiust individuals, the Ndmlnistra-
| tl0u spokesman said, can only be de-
| tcrmincd by events. II was indicated
that no activities in connection with
the strike outside of the court mat
tcrs were now in progress.
| The clear impression given at the
| Department Of Justice was that had
any Labor Day speakers violated thu
| Chicago injunction they would he pro-
ceedcd against by the department.
| Reports to-day showed the day had
been quiet. 1t was declared TO be one
OF the most tranquil in the history OF
the strike. There had been no vio-
| lenCe
| WhnC the~e appeared no diSnOsi-
| ton rr tnI,. -'nms '"'''.' ''.HS''ent
GumpeIs Vi tAe AAesIean Federa-