Evening star., 1922-10-22

lfaUu prosecutions IN tne 1ace oi
scattered evidence of which he said
the previous administration did not
avail itself when the time was oppor-
tune. He said his own administra-
ton had gone to work as soon as
1t was installed.
effectually the work was going on"
he continued. the storm broke. The
opposition of the crooks was con-
ductel behind a smoke screen OF
calumny created for their own
escape. and the real reason for the
held. The very men against whom
both civil and criminal proceedings
have been brough were using the
ignorant and the notoriety seeker
to make charges in the open that
nothing was being done by the De-
partmcnt of Justice.
The real reasoning for their
activity was the fact that things
were being done. What did any
mans reputation. his character. his
,he way Of their corrupt defense?
Hut we have gone through 1t all.
and still We are not afraid. and we
will go on.
"A congressional investigation was
demanded Why? Because they
Eanize US and compel us to produce
the evidence prematurely and thus
ltssipate the governments efforts to
bring and try the cases in a dignifed.
orderly way"
Summing up the record of the de-
partment under his administration,
the Attorney General said more than
400 cases are undergoing liQuida-
tion. that $50 dealing with airline
frauds were in the hands Of United
soau;rv seatSs attorneys alto ,s throughout the
dicements already had been returned
In the past year. he said. the depart
ment had begun 9.646 civil and co.
700 criminal prosecutions. while ad
1udications and penalties collected
nearly $S.00o,000.
No Enemy Of Labor.
Mr.. Daugherty prefaced his dis
cussion of the rail strike with an
assurance that he was no enemy Of
honestly organized labor
L am your sincere friend and Will
not deceive you" he said. addressing
the laborer directly, but you make
conflict with the rules. laws and
Constitution of our common country
Your principal trouble lies and
your greatest danger Is in the radi-
calism and character Of some of your
curity lies in the Constitution Of the
United States and in the laws Of
the United States, and in the good
opinion. by you deserved, Of all the
American people. There Is no quar-
ment.
"a few irreconcilable railroad
executives, who insist upon calling
themselves 'hard-boiled.' might also
try, be dispensed with. The fault
is not all on one side. but at a time
when strife that was almost civil
war ragged in this country. the gov
ernment. having the right to do 80.
INSISTED ins ,da, upon the sailrosds perform,
serve the people. Those in conflict
with the railroads interfered with
the performance of this service. and
it was to protect the rights OF all
and every man. woman and child in.
the country. that the government in
its rightful capacity took a hand"
The Attorney General characterized
the strike call as "a complete re-
nunciation Of the Esch-Cummins
With one bold challenge to con-
stitutional government the strike
leaders, to all apparent purposes. re-
nounced the protection. of govern:
against a decision which they de-
clared was construed to be unfayor-
able to their cause
The nation was in the grip of
civil war. We had reached q point
where loyal intelligent Americans
actually existed.
Nation In Danger.
Then, when all conciiiatory efforts
on the part of trusted government
emissaries had failed, when men were
IN
mitted to do SO, when the heads of
the strikers had called upon the men
who had deserted their tools and
shops at their dictation to do their
damnedest and then some." the time
had arrived when national security
no longer made 1t possible for gov
ernment to stay its hand.
Gould government be expected to
remain supinely Indifferent when its
was challenged and threat
ened by chaos as deadly as armed
strife itself? I say no. and every
try and his fellow men will say no
as vehemently as I do.
What is an inJunctionf Radicals
and other .obseQuious sycophants.
supported by that Infinitely small
portion of the press which depends
for its circulation upon sensation and
socialism. would have US believe that
it is a modern device, a recent dis
covery. The injunction 10 the most
the most charitable and the
most prompt and effective civil pro-
ceeding known to law. Violation of
an Injunction may be the issuing the
injunction. but the violator has the
right to stand before the court, as
sert his right, defend his act and be
judged guilty or Ruiltless, a. the
court may determines.
III 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
continue: let the mob grow in fury
and In numbers; let the leaders
torch and bomb and dagger continue
destruction OF life and property?
Appeals for Troops.
"Is 1t not better to prevent q man
from committing . crime than to
encourage him to become a criminal?
Is 1t not better to have men again at
work. as they now are, than con-
hned In 3ails. as many OF them would
be had this Injunction not been
issued?
Another step the government could
have taken was to have called out
federal troops. That would have been
a sorry day, but it would have been
done had necessity compelled. Ap-
peal after appeal had come to Wash
withheld.
"The fact Of the matter 10, that
under the circumstances and evil
dence existing and proved in the case
at Chicago. had the Attorney General
not complied with the provisions of
the law by taking the action he did