The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1922-09-13
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81 don't know much about 1t but
do know from all I've heard and read
that every time there is a strike of any
kind there is one class of people who
suffer no matter what the results
are" 1t was Jack speaking again after
having had little argument with
Freddie, who always seems to start
linn going.
"Who is that?" asked Ruth.
THE PuBLIC!" answered Jack
with a bang. Ever since the govern
ment from Washington obtained what
the newspaper says is a temporary in
junction which is to keep the railroad
shopmen who have been on strike for
so long time from interfering in any
way with the operation of the rail-
roads, some Of the boys have been sore
as can he because they don't like It."
Talking about the big government
court order, suppose" said Uncle
Ted, who had just appeared on the
scene. We'll 1t sure has caused some
excitement and I'm mighty glad 1t has.
1t was time that everybody in this
country realized that the government
comes first That no one class can
make 1t impossible for all the people
to live and pursue their work and
| happiness. | am not talking about the
striking shopmen alone. They have n
right to quit but they have no right to
go further and interfere with the
trains which much carry mail and food
not TO mention passengers. The i'm
portant phase OF this whole matter.
to me. is the fact that there are many
leaders who seem to think that the
unions should hold themselves above
the la wwhen dealing with this In
junction. They do not represent the
whole unions but they do great dam
age to the workingman's cause be-
tons are heard and seen while the
conservative patriotic workingman
who thinks OF the nation as a whole
first IS not seen or heard.
Il am certainly disappointed. to say
the least, in Samuel Gompers. head OF
the American Federation of Labor
who didn't wait minute to issue q
statement after the injunction order
was sent out. He holds that the order
Is Illegal, calls the Attorney General
the attorney of the railroad compan-
les and from everything he said II is
plain that he will encourage labor &c
folio wa course of defiance and con.
tinued battle so far as the Federal gov.
ernment's order Is concerned. While
such leaders as Mr.. Gompers are go
ing along dangerous paths in urging
defiance OF the governments order
there is another class OF people who
are speaking in no mistaken terms
That class is the class to which Jacl
referred as | came into the room. The
PUBLIC has spoken in this matter
From every section OF the country
they are unfolding the Harding ad
ministration in the only step which
could have been taken in this seriou!
trouble. Our president is a peace-loy
ing man, a hard and strenuous work
er. All day Labor Day, when others o
his Office were away enjoying the hol
iday, he stage dat his desk working
and trying TO bring about a result II
these matters which shall mean the
best for the most OF all the people
whom he Is serving as the head Of thi'
great country. ] said that the public
had spoken In this matter. There Il
no doubt of that in view of the thou
sands OF messages that have beer
pouring into Washington ever since
the injunction step was taken.
you see, Riddles, the American peo
pie are true lovers of liberty They
are raised on 1t. The country was bull
on 1t. They can not stand by and agree
to a few people dominating any sit
uation. Before everything else, there
must be law and order. else we would
find our great country turning to thu
long, hard and evil road which has
been Travelled by Russia OF recen
years, once one of the most powerful
and richest countries on the globe.
Samuel Gompers in his Labor Day
statement said, among, other things
that organized labor had few outside
its own ranks who sympathize will
them in their determination to eman
cipate mankind This Is not true, o.
course. There is a lack of sympathy
all right but It is because the Amer
lean people will not stand for the de
fiant attitude of certain OF the labol
leaders when 1t comes to a matter o
law and order"
why doesn't Mr.. Gompers get rit
Of such leaders?" asked Jack.
THAT Is the real point, Jack. TIL
American people are not down on tn,
men Of union labor. They realize tina
. in organization there is strength an,
splendid results IL handled properly
But tho attitude and action Of ill-ad