New Ulm review., 1922-12-20
NE ULM DEF EA Is
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in Fir, 5 I DEBAT TE I !;
Judges Give Verdict IMAM
inously To Local
Debaters

DISCUSS KANSAS COURT
OF ADJUDICATION
Team Displays Strength In
Rebutting Arguments
Of Opponents.
The New Ulm high school was de-
clared winner Of the debate Resolved
that the Kansas Type Of Industrial
Court Of Adjudication jShould be
Established in Minnesota by a unani-
nous vote Of the three judges at the
conclusion Of the forensic clash with
sleepy Eye in the high school audito-
rum last Thursday evening. An au-
dience Of more than 100 persons heard
the debate which was the first to be
held in New Uln for years. Il d
Z New Ulm supported the affirmative
|of the question. Speakers on both
sides demonstra that they had spent
much time in studying the problem
but New Ulm had "a greater fund of
information to draw from when it
came to the rebuttal and was able to
defeat the opposition in this vital part
Of the debate. The New Ulm speakers
had been coached by principal r. ] !,
Stewart and Superintendent Arnold
Gloor.
New Ulm Opens Debate.
Miss Elizabeth Hintz opened the
debate by explaining the Kansas Court
and declaring that q need existed in
Minnesota today for this form of ad-
Indication. She said that the court
was a permanent judicial body which
was created by the Kansas legislature
in 1919 to settle. industrial disputes
! in which capital and labor either.
could not OF would not agree. # either
side we're dissatisfied Wit the decision
fof The court It had the right to appeal
to the Supreme court. In Minnesota,
she asserted that. the farmers were suf-.
fering acutely from the railroad strike.
Of the past summer which tied up
cars. If the Kansas court had existed
in the State the strike, which is tsin
continuing on four Minnesota roads,
would have been brought to an end
before this. sssa. ss's
Negative Replies. 81 q
AS the first speaker for the negative,
Miss Elsie Hanson Of Sleepy Eye de-
clared that the court was unnecessary
in Minnesota, that it was econo mically
unsound and that it was unconstitu-
tional because Of its compulsory labor
i feature. . 53 ..s
ITO strike is the right Of working
men, Miss Hanson said. S It is their
ooe weapon against capital. The Kan
sas law declares that strikes among
workmen are unlawful but what Of the
other classes? The law is in violation
of the Thirteenth Amendment Of the
lConstitution which declares that there
must not be involuntary servitude.
Law Is Constitutional.
.'The federal government would not
stand for the lawsif it were unconst itu-
Itional,' Howard Vogel, the second
speaker for New Ulm, asserted. When
strikes and lockouts affect the public
| welfare it is the sacred duty of the
State to interfere. The Kansas court
Ihas been III operation two years and
lilo months. It has made As decisions
affecting thousands Of men and Of
these 43 have been accepted by both
sides. Early decisions increasing the
wages Of worlingnen from 33 per
cent to 81 per cent il some distances
we're accepted as were later conclusions
reducing wages from II per cent to
IL per cent.
Cannot Be Enforced
AS the second speaker for the mega
/ tive, Ralph q Toole declared that
4 the Industrial court plan were adopted
i nat tionally It could never be enforced
4 las it would Aaffect q 5 per cent Of The
population a IN Kansas, he asserted
1 that Governor Allen had found it, i'm in.
1 possible to arrest all of the striking
coal miners who violated the law
Il The Industrial Court law was I no
ffneeded ins Minnesota he said, becaus,
tit was not desig ned to affect the lead
ling Industries ia this state.
Clarence Rolloff as the third speake
q for New Ulm, explained that the -cour
1 secured justice for labor, capital an'
I the public.
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