Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-08-18
cancies are flied; questions Of seniors

cancies are flied; questions Of seniori-
ty which cannot be settled between
the employer and the employees to. go
to the labor board for decision. The
minority of the Carriers proposed to
assign Jobs to work men on strike
only where tho positions were vacant.
Neither proposal has been accepted.
Sympathetic Strikes.
"Sympathotic strikes have develop
ed here and there, seriously impairing
~intrastate commerce. Deserted trans
continental trains in the desert re-
gions Of the southwest have revealed
the cruelty aRd contempt for law on
the part Of some railway employees
who have eonspired to paralyze trans
p%ortation and lawlessness and violence
in a hundred places have revealed the
fatlu!c Of the striking unions to hold
their forces to law observance. Men
who refused to strike and who haye
braved Insult and assault and risked
their lives to serve a public need have
been cruelty attacked and wounded
or killed. Men seeking work and
guards attempting to protect lives and
property, sven officers of the federal
government, have been assaulted, hui
inflated and hindered In their duties.
Strikers have armed themselves and
gathered in mobs about railroad shops
to offer armed violence to any mar
attempting to work. -" ~, Z
Under these conditions of hind
rance and intimidation there have
been such a lack Of care CT motive
power that the deterioration Of loco
motives and the Noncompliance with
the safety requirements of the law,
are threatening the breakdown Of
Transportation. This very serious men,
ace is magnified by the millions Of
losses to fruit growers and other pro-
ducers Of ~perishable foodstuff, and
comparable losses to farmers who de-
pend on transportation to market
their grains at harvest time. Even
worse, 1t is hindering the transport Of
available coal when industry is on the
verge of paralysis because of coal
shortage, and life and health are
menaced by coal famine in the great
centers Of population. Surely the
threatening conditions must impress
the congress and the country that no
body of men, whether limited in num-
bers and responsibility for railway
management or powerful in numbers
and the necessary forces in railroad
operation, shall be permitted to
choose a course which imperils public
Welfare. Neither organizations Of em-
ployefs or working mems unions may
escape responsibility.
When related to a public service
the mere fact of organization n1agni-
9es that responsibility and public
t~ranscends that OF either grouped
capital or organized labor. Another
development is so significant that ths
hardsh1ps Of the moment may well be
endured TO rivet popular attention to
necessary settlement. It is fundamen-
tai to all freedom that all men have
unquestioned rights to lawful pursuits
to work and to live and choose thet,
own lawful ways to happiness. II
these strikes these rights have beer
denied by assault and violence. b,
armed lawlessnessO1n many commun.
tiles the- municipal authorities, have
wtnked at these violations until liber.
ty is a n1ockery and the law a matter
OF contempt.
1T IL fair to say that the grea,
mass Of organized workmen do MOI
approve but they seem helpless t.
hinder These conditions cannot re..
main IN free America. II free mel
cannot toll according to their owl
lawful choosing, >all our constitutions
guarantees born Of democracy ar,
surrendered to mobocracy and tn,
freedom OF 100. 900, 900 Ia SURRENDERED
TO the small minority which woult
have noslaw.
4 wish the federar government t
ne able TO put IN end to such grimes
whosenction thernsS
lathe weeks Of patisnt conference
ana attempts at settlement I have
come to appraiSe another element ii
the e~ngrossihg Industrial dispute al
which II il only fair. to take
cosniMnce. ItSis in some desree re.
|sponstble for tie STRIKES and has hin
dered attempts ct adjustment. I re-
fer to the warfare on the unions Of
labor. The goterpnent has no sym,
petty or approval Tor these elements
Of diecurd u the ranks OF Industry
which must be Assfree from this elc.
Eu1ent OF trouble making ~ ~ Is from
abor e~xtrsAqtss who strive for clasi
denomination 1850
We must rs-asssrt the doctrine
that In this republtc the afst obliga.
tfion and the ART AlIegi4nce OF every
c nss hisn q z sa, q Z e his severn.
b that Just and unchailenged spon.
sozssfor public welfare and the liberty
getutfty and Ekftts III al III citixenS
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armament ~ 1Aw nuGt and Van Sc sus.
ttained.
elEherN4crs Ian resolved to use
EatI tAe power ~ fhe government q
HAalptalu the ff3ncipIes and auaka1n
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