Evening star., 1922-09-22
Think Esch. .Cummins Law Must
Be Strengthened,

The compromise in the railway
strike has settled nothing perma-
nently, editors argue. and they are
insiStent in vofcins a demand that
Congress shall take steps to end for
all time strikes In the essential in
dustries Of the nation. The extreme
labor view Of the situation is that
the strikers were able to maintain
their organization intact, thereby pre-
venting other labor organizations be-
ing brought under fire in the near
future. while the conservative opinion
seems to be that the strikers lost
their cause and were extremely we'll
treated by the roads, which finally
agreed to the Warfield plan of set
tlement.
Credit for the settlement belongs to
S. Davies waff1eld, the Baltimore Sun
insists. and the strike would have
been ended long before had there
been "public-spirited and constructive
leadership among the executives and
the strike leaders. The Sun holds that
ma terial. II not radical, notifications
OF the Esch :CumminS law lie ahead OF
US. II that revision is to present 4
f1rmer legal roadbed and a safer har-
monious legal track for harmonious
railroad operating. it would be well
for Congress to. avail itself of MIR.
warfield's wisdom and understanding
of all the questions involved in such
a scheme of REFORM" From the stand
point of labor. the victory achieved,
according to the socialistic New York
Call, rs that the strikers have re-
tafned their organization" because II
"it had gone down in ruins the Amer
lean tankers would have been en-
couraged to move into another sector
and attack other union lines The
strike ought never to have taken
thing in that it will save the public
further Inconvenience. but the Pitts
burxh Leader makes it plain that "the
Innocent bystander. the public. is
deeply concerned in the peace meas
ure, but obviously is more interested
in the transportation field. Preven-
ton always is better than cure
1t is the opinion of the Roanoke
World News that "Mr. Jewell lost.
There; should be no attempt on the
part Of the strikers to delude them
attempt ON the part of any one else
GREAT lesson of the strike IS that.
II the leaders of the shopfnen had been
amensble to reason on July l, as they
have been for the past few days .tn;He mere
of serious Consequence" Regardless
of the outcome. it is the opinion OF
the Buffalo News, that "the Labor
Board should have larger powers. It
should be given authority that will
command respest . II It .r Is to - make IKE
force its orders. Otherwise it might
just as well 60 out of existence"
Compromise settlements, hot only Of
the railroad strike, but of the coal
troubles. do not hold out much
burg news feels. because "they
amount to mere truces, the laying
down OF weapons only for a time
with the prospects Of renewing the
battle within less than q year. The
railroads AID oEEanised railroad
they ey' have @ i been M from from IHh' the time the he
seniority question became a matter
OF acute aHa spirited controversy-j
Ind yet at some time in the future
thar question must be settled one
view OF the Ithaca journal News
eiemsnt sssshs tS be Q Reasonable and
fair compromiee. The strikers are
lucky to get it: the roads. at least
many u them, need It, and 50 does
the countfy ut large. We need the
best TRANSPORTATION we can obtain
this fall and winter The dissen-
sions in the union ranks are offset
by those in the camp OF the railroad
executives, the Springfield Republican
Is convinced, holding rhAt ''the public
has reason to be grateful for the i'm
0lied acceptance. without further
protest, of the wage reductions
ordered by the Labor Board. 1t may
~ h~& 20 10 ~
order of the board, while probably
not intended az step against or
&aAieed ,fAS0f, win make other rail-
way labor oteAntaAti6as less inclined
to take fiture 1Nputes before 1t for
aA3udfcatien. The total moral eff
feet OF the strike. cad. in particular.
of the measures adopted Tor meeting
Il, is problematical."
So far as New York Is concerned. It
holds that "thc one big gain is that
the atmosphere has been cleared. and
that q considerable number Of iesd.
e4s on eash SIDE sse wt!ins cnse
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