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The New York herald., 1922-05-05
As Winner Was Pledged to
Support President At
tempt Falls Flat.
INDORSE HOUSECLEANING
Republican Leaders Declare
McCumber, Madden, ct al,
Wouldn't Be Missed.
by LOUIS sEIBoLD.

Special Dispatch to The NEw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c.. MnY A. (
The New York herald., 1922-05-05

the burden of taxation, its failure to
bring the expenditures of the Govern
ment to anything approximating those
that existed before the war. probably
will receive attention from the people.
How can you expect the American peo-
pie to think of the League of Nations
when YOU are bur6ening them with
these taxes and appropriations? That is
the reason che Senator from Illinois
(Mr. McCormick) cannot make the
League of Nations the sole issue in the
coming campaign. His party has failed
to make good before the American peo-
pie.
''rhe Treaty of Versailles is in the
White House to-day. and no action on
our part can make il an issue. Even
IL it were sent back and ratified now
II would be too late to meet the issue
and save the situation which could have
been saved had 1t been ratified when 1t
first came before the Senate. This Ad-
ministration will go.to the country on
the test OF whether it has made good
in its financial and business promises.
and the verdict is bound 20 be that il
has failed"
Senator King (Dem., Utah). and Sem
ator Hefiin (Dem., Ala.). said the result
in the Indiana Republican primary was
q bitW at tic PTcStnI ADMINISTRATION.
Both Senator Kink and Heflin de-
clared the result In Indiana had dis
turbed Republican Senatorial leaders, the
Alabama Senator asserting that Senator
Mccormick would not be able to with
stand more than one or two more Of
these jolts. They also asserted that the
Newberry case had been an issue in
Indiana, Senator King remarking that
the Indiana result had taken the New
out OF Newberry"
There was a heated colioquy between
Senator Heflin and Mccormick as to
whether Senator New had voted for the
League Of Nations in the Senate, and
Senator Smoot, Republican (Utah),
broke into the discussion to say that
while Senator New had voted for the
league with reservations Beveridge,
victor in the primary, had declared
against the league, with or without res
ervations.
Il think if the Democrats will let
this tariff bill pass before the election
there will be no question about the
verdict" declared Senator Smoot. THE
rates are only such as-will barely pro-
tect industry and if they do not pro-
tect it, we will see the same result that
there was under the present law before
the war, when the balance of trade was
running strongly against u.s."
Chairman McCumber of the Finance
Committee also declared that the eco-
nomic situation would be the issue and
asserted that no amount Of bragg ldocio
or blowing" by the Democrats was going
to change the minds of the American
people very much.
The New York herald., 1922-05-05

to 1857 votes on the receipt of delayed
returns of Tuesdays primary election,
in which Mr.. Beveridge defeated Senator
Harry s. New for the Republican nomi-
nation of United States Senator at the
November election.
Mr.. Beveridge's ma jority suffered a
net loss of 1,263 votes during the day.
but this was more than offset tonight,
when his total vote was 202.32f, against
1S2.634 for New, with the only missing
precincts in the State being eighty-six
in this city and Terre Haute.
The result OF the Republican contest
was the subject OF much gossip among
political leaders of both major parties.
Mr.. Beveridges success in rural dis
tricts and In several cities was attrib-
utcd to discortent among farmers and
unemployed labor. He carried a big
majority of the counties that cast large
Progressive party votes I'm 1912, as also
most Of the counties that favored Sena-
tor James r. Watson In the latter's con-
test against Mr.. New for the Senatorial
nomination in 1916
Some of News supporters claimed
Senator Watsons followers failed to
support the senior Senator in the con-
test against Beveridge. asserting these
Republicans centered efforts toward
winning control of the State party or
ganization. This was denied by the Wat
son supporters.
In the contests for House of Repre-
scntatives only two fights. both Demo-
cratic. were undecided tonight. In one
of these Joseph Turk. running on a
beer and wine platform. appeared the
winner in the Seventh District, vir-
tually the city of Indianapolis.
Tho distinction of being the first
woman in Indiana to win a Congress
sional nomination ceemed assured to
Miss Esther Kathleen O'Keefe. Demo-
crat, in the Thirteenth District. No
upsets occurred in the Republican con-
tests for the House Thirteen members
of the present Indiana delegation were
renominated
The New York herald., 1922-05-05
w. E. MASON,S DAUGHTER
NAMED TO SUCCEED HIM
Wins in Primary for Congress
n,an-at-Large.

CHICAGO, May Alt was indicated to-
day after a check Of official Cook
county figures and the unofficial down.
state figures Of votes cast at the recent
Illinois primary, that Mrs. Winifred
Mason Huck has won the Republican
nomination for Congressman-at-Larg
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of her father, William Z. Mason. Her
closest competitor is Stephen "A. Day of
Evanston and not John J. Brown of
vandalia, as was thought from an
earlier count.
The New York herald., 1922-05-05

Special Dispatch to The NEw York HERALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., May 4.
The impressive personal victory of
Alfred ]. Beveridge over Harry New
in the Indiana Senatorial primaries
Tuesday has provoked a state of panic
among some Republican Congressional
candidates for reelection.
To deny that there is a great deal of
mental ferment over the Indiana re-
suit among members of the two houses
who are ambitious to win renomina-
ton and election would be wholly in
accurate. A great many of them per-
sist in reading in the Indiana verdict
warning from voters against the
continuation OF legislative methods,
and not against TIE Harding Admins
tration.
Their conclusions in this respect
were supported by a wide range of
arguments to prove that Mr. Har-
ding's program is not approved By
the voters. BY disingenuous reason.
ing some of the intimates of Senator
implied criticism of Indiana voters
was not directed at Congress, but
against the President himself.
Set Up Flood of AIibfs.
These arguments did not stand the
test of either facts or logic. but lit
tie thing like that was not permitted
to stay the flood Of alibis advanced by
the members Of both houses who arc
to come up for the scrutiny of tho
voters In the primaries yet to be held
and in the November elections.
The President and his associates in
tie executive branch of. the Govern
ment volunteered neither explanation
nor defense of the Indiana result, pre-
sumably appraising it correctly as a
purely personal contest between M.
Beveridge and Mr.. New.
No effort was made in either execu-
tive or legislative circles to discount
the splendid victory of Mr.. Beveridge.
and while there was personal SYM
pathy for Mr.. New the feeling did
not obtain that the Administration
had won or lost anything of political
value.
Democratic leaders. of course, pro-
tossed to find great comfort in tkeir
own explanations OF the defeat of Mr.
New. They proceeded to magnify the
Importance of it to justify their pre-
dictions that the political pendulurc
has begun to swing against the Har-
ding Administration"
BY enjoyable processes of imagina-
ton they did not experience the
The New York herald., 1922-05-05
FARMERS AND LABOR
HELPED BEVERIDGE
Watson Men Deny Knitting
Senator NeU.

INDIANAPOLIS, May 4 ASSOCIATED
Press) The ( political comeback of
former Senator Albert ]. Beveridge. who
was among the Progressive party lead
ers in 1912. reached a new peak of
strength tonight when his majority rose
The New York herald., 1922-05-05
LIVELY SENATE TILT
OVER INDIANA RESULT
Both Sides Sees Economic Sit
uotion - .3cir7 Issue.

WAsHIN TON, May 4.-Senator Under.
wood (Ala). minority leader, and other
Democrats in the Senate to-day insisted
that the existing economic conditions
would be the big question before the
voters.
THE mistakes Of the Republican
party" said Senator Underwood, 'its
failure to relieve the business of the
country from the undue burdens of taxa
tion it's passage of the bill increasing
The New York herald., 1922-05-05
NEW PARTY BORN IN KANSAS.

TOPEKA, May A new party" con-
vention opened here to-day with the an
nouncement bv r. ]. paulson of Con-
cordia. chairman. that while the party
is fundamentally one of farmers" CO.
operation of mine and railroad labor is
especially desired.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
RAILROAD is
MODEL FOR
ANTI-UNIONISTS

Philadelphia industrial rela-
tions committee of the local chamber
of commerce points to the Pennsyl-
vania railroad as a model for employ
ers who would eliminate outside in
reference" when they are dealing
with "their men" The railroads COM
pany union" is praised and the COM
mittee asks: "Why employers and
employees of the coal mines cannot
solve their difficulties by getting to-
gether along the same lines in their
individual establishments"
The committee makes no reference
to the fact that the Pennsylvania rail
roads company union" was estab-
lished by vote of less than II per
cent of the workers, and that that
road attempted to use the judiciary
of the United States to stop a censure
by the railroad labor board for ignor-
ing its order to hold fair election.
The committee also favors the es-
tablishment of old-age pensions, but
makes no comment on the fact that
certain railroads are now threatening
their retired employees with loss of
old-age pensions if they do not aid
in breaking the shop mems strike
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
GIVING EN- ACTION
Postal Clerks Removed
Others Speeded Up

Washington. - President Gompers
has forwarded protests to President
Harding and to the chairmen of the
house and senate post office commit
tees against the removal of railway
post office clerks and the speeding
up of others. This action followed
conference with representatives of
workers in the railway mail service
"Some 200 regular railway mail
clerks have been placed on the sur
plus or extra list" said President
Gompers. "The work previously
done by these clerks is being loaded
on the remaining clerks in the SER
vice. The working hours of the reg
ular clerks have been increased to
make up for the time formerly work
ed by those placed on the surplus
list This reduces the time for study
required by law of the regular clerks
to maintain their efficiency great
loss to the service"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
FORCE CAN'T END
STRIKES

Birmingham, Ala.-"If there were
any guarantee that enough union
men would return to work provided
they were given adequate protection,
the coal strike might be broken, but
there is no such guarantee" says
the Age-H Herald in leading editorial
"The mere presence of troops will
not insure the operation of coal mines.
In the first place, green men do not
know how to mine coal, and if they
were sent into the mines their ignor-
ance would jeopardize their own lives
and might lead to the destruction of
the operators property. Of course,
no operator in his right senses would
try inexperienced labor in such dan
gerous calling. Those mine owners
who propose to reopen their mines
probably figure on drawing men from
the ranks of union miners and from
non-union districts to get out COAL
but it is doubtful if they could pro-
duce it in sufficient quantities to
make up the shortage which is in
creasing every day, and points to
higher prices next winter"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
PLEA FOR "CANT-STRIKE" LAW
COMES FROM WHITE HOUSE AND u. S. SENATE ADVOCATE
BIG STICK COURT WITH POWER TO HANDLE
STRIKES AND JAIL WORKERS
The President Assures Coal Owners of His Support Their
To the Renewal of the Central Competitive Contract

"No freedom loving citizen should
vote for any candidate who will not
pledge himself to oppose any form
of compulsory labor law"
The Importance of the above A. F
of L. declaration is emphasized by a
recent White House statement. and
by United States Senator Spencer's
advocacy of a big stick court, with
power to handle strikes and Jail work.
ers.
The president has already notified
congress that he favors incorporation
OF trade unions. Since then the Cor
onada decision would seem to make
incorporation unnecessary, as the
United States supreme court has rul-
ed that unincorporated trade unions
can be sued.
In his second coal-strike letter to
the governor of Michigan the presi-
dent definitely ranged himself on the
side of the coal owners and blamed
the workers for the coal strike. He
said he would ask congress to pass
Legislation, which must be provided" !"
AS there now exists ample govern
mental conciliation processes for any
fair-minded employer, other legisla-
ton would be based on force rather
than mutuality and good will
The president also stated that he
was with the coal owners n their op-
position to a renewal of the central
competitive field contract The coal
owners want state, district and sub
district contracts, as existed 25 years
ago.
The president said this question is
the big issue" in the mine strike;
that the miners assumed national
dictation," which must be dealt with
by congress.
Il do not know of any way of set
tling it (the strike) under the legal
authorities which are now possessed
by either state or federal govern
ment.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
PRESIDENTS JOKE PLAN
FOR SETTLING RAILROAD CONTROVERSY MEETS
WITH QUICK DISAPPROVAL OF SHOP
CRAFTS RAIL HEADS ARE
PLEASED AND WILLING
Railroad Labor Board Is Packed Seniority Issue An,
Could Render Decision Before Hearing
Testimony, Strikers Show

Washington.-Wi his strike set
tlement plan rejected by railroad
managers because of it's seniority
guarantee, President Harding submits
another plan, which provides that the
shop men return to work in any po-
sition the managers place them and
that the railroad labor board settle
the question of seniority.
The president says he takes this po-
sition because the managers accepted
that portion of his first proposal
which called for recognition of the
boards decision as contemplated by
law. The shop men took the same
position when they accepted the
presidents first proposal in it's en-
tirety.
The president now assumes to take
the shop men at their word but shop
men reply that when they said they
would accept decisions by the board
as provided by the first settlement,
it was in connection with another sec
ton, that their seniority would be re-
turned to them.
One part of our acceptance can not
be approved and the other part re-
jected, say the shop men, who refuse
to be placed in the position of re-
pudiating their pledge.
The shop men also have in mind the
attitude of the railroad labor board
on the question of seniority. When
the strike was called the board de-
clared that 'they (the shop men)
have thus automatically abandoned all
the rights they possess under their
agreements and under the decisions
of the board, including their senior
ity. 1t must be understood now that
the men who remained in the service
and those who are now entering it
will have rights of seniority that the
board could not ignore"
If further evidence were needed to
show that the railroad labor board is
packed" against the workers senior
ity claim, the shop men cite an action
by the board the day the president
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
PAVING CUTTERS SIGN

Rockport, Mass.-The Paving Cut
ters' Union of the United States and
Canada has signed three-year agree
ment with the granite paving block
manufacturers association of the
United States. All the New England
state branches, representing one-half
the unions membership, is covered.
A slight reduction for piece work was
accepted, but no change was made in
the 44-hour week or the rate for day
work and working hours.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
STEAL UNIONS
RECORDS
Anti-Unionists Go Far In
Fight Against Glass
Workers

Toledo, Ohio.-In a speech in this
city on "The Courts and the Poor
William P Clarke, president of the
American Flint Glass Workers. Union
stated that records in the unions of.
fee were stolen to aid the Eagle
Glass Company, of West Virginia, in
its fight against the union.
"Not being satisfied with keeping
us (officers of the union) out of West
Virginia for approximately seven
years, the attorneys in the case came
to Toledo and secured other legal
assistance"
The officers of the union were haled
before Federal Judge Killets and
were charged with practically every
crime imaginable.
"We answered that we did not
know what they were talking about
but if they would make their com
plant in direct manner we would
make answer thereto" said President
Clarke
when we appeared in court we
were confronted with upwards of 200
photographs of records which had
been stolen from our office in the
Ohio building in this city. These rec
ords had been photographed and sub
sequently returned to our files.
will not now undertake to name the
thief, yet with all of their damn
able acts we challenge the opposition
to sustain their charges. We are
however, thankful that in Judge Kill
lets we found one who had the cour-
age to render rebuke to the oppos-
ing counsel"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18

"Manifestly, legislation must be
provided, and I mean to submit the
whole problem to congress at the ear
Hest consistent time possible after
the house reassembles.
"The mine workers unhesitatingly
assumed national dictation 1t is the
big issue involved in the present dis
pute. Frankly, l think it must be
dealt with if we are to have any Sc
eurity and any assurance of supply
of fuel"
1t will be noticed that no reference
is made to the coal owners violation
of central competitive field (west-
ern Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
lllinois) contract that was under
written by the government and which
provided that when the old agreement
expired (on March 81 last) the mine
workers and coal owners should meet
to arrange for a renewal of that con
tract
The cause for the coal strike is the
coal owners refusal to meet the min
ers. Because the miners strike they
are charged with national dictation"
and a demand for handcuff law is made
by the chief executive.
With the presidents position so
clearly stated, and with a can't
strike" law proposed in the senate
by one of the administration spokes-
men, labor needs no other hint of
what is contemplated.
The success of this proposal is as
sured if labor does not continually
challenge the sophistry and muddled
reasoning of slave law advocates.
The workers will be bound to their
tasks if they permit a continuance of
the cozy, mushy public opinion that
does not distinguish between conve-
nience and involuntary servitude.
Labor everywhere should force this
issue to the front.
The enslavement of free men can
not be concealed by honeyed words
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18

made his second offer. At the boards
meeting in Chicago, A. O. Wharton
labor member of the board, offered ar
amendment which would rescind the
boards declaration which stamped
the strikers as outlaws The proposal
was defeated.
AS the matter now stands, the
boards declaration against the strik,
ers is matter of record and the
president suggests that the strikers
go to that board and ask it to re.
turn their seniority.
Executives of the shop men declare
that the strikers are forwarding
"bales of kilograms" in protest
against the presidents plan.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
''ONE BIG UNION" MOVE
GIVEN STRONG IMPETUS BY FRANTIC BOSSES IN
WILD APPEAL TO EMPLOYERS TO AID IN
CRUSHING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
President Harding Told That He Is Wrong and The Rail
road Managers Are Right Seniority
Question

Washington = President Gompers
has made public a copy of general
call to employers throughout the
country to rally to the aid of railway
managers in smashing the shop mems
strike The call for an employers
zone big union" is issued by the ma
tional industrial council, consisting of
score of employers organizations,
and is as follows:
"The railway strike will be won if
organized industry acts Immediately
and effectively. Situation as much
test of our ability as of railway
executives. Immediate needs are,
first, volume expression associations,
but particularly individuals, to pres
ident sustaining position railroads
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
HEY! MIR. PUBLIC!
GET BUSY ON this

Washington. - Reports received at
headquarters of the Railway Mail
Association in this city, from local
officials throughout the country, show
that practically all mail trains are
now running late as result of de-
fective locomotives and impaired air
equipment. Railway postal clerks in
charge of mail cars and mail trains
say that the condition of train equip
ment as a result of the strike, is
becoming so serious that operation
of mail trains on schedule is impos-
sible. This failure of the railroads
to operate trains on time is resulting
in much delay to mails because of
failure to make mail connections at
important mail centers.
Reports also show that since the
strike started railroad companies have
made little effort to properly care for
mail cars, as required by contracts
with the government. The mail
clerks are complaining that many
mail cars are not sanitary, because
of not being cleaned, and that the
drinking water cannot be used be-
cause water containers are not clean
ed and iced.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18

on seniority question and urging ad-
mlnistration support; second, imme-
diate conference with your local rail
way officials for purpose assist them
to man shops; third, pressure on
presidents roads your territory to
stand firm on position to date. We
speak advisedly; above suggested ac-
tions imperative and permit no de-
lay. Urgently request wire reply.
National industrial council"
This call to the business interests
of the country can be summed up as
follows:
Flood President Harding with tele-
grams that he is wrong and the rail
road managers are right on the
seniority question.
Confer with local railroad officials
and aid them to man shops. Loan
them some of your 'free and indie
pendents" if possible.
Put pressure on railroad officials
in your vicinity to stand firm against
the shop men.
eve speak advisedly," or in other
words, we know the shop men will
win if you don't act.
The telegram, according to Presi-
dent Gompers, has been sent to every
employers association in the coun-
try, to chambers of commerce, to
civic bodies and other organizations
in an effort to rally all anti-union
employing interests to the support
of the small group of railroad exec
utives who dominate the association
of railway executives. The telegram
makes clear the character of the cam
paign being waged against the unions,
said President Gompers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18
WHO CAUSED
COAL SHORTAGE?

New York-Coal owners and rail
road managers are quarreling be-
tween themselves over responsibility
for the present coal shortage. The
difference is but jockeying for STRAIT
egical position for use when howls
are heard this winter because of the
coal situation.
This difference must not be under
stood as affecting the coal owners
and rail managers opposition to unity
against the coal and rail strikers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-08-18

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