Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-03
WARP ARE BEING
WAGED AGAINST
TRAFFIC LINES
IN THE NATION
Organized Labor Magazines
Contain Bitter Attacks on
the Carriers, Manage
ment and Policies
CALCULATED TO STIR
UP HATRED, IS CLAIM
Attempt to DESTROY Faith in
the Courts Is TreaChery
to the Republic, Chair
man Asserts

Chicago, Dc. . (by the Asso-
oiated Press Ben w. Hooper,
chairman Of the United states rail-
road labor board. in a speech be-
fore the Illinois Bar association
here tonight, charged that many
railway union leaders are waglng
warfare against the roads with the
purpose OF destroying the industry
and forwarding a political cam
paign for government ownership
~ large portion of the union
magazines which pass over my
desk contain bitter attacks on the
railroads. their managements ana
their policies" he said.
"Ihesa criticisms are not con-
fined to matters of direct eontro--
,,ersv between the railroads ana
,ha employees. but they cover every
ground OF attack that might be
made by those outside Of railroad
employment.
Nothing Left Unsaid
Nothing is left unsatd That
seems to be calculated to stir up
hatred among the employees ana
distrust and hostility among the
people.
"Railroad labor organiza-
tlons are largely committed TO
tho Plumb plan of railroad
operation, which is govern
mcnt ownership with private
operation in which the ems
ployes shall participate mana
gcrialIy and share the profits
financially, If there sbould be
losses instead of profits, the
owners, that Is, the people.
would dig up taxes to pay the
deficit"
"In their efforts to further gov.
ernment ownership employees are
opposed to the transportation act
and the railroad labor board, he
said, because they feel that the
successful adjustment of wages
and working conditions and the
gradual but certain reduction of
freight rates under that act will
conduce to the postponement or
prevention of government owner
ship. He continued:
Two Definite Demands
''1n the political program Of the
labor leaders. two definite demands
are made: First. that the injunc-
tive powers exercised by the courts
in connection with strikes be with
drawn or greatly limited, and, Sec
ond. that the constitutio be so
amended that congress can set
aside the decision of the federal
courts which pronounces an act Of
ttpnpr,ctffnfiopo1
"The pernicious doctrine that the
courts are dominated " the rich
and powerful is fed to an element
of people who, by reason of defi-
cient training and highly sensltized
class consciousness, are peculiarly
susceptible to its baneful influence.
when man becomes thor
oughly saturated with this distrust
Of the courts. he is no longer good
American citizen. His mind is be-
logged with dark suspicious and he
nurses a fancied grievance against
his government. He is converted
into a fit instrument OF disloyalty
and treason.
"Thc man who persistcntly
labors to destroy the faith of
the people in ,,c courts,
whether he Is Il bomb throw
ing anarchist or an United
States congressman, is guilty
of the most insiduous trcach-
cry 10 the republic.
Our Constitution
There are men today who think
that the drafting of our federal
constitution required no greater
expenditure OF time. effort and in
tellent than is necessary for the
publication of one Issue of a yell
low newspaper They blatantly
denounce the Judiciary and threat
en- to make it subservent to the
Kaleidoscope changes in public
sentiment reflected in successive
congresses.
"Under such system e
might happen that the boil
weeyit, the army worm, tho
Hcssian fly and the grassIlop-
per, would sat aside the ma
tional constitution. for II cont
binatiOn of such inscctivorous
pests will now and then elect Il
congress. On any fine No.