The Washington times., 1922-07-15
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Today.
Dangerous Strike Situa-
ton.
Proclamation No. 2 Need
ed.
Borrow and Invest Now.
An Economical Pope.
Dangerous Strike Situa-
SV'fffO0I TUPos
by ARTHUR BRISBANE
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Copyright Issi.>
The strike situation In the
United States is more. serious
than the public knows. 1t threat
ems this country most gravely.
The President realizes the Sc
rious situation and is devoting
mis- time to It.
He Is invited to consider
Presidential proclamation ad-
dressed to those that OWN
railroads and coal mines. sup
piementing the original procla.
nation, addressed particularly
TO working people.
The railroads say that they
viii not take back men that
have gone on strike. The Pres
ident might say to them. "You
are public servants that have
been feeding on the Govern
ment and on the people for
years. Without the money that
you have taken from the public
purse, three-quarters of you
would now be bankrupt. II Is
not for YOU to decide what you
will do. but for the people
whose common carriers you are,
TO reach that decision.
81 represent the people, and,
after arbitration and investiga-
tion, shall let you know
whether or not you will be al
. lowed to use this strike situa-
tion as a club to break down
unionism in the United States
by establishing the rule that
men once on strike shall be no
more employed"
Railroad and mine owners,
the majority at least, happy in
the knowledge that they can
easily make up their strike
losses by overcharging the pub
lie later, are undoubtedly using
this strike as a weapon in their
crusade against unions.
The President is not old
enough to remember the great
railroad strike of the locomo-
, tive engineers. But he knows
about It.
And railroad owners know
about it. They remember the
lesson they got from labor
then, or they ought to. If they
insist on forcing this strike to
. desperate issue, they may
bring upon the-~nation a disas-
ter as bad as war.
Some plain and PUBLIC talk
to owners of railroads and coal
mines by the President would
be welcome and useful.
John H. Perry, fighting law
yer and newspaper owner in
States as far apart as Florida
and Oklahoma, says: ~ ,..l-.
"Tell businessmen that this
is the time to branch out and
use their credit. The dollar is
bound to go down. Buy now
with one hundred cent dollars
and owe the money. You will
be able to pay with fifty or
forty cent dollars In a few
years. That's true, probably.
Use your credit for wise invest
ment or expansion.
Plus XI, who lives more sim
ply than any Pope in recent
history-and all recent Popes
have lived very simply-eats
black bread and shaves himself.
That is triumph for the safety
razor. He has rot discharged
the late Pope's barber, mot
wishing to cause him sorrow.
That barber mourns the old
DAYS when the barber and close
q confidant of the ruler was a
second prime minister-Olivier
lie Daim, for instance, who
shaved the lean face Of Louis
XI, and for a consideration
caused many a man to be pro-
NOTED or hanged.
To newspaper owners: The
supply of spruce for making
print paper will last about
twenty years at the present
rate. Agitate tax exemption
during twenty years for land
now planted with the young
spruce. After twenty years
spruce lands could be cropped"
in such a way as to yield a
revenue of at least $50 an acre.
And the farmer could do that
In the idle winter time.
Mr.. Voliva says:
"When women hold office,
hell is to pay. If my wife ran
% for Office, I would run for a
lake"
II women had a larger share
in government such gentlemen
as Mr.. Voliva might find the
lake more comfortable than dry
, land. Women would not have
much patience with a man who
denies that the earth is round.
Voliva quotes Paul's epistle
to Timothy: But I suffer not
a woman to teach, nor to usurp
authority over the man, but to
be in silence"
q Women have rewritten that,
and Paul would vote for suf-