The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-10-18
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STRIKE MUST Be
SURRENDERED

Something Must Be
Done to. GUARANTEES
Rights Of Public
Cleveland, Ohio. Oct IS (By the
Associated Press) Railroad labor
must surrender the right to strike
| if the railway situation is teS be.
stabilized and "the rights OF the
people to uninterrupted transpor-
tation service permanently secar-
ed" Elisha 3. Lee, vice president:
of the Pennsylvania lines, declared
| in an address tonight al the ANIMAL
banquet of: the American Mining.
! congress. - -
81 am not prepared to say, atthe
present time" Mr. Lee said, that
we should go to- the length OF alb
solutely ferbidding railroad strikes.
by specific statutes. Nor would e
attempt otherwise to lay down any
particular method by which ac-
ceptance of this basically correct
principle may be brought about.
lam not only sure OF one thing.
and that is that it must be accom-
plished in; some way if. the rail
road labor situation is to be stabilizss
ed,
Mr.. Lee described the Pennsyl-
vania's system of labor relations
which brought it into. conflict With
the railroad labor board this year
He also. quoted with approval. a.
recent statement OF W. 6. Lee, pres
ident OF the Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen. saying that this
whole business Of railway. labor got
too big for any one man or. few.
men to handle. It is loaded with
| dynan mite for the country as well as
for ourselves and the executives
With these observations, Eli
! sha Lee continued, hearsfly
concur s..
| Railroad management has the
social duty Of effecting a revival
among working forces of the spirit
of ambition. enterprise and soaEl
progress. wish we could return
| to the condition which existed n
the days when every man enteriaE
tine ranks thought that he had "a
!! chance to become president OF his
,company, and that he should work
| for that job, if he had it In him
! or. at any rate for the best position
which his abilities could win.
/ No greater harm has been done
than has resulted from the eft6sts
of some labor organizations and
their leaders attempting to creats
a permanent gulf between the
working classes and the managing;
classes. and in teaching the work,
er that his hope lies not In iua-.
proving himself as. a producer. or.
lin fitting himself for more re-
Espensible duties, but in exacting fke
/ highest pay he can possibly obtain
(! for the least work he, can conapet
! his employer TO accept.
| Mr.. Lee declared oneso OF. the pub
lies rights was transportation at a
reasonable cost, and that this eg=
tailed on the part of railway man
! agement resistance against eypan.
/: sive wage scales and unreasonable
working conditions"
Excessive demands on the part Ct
labor, Mr.. Lee asserted, cocssisu.-
ted questions not between sabor
j and capital. but between railway
| labor and the public This does not
mean that railroad men should be
dealt with paramonionsly hs
continued. They should be iairs:
! ly. paid. well paid. Personality
! will go to. the length of SAYING that
I am IN favor Of railroad workers.
being literally paid. And the hoslE
| of labor and working conditions
should be compatible with propsr
rest, recreation and the enjoymsht
| Of home life. tits only waste that
| am condemning.
| Governmental 1paternaiismw was
identified with socialism by Ira E
Robinson. a former chief Justice;
! in West Virginia and a member OF
| the war minerals relief comzniss
sion, who declared he saw an ap-
palling drift in the direction OF
1 bothsin the United States. ~
| Delegates at the closing session
passed a resolution declaring that
laws should be made and en-
forced by all the power OF the
government that shall forever strip
! labor organizations as well as en-
ployers of the ability to interfefS
with the PRODUCTION and distriha-
ton Of the necessities of life. :.