The Washington times., 1924-07-04
ATTACKS union
HEADFOR
GOLF
Should Not Have Played with
Duke Of York, Labor
crltlcs Complain

By LUTHER A. HUSIONt
Intsrna1ionaI News Service.
LONDON, July, Att IL da1nna-
BILE hypocrisy" for . labor leader
to play golf with . duke. according
TO d. B. Jones. president Of the
National Federation Of CoIliery En-.
ginemsn, Bollermen and Mechanics.
AT the annual convention Of his
ORGANISATION. Jones made his presi.
dental address the vehicle for an
attack on Frank Hodges, q former
eecretafy OF The Miners Fedora
ton, for playing golf with the Duke
of York. The game In question
was played recently on . course n
the mining district Of Wales which
tie Y,ninere themselves laid out and
are maintaining. Hodges. Incl
dentalIy. defeated the duke.
HODGES at one time was one ct
the most vigorous leaders OF Brit
ish trade-unionism. With the com.
ing OF O Labor government IN
EnRIand, however, he resigned his
union office and became civil lord
OK the 6B1S18n AutukHUASSs
Yields 20 Temptation.
IT must yield to the temptation. /"
Jones said. ''cf cFiticising . one
time fIery representative Of the
uroletarIat who has BEEN falling
over himself 20 play golf with Q
rSal live duke. Not that I object
to the man playing golf with the
duke. What ! do object TO IL the
hypocrisy Of the whole thing.
zone Ok the most danlnable Tea
lures IN public life ID the hypocrisy
OF public representatives, and we
are paying q heavy price In per,
hitting this to go on without soma
protest"
Jones closed his remarks on this
topic by declaring that trade-union
leaders who attempted TO guide the
people "into the promised Canaan
are q tragic failure"
Ramsay Macdonald, the British
prime minister. II convinced that
IL - lots easier to be q fisherman
than the head Of the British gov.
eminent. The two Jobs, he be-
lieves, are analogous in many re-
spectS.
Out In An Storms.
''The fisherman goes out In
storms; 30 do l." he said during q
recent visit to Lossiefnouth. the
Scotch fishing village where he
was born. He throws his nets
and lines overheard and some
times does not get anything. Very
often / don't either. Sometimes
he gets shipwrecked, and thAt ID
awaiting me, too. Very often he
has to use his head to avoid ship.
wreck. / have had to do that
once or twice recently.
I'm dealing with the work Of the
offices at Downing Street and the
foreign office / very often feel ]
am only q glorified nsherman ex.
periencing all Of the fiaherman'a
trials and doing my best to get out
Of them"
It's pretty tough 70 be q member
Of the House Of Lords when q
Labor government IL in office n
England. Things have now reached
the point whore the ''noblo lords
are fearful that they win be over.
worked.
Lord ChanceIlor'S Program.
At the present time the House
Of Lords meets three days each
week that Parliament Is in ses.
sion. Generally the lord chancellor
takes his seat on the woolsaciS
and the session begins at 4 o'clock
In the afternoon. Some days,
when there IL q lot Of business. he
lords don't get away from their
Jobs until as late as 6:i6 D. m,
Most days, however, they manage
to knock OFT about 4:3O.
Since the Labor government came
in, however, 30 much work has
been dumped ON the lords that
It has been impossible to daah
away 90 early In the evening. The
question then arose az to whether
the House should sit longer whiis
Il was sitting or sit oftener. a
committee was appointed 10 invaa,
eigat0 the alternatives.
After PROLONGED deliberations .,
was decided that Il was Tar hette,
to hang around q little longer on
the weekly working days than "a
insert more working days into the
week. Just 70 show that the lords
are Willing to carry their full share
OF the burdens Of legislating, the
committee laid down the principle
1T 10 not unreasonable that ths
House should be prepared 10 N
normally until 8 o'clock when ths
amount OF business 80 requires"
British employers are fearf,,,
that the example Of the lords III All
be followed by the working clas"eH
and that q demand for y twelve.
hour week, like the 'Ousa ~
Lords as" win become general