The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1924-06-13

JOyCc pHySlCidH ucCidIcu tiaL HIS
clients health is in dangerous con-
dition" because of chronic heart
trouble. Special Assistant Attorney
General Todd said government ply
sician made the same report, and
Judge English said he would not take
the responsibility for sending Joyce
to Jail. So he paid $12,5O0 fine out
of at least million dollars that he
unlawfully acquired.
The Joyce corporations that Clean
ed up" from $4,000 to 100000 a
year, were fined $1,000 each.
Todd, the special assistant attorney
general, prosecuted the Santa Fe rail
road shopmen two years ago on the
charge of "deserting" their trains on
western wastes, where water and
food were unobtainable, bringing
hardships to the passengers. This
story broadcasted, caused Indignation
against the striking workmen until it
was learned that there was no truth
in the charge of the prosecutor, that
the trainmen refused to handle dam
gerous equipment at Needles, CAL, a
town of 5000 population, and where
the passengers were cared for In
hotels and in the homes of strikers.
But the striking trainmen were only
little ssfish" and so of course were not
strong enough financially to get off
the prosecutors hook so easily.
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WILL VOTERS REMAIN AWAKE?
So the Howell -Barkley bill has
been put to sleep.
Congress didn't do anything with it
| the session just clOSed.
| Congress wanted to get home, poll
| tics demand attention.
The record as it stands will do,
| these congressman think.
1t doesn't matter much how the
railroads get along and how the rail-
road workers get along, just so SON.
gressmen could get away to get
| themselves reelected.
So, the Howell -Barkley bill didn't
get anywhere this session.
What is this Howell-Barkley bill all
about? Why the fuss?
| Well, it's just a bill to lay aside
the junk heap of railroad labor
board and to fix things so that rail
road workers and railroad manage
ment can get together to work out
their problems and get along together
and run the railroads efficiently
It's just bill to make things
work, intended to replace scrap pile
of machinery that doesn't make things
work
That's about all. Just good, sen
sible piece of legislation to help 8
great industry to get along.
| But this Howell -Barkley bill wasn't
to get anywhere. Its sponsors gave
| up hope of moving it along. The
odds were too great.
| Congress, when they get home
ought to be asked about this matter
! Why didn't they put this bill
through?
| What have they been doing with
their time?
| Have they passed more than hall
dozen important, helpful bills in all !
| Have they been SO busy that they
couldn't attend to the needs of the
railroad workers, which happens also
to be the needs of the whole railroad
industry?
These congressman who are sc
anxious to rush back home to ex
plain matters ought to be asked te
explain this.
And they ought to be asked to ex
plain it before the election comes
along, because some voters might
want to take the explanation into con
sideration when they vote.
Yes, the Howell ll-Barkley bill has
been put to sleep.
What the stand-patters hope j.
that the people will also be fount
asleep when they get back home.
But, perhaps, when the voters be
gin to think things over they'll decide
not to go to sleep this fall.
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