The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-03-16

iority of the people of Michigan have no
right to violate the established laws or Set
them aside, except in the Lawful way pto-
vided for changing the statutes.
The Times-News directs attentlon TO con-
ditions in Michigan for the reason that
soon similar conditions will face TINS otate'
When the Lewis malcontents and raopie-
rousers have had little time to do ther
work in North Carolina industries, they
will find enough of their kind 10 raise
trouble, as has been the case heretofore
The attitude of the authorities OF this state
and the action taken by them (as well as
the public understanding OF this matter
and the public's attitude) will determine
whether the majesty of the law is to be
preserved in North Carolina and the free
American style government existing under
the constitution of the State is to be main
tanned.
The Times-News has no hesitancy in say
ing that it is emphatically of the opinion
that no communist movement can come in
from the outside and defy the government
of North Carolina and forcibly seize the
property of the States citizens and lay
down the terms under which the citizens
of North Carolina may live and labor. Mel
Their can the same movement camouflaged
as a strike of North Carolina workers &C
complish these ends.
As has been pointed out by some of the
country's leading observers of conditions,
as we'll as the press, the condition of an
archy existing in Michigan, and which has
bobbed up on a smaller scale in other
States, is due in the first case to non-en-
:orcement of the laws of Michigan, under
he policy of a Governor who is radical
sympathizer and a supporter of the law
less class. .. ...... a4.. .......
AS The Charlotte Observer states, the
people of the United States have waited
and looked in vain for vindication of the
constitution and statutes of the State of
Michigan; for vigorous and vital action by
the courts; and above and beyond State
courts and officials, for action to uphold
the constitution and laws of the United
States by the chief executive of the nation,
President Roosevelt For be it known that
the constitution of the nation provides that
the federal government shall use its power
to preserve to everyone of the States its
form of government and maintain therein
peace and order when it is evident that the
State government cannot or will not en-
force the laws and protect the rights of its
citizens.
Older citizens remember the action of
Grover Cleveland as President during the
Pullman strike years ago, when the State
of Illinois failed to quell an insurrection
and failed to protect the U. S. mails trans
ported on trains.
The action of Grover Cleveland would be
matched today by any federal chief execu-
tive who seriously regarded his oath; who
proposed to see that peace and order and
protection for the rights of all citizens are
preserved and maintained in this country;
one who would not countenance and wink
at organized outlawry to pay a political
debt at the brazen behest of a loud
mouthed rabble rouser and labor mis-
leader. ..... .w .I..
o., Newspapers of the country are, also,
pointing out that in several States where
State government is controlled by radical
sympathizers and spineless politicians con-
ditions similar to those in Michigan will
develop under sit-down strike insurrec-
tions. In these States no more effort to en-
force the laws will be made than has been
made in Michigan. These States are Penn
sylvania, New York and other States in
which large cities are located and where
the foreign and radical populations are
proportionately large. These are the States
which have surrendered government to the
control of radical politicians. ..
On the other hand it is pointed out that
States where control has not been seized
by the radicals, and where some SEM
blance of effort to enforce the laws re-
mains, will oppose the outlawry of Lewis