The Coolidge examiner., 1939-03-02

1 program. Inc ndIlOn interest IL
war stuff has passed the peak
Fishin' season is fast arriving
Baseball is just around the corner
Spring hats and Easter frocks must
be acquired. Flowers and a few
ves ab'ec must be planted in the
A war can.
GERMAN BUND
We have waited purposely one
week to say anything about our
reaction to the Bund meeting last
week in New York. Day after we
were profanely angry about the
whole mess.
1t is best to cool off a while
before saying your say. A little
distance and cool air helps to clear
things up a bit.
After week the feeling is about
as thus" I've don't like 'em.
People got put in the pen during
the World War for saying things
that were not half as strong against
the government as were some of
the attacks made in the bund
meeting. Amy public meeting,
anywhere in the United States,
that requires 1900 policemen to re-
tain order is a nuisance damn
nuisance. 4-Free speech that is
destructive or threatening to our
form OF government is not free as
we understand it. 5-People who
live here and work here and yet
whose first love of country is some
where else should leave this
country for this country's good as
well as for their own good. 6-A5
in World War days, there is no
room in this country for the
hyphenated-Ameri Z - Jewish
immigration to this country began
as early, if not before, German
immigration. They knew the Jews
were here before they came over
here.
And yet, somehow we feel that
the German Bund meeting was a
good thing. If a dozen more such
meetings could be staged over the
country it would completely defeat
the Bund movement in this
country. The public generally was
disguised with its conduct and its
reaction is going to be strong
enough to cause loyal German
American people to bring pressure
against their continuance.
SIT-DOWNERS LOSE SEATS
| More than ever today we are
certain that we do not want any
| person, from the President on
down. to monkey with the Supreme
Court. 1t is the one sure function
of our government to keep things
level.
Crazy ideas land motions and
| actions may crop up here and
there, certain groups and in
dividuals may take it up themselves
to crash thru our regular running
programs and take things into their
own hands, but SO long as we have
a free and efficient Supreme Court
no abuse can long continue.
1t was heartening this week to
know that the Supreme Court had
declared sit-dcwn strikes illegal. 1t
officials in high office had done
their duty a decision of the SUI
preme Court would not have been
necessary.
TIL sacred rights of persons and
PROPERTY are a basic part of our
|
democratic form of government.
| The rights of labor, an adequate
wage hour, proper working hours,
safe working conditions-they all
have their place. But none of the
groups seeking any of these benefits
has a right to take possession OF
private property to gain their ends.
When this can be done we might
AS we'll fold up our machinery and
quit.
Chief Justice Hughes strikes at
tthe heart of the issue when he
stated "The employees had the
right to strike but they had no
license to commit acts of violence
or to seize their employers plant.
To Justify such conduct because OF
existing of labor dispute or of an
unfair labor practice would be to
put a premium on resort to force
instead of legal remedies and to
subvert the principles of law and
order which lie at the foundations
of society"