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Root Assails Wilson Rule
As 'Autocracy by Consent'
Continued from preceding page
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?rr.?.i very bad ? illustrating that
J^alc kind of government which tries
to make up for being too lax at one
time bv being too severe at another.
Let us "hope for an administration that
jrill put the control of this business
into the hands of men sufficiently
strong and impartial to be just at all
times
"The chief means of meeting the
Bolshevik assault, howeVer, is by what !
we call 'Americanization,' an organ- !
v?ea active popular movement to in?
struct the foreign-born in the princi?
ples, the history and the character of
Aatprlcftn free institutions. That is to
use the true weapon of free democracy.
"We must not confine it to the for
ei(rn-born. It must extend to all the
children in the schools, and to that
?nd it must be extended to all the
teachers in the schools, not by any
means excluding the professors in our
colleges.
"There is not one of us?no, not one I
in this great country? who will not
profit by learning more or hearing over ;
ajain about the simple truths so often
forgotten, upon which our liberty, the
security of our homes, the opportuni?
ties of our children rest, and about the ?
duty of sen-ice by us if these truths j
are to be maintained.
"Let the Republican party give to the
movement for Americanization the
strength of its publicly declared and
active support.
U. S. Must Assert
Right of Control
"It is not enough, however, to teach !
Americanization If the principles of
our government ate to be maintained
they nest be applied. It is hopeless to
teach them unless we practice them.
The relations between organized labor
in the United States and the public .
call for'the definito and conscious ap?
plication of those principles in two I
distinct directions.
"The first is to assert the control j
of the whole people of the United
Stetes within its field, and the whole J
people of each state within its field,
over matters essential to the life of I
the community, to the exclusion of :
any class control over *uch matters.
"The second is to exercise that pop- !
ular control by making and applying i
such laws and establishing such in- j
stitutions of government as to secure ?
justice within the law to the mem- ;
bers of every class and calling, so '
that our system of government will :
]te justified by its works.
uFor many years the American peo- ?
irte have beer, watching, and from time j
to time as individuals taking part, in ?
the great struggle for a fair division of
tie newly produced wealth of the world
between the inventors and organizers
yho inaugurated new enterprises; the
capita!:?'. , great and small, who risked '.
Jheir money end frequently lost it; the
Uborers whose toil produced more than
ever before, and the consumers who
purchased the product which cost less
capital and less labor than ever be?
fore.
Change in Character
Of Economic Struggles
'?When labor used its weapon of the
strike to secure from the employer bet- t
ttr waires. shorter hours, better con- ?
d;tions o:' working and of living, the |
general public sympathy has been wit' j
the laborer, alienated only occasionally j
bv unreasonable demands or acts o! j
violence. The force of the strike was ?
applied to the pocket ofl? the employer. I
Agreement to labor's demands was the j
price of continued profits.
"Therf has, however, been a change j
in the character of those economic j
struggles.
"The massing of the population in i
cities, when millions are dependent
from day to day for their food and j
water and heat and light and health
und safety upon the uninterrupted
operation of great business enterprises ;
for production and transportation, has |
?ought a new point of application for;
the force of the strike.
"The effective threat of a general |
loal strike or a general railroad strike
is not that if such and such demands j
are not complied with the coal com- j
panies or the railroad companies will
Cease to make profits. It is that if such ?
and such demands are not complied1
with million:? of Americans will be de?
prived of things necessary to their ex-|
istence. The demands may be right or i
they may be wrong.
People Must Govern
And Not Be Governed
"Whether they be right or wrong,
the people of the country, who are de?
pendent upon tru- continued operation
ii those industries, must in some way
secure compliance with the demands. :
in order to save their lives, unless the
makers of the demands relent or are ;
controlled.
"This situation presents with star- :
tling distinctness the question whether j
our American popular government is ;
to continue, or is to be changed into a ;
class dictatorship.
"The people over whom one class ?
or section holds lawful power of life ?
or death to compel compliance with j
'?ts dernards i1- not sovereign. It does ?
not govern. !t is subject to the con?
trol of the dominating class. Tho de- I
"lands may be moderate to-day, but j
'?hey are moderate only through the
forbearance of the controlling class: I
and ordinary knowledge of human
nature teaches us that with power;
unrestrained the demands will become !
oppressive lo-morro'v. j
'The question is not of form. It is ?
one of substance.' It is 'Who exercises
the real power of the government, the
People or the class?' If it be the class
'?hich rules, while it will doubtless
<*? for a time less brutal here in pur
Pose than the proletariat of L?nine and
Trotzky, the government will be in its
essence the same. It will bo a class
control o\er the majority, established
and maintained through fear of actual
Physical injury, fear of cold, and hun?
ger, and darkness, and pestilence, the
'topping of machinery upon which life
depends.
"The philosophical justification of
tfte strike aimed at the life of the com?
munity cannot be found short of Trotz?
e's proposition, "Terror as the demon?
stration of the will and strength of
the working clasp is historically jus?
ted, precisely because the proletariat
*as able thereby to break the political
WllJ of the intelligentsia, etc' The
real force of such a strike is represented
?9 Trotzky's other words, 'The pro
?tariat says, I shall break your will,
^cause my will is stronger than yours,
and I shall force you to serve me.'
M"?t Apply Principle
?* Juttice for All
If we are to maintain the principles
'! our government of all the people
y all the people we must apply those
Winciplea now to this situation. If
8 are a self-governing people wo
?Ost govern and not be governed. We
"ould not attempt to make any man
T?. against his will.
"? should not attempt to take
??ay the right to strike. It is labor's
fWtt, Protection. But wo should b/
Dahu. * the ri?ht t0 Btrike at the
Point where it comes in conflict with
;?? community's higher right of self
Preservation.
in?ft? man an(* no 8et 0T" men cnT!
th? Clsim the right t0 undertake
whi iPer^orrnance of a service upon
4',Icn the health and life of others
it? * and then to abandon the serv
?* ? Will. The line between ouch a
??ormance and an ordinary strike
tJwfj* drawn by law.
fttWUiiMr ?MUMQtad with th? tight
of control by the governing people is the
duty of justice resting upon them. If
the peoplo by law prohibit organised
labor from holding them up to enforce
its demands, the people are bound to
provide means to ascertain whether the
demands are just, and for enforcing
them if they be found just.
"That duty calls for the establishment
of a competent and impartial tribunal
and for the enforcement of its decisions.
The present methods are as irrational
as private war among citizens who go
armed with deadly weapons to compel
compliance with what they deem to be
their rights and privileges.
"It can be dealt with only as private
war has been dealt with, not by acquies?
cence, not by .prohibition alone, but by
prohibition accompanied by ad?quat
remedies in lieu of private compulsion
"The new relations of labor to th?
industries in which it is employee
point in the same direction. Every
where labor is acquiring rights in ft:
employment, rights in "the business
rights to share in the profits, in tin
regulation and in the control. Thes'
new rights carry with them new duties.
New Rights Impose
New Duties on Labor
"There is no such thing as a right
without a correlative duty resting upon
the possessor of the right. All right;;
are relative. All rights are limited by
the nature of the subject to which
they apply. The countryman who re?
moves to a great city finds his liberty
limited for the safety of the commu?
nity. ' ;
"The man who, whether as employer
r?r as laborer, engages in the great
mass enterprises upon which the life
of our communities now depend will
have sooner or later to recognize that
hi? liberty is limited for the safety of
the community.
"The right of capital to combine and
organize carries the duty to submit the
new power thus acquired to limitations
for the safety of the community. The
right of labor to combine and organize
carries with it the duty to submit the
new power thus acquired to limitations
for the safety of the community.
"We are dealing with the subject now
by piecemeal, partially, applying inap?
propriate and inadequate provisions of
old wartime statutes, stretched out
upon technicalities to cover times of
peace.
"The subject should be dealt with j
as a whole, frankly, considerately,
courageously, in the exercise of the
power of this great Republic, to pro- i
tect civil society, and in performance.!
of the duty of this republic to do jus-1
tice to every class of its citizens.
"Whoever approaches the task with
unselfish purpose will find that it ;
involves no denial of legal right or
social justice, but the just application!
of the ancient rules of the common
law, and the essential principles of civil |
liberty; and it is a fair prophecy that
when the voice of tho American democ?
racy has asserted through effective
action its just power of government
no one will accept the decision more
loyally than the liberty loving and pa?
triotic men who make up the great
body of organized labor in the United
States.
Republican Party
Loyal in the War
"During all the years of the war the
Republican party was loyal to its na?
tional traditions. While the strength
and service of the whole people were
required to carry on the war. yet in j
the United States, alone among the na?
tions, power and authority were re?
tained by a strictly partisan govern?
ment.
"The dignity and gratification of of?
fice, the exercise of authority, the dis?
posal of vast revenues, the incense of
popular applause, were confined to the
members of*he Democratic party. To j
be consulted, to be trusted, to be re
warded, was the part of the Demo- ;
crats. .The part of the Republicans
was to stand outside the circle of au
thority, to give and to serve, under the j
direction of their political opponents, j
Because they loved their country they j
did give, and they did serve to the ?
limit of their means and their I
strength.
"They put aside the natural impulses
of party opposition, and distrust, and
resentment, and devoted all their pow- i
ers to the support of the Democratic
administration with an unselfish patriot?
ism worthy of all honor and full of
cheerful hope for the future of Amer?
ica.
"As we look back, we see already, do
we not, that theirs was the better part? :
Not office or emolument, nor praise, was !
the reward of those who oniy served;
but a spirit purified and a vision en?
larged by the habit of unselfish service i
for America.
"The defense of free self-government'
against class domination demands
another service. Some will suffer, some j
votes will be lost, some offices will be |
sacrificed; but American democracy!
will be saved. Shall Republicans not !
answer? Will they temporize? Can!
they refuse? j
Wilson at His Desk Again
Goes to Work at 9:30 A. M.
Daily, Dr. Grayson Says
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. -President
Wilson has improved of much, Rear Ad?
miral Grayson, his physician, said to?
day, that he goes to work at his desk in
his study every morning at 9:30 o'clock.
Dr. Grayson said the President had
not yet resumed using his typewriter,
but that he probably would do so soon.
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? I KKW YORK
Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore
Selected as an alternate delegate-at-large from New York to the gather?
ing that will name the Presidential nominee. A daughter of the late
Henry J. Wells, of Cambridge, Mass., who was treasurer of his State
Republican Committee for twenty-five years, Mrs. Livermore is one
of the country's foremost suffragists and women leaders. She is
founder of the Women's University Club, of New York, and chairman
of the Women's Executive Committee of the New York State Repub?
lican Committee.
Newton Asks
Evidence on
Swaiin's Aids
Continued from pace 1
that he approved Mr. Kilroe's course
and stood back of him. Mr. Swann de?
clared that he instructed Kilroe not to
ask the indictment of Montgomery on a
charge because of a long-established
custom in the District Attorney's office
of refusing to indict a litigant in an
important civil matter "and thereby
burden hiui with the prejudice which
an indictment would create against
him."
The plan to have, the regular grand
jury dispose of the Kilroe matter,
thereby breaking down one of the
Almirall jury's charges, collapsed at -1
o'clock, after Judge Wadhams had con?
ferred with Justice Weeks and the
regular jury had been in court for
guidance twice before. Judge Wad
hams directed the jury:
"It appears that this is an inquiry
into a matter which ... is already
pending before the extraordinary grand
jury.
"It would be a dangerous precedent
if a different grand jury should under?
take to make inquiry concerning the
same matter while the inquiry is pend?
ing before another grand jury.
"It. is undoubtedly the duty of a
grand jury to investigate charges
against public officials. ... It is
understandable that this grand jury,
not realizing fully the situation, should
undertake to consider the evidence
placed before them. Your duty, how?
ever, does not require you to pursue
the inquiry. On the contrary, it is
proper that Jthe grand jury which al?
ready has the matter before it should
continue its deliberations. You need
not, therefore, pursue this inquiry fur?
ther.
"I advise you that, it may be trans?
ferred to the extraordinary grand jury,
and should the Attorney General be
appointed you are instructed to trans?
mit to him a copy of the minutes of
such proceedings as were taken before
you."
Mr. Swann protested that the Kilroe
case had never been presented to the
extraordinary grand jury.
"The witness before this grand jury
swears that he has never made any
charges against Mr. Kilroe to the ex?
traordinary grand jury," Mr. Swann
insisted.
"This is the precise matter named
in the first specification in the ex?
traordinary grand jury's communica?
tion to the Governor," Judgo Wadharm;
replied. "The proper course is to take
it before the extraordinary grand
jury."_
"What, before a grand jury whose
foreman has permitted a lie-,"
; began Mr. Swann. Judge Wadhams in?
terrupting said:
"I cannot permit you to make ac
: cusations in court."
Judge Wadhams reiterated his origi?
nal decision after Mr. Swann protested
j that jurisdiction in the Kilroe charge
llay with the regular jury because the
extraordinary panel had never issued
a subpoena in the matter.
< Judge Wadhams also announced that
i he would refer a motion by Mr. Swann
! to have the Kilroe minutes made pub?
lic to Justice Weeks.
Mr. Almirall said last night he was
! confident that whatever deputy Mr.
Newton named would meet with the
approval of his associates. He de?
clared that if two aids were named
he hoped Mr. Newton would select one
Republican and one Democrat so that
all suggestion of partisanship would
be removed. He" denied Mr, Swann's
charge thai; he already had made
i tentative arrangements with Mr.
? Becker.
"For the present," added Mr. Al
j niirall. "it is expected that there will
j be presented to the grand jury only
matters dealing with the three specific
cases presented to Governor Smith.
I A--, other matters develop, however, it
: will be up to the special counsel to
go to the Governor and make addi
! tional specific charges. That will
[ broaden the inquiry. I have the high
! est personal regard for Mr. Newton."
Mr. Almirall denied also Dis
? trict Attorney Swann's charge that the
| inquiry into the latter's office was a
! pretext to hide an effort to "get" at
' Mayor Hylan and William Randolph
: Hearst.
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| West Virginia Will Act on
Suffrage and Living Cost
Special Dispatch to Tho Tribune
CHARLESTON. W. Va., Feb. 19.
I Legislation dealing with the hieh cos?
of living was given position of first
' importance by Governor John J. Corn
! well to-day in calling a special session
i of the West Virginia Legislature t(
| meet Friday, February 27.
Seven specific subjects, including
j consideration of the Federal suffrag?
amendment, arc included in the call
most of them relating to municipa
matters of minor importance. A re
cent poll among members of the stat
Legislature shows sentiment to b
I strongly in favor of equal suffrage.
i The first of the seven subjects enu
merated by the Governor is: To con
sider and enact legislation dealin
j with the high cost of living, to mak
i the taking of excess profits on thi
j necessaries of life a misdemeanor am
to fix penalties for the violation of thi
I provisions of such statutes as may b
' enacted on the subject.
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MAIN FLOOR
Broadway at 34th Street
STORE HOURS: 9.00 A. M. to 5.30 P. M.
NewHampshire,
Maine, Vermont
Favor Wood
Frank Knox, New England
Leader, Also Asserts That
Massachusetts Probably
Will Support Candidacy
Ohio Is Being Organized
Colonel William C. Procter
Announces Campaign in
East ?s Making Progress
Frank Knox, editor of "The Manches
ter (N. H.) Union," the original Leon?
ard Wood-for-President man in New
England, said last night, at tho Wood
campaign headquarters in the Imperial
Hotel that General Wood will undoubt?
edly have the support of all of the dele
gates from New Hampshire, Maine anc
Vermont, with a strong probabilitj
that the Massachusetts delegates als<
will be for him. ?
"All of the New Hampshire delegatei
are pledged for Wood," said Mr. Knox
"In Vermont, after the retirement o:
Governor Coolidge, o,f Massachusetts
a native of Vermont, the influentia
factors in politics in that stato natu
rally turned to Generad Wood. Maim
is solidly organized for him. Wit!
Governor Coolidge not a candidate ther
is reason for the prediction that Massa
chusetts, at the proper time, will ava:
herself of the great privilege of namin
in convention, when her name is callee
the next President?General Wood."
Mr. Knox begged to be excused froi
discussing Connecticut or Rhod
! I?land.
"Best Qualified Man"
Colonel William C. Procter, chairma
of the Leonard Wood campaign con
mittee, left town last night for tl
Chicago headquarters.
"General Wood," said Celonel Pro
ter, "is the only national candidate b
fore tho Republican party. The car
paign committee has now organizatioi
in all but four or five of the Norther
Central and Western states. Betwei
two of the other Republican candidat
arrangements appear to exist to ke
out of each other's territory, showii
j the local character of their candidacn
"Wherever I have traveled I fii
i most of the Republican leaders thi:
General Wood is the bo3t qualified m
to unite the party, and at the sai
time to draw into it the young m
who have recently become voters a
the newly enfranchised women voter;
"In South Dakota, the first of t
Western states to hold primaries (t
? election will be held there March 2!
I General Wood is running first, i
I though serious attempts are bei
! made by two other candidates, Johns
; and Lowden, to break down his lead
"Michigan, which is the largest sti
; that votes early, we regard as perfeC
! safe for General Wood.
Splendid Progress in East
"In Ohio, where the contest for de
! gates takes place April 27, we are p
: fecting an organization, which will
; completed in a few days, in every d
trict and county in the state. J.
Price, of Cleveland, is in charge
, the campaign and gives most confidi
; reports. He resides, curiously,
Mark Hanna's old residence and 1
; his headquarters in the rooms f
mcrly occupied by the McKinley ca
paign committee in the Neal House
"During: my brief visit to New Y<
I learned from Norman J. Got
Thomas W. Miller and others that
? campaign in the East is progress
! splendidly, and I also got similar
1 ports from Senator Moses, whose he
1 quarters are in Washington."
Virgil H. Highland, Republican ]
! tional Committeeman from West \
! ginia, called at the Wood headquart
! yesterday und told Colonel Proc
; that while West Virginia had a fav
; ite son candidate for the Republic
i nomination in Senator Howard Sutr
! land, the indications are that W
1 Virginia delegates soon after reach
! the convention will be for Gen?
? Wood.
'Wet' Fraud Is Charged
To 2 Ex-Revenue Agents
BALTIMORE, Feb. 19.?G. Rudolph
Vincent!, a former liquor dealer of this
city, and Edward C. Parker and Will?
iam L. Hawkins, former inspectors of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, are un?
der arrest here to-day, charged with
conspiracy to violate the war-time pro?
hibition law.
Hawkins and Parker were arrested in
Washington last night They resigned
from the revenue bureau ten days ago.
Government officials would not dis?
cuss details of the case. The hearing
was set for March 3 before United
States Commissioner Suppl?e.
The alleged offenses are said to bar?
occurred between July 1 last and Jan?
uary 16, when the Federal prohibition
amendment went into effect, and to
have netted big profits to the accused
men.
Leader of ; Antis'
Says She Proposes
T? 'Bury9 Mrs. Catt
Denies Indorsing Suffragist
as Senatorial Candidate
and Declares Her Letter
Is Challenge to League
From The Tribune's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.?Flooded
with telegrams and long distance mes
? sages from Various parts of the coun
! try due to a misunderstanding of her
I recent letter to Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, of the .League of Women Voters,
Miss Mary G. Kilbreth, president of
the National Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage, to-day vigorously
denied having indorsed Mrs. Catt for
United States Senator.
"I realize that under the stress of
speed and brevity in the production
of modern journalism a statement is
likely to be tangled somewhat by the
time it appears in print," Miss Kil?
breth said.
"This appears to have happened to
our letter to Mrs. Catt, as reported
in some localities without the exact
text," she continued.
Letter a Challenge
"Our letter was a challenge, not an
indorsement. The alleged League of
I Women Voters has been paraded be
i fore the country simply to frighten
| male politicians into abject surrender
i to the feminist program.
"Our object is to prove conclusively
that it is a scarecrow, a league of
straw voters, not representing 10 per
cent even of the women who have the
ballot, much less all the women of
tbe nation.
"We want Mrs. Catt or Miss Hay
t? run for Senator in New York on
the League of Women Voters ticket
against men nominated by the real
parties, so that we can show up this
sex league as nothing but a political
hoax, a fake organization so far as
actual voting strength is concerned,
created by suffragists to serve as a
tool to terrorize timid politicians.
"In other words the so-called League
of Women Voters is being used as a
great 'bluff' with the men of both
parties to 'put over' the Federal
suffrage bill, and we anti-suffragists
have determined to 'call' that bluff
in the largest suffrage state at the
coming election.
I Would Aid in Nomination
"If Mrs. Catt cannot get enough
signatures from her little league of
lady politicians to secure a nomination
in New York we anti-suffragisits will
support to the extent of getting the
nomination. But at the election we
: will hold a first-class political funeral
: for the League of Women Voters, with
< Mrs. Catt playing the part of corpse,
if she has the courage to accept our
challenge, which is made in good faith.
"I guess even 'more men' will un?
derstand what we mean now," Miss
; Kilbreth concluded.
CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (By The Associ?
ated Press).?Mrs. Carrie Chapman
! Catt will not. be a candidate for the
i Senate seat occupied by James W.
! Wadsworth jr., of New York, as-sug
I gested by Mary G. Kilbreth, president
' of the anti-suffrage association at
i Washington.
i Mrs. Catt declared to-day that she
had devoted her life to a cause and
"have accomplished a little good per?
haps without running for office, and
so I never shall."
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Labor Calls
For Defeat
Of Rail Bill
Continued from pace X
force increased rates aggregating
$1,250,000,000, and add to the cost of
living generally.
With Representative Sims, Demo?
crat, Tennessee, who also refused to
sign the conference report, Mr. Berkley
will lead the floor fight on the bill, in
which most of the Democrats are ex?
pected to be supported by a few Re?
publicans. Proponents of the measure,
however, were confident that the com?
promise bill will be approved by the
House before adjournment Saturday.
The "financial favors," Mr. Barkley
charged, were to be attributed to the
work of "high salaried agents" of rail?
road security holders, who "have
camped on the doorsteps of Congress
for more than a year," attacking the
financial provisions of the bill. In this
connection, Mr. Barkley declared "it is
almost inconceivable that Congress
could be induced to adopt such a
course," referring particularly to the
provision that rates yielding 6 per cent
j on the book value of the roads, with
any excess earnings, be divided be?
tween the carriers and the government
so as to create a "jackpot" to aid weak
lines.
Money for Roads Sought
In his statement the Kentucky Rep?
resentative revealed that the conferees
on railroad legislation expect Congress
soon to be asked for an appropriation
of $600,000,000 to wind up the affairs
of the railroad administration. He
said that an exact statement of these
financial needs was expected to be given
the House Saturday.
Attacking the railroad bill section by
section, the unions' memorial declares
first that railroad employees expect just
? treatment and the continuation of tveir
, "unaiienablc right to have an equal
voice, representation and vote in any
tribunal created by law or mutual
; agreement which is to establish the
compensation we are to receive."
It then is charged that the pending
bill violates the fundamental provisions
of American government in the sections
regulating the financial return to in?
vestors, because "particular and exclu?
sive privileges" were conferred in
guaranteeing dividends.
"This act denies to the public the
benefit of competition," the memorial
says. "By this bill the government
which we have instituted for the com?
mon good is prostituted to establish
the private interests of holders of rail?
way securities as a class."
Employees' Part in Plan
The sections creating a railroad
labor board are quoted to show that
j the unions are required'tu nominate
I men to represent them within thirty
! days from the passage of the bill, and
j after the Interstate Commerce Coln
! mission has held hearings and promul
? gated the method of procedure for
| such nominations, but that no provi
j sion is made to require the commis
! sion to formulate regulations in suffi
! cient time to permit the employees
! to comply with the act.
In having the commission define
I "subordinate officials" who shall come
within the labor provisions of the act,
according to the memorial, special con?
sideration has been granted to a class
of employees comprising less than ?
per cent of the total on an equal foot?
ing with the recognized standard or?
ganizations.
"This special consideration also per?
mits a situation to arise," tho memorial
continues, "that could result in the ap
i pointment of 'three subordinate of
' ficials,' three representares of the
| carriers, likewise 'subordinate officials,'
j and three members constituting the
publia group? es the constituent mem?
ber? of the railroad labor board. Im
bor board? Without a representativa
of the 1,900,000 organized railroad
workers on it.**
Sections establishing a method of
procedure for the adjudication of la?
bor disputes by groups of not less than
100 employees would "destroy all disci?
pline and lead to chaos," the memorial
asserts, because they would encourage
workers to disregard existing agree?
ments and long-established, orderly
methods of procedure.
Unions Charge Unfairness
"Failure to designate and treat with
the standard recognized organizations
representing approximately 95 per cent
of all the employees," the protest goe&
on, "can be construed to mean noth?
ing less than that the provisions of
this act are primarily based on a deter?
mination to annual existing agreements
and destroy the organizations which
negotiated them."
This charge is said to be strength?
ened by provisions making ineligible
for appointment to the labor board any
person connected with a carrier or
organization of employees, or owning
any stocks or bonds thereof. Men long
trained in union labor work c?nnot be
expected, according to the memorial, to
relinquish associations of many years
to accept such a position.
Finally, it is said that the labor
board receives power to prevent any
pay increases for railroad employees,
regardless of what the circumstances
may be, by the provision permitting
the board to review and modify any
agreement likely to necessitate sub?
stantial readjustment of the rates of
a carrier.
Prisoners to Miss Hanging
Chicago Sheriff Heeds Warning
Against Public Execution
CHICAGO, Feb. - ?">.?Prisoners in th?
Cook County jail will not "vitness the
execution to-morrow of "Smiling Jack"
O'Brien, twenty-one-year-ol* gunman,
convicted of murdering a policeman.
Sheriff Charles W. Peters announced
to-day that he would remove prisoners
from the death corridtor, following no?
tice from Matthew Mills, Assistant At?
torney General of Illinois, and State
Attorney Maclay Hoyne that he would
be prosecuted if he carried oat his plans
for a public hanging.
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