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With the conditions of labor unrest no more advanced today than they were at this time last year, and with the country becoming more involved with each new twist which the tide of industrial foment takes, careful analysis of the root of our inability to cope with the situation shows that dread reaction on the part of half the population renders any plausible suggestions proffered by the other half useless. The condition today is nearly identical with that in England just one hundred years ago, when, fearing the spread of the Jacobin doctrines of the French Revolution, reactionary feeling...
...short time ago in the House, a representative from Alabama made certain suggestions of ways to treat the labor question by meeting the laborers on their own ground, by giving them at least a fair representation in all disputes. Another member immediately arose, pointed to the portrait of Washington, pointed to the American flag, and then turning to the speaker, said: "Now look at the gentleman from Alabama!" By exalting the scions of Patriotism, he was accusing one who had suggested constructive reform measures, slightly radical though they may have been, of non-Americanism. And the House applauded...
...committee of labor leaders which has condemned the attitude of the governor on this question, holds sentiments on the beer and wine question which have been echoed throughout the country on the stump, in the papers, and at the polls. But no one has attempted to confute the obvious logic of the governor's veto message. "Massachusetts," says Coolidge, "can not be a party to nullification"--can not "take a chance on the Constitution," and must not take the initiative in nullifying legislation, which is the law of the land until declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court...
...present stage of the conflict the position of the Secretary of Labor is impregnable. The crime with which he is charged by the Department of Justice apparently consists of a decision that membership in the Communist Labor Party does not "per se" render an alien liable to instant deportation. This decision is eminently reasonable and just. Secretary Wilson announces that after careful investigation he cannot find any part of the program of this party which advocates violence or the forcible overthrow of government. Many aliens, he further points out, are members of the party without knowing it. It seems hardly...
...Secretary of Labor has only acted in accordance with the fundamental principles of justice. He is to be congratulated on his distinction between mere words and actual plots of violence. Only the latter furnish ground for punishment. To condemn on suspicion alone is contrary to the elements of free institutions...