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Show Government by Courts Constitutes Infringement on American Liberty By PRESIDENT GREEN, American Federation of Labor. The trend of judicial process has been advancing, ever limiting the activities of organized labor. We are loyal American citizens, we believe in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and we have respect for law. Despite the wrongs that must be righted and the mistakes of our government, I feel that we have the best democratic government on the face of the earth today. Our claim is that we have the right to petition and redress as our forefathers did. This is a fundamental right When we feel the hand of government lays heavy and unfairly on the working people, our tongues will not be silenced and we will not withhold our protest. Injunctions are unfair and unjust that interfere with our rights and abridge our liberty. Injunctions are government by court instead of government by law. It is necessary for the members of organized labor to assert theii traditional political power in that we will support in the congress and in the state those who will support us and oppose those who art against us. The A. F. of L. is not in accord with extremists or anarchists. Xo cause can be advanced in the United States by the use of bomb or bayonet. |