Show Is There Not a Better Bette Way Jf Q A. A B. B Cummins of Iowa is one of the sen- sen senators S SENATOR whose term expires this year and is seeking re le re- re election Ho He is being opposed by the tho labor unions because because because be- be cause of his bis support of of the provision in the Esch-Cum- Esch mins bill prohibiting ting strikes Speaking in his own defense delease de- de lease lense in Winfield la in recently Mr Cummins said I ask for tor no Immunity I accept full tun responsibility I the soundness and wisdom of or this legIslation legislation leg legislation leg leg- am hero to indicate to tho the people of or Iowa assembled for tor tho the purpose or of Judging their public servants Samuel Gompers and his nis 4 followers are not so much opposed to the tho law as they are opposed to mo because the tho to mo inc personally They are arc I tho the bill which I reported to the Senate S-enato and which passed 1 made It t unlawful to enter into a n. combination or io 1 and the thc thiP- thiP agreement to prevent tho the movement ment of or trains ment meat of ot commodities In order to settle a dispute as to t wages and working conditions This provision however The House of oC Representatives would did not become law not accept it This docs does not and ought not to change the attitude of or the labor unions toward me mc for tor I did all aU I could to keep these provisions pro In the tho law and I Intend to continue m my efforts to put them there so 50 lon long as I remain remain remain re- re main in public life At least it must be sai said of Senator Cummins ins he has the courage of his bis convictions a a somewhat rare char char- characteristic 1 during election times when one ono is struggling to please all classes of the electorate And there is isI I much food for thought in view of the recent railway strike and others which are roe threatened whether there to settle disputes be- be Is s not a better and more just way railway workers and their employers than through f the strike which always inflicts upon the tho innocent millions millions mil mil- lions of American working people untold loss and suffering suffering suf- suf f. f fering destroys the commerce of the country and brings homes of the strikers mise misery and destitution to the themselves Is it a forlorn hope that some day in the not distant future tho the four big brotherhoods profiting by the woe woe- i ful lul object lesson presented by the recent outlaw C strike tho the inconvenience and loss to the country at large a and andl the utter futility of it will themselves voluntarily resolve that there must be a better and saner and more t righteous way to settle their disputes |