Show r l p. p Prevailing rev L Opinions ion S I Comment e t ot of the American Press Political Hypocrisy The disagreeable significance of votes cast for the Ludlow re resolution applies not to this Is Issue issue issue is- is sue alone but to nr matters in which the country is at the mercy of congress That the resolution resolution reso reso- lution was decisively beaten is be beside beside beside be- be side the point What is important important important tant is that the vote for it represented represented represented rep rep- resented 43 per cent of the entire membership of the house It was wasa a vote that thet did not reflect upon the intelligence but upon the sincerity sincerity sin sin- of congress It is easy to understand that the horror of war may mislead nian many many- good people into supporting support support- ing anything that promises to avoid war But it is incredible that 43 per er cent of the American Ameri Amen can people could be so misguided as to follow their emotions and not their logic to impose a national national national na na- na- na referendum upon any declaration dec dee of war Yet that is the proportion of of- house membership that voted for fora a a. measure that would by tying the nations nation's hands and inviting aggression virtually assure the very horror from which we recoiL recoiL recoiL re- re coiL The only alternative to the conclusion that there is a lower intelligence quotient in congress congraM than in average public opinion is that there is ia a disproportionate hypocrisy In the national legis legis- lature The ar argument ment advanced that many representatives who voted for the Ludlow r resolution knew better would have jave voted against it had there been any danger of its passi passing n st st. and merely mollified the weil well people who urged its support does not lI lighten the indictment for insincerity The Incident shows the extent to which our politicians will go in I playing with national safety The San Francisco Chronicle Better Belier Reporting Job Labors of publishers and city desks to get at the facts in Industrial in industrial In- In controversies are rewarded reward reward- ed with a compliment from the national labor relations board In its annual report the board speaks of old days of inadequate reporting and says that before 1935 the great mass of the public drew its opinion on strikes strike from scare headlines and by blow-by-blow descriptions of strike violence Admitting the point newspapers know that in those days both In Industry Industry In- In and labor Jabor issued their statements and told their stories in terms so contradictory that guesswork was the only basis basla for interpretation Since 1935 the board says Bas Instead Instead In stead tead of assigning strike stories to any reporter free at the moment moment moment mo mo- ment for duty the coverage is given to trained men Many of ot th these have been led to probe beneath beneath be be- neath the exterior dramatics of strike stories into con conscientious study of the complicated social dilemma involved in every labor Jabor dispute however small There is truth In the o observation erva- erva tion and It might be added that within labor Jabor and Industry there Is a J larger disposition to put cards card upon the table and assist any agency which would arrive at facts This spirit continuing added strength will be given to the boards board's opinion that the press preas more than any other agency can banish the misunderstandings which will disturb the relations between American employers and the American workmen Oak Oak Oakland land Tribune |