Show TAFT AS EXPONENT Of tAilOR LABOR QUESTIONS Se Secretary of War Defines Position Position Position tion on Rights of Unions in Courts Martins Martin's Ferr lT Ferry Ohio Jan JanA 0 A 9 A lett letter let- let t tem ter r giving the lt itO of uC Secretary Tart Taft Tarton Tafton on th the use USA and abuse of or Injunctions was WOR given out today by Lewellyn Low Lew Lewis Lw- Lw is IR secretary of or tho A American Fedora Fedoration tion of oC Labor The letter W Wile 8 written In response rA to r. r r 9 series of or questions propounded od by Mr 11 Lewis Lc In the op opening paragraph Mr Taft sa says he ho believes It to lo be highly bene bene- kial and entirely lawful for laborers laborer to unite In lit their common Interests Proceeding directly ty to answer th tIme the ques ques- lions Gone tont h he In Rn says say K In part You ask m me inc what T would think o othe or of orthe the enactment nat of a a Iw lu defining the tho oases case in Ia which a temporary restraining order and defining In sped spec 11 ilic Ic terms term the language in which such order may be bo rained framed I see fee no obJection don tion to tl the en enactment of ot f a statute which shall define tho the rights Q of laborers labor labor- In Ii their controversies ies with ers Or thel con their former employers Generally the law governing time the elation between employer em em- m- m pI oyer and amid is ia a a. 1 state law and andis IK is ont only enforced in the the federal courts court when the Jurisdiction arises by r reason of diverse o citizenship of ot the parties You Vou ask me nie what I think of ot a provision prodan provision pro pro- vision dan that no rescinding order oer or In Injunction injunction in- in junction shall Issue except after oter no no- thee to the time defendant and ad a a h hearing bearing had Title This was the rule under th the th federal statutes for many years car but 1 It was 81 abolished In the cases to which you refer reCer I do o not s see sec e any objection to 10 to statute the tha re- re enactment re-enactment of oC that lint tel federal You a ask k what I would think of a n provision In such Auch cases by which the tho m might require anol alother hen judge to try tho time 1 Issue l and Impose sea sea- sen tence if J it necessary I do not think such a re restriction lon would bo be unreason able In most cases caes It would be bo un un- un- un necessary r I do I not not think that th the permission to the judge hor however how how- ever r would constitute either serious delay clay or injure Ih the efficacy of or th the ourt's order |