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Show BOSTON STRIKING POLICEMEN SEE I TKEJJGHT ,, 1 Uoston's unionized policemen H who struck in 1910, tiring Calvin 'H Coolldgo a chance to show his met- iflfl tie nnd the voters of Mnsnchusetta flfl an opportunity to declare at tho VI polls that they would not stand for U trndu union politics ad trade union domination ot public affairs, hnv. sH surrendered the charter Issued t ! them by the American. Fedsretloa ot Labor. flE In so dolnflhey have declared fll that their strike wu mot Intended as an affront to law and order and that It was not their intention by fl quitting their Jobs to produce the liil conditions of violence and lawless- ffil ncss which necessitated the presence BbI of tho military In tho city tor a per- ViB lod of weeks. SBl It Is not necessary to point out nc ittl this tlmo the Inconsistency between llaH tho srlklng policemen's abandon- Sasl ment of their duty na public servant 1 H InBt year ana their utterances In ex- I H culpatlon ot their conduct now. J M Tho great 'and Important fact Is H that tho unionized Iloston policemen 1 H havo been brought to n realization ot llH tho absolute Incompatibility botween lll their swoin obligations as public sir- llH vants nnd allcgtanco to tho American ItiPl Fcdcratluu of Labor or any other IDWal body ot a similar kid. iln To teach them this was a hard JH taslr. It wns hard for the policemen tin who wcro Instructed, nnd hard for MM tho public, which was the Instructor; oHA but a hard lesson onco learned Is not 111 soon forgotten. Tho striking police- B men will not soon forget that they jtb can servo only one master, nnd that fiH tho public has tho means nnd th- . SIibI will to enforce" Us authotlty when It $H feels enforcement to ho necessary. lfB This lesson 'should bo heeded ho- rH! yond tho limits patrolled hy tho Dos- !U ton police. It Is of nation wldo np- fH pllcablllly. ft chmild Lo taken to i M heart by every public servant, nnd I V t may profitably bo tajen to heart f H by every nun and woman In A in or- 3 en. Now Yi'V Herald. M M |