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Show IfnTlJ 11 s-v--s, v m , Sen. Frelinghuysen i;; Attacks Unionism III Before the Senate Washington. Oct 21 i n'.onism ' under its present leadership wt at tacked in the senate tcda) b Senator I Frelinghuysen. Republican, New ier 1 pey' as "a rv'' auroer.-ie.'. ," tending ward bblsheVism. ll!1 Criticising the demands of the bi-VvfjT bi-VvfjT J luminous coal miners for a iive-jayj week and increased wages. Senator , r relmghuyscn, wh ois chairman of ihe 'nMli fenate committee investieat ng thej oal strike called upon Amrricin ;ub-J iljtllr 'i( r'Pnion to scotch o movement -I It'll uhirh he feaied would result ,n class I i evernment. The Now Jersr BenatOT said 'he de j nund of the miner. half of them) ' lV i 'iens were "inordinati'' and COIlId 101 'kill! ! br granted as they would resiit jn de- Ujj U creased production and an increase in! : jji brice io the consumer fit tiuni to ' 50 a ton. "Is the United States ready to be licit lic-it e d to by these men9" he asked. "The time has come to put an end 'Ii to this new autocracy," said the s?na k 'or "i nless tins iutolcrable condition iji. ' j n hi ret tit ji. d, unless some means i till I j' 1 be found tu prevent imposition of H'1 i ' m'n unthinkabk demands and penal j iir-s unless collective bargaining can Rj be continued In an orderly mazier md I rtijj with dut regard to Lht public welfare I "Miori, a new reined n-u-' bi applied the remedy of maltinp labor amenable to the same extent as capital 1 I hi , in the law-- of the United States" Referring to the -'eel strike, the1 H 11j I j "-'" York longshoremen's strike, ihe Boston police strike, the New York j a pressmen's strike and other labor dis- I ,j', it i ur'nr-nee- Senator Krelin'huv. cn Jji j A ' i II I i, "Where will this striking frciz riop? Unless a halt is called sr shall: reach a state of anarchy Infinitely worse than the autocracy of Germany. This Is class government and not de i U "There is a determined effort throughout the land to assume control of all government .'unctions in behall H vj J i of a class," continued Senator Pre-I Pre-I I l'I I linghuysen. "We have come to a pjrt-!l pjrt-!l I ng of ways This countrj la n I re dj jj to be dictated to by a hoard of ali.-ns. Any citizen who seeks to advance the interest of himself and his associates at the expense of the general public is not a patriotic citizen Sovietism means class rule. We cannot permit that in America "Labor unionism should be upheld for one primary principle, to obtain and maintain Justice for ihe man who earns his bread by the sweat of his brow ; that when the power of organization organi-zation is employed to impose mjus'iee against all other clacses of society, ihe law of the land should be inoked to prevent (he abuse of such power, or laws enacted that will do this "When labor defies law an 1 ordei through the power of its unior. it is sounding its own death knell and digging dig-ging its own grave. ' There are thousands of law abi 'ing citizens members of these unions who J do not desire to strike. The terror'sm spread by the radicals and lawless in thesf unions creates fear for tne safe, i ty of their homes, iheir wives, -tnd their children. "Labor has risen to a high deg-ee j but if. through improper Influence and; Cislbyal leadership the lat-or rvoup al tempts to place its fetters upon an tin offending public it must be dealt with accordingly." |
