Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-07-13 | Page 2 | Gompers Says No Law Broken

OOMPERS SAYS ! NO LAW BROKEN i Denies That Strikers Have Interfered With U. S. Mails WASHINGTON, July 13. The ex- I ecumc proclamation wnrnlng against interference wilh movement of inter j state transportation In connection with he railroad strike, and particularly against interference with the United States imills was declared by Samuel Uoni pet ;u-' sMi nt of the American Federation of Labor "to be calculated to make a fetish of the Transportation Transporta-tion act and of the railroad labor board." Referring to the Injunction against .nterferencr. Mr. Gompcrs' statement declared "that railroad workers who I withdraw their services" necessarily affect "I b la movement of equipment " FINDINGS :OT DE ISIONS The presldeSt's prociainiitlon." the I iti lenient continued. "Implies that tho I workers, hav not pror ceded In accordance ac-cordance with the law and that in stopping work they have gone outside I of the law. The fact ls tnut tho law J specifically gives to the workers thoi rljrht to cease wor In the event that thi j cannot accept the award of tho' lnlliosd labor hoard The findings Of tho board are not decisions which must be obeyed. Thoy are aw arts which the board hopes both employers and employes will accept, but which neither Is hounj to accept. ' call attention to the fact that 92 railroads, In 10 cases have refused to abide by awards i the hoard In not a single case has the railroad labor board of thjv feder.tl government j coerced a railroad Into acceptance of an award The courage and solidarity of the workers in their resistance to arbitrary and SUlOcratii orders h most commendable and ought to be ap-, ap-, plauded by every liberty-loving Ameri- can. OVERLOOKS IT'NDAMf XTAI.fi It Is desirable that American rail-' roads operate continuously but not at 1 the ,,rlre of the sacrifice iof manhood I and Justice. "The president's proclamation overlooks over-looks fundamentals. It Is an effort to1 sanctify and crown with power the railroad labor board It Is a donlal of domestic methods It f an effort to perpetuate the Impossible The one way to operate the llroads In safety1 Is to revive Joint negotiations bring' ju-tlce to the workers and thus make possible a condition of safety of rail-! road equipment." .rwk .