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Show A NATION-WIDE STRIKE. Nothing would prove more disturb-inp disturb-inp to thfi country generally than to have the American Federation of Labor La-bor and affiliated organizations call a strike In BUpport of the railroad shopmen. shop-men. With Henry' Ford shutting down his plants on September 16, throwing hundreds of thousands of men out of work; with shopmen out on strike, and a coal shortage in sight; with several million men and women to be added to the turmoil of unem-Dlovment, unem-Dlovment, this nation Is not far from . a condition of upset sufficient to shake the foundations of society. On Tuesday the Salt Lake Federation Federa-tion of Labor called on the national organization to proceed with tM referendum ref-erendum for a nation-wide strike. Tho spirit of the whole thing Is an "unrest which no one can measure. Since the war this country has undergone un-dergone a change in mental attitude. There is dissatisfaction among the multitudes and nervous apprehension i3 in evidence. What a call for a strike Involving all unions would produce none can Sxaa I, mlvlif foil -. nst r, I imi . clou u .mii...- imi lvi jri n uuuru response, or, sweeping over the country, coun-try, bring on paralysis, hunger and riot There should be sonie way out of this distrust and discontent without flying at each other's throat. America ehould possess the elements of order ly government in a degree great enough to tide It through a period of industrial disagreement All will concede con-cede that time will settle the differences, differ-ences, now existing between labor and capital. In a manner acceptable to the fair-minded of both sides. The uncompromising will be swept aside and justice administered. But there are those who are impatient and, suffering suf-fering a temporary' defeat, cannot be prevailed on to allow time to prove the Justice of their cause. What this country needs is a ; breathing spell, in order to quiet down to a point ot sanity. We be lieve President Harding, by procoed-'ing procoed-'ing with firmness and vigor, and avoiding playing into the bands of either side, could give to the country l a respite from the hysteria which is no menacing. |