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Show VKK.MK X J( It S U PIIK.UA C IT Opinions are at variance as to the merits of the various controversies between capital and labor that are paralyzing the industry o this country and Injuring milliona of people who are In no way responsible responsi-ble for tlio conditions that exiat. Without greater knowledge than wit possess we would not presume to pass Judgment upon the briefs of nil her side. There may be riht iind wrong on both. liut one fact stands out paramount to all others. The supremacy of the government must prevail, and any person who is not willing to acknowledge and abide by that supremacy sup-remacy Is an undesirable citizen and should be treated accordingly. We have seen too much of the bolshevistic effect upon Russia to ever countenance its control of this country, butt if any organization or group of men, whether of capital or labor, Is allowed to continually flout and defy the governmental authority bolshevism in its most virulent form is exactly what we must face and sooner than we anticipate. There is entirely too much of a toudency to ignore the govennieut and apply the rule or rum law oi might. When the government leaches the en.l of its patience and says settle, it is time for the contestants contest-ants to do just that very thing. The public, as well as the parties to the disputes, have rights that must be re-speoted, re-speoted, althrough the scrapping minority appears not to be aware o? that fact. Stephen Decatur once said: "Our Country! May she ever be right but our country, right or wrong." Those are our sentiments, let them 'pinch where they may. |