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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1919
Page
2
Chief Justice White warned against Bolshevism while praising lawyers for protecting individual rights and the Constitution. Speakers at the American Bar Association banquet, including Justice Riddell of Ontario and Lord Finlay, stressed liberty, law, and international friendship.
Secretary of State Lansing told an American Bar Association audience that no law exists to try the former German Emperor. He said the Kaiser’s guilt was political as well as moral, and a treaty tribunal would be a tool of power, not justice. The address, given in Huntington Hall, also touched on nationalism and the need for an international court.
The Board of Conciliation and Arbitration ruled that employees of the Eastern Massachusetts Railway Company must accept the War Labor Board award granting a 12 percent raise. It held that the National board’s disregard of certain evidence does not justify a strike by the workers.
Hampton L. Carson of Philadelphia was unanimously chosen as president of the American Bar Association. All officers except Ashley Cockrill of Little Rock were reelected, with George Whitlock as secretary and Frederick E. Wadhams as treasurer. T. C. McClellan filled Cockrill’s executive vacancy. No action was taken on the League of Nations ratification. Carson, 67, renowned as a constitutional scholar and former Pennsylvania Attorney General, holds many legal honors and authored notable histories.
Henry Howard director of recruiting for the United States Shipping Board with Boston headquarters offered his resignation to Chairman Payne. No action has been taken on the resignation.
The board notes parties submitted to arbitration in June over wage increases. The National War Labor Board ruled on Aug 12, excluding most evidence except cost of living. It states the award cannot be reviewed here without written consent and that the six month agreement binds the parties unless later changed.
Reported across the country musicians in theatre orchestras joined the actors in sympathy with the strike. In New York the Equity League gains attention while a rival Fidelity League is criticized as a manager created group. Investigators uncover a rail yard fraud tying false low grade consignments to high grade steel shipments, with losses borne by railroads including the New Haven system.
Burton Churchill representative of the Actors Equity Association in Chicago proposes President Wilson as arbitrator in the strike dispute with managers. He says the actors stage hands and all connected with the stage would accept Wilson and abide by his decision and that public opinion would back the move if managers refuse.
Federal indictments reveal alleged conspiracies to defraud the United States tied to the New York New Haven Hartford railroad and police union links. Boston city officials deny salary mentions amid legal wrangle. Massachusetts hearings loom as Michigan rulings are cited. Union policemen in Washington have sought an injunction over resignations tied to the AFL.
John P. Feeney speaks at union HQ after fiery address as Boston police seek a legal route. Union officials vow a dignified court battle if findings in Rule 35 cases condemn 19 officers. A rumor of Mayor Peters offering raises for severing ties with AF of L is denied.
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