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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1920
Page
3
A disturbing rumor suggests President Harding may pick Senator Fall of New Mexico as secretary of state. The paper notes Fall’s border policy stance and fears the appointment could cloud the nation’s southern horizon and invite distrust of American foreign policy.
The piece traces the rise of senatorial power and compares U S and Roman governance. It cites Woodrow Wilson Theodore Roosevelt and Caesarism fears, notes Abbott's analysis of two oligarchies, and discusses bicameral features and the long tenure of Roman senators as parallels to modern politics.
The essay compares Roman senatorial power with the American Senate in confirming appointments and shaping foreign policy. It notes Rome’s consul as intermediary, the Senate’s rising influence, and Abbott’s view that weakness led to decay. It ends with Harding’s election seen as a Senate victory and vigilance as liberty’s price.
The passage notes senatorial privileges cherished by modern senators and an esprit de corps within both houses. It cites a historian’s remark that presidents come and go, but the senate endures, while comparing Rome’s consulship with the American presidency.
In a Marshalltown Times-Republican summary, managers of Carson Pierre Scott & Co. and J. F. Stevens Co. in Chicago claim that genuine stock reduction sales increased November sales beyond any previous records for that season. They argue rapid unloading at lower costs lets stores meet competition, maintain prestige, and profit for the rest of the year.
Herbert Hoover proposes a Christmas fundraising idea inviting families to entertain an invisible guest, a poor central European child, by contributing ten dollars to the American Relief administration. The campaign runs in December to support funds for 3.5 million children for ten months, with checks sent to Hoover in New York or Lafayette Young in Des Moines.
News from Mexico notes that only after Americans read a list of concessions granted by the Mexican government through the department of industry commerce and labor did they realize such a government department existed.
The Omaha World Herald notes college-bred stock swept honors at the International Livestock show. Critics question if such elite animals deserve the nickname high brow.
A Col- lier s Weekly remark notes harmony in the legislature s minority as a single Democrat contemplates consolation. The Cedar Rapids Gazette cites collective bargaining framing employers as parties to a bargain rather than merely receiving orders to act.
Ethel and her brother Ben aboard the Albany Day Line on the Hudson glow with scenery and flirtation as Ethel asks a stranger to photograph them together. Tom Warren participates, shares a dinner invitation, and the trio bonds over staged husband and wife photos expanding into plans for sending portraits to families.
Exertion raises heart output and lung ventilation as the body tries to supply muscles. Blood flows faster, lungs work harder to purify and oxygenate, and inadequate speed leads to breathlessness until training improves air delivery, then a second wind may occur. Monday asks why "blackguard" equates to "rascal."
Arrangements are under way for a public Christmas program by the Homesteaders in Maccabee hall next Friday night. Details are not final yet but refreshments will be served after the program.
The piece argues trade unionism centers on improving conditions for all workers, not enabling a few to rise. It likens unions to a jack screw steadily elevating wage earners, linking higher pay, shorter hours, and better health to broader citizenship, while condemning baseless mass arrests via labor injunctions and supporting Taft’s stance against indiscriminate use of such injunctions.
Topeka reporter notes the Kansas court of industrial relations summoned mill owners amid Governor Allen s can t strike law. Hearing was non punitive and not a true trial. Mill owners claimed unskilled workers were affected, but most employees were classified as unskilled. The panel offered hearings, but no employee spoke, and the court found no willful law violations.
Affiliates of the Cigar Makers International union nominate officers for a referendum election. President Perkins wins renomination by 342 locals, with eight and six nominations for the next two. Gompers of the AFL is renominated for first vice president by 339 locals, with eight and three nominations. Endorsements of trade unionism appear amid economic remedies debates.
A feverish press agent hails the UGFION union of Riverside and Dan River Cotton Corporation as democracy. The house has 184 wage earner electees, the senate 84 appointed overseers, and a six member cabinet led by President Fitzgerald holds veto power. Workers may direct House actions, then face Senate and company officials for approval. Also, Muscatine Carpenters seek six skilled men but no volunteers due to short work.
Judge W L Huggins of the Kansas court of industrial relations woos bankers to support a state police unit to be used in emergencies arising from industrial disputes or other causes. Trade unionists counter that this contradicts his contention that the court has made strikes impossible.
The Bution Workers announce a regular meeting of No 16505 Tuesday evening December 14 at the Trades Assembly hall. All members urged to attend.
The Talbot company of Boston signs with the United Garment Workers of America, one of the country’s largest men’s clothing manufacturers. The UGW of A is the only recognized union in the men’s ready to wear industry. Speeding up plans are doomed says Fred J. Miller, president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, urging democratic worker influence and planning for action in common interests to guard society against degeneration.
Denver deputy district attorney Paul J. McGovern resigns and accuses the district attorney of failing to prosecute imported strikebreakers who rioted during the streetcar strike. He files suit for $50,000. In New Orleans George Williams seeks $50,000 damages from Great Southern Lumber alleging officers conspired with gunmen to terrorize workers.
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