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The Rock Island Argus from Rock Island, Illinois • 3

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1 THE ROCK ISLAND MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1937. may argue that Mr. Lewis has no strike never has Included the right coercion outside a plnnt during a strike. the New Deal majority, at Mr. Roosevelt's behest, also concur In a policy ot Inaction and passive destroy, or.

to put It another house and department ot labor action has been tantamount to the same thing for the last six weeks, and now congressional leaders ot dictatoiial influence at the White house, but the paralysing effect of tho C. I. O. leadership upon White The way is opened, therefore, for way, tho right to quit one's job does not give a worker the right to take WORKERS MAY SUE FOR WAGES Cracker of Cordova Safe, Corduroy Clad, Is Craved by Kropp damage suits in Michigan courts and these apparently cannot be away someone elso'a Job. HIGHWAYS GET NEW NUMBERS IN STATE PLAN Fnnds Can Be Attached.

Tho leaders ot the uulona In interfered with by removal to federal courts and the application there ot the Norrla anti-injunction act volved in tho Michigan strikes have LOST IN STRIKE Any stranger in Cordova todsy wearing corduroy trousers were apt to be questioned concerning their activities Saturday night. big sums ot money on deposit in Stockholders Also Damsred. Even stockholders who own tho bank. They had big sums to contribute to Mr. Roosevelt's last campaign fund.

Not only can these hares in the Chrysler and General Motors companies may possibly Those Who Waited to Work and Couldnt llae t'auie for Hani- Howl S8 1'rom Trl.llUes tte Known 2 Through to South Urlolt. unions have their funds attachea hut every leader of every union who has publicly conceded hU partici agta Atalnst Strikers, have a cause for action against the union leadera it these stockholders can show that they have a substantial interest In the corporations and that this Interest has been pation In the sit-down strikes wntco wero declared illegal by judges Under" rt'tlfalg nation ot route numbers ot Iltluols highways to bo tliowu on the 1937 man of tho t.tte and Campbell ran be sued for damages for tho full amount ot BY 1UY1D LAWRENCE. tCoprriiht, 1037, The Artus.) Washington, March 29. There Is The first Cordova corduroy-clad safe-cracking job war, attempted at the village high school, netting SIS and a revolver. Deputy Sheriff Ueorge A.

libeling of tho otttco of Sheriff Kudolph Kropp, who investigated, aaid tho intruder waa an amateur and wore corduroy pants. Knee imprints on tho sill of a jimmied west window, through which entrance was gained, gave rise to the corduroy theory. Kfforts to open tho sale wero futile, but the handle and combination were knocked off. A desk on the second floor of the building was jimmied open and the contents thrown over the floor. Glass in a the loss.

i damaged by illegal acts performed by union officers and members. There would be controversy, ot course, aa to why the managements division highways, the trl-clty area a simple way to dispose ot the ait- Likewise, it court action sustains down strike Issue. Any group of the complaint, the damages for the wm have a throuph route to" South Helottr 111 KocKford, to bo known as route 2. themselves dldn bring the action for damages, but since the latter entire sum can be translated into citizens ot Michigan who happened a Judgment against the unions and to have been employed by General This involves abandoning of the present designation of route 86 be their leaders not only in Michigan agreed to withdrawal of all aults as a part, of the peace pact, the stockholders might have to contend Motors or the Chrysler com- fill but anywhere else, provided it can panies can put tween Silvis and in favor of the new route number. The be shown that these persons have mat the management was power a bank account or own property of route will be extended tvon Rock- less Decause it was forced under any kind.

duress to refrain from litigation. door leading the gyninaMura was broken. Once sit-down strikers become In the TV A case last year, stock it Into effect It consists of the filing of a suit to recover damages for money lost by wo who Use ot ld-penny nails as punches aware of the fact that the new tech holder of the Alabama Power com stamped the job as that of an amateur, Ebeling said. The quest for nique is not a Jcke or simply a political affair, but a matter of court action for personal liability, the pany were conceded by a supreme i court opinion to be within their rights in suing to enjoin a threatened damage to their property even corduroys was not being limited to Cordova alone. future strike-makers may look upon their responsibility in start i rr, i tnougn the management had not have been deprived ot an opportunity to fulfill the jobs ford north to South JJelolt over the present United States 51 location, and United States 51 will be moved to the east sidev of Roc river, affording a moreN efficient routing through Kockford.

Illinois rout 9 IB, from near Little York to the junction Vveslj ot Monmouth, and the leg of route 94 running to Alexis will be renumbered as Illinois 133, and Illinois 94 will be extended west and south from Latlarpe over Illinois 95, 95A and 3S to Bowen, eliminating 95A and 36. Illinois 9 will be relocated west ct Instead ot going been a party to the litigation. There ing sit-down strikes with a good deal more soberness of judgment DEATH CLAIMS are, to be sure, various technical questions Involved in suits by than they are today. There seems to be a widespread they had contracted for by the week with their employers. Two courts of 1 I Impression that, because labor unions are not Incorporated, they are not liable or cannot be sued.

stockholders, but no such difficulties stand in the way of damage suits by one group of workers against another group for wages lost through the sit-down sabotage. MARTIN REIDY, LIFE RESIDENT DarlS Lawrrac. Quite the contrary is true, for, be law in Michigah La" declared what the sit cause they are unincorporated; Likewise, both the General Mo have now rxM ti vr tors company and the Chrysler down strikers have done to be Metal. Also, the individuals respon damages -against them are unlimited. Matthew Woll.

vice president companies are the ones who can press contempt charges against south and west through Macomb and Carthage to Keokuk. Iowa, it -will replace the present Illinois 95 marking- between Bushnell and thl for nreventtng the workers of the American Federation of La those union leaders who have de- St. Joseph's from holding their Jobs now can be Charter Member of bor. in his book. "Labor.

Industry and Government," published in identified because tney openiy aa Fort Madison, Iowa, via Good Hope, Ft -r Catholic Church Vies After Operation. 1935, calls attention to the almost Blandtnsville, Lallarpo and Dallas fled court orders. Both Judge Ga-dola and Judge Campbell could then go ahead and punish uuion leaders for contempt. If. however.

mit what they have done something that hitherto in labor disputes for damages has been most unlimited character of damage suits that can be filed against labor City. 5 Changes throughout the sUrte unions, pointing out that the su the corporations involved refrain Martin Reidy, 72 years old. 2116 difficult to prove. from pressing this point, then Twelfth avenue. Rock Island, rc- su-aown re designated to eliminate ured numbers as far as possible end to give better continuity of preme court ot the United States in the so-called Danbury hatters ftNTKE DAME OF PARIS Many UM characters hare urn I tnbut4 to th makisr ct It hutorj.

Hrr Raymond TI I I orklpd; Henry VI ot Enfland was ctnwnM Kinr of France: Henry ot 'NaTarro and Mairuerit of IVaHiia wera married; I I the caranatina of Napoleon, with PopalPtua Til attondinc I "hi 1 other too numeroua to men lion. tired Rock Island arsenal employe derenaers nave puonciy pr.a.u, their hellef that workers nave case in 1915 and the Coronado case and a charter member of St. Jo routes. American public opinion will hardly be. inclined to sympathize with them in any future outcries about the breakdown of law and order in uronertv right in their jobs.

This iu 1925 held that individual mem Changing road markers will Mart within a week, and the new bers of a union, though personally seph's Catholic church, died at 9 o'clock last night in St. Anthony's hospital following an operation implies that any worker, including the man dispossessed, still retains ignorant and Innocent ot unlawful Michigan. Their policy may be ex maps will off the press about pedient, but It is not defensible a right in his job. Under that rea acts committed by union officers performed a week ago. He had as a matter of law.

been ill three weeks. soning. the thousands of workers who were deprived of their Jobs by are responsible Tor sucn acts as long as they these union members In a sense the administration Mr. Reidv was born May 2. 1864.

here. too. Is not Dressinz its leral paid their dues. fellow workmen had a property rlcht in their jobs, too. And it they rights for reasons of expediency.

Even the Xorris-LaGuardia act in Rock Island, and was a lifelong resident of the He was the son of Martin and Marcella Con April 15. REFINANCING OF BONDS PLANNED Tho congressional leaders, who. did, then someone is responsible which was passed recently in an for makinr them lose several after conferring with President effort to correct some of these dis way Reidy, pioneer residents of the weeks wages and it Isn't tho em county, and received his education Roosevelt, said there was no federal power to Dlainlv advantages from a labor stand point, merely insisted "that no fed plover, in the Rock Island schools and eral court should hold any union overlooked the statute of 1871 high school. But the right to sue for damages because of losses incurred through officer or member responsible un Ho married Miss Katherinc I printed in these columns last week, which statute was used by Presi less there is clear proof that the Dougherty of Davenport thero on FOR DAVENPORT strikes does not necessarily have to be based on the conception of dent rover Cleveland to preserve GRANDEUR worthy of, royalty, yet, available for the most humble. The same may aptly be said" of our adequate appointments and, excellent services.

KNOX MORTUARY Rock Island persons sued authorized the acts Dec. 15. 1890. For 41 years, he was employed as a machine op iaw and order In Illinois. No re took part in them, or gave them property now being advanced by the sit-down strikers namely, that quest from a state legislature or approval afterwards.

The fore erator at Rock Island arsenal, and City Council Meets Tonight to Art governor Is necessary to Insure there Is a property right in a Job going quoted interpretation of the during the "World war was an in orris law is in Mr. woll a book. spector in the cloth department, which permits physical selsure ot federal intervention where, for any cause, state or federal courts of On Refunding aud 1937 Expense Budget. Now it is not difficult today to property, sun can do nasea on whero a large number ot persons the fact that workers were openly law have been hindered In the ex ecution of their orders. prove 'who tho union officers were who participated In tho sit-down and illegally deprived of their op wero employed in fabricating war materials.

He retired on a pension in 1932. Davenport's city council will portunity to fulfill- a given job Tor which they had definitely entered strike nor is It difficult to know who the members were Inside the The crux of the matter Is that the Roosevelt administration is un meet In special session tonight to der political obligation to the Lewis into an employment relationship. plant. These persons were on a pay Fourth legree Lodgeman. Mr.

Reidy was a devout member act on a refinancing program Tor bonds due in the -year period be Tho courts have long ago settled roll list and can be definitely iden unions and fears political reprisals from the labor leaders If it takes tho question ot the extent to which tween 1937 and 1942. The matur tlfled. whereas it was always dlffl cult in tho past to know who par ot St. Joseph's church, and had been a member since the parish unions are responsible for illegal any steps to discourage sit-down Ity value of the bonds, most of them acts. It is plain that the right to ticlpated in acts of intimidation or strikes.

General Hugh Johnson was established during his boy -Issued during Socialist administra hood. He was a fourth degree member ot Alloues council. Knights tions in tho early 1920'a, is approx lmatcly $903,000. Members ot the finance commit ot Columbus, tho Holy Name society of St Joseph's parish, and tee will recommend that tho mayor the Vincent DePnul society. Ho and city clerk be authorized to en waa also a member of the Twenty- ter into a working agreement with five Year club ot the arsenal.

two Davenport bonding houses, the Surviving are the widow, a White-Phillips corporation and Vcith, Duncan, Worley and Wood daughter. Mrs. Jerome Bulins of Rock Island, a granddaughter. An for refinancing of some $85,000, worth ot bonds whlclu mature in October and November, this year, Council members today said that unless the bonds are refunded. tax increase of 3V4 mills probably will be necessary, whereas If the refinancing is possible, a reduc lion of a half a mill may be worked out.

The 1936 budget set aside $154 752 for. retirement ot bonds, but gela Marie Bulins of Rock Island, and several nieces and nephews. His parents and two brothers, James E. and Thomas B. Reidy preceded him In death.

The body was removed to tho Wheelan funetal home, and tomorrow morning will be returned to the residence where the rosary will be recited at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. Funeral services will be held Wednesday morning, at 8:30 o'clock in the residence and at 9 o'clock in St. Joseph's church. The Rer. James B.

Reidy of Peoria, chancellor of tho Peoria diocese and nephew of Mr. Reidy, will celebrate requiem high mass. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. The rosary will also bo recited at 8 o'clock tonight in tho funeral home. tho proposed retirement budget for i i tho fiscal year beginning April 1937.

is $84,760. The budget will i -vw, 'a ttt; is. "'fv i have to be revamped if the council does not follow the recommends tlon of finance committee. Tho 1937 budget, calling for total city expenditures ot $769,486, prob ably will be passed at tonight meeting. Last year a budget was $798,815.50.

C5W hi AL MINGALONE (above) never knows where the next assignment will take him.Wherever news is breaking, he's there grinding out film, heedless of danger. "Sure I get In many a tight spot," says i Ai. "But I count on my healthy nerves and good digestion to see me through. I smoke i a lot Camels every time I They don't Jangle my nerves, and that saying 'for digestion's sake smoke Camels' is madetoorder for me. Camels give me a grand feeling of well being." Yes, with fine-tasting Camels digestion gets off to a smooth start.

The flow of digestive fluids speeds up alkalinity increasesyou feel at ease. As steady smokers say: "Camels set you right 1 OesirSVtgfett K9Tt 9 ftsflfiwIAi "TBJesjF ttMssswsrs1, tweFisWefeeFi fcMh e4tas) 1" li RANCHER delivers antelopes by plane. Cbmriit of Pitchfork, Wyoming, manages his 200,000 like plenty of 'chuck' and plenty of Camels with It," he uys. TZZZiX COAtH. Jrtmmj Bbr expresses this attitude: "I put emphasis on good digestion that why my advice is to choose Camels.

Camels are mild." HERE'S way to save money and make your frame house more valuable have the outside walls covered with Careystone Siding. This asbestos and cement material never requires' painting; it is as lasting and fire-proof as stone. 1 The interior of the house is not disturbed when Careystone Siding is applied, and only a few days are required for the work. Let us give you a free estimate. ROCK ISLAND LUUDER CO.

I 5 5 OAmrs ccuxcz" A fatt-hoor Stala sbowr whk Jack Oakio in poraoat Booay Good- Ma'a "Swiaa" Bad Hollywood liana and anuriaa; stars! Spo- mi ALWAYS KIA3Y for another Camel says Mrs. VJtbmrd Iteming-wmj, housewife. "Their mild flavor nerer tires my taste. Camels taste especially good with meals. 1 colleew aaaataur taWnt wory tk: E-rwry Twosday Birbr JS aa E.

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