The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, June 9, 1919, Page 8

MANDAN POST OF AMERICAN LEGION HAS 80 MEMBERS Branch of Yank- Veteran’s Or- ganization Formed at Morton County Seat Last Week Mandan, June 9.—Gilbert S. Furn- ess Post, American Legion, was or- ganized in Mandan iast evening, about fifty of the past service men being present at the meeting which was called at the Commercial club rooms by Major Hanley, state com- mitteeman., The name Gilbert Furness Post was chosen in a remembrance of the late Regimental Sergeant Major Gilbert Furness who died at Camp Taylor. Louisville, Ky., on October 9, Gilbert Furness was the first Mandan soldier to make the supreme sacrifice in the world war. He was 20 years of age at the time of his death and a gradu- ate of the Mandan high school, class of "16. ‘Major Hanley was chosen tempor- ary chairman and Walter Renden act- ed as secretary of the meeting. Major Hanley briefly outlined the iethod of proceedure for the organization, and read the constitution adopted at the St. Louis caucus on May 10th, the preamble of which outlined the principles on which the Legion is founded, and which is as follows: “For God and Country we associate together for the following purposes:, “To uphold and defend the Consti- tution of the United States of Amer- ica; to maintain’ law and order; to foster and perpetuate a one hundred per cent Americanism; to preserve the memories and incidents of our association in the-Great War; to in- culeate a sense of individual obliga- tion to the community, state and na- tion; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace and good will on earth; to safe- guard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and + democracy; to consecrate and sancti- fy our comradeship Dy our devotion to mutual helpfulness.’ With such a platform ringing with patriotism and a high and ideal citi- zenship these local organizations are formed with a membership that has offered its all to the defense of the principles therein enunciated. The following officers were then elected: Post Commander—Hugo 0. Ren- den. : Vice Post Commander—John Ken- nelly. Post Adjutant—Charles’ Hughes. Post Finance Officer—Leo Me: Donald, Post Historian—Earle H. Tostevin. The selection of a post chaplain was deferred until the next meeting. On motion of J. M. Hanley it was unanimously decided that the Post go on record as desiring’ the city com- mission to name certain streets and avenues in the city of Mandan after those of the comrades who made the supreme sacrifice in the great strug: gle for democracy and righteousness. ADVENT OF PEACE HOLDS OUT BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR LABOR SAY REPORTS 10 FEDERATION American Association of Craftsmen—Workers Insist Judiciary Must Be Restrained From Interfering With Constitutional and Legislative Rights—Declare No Wage Reductions Will Be Accepted. Atlantic City, N. Y., June 9.—Important projects for the ad- vancement of labor and improvement of working conditions, as well as comprehensive outlines of what has been accomplished on labor’s behalf during the last year, are set forth in the report of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, sub- mitted today to the officers and delegates attending the opening session of the thirty-ninth annual convention. The advent of peace is taken by the council to hold out bright prospects for labor. Of the peace treaty, itself, the labor execu- tives forming the council, after endorsing the “triumph of freedom and justice and democracy as exemplified inthe covenant of the League of Nations” say’ that the labor sections are a compromise but that it must, however, “be a source of deepest satisfaction to the American working people to know that the American position and the American declarations as presented for insertion in the treaty ranked above all others in point of progress measured and in point of actual,and practical application in the lives of working people. Whatever or compromise appears was made-because of the claim that other nations of the world could, not pledge them- selves to an immediate and definite acceptance of the standards maintained by the American labor movement as the established ‘BISMARCK, DAILY TRIBUNE “| austries. Optimistic View of Future Taken by Legislative Committee of |.- practite of our day.” Foremost among the matters sub- mitted by the council to the conven- tion are, suggestions dealing wits: legislation to “prevent any invasion of the rights and prerogatives of the Visited: Here Friday. Mrs. George V. Cunningham of Driscoll was a visitor in Bismarck on Friday, and left this morning for points on the North Soo to spend a few days. While here she was a LOCK PLATES APART Lahr Motor Sales Company Distributors of Overland Cars—Federal Tires—Vesta Mr. Home Owner, Here’s What guest at the Grand Pacific. legislative branch of our government by the judiciary.” The report of the council on this subject was made in accordance with a resolution adopted by the St. Paul convention, Ip that resolution the council was ordered to study “The successive steps which have been taken by our federal and supreme. courts through which, with- out constitutional authority and in op- position of the action of the. consti- tutional convention. They laid hold upon power which they now exer- cise.” The study has now been par- tially completed and contains remed- jal suggestions made by Jackson H. Ralston, attorney of the American Federation of labor. Three proposi- tions are submitted in the report for the consideration of the convention, each proposing that authority of the supreme court to pass upon acts of congress should be cancelled or abridged. posals.are discussed at considerable léngth, .Mr. Ralston giving it as his opinion that, coupled with judicial re- forms there “should. go hand {n hand, the initiative: and referendum, pro- portional representation and the pref- erential ballot” without ‘which, he says, “methods of attaining justice will lack much of completeness.” This section of the report closes with the statement that the writer is convincéd that in this subject the ex- ecutive council has had before it “one of the gravest’ fundamenta) questions with which we will have to deal—the preservation of a truly dem, ocratic government against what has often, been called the ‘Aristocracy of the Robe’.” . Babor Legislation. Considerable attention is devoted D FORALL CARS FOR’ALL SYSTEMS is said that some rule should be adopted in congress which would pre- vent, obstructive legislative methods. The report lists among the measures stalled by “The weary waste of worthless. words,” in the last con- gress and in which labor gv cially interested, the appropriation bills for the war labor board, United States employment agency, women industry service, working conditions service and the investigation and in- Batteries. spection service, the convention authorize the printing and wide circulation of a list of meas- ures in which the American Federa- tion of Labor is interested, amon: which are the bill forbidding immi- gration for four years during the per: iod of industrial reconstruction, a bill for.an old age retirement system fish, canned goods of all descriptions, leather and wool.” It is then stated that in so far a8 this combination. restricts the supply and enhances the cost of these neces- saries, the laboring people of the country are. adversely affected and the matter becomes one of vital con- cern to the American Federation of Labor. “It is charged in the report that the packers” during the war shortage of leather, when it was diffi- cult to furnish’ shoes for solMers, hoarded such quantities-of hides that it was impossible to find proper stor- age room for them. The develop- ment of Armour ahd Company is dis- cussed at’ length, but no definite rec- ommendations are made by the execu- tive council. g Brief sketches are given by the council of the, progress of legislation dealing with ‘tax exemption for co” Progress is. the word today and /the progress worth most and best understood is, the kind that reaches the individual in the.form of a better life, a freer and larger op: portunity, and more of the things by which life is sustained and: enriched. “The progress of our movement in realizihg these things for the workers is not to be’denied by any influence or obstacle.” Pan-American Federation, Formation of the Pan-American Federation of Labor, at Laredo, Tex., last November, is reported with @ recommendation that the American Federation of Labor continue its par- ticipation and send delegates to the meeting in Jujy. The many war ac- tivities of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor are recounted, The council also reported the result of its investigations of suits by the Coronada Coal company against the United Ming Workers of America whith h been before the courts since 1914 and recommendation is made that the Federation give the miners union such assistance as pos- sible in’ appealing the case to the United States supreme court. After setting forth the valuable work done during the past year by Official trade union journals, Ameri- can Federation of Labor Publications and organizers the report of the coun- cil concludes as follows: “No question of great national pol- icy or of great national interest is decided today without a contribution of thought and viewpoint by the labor movement. The war brought to the nation and .to the labor movement questions more vital and more involv- ed..than we had known priorsto the war. lessens the magnitude of the issues that must be dealt with. “The American Federation of La- bor, however may face the future and The coming of peace in* nowise { its problems with a confidence born of severe trial and with an announced membership and unity of purpose. Looking Toward Future. ‘ “It is essential that in order to take fullest advantage of tho upportunities that lie just ahead and to assume our full share of. responsibility, every posible energy should be bent toward increasing the strength of the labor movement. ~ ‘ “Satisfying as -has been the prog- ress made in the year just closed, a vast amount of work in this direction} remains to be done. The greater our strength, the better, will our move- ment be equipped to accomplish ‘the great work that is at hand for the coming year. Now, more than ever? the thought of the world is directed toward the achievement of progress operative nationa] warehousing, pro- posed amendments and the seamen’s Dill, initiative and ‘referendum, con- vict labor, workmen’s compensation, government employes,’ payments and ers, wheat prices, excessive publig borrowings, motion pictures censor- ship, ‘postal wage legislation, navy, yard’ and arsenal services, and edu: cational ‘systems, at A complete report ‘of an investiga- tion made of the elaborate education: al-system of the International Ladies bey workers. union was submit- ed. iy Health Insurance. ‘On the subject of health insurance the executive council recommended that it be given further timé to com- Plete its study of the various consid: erations ‘involved and be authorized to make public its views; at'a later date in the name of the Ai in. Federa- tion of Labor, ¢ i Considerable progress ‘was reported in the ‘matter of: securing ‘a shorter occupations it being ‘added that “the rapid trend toward the general estab- Nshment of the short work day devel- oped ‘during the war must not be al- lowed to wane during the ‘period of reconstruction.”' The executive coun- ag espe. {cil recommended that the entire mat- |" ter be taken up by the conventions for its consideration and action. . The, labor reconstruction program, formulated by a. committee appointed by the St. Paul convention and made | -** public last December is printed in The executive council suggests that |full and endorsed ‘in the executive | 156 w council’s report. International labor relations are discussed at length the results accomplished which/émve been announced from time to time are set forth. | Labor and Peace. Under the heading “labor and peace” the report quotes the declara: for federal employes in the classified }tion issued by the American Federa- service, a bill” providing a minimum |tion of Labor, March’ 12, 1917, discus- wage of three dollars-a day,for feder-|ses labor’s effort to win the war and the Round Oak Pipeless Will Do for You Te will heat your home year after year with a generous volume of pure, warm, moist, ever-changing air, free from dust, gas, smoke. Tt-will burn any and all fuels economically. It will hold the fire overnight without recharging, even in zero weather, The System costs only one-fourth to one-third the price of steam or hot water, yet it responds more quickly. Its results are positive. It may be easily and quickly installed. and ready for service in less than 24 hours fom the time it is delivered to your home, Round Oak Pipeless Furnace . 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D. * |the convention the endorsement of 7 al employes, Secretary Lane's bill to furnish land for soldiers and sailors, @ bill.to give states the same power over the product of convict labor from other states as they exercisd over. the products of their’éwn pris" ons, industrial vocational education for persons crippled in industry, in- creased pay for teachers, and educa: tional jlls designed to end-a dull il- literacy in the United States. Department of Labor. Appropriations for the department of labor are discussed at some length: It is stated in the report that con- gress in’ granting meagre funds to that department “has failed to inter: pret correctly ‘the spirit and trend of present day development,” especially at a time when there is world-wide recognition of the fundamental im- portance of industrial problems. : “We maintain,” the report contin- ues, “that the importance of the in- terests at issie and the faithful, loyal service the workers have given the government and society, have earned for us the right to fair consideration’ in the expenditure of national funds. “We recommend that congress be advised that it {s the earnest desire of the organized labor movement and of all:America’s workers that the de- partment of labor be provided with adequate funds for performing tha important work which devolves upon it.” The council recommended to government, ownership of the rail- roads after setting forth in great de- tail various suggestions about the railroads from different sources, .. Meat Packing “Monopoly.” Discussing what is called the “meat packing monopoly,” the council quot- ed the report of the federal trade commission to President Wilson and sald that hearings by the House Inter- state Commerce Committee “seemed continues, “turning from war.” to tice a condition soon became appar- ent to everyone that had long been feared by organized labor. It was mddo-apparent..very early: that: there had been no adequate forethought and provision made for: the transition from a. war basis to a peace basis in industry and that as a result a period of industrial confusion and unemploy-) ment was at hand. « “In addition there,were pronounce- ments from high sources among em- ployers that extensive reduction of wages would be undertaken. The taunt also was thrown at working people that they should have been able during the war, because of in- creased wages to save enough to car- ry them through the period of read- justment. These statements betray either ignorance or @ desire to wil- fully deceive because they complete: ly ignored the fact that the rising cost of living had absorbed whatever increase in wages had been secured and in many cases went much beyond thé point of absorbtion ‘effecting an actual decrease in purchasing power of the individual. ae Wage Reduction. “Declarations of a policy of wage reduction came to our attention at Laredo, Texas. President Gompers there introduced the subject in open conference and declared that labor would resist-to the utmost any policy of wage reduction. , The position has been affirmed-since that date on many occasions and it ‘tig due to this prompt and decisive answer to this challenge fully sus- tained by labor that there has not been a general assault on wages by employers who cannot comprehend the trend of the times. “The position of ‘labor must be maintained and advanced at all haz- to show conclusively the existence of a combination which not only con-/utive council that no wages. paid to| Bismarck trols and regulates prices of beef, lambs; hogs and other meat, but alad Fic) far too Jow stil] are ards, It is the opinion of your exec- American workmen today are too high. but that on the: peace upon the signing of the armis- |< and the establishment off high ideals. “The inspiration for this trend of events has been the product of the labor movement and the labor move- ment must continue to lead.in. this Arguments for and against the pro-| Privileges for soldiers and war work-| direction.” MOTHER'S FRIEND _ EXPECTANT MOTHERS MAKES THE ORISIS SAFER _, HUMPHREYS’, - TCH HAZEL OINTMENT (COMPOUND). 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