The Daily Worker Newspaper, April 30, 1924, Page 3

Wednesday, April 30, 1924 J GREATMAY DAY MEETING COMING TO TURNER HALL Chicago United Front Celebration Thursday The United Front May Day Celebra- tion will be held in Chicago, on Thursday, May 1st, 1924, 8 P. M. at the North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark Street, to demonstrate for the Class Farmer-Labor Party in the U. S. and against American Capitalism. There will be a number of excellent speakers in various languages. Among the speakers thus far selec- ted are: William F. Dunne, WORKER.” Alexander Bittelman, Member Cen- tral Hxecutive Committee, Work- ers Party and former Secretary Jewish. Federation, J. Kowalski, Secretary Polish Sec- tion Workers Party. A. Presi, Editor Alba Nuova, Italian Weekly. John Williamson N. B. C. of the Young Workers League. B. Sherman Left Poale Zionist Jew- ish Socialist Party. In addition there will be speakers in Russian, Lithuanian, and South Blavic. There also will be a concert prog- ram consisting of the Freiheit Singing Society, and the Russian Grand Opera stars: Nina Obrastzova, Colo- rature Soprano, and Gabrilius Hrza- powski, Baritone. The demonstration is held under , the auspices of the United Front May Day Conference. Admission will be 6 cents. In order to accomodate the over- flow crowd, an additional hall has ‘been arranged for at the same ad- @ress and in the same building name- fy, North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark Street for the same time. Stirring Meeting of Chicago T. U. E. L. Coming Tonight Editor “DAILY Tomorrow evening at 8 p. m., in North West Hall, corner North and ‘Western avenues, James P. Cannon, member of the Central Executive Committe of the Workers Party, and Earl Browder, editor of the Labor Herald, will address the monthly meeting of the Chicago local of the ‘Trade Union Educational League. Cannon will speak on “May Day and the American Labor Movement.” He will show the development of May Day in this country and its connec- tion with the eight-hour movement. Browder will give a resume of the most interesting developments in the labor world during the last month. Both speakers have been heard often in public and never fail to in- terest their audiences. All militants in the local Cihcago labor movement are especially invited. Exploiter Of Child Mill Slaves Wants Germans To Starve WASHINGTON, April 29—When Senator Dial of South Carolina, cot- ton-mill magnate and foe of the child- labor law, protested against the pro- posed appropriation of $10,000,000 to feed the starving women and chijdren of Germany, he was taken to task by Sen. Copeland of New York. Copeland suggested that Dial’s own children were well enough nourished, and that even if it were permissable to hate the soldiers of Germany it was not decent to hate the women and chil- dren who make up 80 per cent of the population. “I have seen tens of thousands of these starved children, their every bone showing in their thin little bodies,” said Copeland, “and I have seen thousands who had not cut their teeth up to the age of ten years. The well-nourished children of my South Carolina friend cut their teeth in the first months of their existence. “Tubreulosis develops in the un- der-fed of these victims of hunger. Nine cases of new arrivals who had developed the disease after reaching this country, were brought to a clinic from one district in New York City. Let us feed the children in Germany and put down disease for our own pro- tection, if we have no better motive.” BOSTON CHEERS Chicago. North Side Turner Hall, 820 N. Clark St., 8 p. m. Speakers, Wm, F. Dunne, A, Bittelman, J. Kowalski, A, Presi and John Williamson. May Day Celebration, At the Soviet School, 1902 West Di- vision! street, Saturday, May 3, at 8 p. m. Russian speakers and interest- ing musical program. Milwaukee, Wis. Freie Gemeinde Hall, 8th and Wal- nut streets, 7:30 p. m. Speakers, Harl Browder, managing editor Labor Herald; Peter Herd, organizer Young Workers League. Also speaker in Jewish, Program of entertainment, Kenosha, Wis. German-American Club House Audi- torium, 665 Grand Ave, 8 p. m. Speakers, Archie Henderson of the DAILY WORKER, also speakers in various languages. Program and en- tertainment. Racine, Wis. Union Hall, 8 p. m. Speakers, Sam Hammersmark of the DAILY WORKER Staff. Other speak- ers. Rockford, Ill. Lyran “Hall, 1115 Third Ave., 8 p. m. Speaker, Manuel Gomez, Writer and Lecturer. Program of entertain- ment. Pullman, Ill. Stansicks Hall, 205 Hast 115th St., 8 p.m. Speakers, Max Saltzman, Organizer Young Workers League and others. Program of Entertain- ment. Toluca, Il. Speakers, Harrison George, Writer and Lecturer. Other speakers in various languages. Hammond, Ind. Place to be announced later. Speak- ers, Jack McCarthy of the DAILY WORKER and others. Gary, Ind. Croatian Hall, 23rd and Washing- ton Sts., 7:30 p. m. Speakers, EH. Httlinger, Organizer Workers Party. Also speakers in various languages. South Bend, Ind. Workers Hall, 1216 W. Colfax Ave. 8 p. m, Speakers, Alex Shap a District Organizer Young Workers League. Also speakers in various languages. May Day meetings in District 10 of the Workers Party of America are scheduled as follows: May 1: Christopher, Illinois; Zeigler, Illinois; Johnson City, Illinois; to be addressed by Arne Swabeck. May 1: Benld, Illinois; Livingston, Illinois; to be addressed by T. R. Sullivan. May 2: East St. Louis, Illinois; May 4: St. Louis Mo. to be addressed by Arne Swabeck. May 4: West Frankfort, Illinois; Valier, Illinois; to be addressed by W. F. Dunne. Minor Will Make May Day Memorable In Concord Town ‘WEST CONCORD, N. H., April 29 — Robert Minor, editor of the Liberator, will be the chief May Day speaker in the Concord celebration at Concord Hall, 97 Main street, on Saturday, May 3. The program starts at 7:30 D. m. MAY-DAY. May-Day is Labor's Holiday ‘he sun shall shine with a golden ray Upon the workers who are bent 'o establish a workers’ government. Come one—come all—and do not stall Hesitate not when we do call. Join the ranks! watt work, ‘We'll do away with that wealthy shirk, March on ye toilers all so brave Forget that you were once a slave. Sing, shout, eer—Jjoin in, Now all together—we're sure to win! Colleges Debate Socialism. MONTREAL, April 29.—A debate between the Montreal Labor college and McGill university attracted atten- tion here, The subject was: “Resoly- ed that Socialism has a program which, if put into operation, would solve the present world unrest, and restore peace and confidence to the people. Lucy Page Gaston, Chicago leader of the anti-cigarette movement, has started suit for $20,000 against the Chicago Street Railway Company for injuries sustained last January when she was struck by a street car. Charges of negligence are made in the bill. FARMER-LABOR PARTY CAMPAIGN FUND GETS NEW BIG IMPETUS PARTY AT WORK The call to action issued by the party in relation to the raising of the $15,000 Farmer-Labor Party campaign fund has stirred some of the party branches to a realization of the im- portance of the work which the party now has under way. ‘This is shown in the increase in the to the appeal that each branch raise $10 if it has less than 25 members and to raise $25 if it has more than 25 members, Altho the appeal has not had time to come before many branches, the number of contributions is already in- greasing and reports received during rs the last few days includes the follow- ing: Orr, Minn., Finnish Branch......§10.00 Wheeling Greek Branch............_ 5.00 Douglas Park (Chicago) Eng- High BRATCD «.......-0-cseceocesseesserone 16,00 Strafford, Pa., South Slavic...... 11.00 Ambridge, Pa., South Slavic... Lp 4 3. 6.00 5.00. Chicago Lithuanian No. 8....... 5.00 Barberton, O., South Slavic...... 5.00 San Francisco FOR RENEWED |WILKES-BARRE TLU.E.L. MEETS) LABOR FORCES Browder and Johnstone Speak to Workers By WM. SIMONS. BOSTON, Mass., April 29.— No Trade Union Educational League meeting here for a whole year engen- dered tremendous enthusiasm for the one addressed by Earl Browder and J. W. Johnstone last night in Credit Union Hall. About one hundred and fifty workers came to hear the mes- sage from these men who are in inti- mate contact with the militants in the industries, in the fight for amalgama- ticn, for the June 17th Farmer-Labor Party Convention, and for Recognition of Soviet Russia. Johnstone, assistant secretary of the National 1. U. E. L., in his sturdy forceful manner, covered the many In- ternational Conventions he was privi- leged to attend, including the recent Miners’ Convention. The small band of progressives, their ceaseless fight against the reactionary machine, the autocratic tactics of the labor mis- leaders were recounted to show what a handful of- determined workers could accomplish against seemingly impossible odds. Browder Analyzes Labor Parties. Browder, editor of the Labor Her- ald, dug deeply into the economic and political structure of the country. He analyzed the divisions in the labor movement, the class divisions be- tween the exploited rank and file and the exploiting labor leaders allied with the employing class. He pointed out the differences in the British La- bor Party, a revolutionary force his- torically, and the capitalistically minded leaders of that party. Some such condition would probably result in America in the early stages of the Labor party movement. The movement for a labor party in America topk the form not of a La- bor Party, but for a Farmer-Labor Party. The farmers are a definite rev- olutionary force, because of the large proportion of them whose property has been taken from them. This per- mits an alignment by the farmer with the worker, who sells his labor power to the capitalists. In closing, Brow- der urged the importance of launch- ing local State and City Farmer-Labor Parties, referring to the planned June ist Convention in ‘Boston, where a State Farmer-Labor Party will be launched. The Boston T. U. E. L., under whose auspices the meeting was held, plans to hold similar meetings every month, to which will be invited militants from all points in the state. It was announced that a meeting of the build- ing frades group would take place on Wednesday, April 30th, at 8 p. m., at 60 Pemberton Square, Boston. Party Activities Of Local Chicago Regular Branch Meetings. Wednesday, April 30—Roumanian Branch meets at 2254 Clybourn ave- nue. All Branch Meetings Off Thursday, May 1, 1924. Comrades should attend the mon- ster May Day celebration at North Side Turner Hall, 820 North Clark Street, at 8 p, m. Friday, May 2—Lituanian Branch No. 5 meets at Milder Mall, second floor, 3142 South Halsted street, Scandinavian Englewood Branch meets at I. O. G. T. Hall, 641 East 61st street. ‘ i Meetings. On Tuesday evening, April 29, at 8 PD. m., at 3322 Douglas boulevard, there was: a meeting of the Needle Trades Group of the Y. W. L. Com- rade Phil Aronberg was the main speaker. On Wednesday evening, April 30, at North West Hall, North avenue and Western, the regular meeting of the Trade Union Educational League will be held. Comrade J. P. Cannon, as- sistant executive secretary of the Workers Party, will speak on “May Day and the American Labor Move- ment.” Following his talk there will be questions and discussions. May Day Meeting Thursday, May 1. Comrade Dewiatkin of the Russian Federation has been added to the list of the May Day speakers for Chicago, Also a speaker in South Slavic will talk at the monster May Day celebra- tion at North Side Turner Hall, 820 North Clark street, at which will speak, in addition to the above men- tioned speakers, Comrade William Dunne, Alexander Bittleman, A. Presi, John Williamson and J. Kowalski, ON MONDAY, MAY 6, at 8 p, m, Comrade Harrison George will speak before the. Douglas Park English Branch, at 3322 Douglas boulevard, on “The Communists in the Trade Unions.” After the talk there will be the usual questions and discussions. yours, RIGHT TO MEET American Legion Plays A Losing Game WILKES-BARRE, April 29,—‘“The Teapot Dome Scandal and Civil Liber- ties” will be discussed here Tuesday evening, April 29th at a mass meeting aranged by the Workers’ Party and American Civil Libertfes Union. George Powers of New York, a mem- ber of the Sheet Metal Workers Union, and a prominent speaker from | Your Union Meeting FIFTH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30th. Name of Local and Place No. of Meeting. 10 Carpenters, 12 Garfield Bivd. 21 Carpenters, Western and Lexing- on. 242 5443S. Ashland Ave. Carpenters, 1693 Carpenters, 505 S. State St. 1784 Carpenters, 1638 N. Halsted St. H. Fehling, Rec. Sec’y., 2253 Grace St. Irving 7597. Boiler Makers, Monroe and Racine. Carpenters, 1581 Maple Ave., Evan- ston, Il. Ladies’ Garment Workers, 328 W. Van Buren Street. 4 Jewelry Workers, 19 W. Adams St. Machinists, 113 S. Ashland Blvd. Machinists, 735 N. Cicero Ave. Maintenance of Way, 426 W. 63rd Street. i Railway Carmen Dist. Council, 5445 $. Ashiand Ave. Carpenters, 6414 S. Halsted St. Marine Cooks, 357 N. Clark St. 54 Painters, Sherman & Main Sts., the Civil Ss qacite tbena pa tata é Plasterers,’910-W, Monroe, st. i address the meeting which wi e eet Metal, . Harrison St. held at 189 South Main St. The last! 1319 allway Carmen, 5445 Ashland Ave. meeting arranged here by the work- ers were broken up by the American Legion, which subsequently was given authority by Mayor Hart to decide what meetings shall and shall not be held in Wilkes-Barre. Labor Fascisti Active This action.has been denounced by the Central Labor Union, members of the local clergy have delivered sermons against it, and Attorney Gen- eral Woodruff has reecntly sent a let- ter to Mayor Hart pointing out that this outrageous denial of free speech was a source of great embarrassment to both himself and Governor Pinchot. Tuesday night the workers will find out whether the combined forces of local reaction can continue to sup- press working class meetings in this city. A loyal response to the call be- ing sent out to attend this meeting will do more than anything else to break up local fascisti rule. Old Party Graft Issue Every possible means is being used to notify workers of all nationalities and it will be up to them to demon- strate their loyalty to their class by being present. They will thus show their determination to establish their rights and also acquaint themselves fully with the meaning of the cor- ruption of the Democratic and Repub- lican parties and the complete con- trol of both by Big Business as ex- posed by the present Senate investi- gation into the Teapot Dome Oil Scan- dal. ORGANIZE ALL OF STOCKYARDS’ WORKERS IS AIM May 4th Mass Meeting Called By Union All unorganized stockyards packing house workers, white and colored, men and women, are called to assem- ble on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p. m. in Columbia Hall, 48th and Paulina streets. The United Stockyards Packing House Workers of America are is- suing the call. The president of the union, William Devanney, has signed the bulletin which has been sent out to packing house workers. Headquarters of the union are at 1758 West 48th street. A legal de- partment of health are features of the organization, which was incorpo- rated June 22, 1922. William Cassin is general secretary-treasurer Railway Trainmen, 426 W. 63rd St., 7:30 ‘p._m. 11 Roofers, 777 W. Adams St. Teamsters, 175 W. Washington St. Tears (Meat), 220 S. Ashland vd! Teamsters (Bone), 6959 S. Halsted Street. Tuckpointers, 810 W. Harrison St. Tunnel and Subway Workers, 914 W. Harrison St. CAPMAKERS WILL HOLD FIRST BIG MEET THURSDAY Union And Non-union Workers To Fight Union and non-union capmakers are to join in a gigantic mass meeting in Crawford Hall, Roosevelt Road and Crawford street, Thursday afternoon, in which they will discuss their griev- ances and make plans for the con- duct of the strike. } Several bosses called for a com- mittee of three workers to negotiate with them before declaring the strike effective, but the bosses backed out at the last minute. Thursday, May Day, will be the first day of the strike against the stubborn bosses. The union has already negotiated with the Capmakers’ Association to the extent that no strike, no stoppage of work, and no lockout will occur. A committee of five workers will ap- proach the Association and attempt to arbitrate their differences which remain after May 15th. A large crowd is expected at the May Day mass meeting. Most of the capmakers are organized and will welcome this chance of getting their unorganized fellow workers into the union. Both men and girls work at The girls are mostly lining makers. The union anticipates early settle- ment with the Uniform Cap Makers. There are only four of these shops and they have somewhat better con- ditions than many of the other shops. Their work is steadier and lasts long- er. Some of the shops work at least 50 weeks of the year and pay fairly well. The union is planning negotia- tions now with the Uniform Cap Makers. Many of the manufacturers can sup- ply work only 35 or 40 weeks of the year. A few have less than this. When the workers demand 48 weeks guaranteed work, they are not press- ing the boss, because numerous shops work at least that much of the year. the trade and belong to the atere| and| The union asks that an unemployment Philip S. Denman is general vice-|‘¥™d be made by the bosses if they president. The call is to all workers in the in- dustry and reads: ow “Here is your opportunity to join cannot assure their workers of 48 weeks’ work. joaWorkers make from $30 to $45 a week now, when they work, but the the union. We must be organized|V¥4rying periods of unemployment cut 100 per cent to get better wages and conditions. Your rents have gone up out of proportion, all the time. “How about your wages? What are you going to do about it? What can you do? “Your only remedy is to organize and protect yourself. The big organ- down the annual average. The union is asking for a $40 minimum wage. living is going ap The work is “standard production,” not piece-work or sweat-shop. New York Capmakers have already won their strike and their Chicago workers expect to win theirs as readily. ization campaign is on, of the United] Mass Meeting On Stockyards Packing House Workers of America. “Big mass meeting of all Stockyard workers on Sunday, May 4th, 1924, at 2p. m. in Columbia Hall, 48th and Paulina streets. “Come and bring all your friends.” Closed Lumber Mills Flood Labor Market TACOMA, Wash, April 29.—The depression in busin ting labor here, Teapot Tonight At Wilkesbarre, Pa. (Special to The Daily Worker) WILKES-BARRE, Pa., April 29.— “Mass meeting to discuss the Teapot Dome Dome SCANDAL and Civil Lib- erties” is the call of a handball being distributed here. The meeting takes place Tuesday evening, April 29, at 7:80 o'clock at 139 South Main street. George Powers of New York, a is already hit-) member of the Sheet Metal Workers’ @ lumber mills] Union, and a prominent speaker from over-estimated the orders Japan would|the American Civil Liberties Union, give them after her disaster and have/are scheduled to address the assem- a big surplus of mechanics, blage. The meeting is under the joint The American lumber barons boost-| auspices of the Workers Party of ed their prices sky-high and scared} America and the American Civil Lib- away Japanese trade, which then|erties Union. Admission is free. went to British Columbia mills. Shingle mills in Everett have been put on a 4-day week basis. “The Teapot Dome oil investigation has shown clearly that both the Re- publican and Democratic parties are Because of dullness in lumber | corrupt and are the parties of big busi- camps and mills, plied with cooks, helpers is oversup-| ness,” the handbill advertises. “Come and waiters.|in masses to hear how high govern- ‘The union cannot accommodate them | ment officials loot the wealth of the bay Page Three Eight-Hour Day Is Law In Mexico, Not So In United States (By The Federated Press) WASHINGTON, April 29.—Ambas- sador Warren, after a preliminary examination of the grieviances which have led to a second strike of workers on the American-owned Los Mochis sugar plantation in Sinaloa, has ack- nowledged that the demand for an eight-hour day is justified. The Mex- ican constitution guarantees the eight- hour day to laborers. The Mexican News Bureau here is informed that the strikers had been compelled to work in 12-hour shifts, at 50 cents per day. The United Sugar Co., which is the American name of the Los Mochis, is reputed one of the biggest and most Prosperous foreign concerns in Mex- ico, and is easily able to pay a decent wage. The oil companies pay as a rule $125 for eight hours’ work. Movie Operators Protest Firetrap School Conditions BY MIRIAM ALLEN deFORD (Staff Correspondent of the Fed. Press) SAN FRANCISCO, April 29—Two echoes of Upton Sinclair's Goslings came from recent events affecting California schools. One is the com- Dlaint from the Motion Picture Operators’ union that films are being shown in schools under conditions that are illegal and constitute a fire menace. Machines are erected in wooden school buildings in San Fran- cisco and their operators disobey a city ordinance which requires a non- inflammable booth to enclose the ma- chine. Incidentally, many of these socalled educational pictures shown in schools are purely anti-labor propa- ganda, The other item comes from Santa Cruz, where the high school princi- pals’ convention is in session. The principals voted to protest the remov- al of Muzzey’s American History from the schools, commended the book highly, and requested that it be re- tained as a textbok in California. It is this history, together with Albert Bushnell Hart’s, that has been the subject of much controversy, largely actuated by the commercialized press, because it was not sufficiently sub- servient to some of the myths and legends of colonial days in America and the American revolution. Section Men Get Short Work Day, Decreased Pay (Special to The ly Worker) DRESDEN, Ohio, April 29.—Owing to lack of business, the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway has cut the day of the section hands to 8 hours, in order to maintain high dividends, according to a special correspondent of the DAILY WORKER. The railroad company has previous- ly worked the section hands 8 hours in winter and 9 to 10 hours in sum- mer. Present indications are that the company will lay off numbers of the sections hands soon. Reduction of hours alone is insufficient decrease on the pay-roll in this time of depression; so that the workers are hit twice. The men gain a shorter week-day with short time pay and stand the chance of a lay-off at any time. Boom City Fakirs Request T. U. E. L. Be Ousted In Council LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 28.— The Central Labor Council here has followed the lead of the Metal Trades Council in “respectfully requesting” unions to withdraw their delegates who are members of the Trade Union Educational League. The motion was debated at length, but finaliy adopted to exclude and dis- erminate, against the most active members of the Central Labor Coun- cil, just as the metal trades had done in their own council. This action is the result of several bitter battles on the council floor. The motion as fin- ally adopted is much milder than the original stiff-necked stand which de- manded expulsion for T. U. E. L. mem- bers. Big Building Boom In New England State, ‘Labor Bureau Reports (By The Federated Press) BOSTON, April 29. — Estimated value of building permits granted in. 37 Massachusetts cities in the first 3 months of 1924 were 42 per cent greater than in the corresponding months of last year, the state depart- ment of labor and industries reports, The increase of March 1924 over Feb- ruary was 62 per cent, How many of your shop-mates read THE DAILY WORKER. Get one of them to subscribe today. RICH AMERICANS PAY ASSASSINS TOKILLREDS Chicago Tribune Agents Head Plotters (Special to The Daily Worker) LONDON, April 29.—Deluded Rus- sians who were led to believe by capi- talist anti-Soviet plotters in New York, London and Paris, that the Soviet government was about to crash and that the good old days of Czarism were to return soon, are now pining behind the walls of Sopiet prisons awaiting trial charged with planning the assassination of Leon Trotsky, G. Zinoviev, I. Stalin, Karl Radek and other prominent leaders of the Soviet government. The hirelings are now cursing their paymasters who bask in the security of the Bohemian cafes in the capitol cities of Burope and occasionally deluge the American press with weird tales of the adven- tures of Trotsky, Zinoviev, et al. Rich Americans are known to be the most generous contributors to the assassination plots. It is freely stated here that the reporters of the Chi- cago Tribune, are agents of the an- archists and social revolutionaries of Russia who are now the principal tools of those capitalists who have not given up hope of bringing Czarism back to the Russian workers and peasants, It is also rumored that some of the money appropriated by congress for the relief of the famine-stricken peo- ple of Russia is yet doing the same kind of work that Hocver’s man Gre- gory did in Hungary. Whether the Chicago Tribune correspondents are disbursing this fund is not known, but the kind of twaddle that is pub- lished by that paper would be con- sidered fit only for the waste basket of even the most venal- journal in Paris, the world center of journalistic venality. It is significant to note that among those under arrest in Moscow are thirty-seven former members of the Russian staff of the American Relief Association, This was Hoover's or- ganization. ‘ The exposure by the Federated Press of Hoover’s million-dollar con- tribution of the American Relief Ad- ministration’s funds to the bandit Yudenich created a sensation here. For over two years Russian Commun- ists have claimed that Hoover was aiding the enemies of the Soviet Un- ion but it was put down as propa- ganda. /The documentary evidence produced by the Federated Press ex- pose leaves no room for doubt. John Steele, London correspondent for the Chicago Tribune is using ev- ery effort to create a break in the conference between representatives of Soviet Russia and England. In spite of this the negotiations are pro- ceeding normally. The Bolshevik en- voys are more than holding their own, and British labor is becoming increas- ingly sympathetic to them. They are not strangers by any means to the English working class and hundreds of thousands of British workers open- ly side with the Soviet representatives against their own capitalist masters. The organizations in America that are financing the plots against Soviet Russia are reported to be The Na- tional Security League, The American Defense Society, The American Le- gion and the National Civic Federa- tion. These organizations do not offi- cially raise funds, but inside each or- ganization is a nucleus of bourgeois plotters who hire assassins to go across to Europe as the American Legion thug Griffic was sent after the war objector Bergdoll. Theq have the unwritten sanction of the American government, which places it consuls and representatives in foreign coun- tries at the conspirators disposal. Child Labor Has Chance As House Passes Resolution WASHINGTON, D. C., April 29.— The first step towards breaking the thirty years’ fight in Congress against any national child labor legislation was made yesterday when a resolu- tion proposing an amendment to the Constitution was passed last night. Representative Foster introduced the resolution, which fixes a maximum amount of work for children. Most states, Foster said, have accepted this maximum; so that the opposition’s cry of “invasion of state's rights” is meaningless. The amendment will empower Con- gress to limit, regulate, or prohibit the labor of children under 18 years of age. All efforts to modify the ure were squashed. The vote was 9 to 69, 53 more more than the neces- sary two thirds. The vote by parties was: Republicans, 167; Democrats, 128; Socialist, 1; Independent, 1, Twice the Supreme Court has de clared federal child labor laws um constitutional, mi a 4 r r cn ge } i i