New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 13, 1916, Page 10

10 NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1916. YEAR 5 REVIEWED Executive Council of A. F. of L. Issues Its Annual Report | quires that our proposition be aban- | doned.” This attitude led to the adoption of this suggeseion by the co | uncil: | “Since the first proposal submitted | by the A. F. of L. to the labor or-| ganizations of Europe has been defi- nitely rejected by them. we sugge: that the organized labor movements y of those countries that shall partici- | pate in the general peace conference | ta determine terms and conditions of | peace at the close of the war, shall | urge upon their respective govern- | Your protection ments that the wage earners shall be represented in an official commission | Baltimore, Md., Nov. 13.—Organized | from their respective countries. The labor’s activities in the field of legis- | Same policy ought to be pursued also | tion, international politics and do- | PY organized labor movements of neu- . A { tral countries if it shall be determined mestle affairs during the last Vear|inat neutral countries also will par- were set forth at length in the annual ! ticipate in the general conference. ‘eport of the executive council of the | Thus, representative wage earners Rmerican Federation of Labor, | would be seated with other represe:- PTe| fatives of the nations in gencral con- fBnted here today to the Federation’s | forences connected with the formula- hirty-si annual convention, | tion of peace terms. In this way the The membership of the Federation | ideals and needs of wage-earners s given at 2,071,836 on September 30, | Would be prescnted and considered by | he close of the fiscal year, an incre o | the general official bady.” | Bf about 125,000 over the previous| In Pan-American fear and of more than 1,800,000 in |relations the report details confer- | Bhe nincteen years its existence, | cnces in Washington last summer be- | F'here are 21,711 local unions in the | tween President Gompers and other ederation and 45 state federations, | officers of the American Federation ceipts for the year are shown at|and representatives of organized labor 404,407 with a cash balance at lts|in Mexico when the relations between | lose of $89,360. | the two countries were “most critical.” | The report closes with a plea to | The report suggests that a Pan-Ameri- | forkers to continue their efforts for | ¢an federation *is not only possible better conditions through organization | Ut necessary.” | B8 co-operation. When conditions had arisen that | e s otoning seemed to make war between the e SR “tremen- | United States and Mexico inevitable” Hous oppartunities to mold the in-|continues the report, “the under- | fluence the foundations of economic, | Standing between the labor move- | Locial and political organization. It | MeNts of the United States and Mexl- | s fitting to call attention to our well | co took on more definite form | ! ie . the|@nd wWas again instrumental in ROy slogan whicn represents thef oo CiE SRR nstimmental | in fvay by which present progress was | ! ohieved—Agitate! Educate! Organ- | fluences and the agents that were try- | ze!—much has already been achieved hrough organization and the toilers ing to create war sentiment and the | seeming necessity for intervention in e just beginning to realize the great | boportunities that lie before them; | the affairs of Mexico, and was able to help bring about an adjustment of | 0 E ! | misunderstandings without resorting | pnly through better and stronger or-| fHTH T izati all enter t heritag ’ | pization can all enter that hetitase. | e ‘report details the conferences b UL TEng By 8 o' and tells of the ultimatum sent to press our deep appreciation of the re- Gl o) o U8 MLARTUD sent 19 F ; itested & e ppect and ' confidence manifested v " 3omanding immediate release | oward us by the great rank and file %€ o ; ease | 3 merican soldiers captured at Car- bt the organized labor movement of [ ¢ Srejcaptirediat Cars erica and by the liberty, humanity , ““upt o0 ¢ thig time,” the report | oving people of the continent. Never o, 'o, “withat a request was made to n history as now has there existed p . jiqont Gompers that he make a puch feeling and spirit of unity, ... 0501 appeal to General Carranza | olidarity and fraternity. It all 4 " 000 "th o Tniteq States soldiers.” | jugurs well not only for the well being telegram asking release “in the | bt the workers of our own time DUt homo of common justice and human- | the people for all time, | ity and a better understanding be- | International Relations, i tween the two countries” and to avoid In disoussing international labor re- ‘the horrors of war” was recited and | ations the report speaks of the the report goes on to say that “thit | ffort to have a world labor congress same evening extra papers announced | held at the time and place of the General Carranza had issued an or- holding of a world peace congress at der releasing the American soldiers.” he end of the European war and the The conferences, the report says, | ejection of the suggestion by or- led to an understanding which made anized labor in Great Britain and more general “the feeling that the | Germany, which ‘“necessarily re- people of Mexico knew what they | h discussing labor | of up before the | property” ——— — = — 2 The Business Short Cut The quicker, shorter, surer, more profitable way to trans- act business is via WESTERN UNION Telegraph Service It discounts distance and overrides delay. 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Off.) is a wanted, understood their peculiar problems and had a right to work out their own salvation in accord with their own ideals.” Anti-Trust and Injunction Laws. Reviewing anti-trust and injunction regulation the report says: “The enactment of the labor provi- sions of the Clayton anti-trust act has forced employers who wish to use anti-trust legislation and the injunc- tive process to assist them in defeat- ing the efforts of employees to secure higher wages and better conditions of work, to transfer their efforts from federal to state courts. The result malkes increasingly important the nec- essity for the enactment of state laws to prevent the abuse of judicial agen- cies and the perversion of legislation to exclusive service in behalf of em- ploye The uses to which writs of injunction and anti-trust legislation have been put have made them virtu- ally strike-breaking institutions and union-destroying agencies. Such a condition is subversive to proper re- spect for our governmental institu- tions and to the republic itself.” Such a condition the report says resulted in the framing of a model anti-trust and injunction limitation bill, presented to the San Francisco federation convention and urged by it upon central organizations and the rank and file to be insisted upon as proper laws. Decisions of courtg favorable and unfavorable to the contentions of la- bor are reviewed, some emphasis be- ing laid upon a decision of the su- preme court of Massachusetts holdi unconstitutional a state law which was taken by the federation as its first model in the endeavor to protect wage-earners from “the perverted ap- plication of anti-trust le, ation and from the abuse of the writ of injunc- tion."” The based on decision, the report says, is the theory that “labor which it asserts is a dog- matic ruling and based upon past de- cisions of judge The court is charged with not making proper investigation in deciding such a case and its meth- ods are characterized as “unscholar- unscientific, and out of harmony with the purposes of real justice.” The report says the executive council will consider the case to determine whether further steps may be taken. In connection with decisions affect- ing labor by federal courts the re- port refers to the noted Danbury Hat- ters' case. “The great wrong that was done in the Danbury Hatters' case” it says, “may be eradicated after long years. The aged, infirm Danbury Hatters | have been ordered to pay the Shylock award claimed by the Anti-boycott as- soclation. The shadow fo the Hatters' case which for years hung like a threatening pall over the labor mov ment has power to menace. “The decision of the United States supreme court in 1912 established a precedent which judges are trying to make law, although the highest law- making body of the country—the | agency to which the nation delegated | that function—has enacted legisla- tion to remedy the great wrongs done by that decision. Justice, hampered by the judiciary, works slowly and in devious ways.” The report says a decision by the United States circuit court of appeals insthe case of A. S. Dowd against the United Mine Workers of America be- gun six weeks before the Clayton law was enacted and involving operation of Arkansas coal miners, ‘“seeks to rivet upon wage earners the prece- dent” of the Hatters’ case “and to car- ry that interpretation to even greater lengths of injustice.” The report says the court laid down the principle that an unincorporated body could be sued for three-fold damages alleged to have been caused by striking miners and that a strike may be an interference with inter- state commerce, and all members of the union whether in the strike or not, become liable for damages. “The decision is an example of co- jossal injustice,” continues the report, “If that decision is allowed to be- come part of the law of this country it will result in the destruction of unionism, “The United States court of ap- peals for the elghtn circuit has en- deavored to elude the purposes of the Clayton anti-trust act and to dis- credit it. The decision of the court is in conflict with the laws of the land, is at variance with the ethical concepts and standards of the cltizens and with the facts of life and work. It is a dangerous condition in our republic when judges who exercise discretionary and almost wholly ir- responsible power can suspend the laws of the land and rule contrary to the wishes and judgment of citi- zens “This one thing must be settled soon: Will judges read and learn the primer of human liberty or will they devote their ability and mentality to the service of winning cases for men | compulsory is | and line up with the exploiters and the predatory interests of the coun- try. 2 Eight Hour Law. Speaking of the eight hour day law passed by congress to avert the re- cently threatened railroad strike the report says, ‘“For nearly a century the labor movement of America has conducted a campaign for the estab- lishment of a maximum eight hour work day.” and characterizes the leg- islation by congress as “a notable movement.” It says the eight hour day was established *“as a primary step in conserving the lives and the working power of wage-earners.” In taking the position that the principle of the eight hour day should be conceded as a right that ought not be arbitrated, the report ys, ‘‘Nei- ther President Wilson nor the railway brotherhoods rejected the principle of arbitration as the railroad presidents have wrongfully claimed. These matters are arbitrable which concern property and property rights.” Discussing President Wilson’s pro- posals for legislation the report says an ential figure was the creation of “compulsory governmental institu- tions to regulate industrial relations in an occupation not owned or oper- ated by the government itself. It is a revolutionary proposition totally out of harmony without prevailing insti- tutions and out of harmony with our philosophy pf government.” “The wage earners of the United States will oppose any proposition to impose on them compulsc itu- tions which disguise involunt erv- itude. They hold that the principle involved in voluntary institutions is the key to personal and industrial freedom and that this principle is of more importance to them than any other consideration. Involuntary and labor once enforced even for a single hour, will not halt at its temporary enforcement but will go on and become permanent.’ A “splendid record of achievement,” in legislation, through activities of the federation by ‘‘positive participation in politics for the purpose of securing the election of those in favor of the aims of the Jabor movement and the defeat of those who had demonstrated their hostility to the case of labor is set forth in detail. In connection with proposed voca- tional education legislation the report recommends that any board created 1o administer such a law by non-par- tisan in chardcter and represent agri- culture, labor, commerce, industry and education and that it not be per- mitted to ‘become a mere political adjunct of the party in power.” The right of labor to participation in matters affecting it is insisted upon with the statement: ‘“the basis for representation and participation in the affairs of organized society is man, not property. The workers, the masses of the people, therefore, have a right to participate and will insist upon this participation in the deter- mination and control of all that con- cerns all their lives and the lives of generations yet to come.” Objection to government censor- skip of moving pictures is registered on the ground that it would inter- fere with proper freedom of expres- sion and action and by the rank and file of the federation is asked to sup- port this view, The opposition of the organization to compulsory social insurance is de- tailed as requiring something to be done for workers without consulting them, which would prevent workers doing these things for themselves and maintaining their own institutions. Contributions to help the Danbury Hatters pay the damages to D. E. Loewe and Company in connection with the successful anti-trust suit against their organization were an- nounced at $158,730. 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It I8 an antiseptic with wonderful healing power, ~ - 5 Lasting and sweet Delicious to meet LEAVE COLLEGE T0 TUSSLE WITH WORLD Rich Men’s Sons Decide to Make Their Own Way New York, Nov. 13.—Two Chicago millionaires believe their sons are,in this city posing as young men with- out means and laoking for jobs “to make their own way in the world.” This spirit is so rare that the fathers have decided that they need the vouths in their own enterprises, so Herman E. Dick, a third prominent Chicago business man, an uncle of one of the boys, is here looking for them. | Mr. Dick yesterday left the follow- fng cryptic advertisement for inser- tion under the classification of “Public Notices,” in a newspaper today: “Matthew’s Uncle Herman in town at Waldorf—thoroughly approves of what you have done. Have two fine openings for you. Don’t be afraid to see. Everything all right. If I am out, wait for me.” The story behind the advertisement | might serve for the plot of a novel On Saturday, November 4, Matthew Dick, aged 20, son of Albert B. Dick, a millionaire manufacturer in Chicago, and Paul Martin, also 20, son of Wil- liam P, Martin, a retired Chicago financier, vanished fram their quar- ters at Yale where both were fresh- men. The records of the two during their brief sojourn at Yale had been spotless, so the dean of the academic department said in a brief statement which he sent to the worried parents. {The boys sent to their parents short letters to the effect that they were tired of being “merely sons of mil- lionaires,” that they had always had everything they wanted for the ask- ing, and, that their allowances at col- lege left nothing to be desired. They aidn’t want it to be sald in the future that they had been merely the sons of rich fathers, so they Were going out into the world to make their way alone, and advised their mothers that Eeisasscy l they woauld write. promptly if they be- | came ill or fell into distress, but that otherwise they wanted to make good first. Young Dick went to South America last summer with a representative of his father’s mineograph company. He and young Martin had been boy- | hood friends before they went ta- gether to preparatory school. Accord- ing to their freshman classmates Yale, they had been making secret plans all fall, the nature of which mystifled other students. The families believe young Dick was inspired his experiences in South America and the business opportunities he saw there. “Why they couldn’t have done any- thing that would have pleased their fathers so much,” Uncle Herman E. Dick sald yesterday. ‘“There aren’t many young men who wouldn’t have been perfectly content to postpone settling down to a job as long as possible while such comfortable al- lowances as these fellows had should hold out. “So their fathers have discovered in | their own sons the kind of stuff they need in their business and if their sons intend to work for anybody in South America or anywhere alse, they might as well let their own fathers have the advantage of their mettle, It shows that they're the right sort and their fathers will always have | | | | places for such youngster | | at | by | | need not go back to school if they ‘don'l want to. I can assure yau of | that. Jobs are open for them to- marrow if they want them.” | According to reports from Ct | the mothers of the boys are worried | over their absence, but the fathers ar | optimistic and convinced that the boy | will win. The statement sent by Dean Jones of the academic department at Yale read: “Paul Martin and Matthew Df¢k withdrew from Yale because they had decided to ga into busine There wasn’t a mark of any kind against them at college. Both are fine bdys, fand T am sorry they cowddn’t finish their college courses Mr, Dick, Sr., is pre Dick & Co., manuf; dison Mimeograph, in New York | city. Mr. Martin, S active business, but still is interested {in many enterprises. He was farmer- Iy vice president of the Chicago Gas company. ago, ident of A, B. turers of the with headquiir- nd offices in thig is retired from NOTICE - Tho New Britaln Wet Wash having moved into their newly equipped building are prepared to do first class work. We solicit your patronage. Satisfaction guaranteed. 80 Union street. A Simplex Electric Heat- ing Pad is just what you want - to replace that old hot water ' bag. 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