Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-19
FEDERATION WILL
FIGHT INJUNCTION
LEVY oNE.cENT TAX TO OPPOSE
VAN cLEAvE SUIT
Eight-Hour Day for Panama, Women's
Organization and international
Peace lndorsed by Norfolk
Convention
BY Asyoclatec Press. :

BY Assoclatec Press.
NORFOLK. Va, Nov. 1S.-The Ameri-
can Federation of Labor. amid great en-
thusiasm. today adopted without dis
senting vote the report of the special
committee on the anti-boycott of the
Van Cleave Buck Stove and Range COM
pany injunction suit now pending in
Washington The report makes provision
for the immediate assessment of 1-cent
per capita tax on all affiliated organiza-
tions international and local, to be used
in fighting this suit and as general fund
for defense against any other actions by
the Manufacturers association.
The whole question of the Van Cleave
suit was left to President Gompers and
the executive council, who are given au-
thority to make any other necessary as
sessments and such expenditures as they
may deem wise and expedient.
The federation today placed itself on
record as favoring the absolute exclusion
of all immigration from Asia and the
countries of the Pacific ocean to the
United States or its possessions. Delegate
Young of the state of Washington de-
clared that the influx to this country of
Japanese soldiers who in returning home,
found that others had taken their places
of employment, is proving tenfold greater
than the Chinese immigration. He said
that America had patted the Japanese on
the back in their struggle with Russia,
and NOW these Asiatics are flooding out
and threatening our very civilization"
Continue Canadian Tax
The federation determined that all af-
filiated organizat tions should continue the
paymert to the American Federation of
Labor of the 1a-cent per capita on Its
Canadian membership without prejudice
to tho payment of per capita tax on the
same membership for the support of the
trades and labor congress of Canada,
whose vice president, Somson. in a strong
address pledged that this congress would
not only put itself on record against but
would fight against a national organiza-
tion in Canada, the said Canadian con-
gress only to recognize international
unions such as are recognized by the
American Federation of Labor.
The federation adopted resolutions de-
claring itself against the use of terms
Of open and closed shop. declaring
union" and 'nori-uniop" should be used
instead. calling for an eight-hour day for
all nationalities engaged on the 1sthmus
of Panama, pledging all possible aid to
workingmen In Cuba, urging an organiza-
tion of women wage earners of the United
States, declaring for a universal fedora
tion of trades unions that will bring in
ternational peace quicker than interna-
tional peace courts with no backing and
calling on congress for legislation to pre-
vent the evils of injunction rule.
Resolutions calling for aid in the or
ganization of all street PAYERS In America
were received.
nhe committee on injunctions refused to
receive resolutions calling for an increase
in the salary of its organizers to Sc
day.
The feature of the day was an address
by Rev. Charles NJ. Stelzel, in charge of
the Presbyterian churches labor depart
ment work.