Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-20
HOLDS FINAL MEETING
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF THE A.
FL. ADJoURNs SINE DIE.

The final meeting of the executive
council of the American Federation OF
Labor was held today and adjournment
! sine die taken about 1:20 O'Clock this
! afternoon, subject to the call of Presi-
| dent Gompers. \ message from the Cap
itol informed the councilmen that Vice
| President Fairbanks had today laid be-
fore the Senate the protest Of organized
labor which was conveyed to him yes
terday by a committee of seven. The
council was also informed that the pro-
test will be printed as public document
and that it had been referred to the judi
ciary committee.
The council at today's session directed
that President GOmpers communicate with
the House committee on labor urging the
passage OF the pending bill for the es-
tablishment Of Department Of Labor
and.the creation of another member OF the
Presidents cabinet to be known as the
Secretary of La Dor. 1t is proposed that
the department. il organized. snail be de-
voted entirely to the interests Of labor,
as was originally contemplated when the
Department Of Commerce and Labor was
founded. 1t was stated that labor Is now
given consideration before a bureau. when
it's Importance demands that it should
have an executive department.
Appeal to the People.
1t was stated that President Gompers,
Secretary Frank Morrison and Vice Presi-
dent O'Connell of the A. r. L. were des-
ignated as committee to prepare an APP
peal to organized labor and the citizens
of the United States generally along the
lines of the appeal and protest made to
Congress yesterday.
The controversy between the NeWsboFs
Union of Boston and the Examiner news
~1r@x, To
explained that the publishers OF the Ex-
aniner. having increased the price or the
paper 10 dealers. the newsboys had gone
on strike and refused to sell the news
paper.
The Central Labor Union of Boston in
dorsed the action of the newsboys. The
executive council today adopted a pre-
amble and resolutions discountenancing
the attempt Of the Boston labor body and
the newsboys to declare as unfair" any
product of union la Dor. 1t was also held
that the employers have the right to fix
the price of their finished product. The
council therefore declared the Boston Ex-
aminer to be fair and that the labor
organizations had no moral right TO de-
clare the paper unfair.
Abolition of Child Labor.
The council decided to make more siren
uous efforts than heretofore to secure the
passage OF laws for the entire abolition
of child la Dor.
A long standing <jursdictiOnal fight be-
tween the plumbers and steam filters
came up for hearing. The decision was
reached to arrive at a conclusion at the
next meeting of the council.
Secretary Morrison was instructed TO
proceed to Boston and endeavor to bring
about settlement Of a dispute between
the tobacco splitters and one OF the
largest cigar factories there.
The council rejected an application for
a charter from the National Union o.
State. City and Town Employees. 1t was
directed that a charter be issued to the
newly formed department OF the building
trades section of the American Federati
of Labor.
President GomperS said the members OF
the committee that visited Speaker Can
non and Vice President Fairbanks yes;er-
day expressed Themselves as we'll pleased
with the courteous manner in which they
were received