The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12
ORGANIZED LABOR
MAY ENTER ARENA
One Faction of American Fed
GRAFTON Says Time Has Come
TO Get Into Politics.
RESOLUTIONS EXPRESS
WIDELY VARYING VIEWS
Each Class of Workers Want
Endorsement of Their Own
Pet Projects.

TORONTO. Nov. 1l.-Atihatlon OF
The American Federation of Labor with
the International Labor congress OF Eu'
rope and other international bodies WAS
proposed in resolution presented at TO-
day's convention by the delegates OF
The Association OF Street and Electric
Railway Employees of America More
than fftv resolutions in all were Of
fered at the close of the afternoon
session.
One resolution introduced by the
Piano and Organ Workers suggested
that ..the time has come for the wage
workers TO become a factor IN poh'
tics" " and urges the early formation OF
/ labor party.
Multiform Ambitions.
The lougshoremen want the deep wa
tcrwaYs projects throughout the country
indorscd; the street railway men would
have the convention declare ln favor
of a universal label for all affiliated or
carnations. and the Alabama State red
Grafton want the establishment OF ma
lioual tuberculosis sanitarlum.
F. j. McArdle. president of the IRON,
steel and tin workers, introduced reso-
luton requiring all ORGANIZATIONS aiull-
ated with the federation TO contribute
% cents n wear for tho creation of
national defense fund 10 aid of organ
izations engaged in strikes or boycotts,
\ fraturc OF the daY was the report
presented bv John Mitchell, on behalf
of tbe special committee appointed 10
investigate the subject of industrial edu-
.atiop.
Grounds of Contention.
Matters in dispute between the brew
crv workers, fremep, teamstcrs ana
cpqjpecrs have been only partially ad.
iustd. The Amalgamated Society, of
Carpentcrs and Joiners complain tnat
delegates from their local unions are
denied representation in the various
central bodies. The electrical workers
and the theatrical stage employees are
both seeking to control picture machine
operators.
"It is believed. - SAYS the report,
thai The future welfare Of America
largely depends on the industrial
training of our workers and protecting
them, The inquiries of the committee
seem 10 Indicate that if the American
workman is To MAINTAIN the high stand.
ard of efficiency the boys and girls OF
the country must have an opportunity
10 acquire educated hands and brains,
inc in sclf-sclcctcd vocation, and ac-
quire an intelligent understanding OF
the duties OF good citizenship. we IA
yor the establishment OF schools III con
pcction with the public school system
ai which pupils between the ages oil
1 and is wears may be taught the prIn
riplcs of the trades. not necessarily IN
separate buildings. but in separate
schools adapted to this particular edu,
cation and by competent ana Thlpcd
teachers.
1.-The course of instruction in such a
school should be English, mathematics
nhvsics chemistry, elementary me
cbanics and drawing, the shop lnstruc
tion for particular trades and Tor eacn
trade represeutcd the drawing, mathe
matics, mechanics. physical and blolog
zeal science applicable TO the trade, the
history of that trade. aud sound sNs
,cm of economies. including and EN-
rhasizing the philosophy of collective
bargaining. They viii serve TO pre-
pare the pupil for more advanced sub
iecis, and in addition 10 disclose ms
capacity for a specific vocation. ~
order 60 keep such schools in cl0s'
touch with the trades. there should bt
Ioral advisory boards, including repre-
scniatives Of the industries, employer:
and organized labor.
sThc committee recommends that tech
uical education of workers in trade aD'
industry being public necessity, i
should not be a private but pubic
function. conducted by the public ant
the expense involved at public, cost;
The continuance Of progressive de
yclopmcnt of supplemental trade edu
cation as inaueursted BY trades union
is also recommended. The committe'
e Is