Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-30
HONEST WORK IS
AIM OF LEAGUE
NEW ORGANIZATION OUTLINES
ITS PLANS
PAMPHLET JUST ISSUED TELLS
OF CIVIC MBITloNs
Protection of the Weak from Injustice
of the Strong Is One Thing to
Be Attempted by Or
ganizers

What is the League of Justice and
what does it stand for?"
This question is tersely answered in
a neat eight-page folder which is just
off the press, and which is being sent
out to interested parties by the officers
of the league. So often has the ques-
tion been asked what is your pur-
pose?" that officers of the League of
Justice decided to prepare a short
statement to the public" setting forth
briefly and pointedly the objects and
purposes of the new organization
which was started in Los Angeles on
May 20, when Mayor Taylor Of San
Francisco visited Los Angeles to as
sist in launching the project.
In the pamphlet just issued the pur-
poses of the League of Justice are
given as:
1.-The League of Justice is what it's
name implies, an organization OF cltl-
zens intended to promote justice and
fair dealing between all classes; to pro-
mote and enforce honesty integrity
and efficiency in public office and places
OF public trust, and protect the tax
payers from the burden of dishonesty
and extra Vagtnce on the part of their
public servants; to elevate tie stan
dard of citizenship and civic righteous
ness: to protect the government, ma
/ tional, state and municipal from the
aggressive and pernicious activities of
selfish and greedy politicians, and from
| the inactivity and Indifference of the
| better class of citizens to educate the
/ coming generation and the immigrant
/ classes as to the duties and obligations
of the citizen; to protect the weak from
| the injustice of the strong; to shield
| the laboring classes from the unjust ex-
actions and burdens imposed upon them
| by their employers, and shield the en-
ployers from the unjuct interference in
/ their business by their employees, or
others through oppressive combinations
or otherwise, thus promoting harmony,
! Justice and mutual respect between en-
ployer and employe; to protect women
and children from degrading, excessive
/ and unhealthy labor or other Objection
! able conditions; to promote public and
private morality; to expose and prose-
cute crime, and prevent wrong doing;
| to uphold and enforce all just laws,
through public authorities, If possible,
| If not through private means; to up
hold and aid the courts of justice and
| the prosecuting officers in the enforce
ment of the laws and to admonish, and
| If necessary to force action on their
part, when duty is neglected, and tc
do all within its power to enforce the
constitution and laws of the nation anc
state, founded. as they are, on the high
est principles OF justice anu IIlt
equality of all men before the law
and to promote and enforce respect fol
| those principles.
The officers of the organization are:
Frank G. Finlayson, president; Martin
Bekins, treasurer; Haines w. Reed,
! secretary.
The executive committee, which has
charge of the active work of the League,
is composed of: Frank G. F'inlaysOn,
Rev. Dana w Bartlett, Martin Bekins,
John A. Merrill, Mrs. J. B. Lippincott,
John D. Works, Mrs. Frances Noel, DR..
John r. Haynes, Mrs. Charles Farwell
Edison and Dr. Francis B. Kellogg.