Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-13
.LABOR'S DEMANDS
ARE OUTLINED BY
PRES. GOMPERS
Many Remedial Measures are
Sought, Says Federation
Head in Report.
REFERENDUM. GIVEN
STRONG APPROVAL
Mcnamara Case Considered
and Belief in Brothers
Innocence Affirmed.

GRAFTON of Labor. in his report sub
mitted today 10 the delegates OF tne
thirty-hrst annual convention, pre-
dicted great changes In American
methods OF government. particularly
with regard to political parties. lie
gave to the referendum, initiative and
the recall the unqualified Endorsement
of organized labor, and declared thal q
real representative democracy never
had been known in the United States
because OF the general absence of those
provisions.
This semi-deifica ton Of judges. he
said in defense of his Endorsement
this sanctinlonious cant about MOB
rule some of which was in President
Taft's message vetoing the Arizona
statehood bill, is mere drivel-'
Demands of Organized Labor.
In the main. the report declares for.
and says organized labor demands:
The referendum. the initiative and
the recall.
Passage OF tie so-called anti-injunc-
ton bills at the next session of Con-
gress.
Restriction of immigration.
Further restriction of convic labor
LEGISLATION to relieve civil service
employees from the executive orders
prohibiting them to petition Congress
Uniform laws for protection of life
and health in factory buildings.
A department of labor in the Fed
eral government.
Employers liability and workmen's
compensation acts throughout the
States.
Severe arraignment is made of So
called scientific management or enl-
cheney systems.
Labor Movement Thrives.
DESPITE all opposition of the most
relentless kind the American labor
movement grows and thrives;' it's bene-
fcent influence for the common uplift oil
la Dor and of all our people extends to ali
fields of useful activity and is becom-
ing more generally recognized. Inc
power which labor holds within its
grasp is understood by our opponents
perhaps better than many of the toll
ers. The fact is that labor's opponents
ike the Tories of the past, many Oh
whom are still with us, are afraid to
trust the people. "
Power Brings Responsibilities,
s.With power iii the hands of labor
and of the people seneraiiy uon .
ouickening sense of responsibility. La
lor,s contentious of man. years have
become merged, or have rather coor-
dinated. with those of the progressives
OF all paflies. u ooIl;no
irrespective Oh elass' $50 80
Or partisan %anshhlehl' ~
for freedom IN iact anu y -
name. Ihey are lanlhs W
INTO tneir o"n n'i
Leadership to Replace bossis"'
..In lieu of the political boss and
his machine we shall have leadership
of intelligence, pleading Tor puphc JUS
lice with adherents proportioned in
nunber to the strength of the argu-
ments. The stuffed ballot-box, the
r.lso connt and the perjured election
returns will likewise disappear.
MT. Compers refers very briefly To
the contempt Of court proceedings
against Vice-President John Mitchell
Secretarv Morrison and himself, whict
are still pending before the courts IN
the District of Columbia.
- case Reviewed.
MeNn"a :,
The Mcnamara case ho"eNea' :
taken up at some iensth anu ~
viewed. President Goihpeis 81,
his faith in the innocence VI
now on trial at Los Anseles ~ :.
dynamiting outrages n uehoun~e -
~unmeasured terms thelr relnoN" iio
Indiana to California
The committee
That the members Oh udtlOlldl oAN