The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-23
BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT
CONDEMNED BY UNION
Case of the Jerome, Arizona,
Local Whose Charter Was
Forfeited, Taken Up.
BY Associated Press,

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reporting in favor Of censuring the ex-
ecutiye board of the American Fedora
tlon of Labor for refusing, so it was
reported to extend aid to the girl but
ton workers of Muscatine, Ia. The
committee expressed the opinion that,
owing TO heavy drafts upon its finances
In ITS own jurisdiction, the Western
| Federation could not at this time give
the button workers any aid.
President Meyer said he did not un-
derstand that the girl workers from
Iowa who addressed the convention on
Wednesday had made the statement
| that the American Federation of La
Dor S executive board had refused them
| aid Her statement was that they were,
under the laws of the American Fede-
| ration, not entitled to aid as the or
ganlzation had not been in existence
a year when the trouble arose. Presi-
dent Meyer said that rule was in force
in number of other labor organiza-
tlons and might be a wise one to be
adopted by the Western Federation.
Favored Giving Aid.
Guy e. Miller Of Joplin, Mo-, said
he regretted the expression of censure
of the American Federation executive
board. j. A. Mackinnon remarked that
1T was not very consistent to censure
the American Federation for not COM
ing. to the aid of the button workers
and at the same time recommend
that the Western Federation also do
not aid them. The speaker was in favor
Of doing something for the struggling
young union of working girls who have
been locked out for Il number of months
because they had organized union.
'Tms resolution of censure Of the
executive board of the American Fed
"a rot &c 1,r ,.b1 la
a disgrace to the Western Federation, -
declared William Davidson, a member
of the executive board, "There is evil
IDENTIFY. tendency here in some quar-
ters TO resort to petty, low down tao
tics that the meanest Republican and
Democratic politicians would stoop to
or be guilty of ] believe this conven-
ton should get down to legitimate bust
ness. l also hope the federation will
see some way TO extend aid to our SIS
ters in Iowa.
j. c. Williams of Grass Valley moved
that the censure of the American Fed
Grafton board be stricken from the res
olution.
Sympathy and Check for $500.
'FThis convention is wasting about
5000 worth of time in debating this
question: declared Secretary Ernest
Mills. "Before that much more time is
wasted | move that we extend our SYM
pathy and best wishes for success to
our sisters IN trouble and accompany
the message with check for $500
The motion was passed by unani-
nous vote of the convention
n report Of the committee on strikes
and lockouts caused another breeze in
the convention today. The committee
denounced the action Of the Black Hills
mi ipb n,,I
recommended that the fight TO end the
lockout be continued with greater en-
ergy and determination than ever and
that the assessment to aid the miners
there be continued
Delegate A. NJ Fluent renewed his
objection to allowing any delegate on
the floor whose union had not paid the
Black Hills assessment for April ! vot-
ing on the question of renewing that
assessment. There was also objection
by Delegate Fluent to the proposal to
send special committee to invcstl-
gate the Black Hills situation. 1t was
declared that this would be a reflection
upon the incoming executive board and
lack of confidence in that body, whose
duty ii would be to make such an in
vcstigation If any is necessary Mr..
Fluent said he WAS in favor of continu-
ing that assessment in the future, but
the money should be voted only by the
unions that had shown a disposition to
pay those assessments in the past.
Boy Scout Resolution.
The following resolution was present.
ed by Delegate Frank Curran of Butte
Miners union. On motion of Tom
Corro of Mullan, seconded by j. G.. Will
liams of Grass Valley, Cal, the resolu'
tion was adopted. 1t was ms follows:
Resolved, That we condemn in the
strongest terms the so.callod "boy scout
movement rs mere pIous fraud by
which tho youths of the nation are be
ing drilled INTO principles of slavIsh
obedience to suDcriors befitting fun
kics, but wholly unbefitting American
citiZers, and into Il spirit of milltarlsm
which tends 10 ipcite and foster the
willingness to shoot, MAIN and murder
their fellow men at the behest of the
master class. under cover of corrupt
cd spirit of so-called patriotism. We
dcnounce the princip pies of the boy scout
movement ms wholly fallacious. unsocial
and degrading in character and we
brand the movement itself rs a capital
istic infamy which has as its objective
the rearing Of boys who in the com
ing years viii be the supple slaves and
willing hirelings Of the capitalIstic
class to murder the men. widows and
orphans. the children OF the working
class who shall he struggling for eco
nomic freedom, And We warn all mem.
bcrs OF this organization and organized
labor generally against permitting their
children similar military organization. "
a resolution presented by Delegate
T, 3. Mcintosh of TeXada union caused
| somewhat of sensation in. the con.
vention today. He moved that all dele.
gates be deprived of pay for the pre-
cedipp dav for the reason that so much
time had been expended that day in the
election OF members of n special com
mittcc. Delegate Mcintosh advocated
the appointment of all future commit
tees by President Mover The resolu'
tion was laid on the table
Delegate G., j. Williams OF California
was called to preside and the case of
Jerome union No. 10l whose charter
was forfeited by President Mover and
the executive board, was taken up.