Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-11-11
Federation Of Labor Report
Flags the Invisible
Government
Says Lobbyist Probe Reveal.
ed Monster That Robbed
wofkmen
Urges Remedial Legislation
In the Interest Of
Humanity

Seattle, Nov. 1~0.-"InViSible Govern
ment by organized dollars was scored in
the report Of THE Executive Council Of
the American Federation Of Labor to the
t23rd annual convention which began here
today. The recent Congressional lobby in
vestigatiOn and the charges OF NJ. M. Null
hall against the National Association OF
Manufacturers formed the basis OF the
attack. lss a9lr f.
The report was signed by all officers ot
| the Federation who compose the execu-
tive council. 1t dealt exhaustively with
al lphases Of labor conditions III the
United States and the insular possessions
but made only an incidental reference
to the new Federal Industrial Relations
Commission and Board of Mediation and
Cancellation. The report was not read
but a copy was furnished to q del
egate. y ,
The reference to the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers was the longest In
the report. A review of testimony oe-
fore the Senate and. House lobby invests
garding the activity Of what is termed
the invisible government as emDodied
in the National Association Of Manu9ac-
turers. .
CONCERNING the National Association OF
Manufacturers, the report said:
1T has been shown to be the worst
group OF selfish, mercenary interests now
fattening upon civilization. The officials
Of that organization, have not denied
their official signatures to any commune
cation offered in evidence. They have
not denied that they paid their lobbyists
large salaries and. hOnOrel immense ex-
pense accounts. They have not denied
that they attempted to break strikes and
halls of Congress and. frequented the
rooms of its members to prevent legisla-,
ton in behalf of Labor. The National AS
ISOLATION through it's overreaching greed
90. fv~ -, r,,l 1IT ,nVn CT 1HS u hGnIplfn-
ry discredited before Congress and the
Nation. It's influence for evil has been
materially reduced" =;
The report charged that only a limit
ings ave been printed and expressed,
the hope that the convention would call
upon Congress to supply more that they
might be distributed and the knowledge
Of the alleged conspiracy Of the manu-;
Reference to the lobby investigation
concludes: Nov that the existence of
the invisible government, the stronghold
of organized dollars, has been estab~
lished beyond doubt or question, now that
been revealed to tn epublic,, those who
have at heart the interests of humanity
and the maintenance Of a Democratic
form of government. are abe to attack
the problem with the wisdom of exper-
fence and knowledge" .
The cary opening of the Panama Canal
was made the occasion to declare for
greater immigration restriction through
national legislation. Easier access to the
Pacific coast, the report says, forces a
duty upon the workers in Western states
to seriously consider the new problem of
foreign immigration labor. The failure Of
remediar legislation in recent Congresses
was deplored. H..
In connection with the work of the
Department of Labor the report declares
in favor of the establishment of a. Bureau
Of Labor Safety to look after the safety
of w%orkingmen and the announcement Of
was declared, would be of great assis-
lance in promoting these various {, pur-
poses fE 4 r.
Only brief ommen was made In the
report on the contempt Of court sentences
pending against President Gompers. Vice
President Mitchell and Secretary Morri-
son. A review of the case was given but.
aside from declaring that the opinion
of the District Court Of Appeals did not
give a decision to the fundamental issues
upon which organized labor a been. ask
ing a judicial ruling" the report refrains
from comment on the courts findings.
Urgent need for the solution of the
problem of the unemployed was brought
to the attention Of the convention. Sym
pathy with their condition was expressed
and the belief was voiced that he unem.
ployed nigh be used in road construction
which automobile travel is making daily
of greater Importance. Legislation;t to that
end was urged,
wide trend in the organization! OF labor,
the report stated the Federation was