Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-04
UNIONS At ODDS
ON LABOR BUREAU
Hudson's Trade Council Repu-
dates Central Unions Eulo-
CYSTIC Resolutions.

JERSEY CITY, April 4.-The Build
ing Trades Council. Of Hudson coun-
ty, and the various locals affiliated
with it, have repudiated resolutions
commencing the present administra-
ton of the State department of labor,
purporting to have been passed by
several locals which are members of
the Hudson County Central Labor
Union. The Building Trades Council
repudiated the resolutions Wednesday
night, and the various locals last
night ratified the action of the
council.
The new resolutions condemn the
administration of the labor depart
ment by Colonel Lewis r. Bryant as
delinquent and inefficient" and urge
the passage by the Legislature of the
bill introduced by Assemblyman Wal
ter J.. McOermott for the reorganiza-
ton of the labor department.
I Labor men today said many of the
locals never even heard of the reso-
lutipns they We're alleged to have
passed. They added many of the la
Dor organizations which were said to
have commended the administration
of the labor department are OF trades
which, by the laws of New Jersey, are
not protected by the labor depart
ment Some of these organizat. ons
are carpenters. joiners, city laborers,
cooks, walters, CURRIERS', hammers,
moving picture operators, mineral
water drivers and brewery drivers.
The resolutions passed by the Build
ing Trades Council, which are ad.
dressed to the Legislature, are as fol-
lows:
"Whereas. the Building Trades
Council of the American Federation
of Labor of the County of Hudson
has heard the resolutions commend
ing the present administration Of the
labor department purporting to have
been passed by numerous locals of
the Central Labor Union of Hudson
County, and
"Whereas, many of said locals are
represented in this council, therefore
"Be it resolved that this council
does hereby record its ignorance of
the passage of said resolution and its
reputation thereof and that it be
called to the attention of the Legis-
laure thtat the said resolution has
been adopted without the knowledge
and against the true opinion of the
locals purporting to have signed the
same, and
Whereas, this council has this day
heard reading from the testimony of
Colonel Bryant during the recent IN
Vestigation Of his department, there
fore
BE It further resolved, that in the
opinion of this council the admins
tration Of the labor department by
Colonel Bryant has been delinquent
and inefficient; that such conditions
should not he suffered to continue,
and that there should be q change in
the administration of said depart
ment, and
Resolved further that the efforts
of Assemblyman McDermott to bring
about public knowledge of the true
conditions in the labor department
are hereby commended, and that the
members of the Senate and the As
sembly are urged to support the bill
introduced by him for the purpose of
recognizing said department
The Building Trades Council last
night decided to send a delegation to
Trenton on Monday to urge on Gov
ernor Fielder and members Of the
Legislature the necessity of reorgan-
izlng the department of labor.