The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-02
ORGANIZED LABOR
 TAKES CARE OF
 OUTSIDE WORKERS
Keep Record of Voters On Hu- nanitarian Laws and Has Tabs of Ebenezer J. Hill.


 Tabs of Ebenezer J. Hill.
 Organized Labor does not go Into politics very often. but the American Federation of Labor does keep a rec ord of the doings of members of Congress for se1f-protection- There are many instances where members of Congress will oppose labor pills 111s the House, and when, election rolls around go out .on to the stump and tell what great friends Of labor they have been.
 Tn case any member of organized lA- bor desires to know what is stored up by the American Federation of La Dor in it's archives they can learn the gross has done for labor as well as the bad things. They are very few bills before Congress that are purely labor bills, but the American Federation gets sback of all Humanitarian meas aIres which they believe are q beneht to every man who works whether he 1os.zs dues to a union or not, and in this way the lrndon man coE1tri utes 70 the protection and well being or ms fellow worker who stays outside or the hreastworks.
 if YOU should write to the American Tra5era;tion of Labor and ask them for the record of Ebehszer J. Hill it would abe given to you as follows;
 fBegdnn1ag with the 59th Congress
 On January pr, 19o6.-The Fed- eral Eight Hour Law on the sIstlalaus Of Panama was repealed F his p1ll was vigorously opposed by labor, pslt sd Y passed the House by a vote of lze ..present and 1o5 mot voting,
 Represent tative Ebenezer J. Hlil E recorded as mot voting "
 On September g.. 1906.--Tshe An ti-Compulsory Pilofage Bill by l1ttie- field Of Maine was voted upon. This measure was also opposed by Laoor-s Tt failed to pass the House.
 Representative H1u Is recorded as voting ssaye,'s CT in favor Of this ob- dect1onab1e measure
 g. On February 18s lse7.-Eene hours of Service Bill for railroad eTn-s Dloyes came before the House and q lest vote was taken upon it The saffseactory LaFo1lette bill passed by the Senate was ignored by the House co1nn1sttee on Interstate CoInraerce. and a very objecti ionaple substlsuIe- py Esch Of Wisconsin was reported out Of the Committee and pressed to q vote under suspension of the rules which required a. oethirds majority fn order to pass a bill. This Esch sub-s stitute was vigorously opposed by La bfs.s7 The measure failed to get sufIi- cfert votes under the rules to pass f.
 Representative HilI is recorded as voting ssaIyas or in favor Of this ob- iectionabIe measure.
 on March 1907.--sFf1es Ship a,Izsidv BalI came up for a final vote. s47a4s bfA as passed by the House in c1uded a very objectionable conscrip- ton provision njuriously affecting seanaen. T1ais measure. and the con- scriptfon feature particularly, has all ways been vigorously opposed by Labor
 Representative EIu is recorded as voting saye.s or in favor of tlls ob- Jectfonable measure.
 6eoth Congress-
 On April s, 1908 Employers Iiaisi fifty Bill affeeting ean ployes on railroads engaged in interstate com Tneree passed the House with but one dissenting vote This bill was fav-
 Representative 1Ifll is recorded az voting ttays.s or in favor of this bill.
 on May g, 19oo.-The Child La Dor Bin for the District of Columbia, passed tlae House without dissenting g vote. It was strongly urged by Labor.
 Representative H11I Is recorded as voting s<sve's or in favor Of this Bill.
 3. On May II. 19o8,A Joint Res oluEion passed the House diAsapproving certain laws enacted by tn e Leeisla- txars of New Mexico, the effect of vvfatoh would have been a denial of justice to the injured partiss, in per sorlaI injury cases This measure was practically employers. liability bill and was advocated by labor
 rRenresentatfve Hiu is recorded as
 4. On December 12. Oss-Co1npul- soxy Investigation of Labor Dispute. This Bin was opposed by Labor be- cause 1t WAS considered a step toward compulsory arbatrati ion. It failed to rsaesatafivf. 4Ffl1 ie recorded as mot voting
 f61st congress.p
 I. On June 2, 191o@The House willis in Committee Of the Whole adopted the following amendment by MT Hughes, of New Jersey, in the sec ton Of the Sundry Civil Appropria- ton Bill, making appTo priation for the prosecution of violations of the Anti Trust Raw. This proyiso was favored by Labor.
 Provided further, That no part o3 this money shall be spent in the pros eeuffon of any Organization or indi- viduaI for entering into any combina- ton or agreement having in view ths increasing Of wages. shortening o1 hours, or bettering the condition o. Labor. or for any act done in further ancesthereof not in itself unlawful
 On June g, 1910, this proviso wa. stricken from the Bill when it was re ported to the Senate by the appropria ton committed On a record vote O 34 ayes 16 nays and g mot vot ing,ss the Senate sustaiued the actio1 of the appropriation committee.
 On June 21, 1910s motion wa made in the House to instruct the con ferees to Insist upon disagreeing witl the Senate The motion carried by vote Of 154 seayes. to 105 stnays.p | answering present, and 1o9 ssno voting" This record vote in the Hous was an endorsement of it's former ac ton in favor of the Hughes amend rnent when it was added to the Bil while the House was in Committee ol the Whole.
 Representative Hill is recorded 8