United labor bulletin., 1914-12-12
LABOR BILLS HAVE
VERY GOOD PLACES
Pending Laws to Be Urged by
Trades Uni0niStS
Seamen's, immigration and Convict La
Dor Bills to Have Special Attention
Before Present Session Of Congress

| Members convened Monday for the
final or Short session of the Sixty
! fourth Congress. The bills of interest
to labor scheduled for consideration at
this time, together with their parla-
mentary standing, are as follows:
Seamen's Bill-Passed Senate. House
passed substitute, which is now in SEN
ate committee.
Immigration-House passed Burnett
bill, with literacy test. Senate commit
tee on immigration has reported the bill
favorably.
Domestic Convict Labor Bill-House
passed Booher- Hughes bill, which pro-
vides that convict labor goods shipped
into another state shall be subject to
the laws of that state. Reported favor
ably by Senate committee on education
and labor.
Foreign Convict Bill-House passed
Hensley Stone bill, which makes it ille-
gal to admit foreign goods if made in
whole or in part by convict labor. Re
ported favorably by Senate committee
ON manufactures.
Bureau of Labor Safety-Passed by
the House. Reported favorably by SEN
ate commit on District of Columbia.
Building Regulations for District of
COlumbia-Passed House. In Senate
committee ON District of Columbia
Locomotive nspection-Reported by
the House committee on interstate and
foreign commerce and occupies fifth
place on unanimous consent calendar.
Special rule ordered for its eonsidera-
tion. This bill would extend boiler in
spection law to cover machinery in con.
nection with engine.
Minimum Fine for Violation OF Hours
Of Service Law-Passcd House. IN hands
of Senate committee on interstate COM
merce. This bill fixes minimum fine
OF 500 for violations OF the law.
Prohibit Taylor or Speeding Up"
system in Navy Yards and Government
Workshops-Deitrick bill has been re-
ported favorably by House committee
on labor. Sub b-committee OF Senate
committee on education and labor has
made favorable report of the Borah
bill. which refers to the same subject.
to the full committee.
Kern -McGillicuddy Bill-Intended to
strengthen and libernlize federal em-
ployes' compensation act, has been re-
ported favorably by the House commit
tee on the Judiciary.
Eight Hours-ConservatiO bill. con.
tanning eight-hour provision for miners
and other employees of contractors and
lessees. passed House. Before Senate
committee on public lands.
Child Labor-A number of bills bear
ing on this subject have been intro.
dueed. The Owen-Palmer bills are be-
lieved TO be the best prepared meas
ures. They provide for the prohibition
OF child labor products in Interstate
commerce. This principle has been in.
dorsed by the House committee on Ia,
Dor in . substitute bill reported to the
House OF Representatives,
Other bills to be considered are:
Industrial education
To amend the act relating to the
postal saving system.
To codify the laws relating to ma,
tional elections.
To aid in the construction OF rural
post roads.
10 revise the judicial code.
To regulate the wages of mechanics
and laborers employed by the United
States government.
To regulate the procedure in Federal
Courts
TO shorten night work of post office
clerks.