The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-08-23

Go DIOOuCb1Ol1. l jury all qualified voters in the dis trict shall be included in the list from which jurors are selected and that they shall be drawn by the use of g wheel or other device designed to pro l mote absolute irnparttality. 4. That Congress should drastically l regulate or prohibit private detective agencies and private employment l agencies doing business in more than one state, employed by a company do- l ing an interstate business, or using the mails in connection with their business. Such regulation. if it is feasible, should include particularly the Jiraitatton of their activities to the bona fde functions of detecting g crime, and adequate provision should be made for the rigid supervision of their organization and personnel. 5. That, the militia of the several states<being subject to regulation by Congress, carefully drawn rules for their personnel, organization and con- duct in the field should be drawn up to insure their impartiality during in- dustrial disputes.
 Denial of the Right and Opportunity
 to Form Effective Organizations
 l. Incorporation arno ou1g the rights guaranteed by the Constitution of the
  associations, not for the sake of profit but for the advancement Of their in dividua1 and collective interests.
 2 Enactment. of statutes specif1cal- ly protecting this right and prohibit ing the discharge of any person be- cause of his n1enFberst1ip in a labor organization.
 B. Enactment of a statute providing g that action on the part of an as socfation5 of individuals not organiz- ed for profit shall not be held to Eoe unlawful, where such action would not be unlawful in the case of in dividua1.
 4. That the Federal Trade Comrnis- sion be specifically empowered and directed by Congress in determining unfair meth ods of competition to take into account and specially investigate the unfair treatment of labor in all respects. with particular reference to the following points:
 a. Refusal to permit employees to Be
 come members of labor organiza-
 tions.
 D. Refusal to meet or confer with the
 authorized representatives of em- ss ployes.
 5. That the Department of Labor, through the Secretary of Labor or any other authorized official, be e1n- powered and directed to present to
 
 prosecute before that body, all cases of unfair competition arising out of the treatment of labor which may come to his attention
 6. That such cases, affecting as they well as the profits of competitors and the peace of the community, be d. rected by Congress to nave precedence al Trade Commissi on. s
 x working conditions in American in dustry that. menace the nations well fare by denying proper standards of living to millions of it's citizens, and by making them subservient to the wills of employers who control their opportunities for labor, are set forth in the final report of Basil M Manly, Director of Research and tnyestiga.- ion for the United States Commission on Industrial Relations
 The Commission today made public the first section of the Manly report The remaining sections will be made public as soon as they leave the hands of the printer, and the report in full will then be transmitted to Congress. It was accepted and or dered printed by resolution of the full Commission, and is signed by Frank F. Walsh, chairman of the Co1nn1is- sion. and by Commissioners John B. A%enfloH, James OCOnneII and Austin B. Garretson.
 As param ount necessity, if the nation is to remedy the evils found to exist by the Commissions staff, the report urges action that will remove the many existing obstacles which prevent effective organization and CO., operation''s by wage earners, and that will thereby bring about a democratic, organization of industry along the lines of trade union activity.
 The crux of the whole question of Industrial relations is declared to be shall the workers, for the protection of their interests, be organized and represented collectively by their chos- en delegates, even as the stockholders are represented by, their directors and by the various grades of executive of- f1ciaIss and bosses.''
 MT. Manly's report is based on the research and field work of members of the staff, whose point of view is that of impartial investigators, and upon testimony at the public hearings conducted by the Commission in four