Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-08-26
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ity 81 tAa sAEaastl6As 1t seems ise.
essary to urge the Commission to
make the following recommendations:
81 That Congress should forth
with initiate LII amendment to the
Constitution providing in specific
terms for the protection Of the per
sonal rights Of every person in the
United States from encroachment by
the Federal and State governments
and by private individr-'s IS, associa-
lfions and Corporations. ; he principal
righs which should be thus specifical-
~ protected by the power of the Fed
eral Government are the privilege OF
the writ of habeas corpus, the right
to Jury trial, free speech, peaceful
assemblage, to keep and bear arms,
/ to be free from unreasonable searches
nd seizures, to speedy public trial,
| to freedom from excessive bail, and
from cruel and unusual punishments.
's2. That Congress Immediately en-
act by statute, or, if deemed neces
sary, initiate constitutional amend
ment specifically prohibiting the
unconstitutional.
So. That Congress enact that III
all Federal cases where, the trial is
by jury all qualified voters IN the dls-
llict shall be included in the list from
i which jurors are selected and that
they shall be drawn. by the use OF a
wheel rotheE device designed to
promote absolute imLa4 iality.
"a. That Congress should drasuc-
ally regulate or prohibit private De
ective agencies doing business IN
.1ore than one state, employed by
Company doing an interstate business,
or using the mails in connection with
.Aeir business. Such regulation, II !.
is feasible, should include particular
ly the limitation of their activities t.
me bona tide functions OF detectlns
crime, and adequate provision should
,e made for the rigid supervision OF
heir organization and personnel
80 That, the militia of the severa
states beng subject to regulation by
Congress, carefully drawn rules fol
their personnel, organization. and con
duct I'll the field should be drawn up
TO insure Lnelr 4npal tiality during In
dustrial disputes"
Right to Organize.
Evidence and testimony are cited
showing that many employers refuse
to deal with organizations Of their
employees or to employ men who be-
| long to labor organizations, this de-
NAL of the right of organization being
discussed as the fourth principal
cause of Industrial unrest. The re-
port says:
4 "The previous discussion of the
causes of industrial unrest has dealt
with the denial of certain fundament-
fFal objects to which the workers be-
lieve they have natural and inalien-
able rights, namely, a fair distribu-
ton of the products of industry, the
opportunity to earn living, free &C.
n cess to unused land and natural re-
sources and just treatment by legis-
lators, courts and executive officials.
"a more serious and fundamental
charge is, however, contained in the
allegation by the workers that, in
spite Of the nominal legal right which
! has been established by a century
long struggle, almost insur1aountable
obstacles are placed in the way Of
their using the only means by which
economic and political justice can be
lsecured, namely, by combined action
Il through voluntary organization.
THE workers insist that this right
Of organization is fundamental and
Necessary for their freedom, and that
it is inherent in the general rights
guaranteed every citizen Of a democ-
racy. They insist that people can
free themselves from oppression only
by organized force. No people could
Fgain or maintain their rights or iber-
ties acting singly, and any class Of
citizens in the state subject 20 unjust
burdens or oppression can gain relief
only by combined action.
"The demand for organization and
collective action has been misunder-
stood, it is claimed, because of the be-
lief among large number of citizens
that its purpose was simply TO secure
better wages and better physical con.
dittons. 1t has been urged, however,
by a large number of witnesses before
the Commission that thiss is a COM
plete imsconception of the purpose for
which workers desire to form organ
izations.
Not a Material Struggle.
at has been pointed out with great
force and logic that the struggle of
labor for organization is not merely
an attempt to secure an increased
measure of the material comforts Of
life, but is a part of the age-long
j struggle for liberty; that this. Strug-
| gle is sharpened by the. pinch of
hunger and the exhaustion of body
and mind by long hours and improper
working conditions; but that even if
men were well fed they would still
struggle to be. free.
1T is not denied that the execution.
al individual can secure an economic
sufficiency either by the sale of his
unusual ability or talent, or by syco-
phantic subservience to some person
in authority, but it is insisted that no
individual can achieve freedom by his