The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-12-04

D.: !. GOOD d | WORK ! ! . ]
Seven Labor Leaders Added to
! Board. Will Continue Work Of
Federal Industrial Relations
The work commeced:. by the Fed
eral Industrial Relations commission
will be continued, practically all OF
the members Of the old commission
having agreed to form a new orgapi-
zation for this purpose. Congression-
al lobbies will be- invaded in an at
tempt to induce the national legisla-
tive body to enact into law some Of
the salient recommendations of the
Manly report. 'siz:.~" ;:
Frank p. Walsh will continue as
the. chairman. Headquarters will be
opened in Washington at once and an
active campaign will be conducted
during the ensuing months. Chair
man Walsh makes it clear that the
committees primary object will be5to
support organized labor, chiefly lin
removing governmental obstacles to
the efforts of the wage earners and
insisting that wage earners and their
representatives. have a fair and free
field" 81 z'.,~., -
p There are seven labor leaders
among the IL members OF the new
committee. 4 Others are Frank, P.
Walsh, Amos Pinchot,, Frederick C..
Bishop c.. D. Williams, and Dante
Barton, a Kansas City newspaper
man. - J. --..-- -
: Will Invade Congress.
: First and foremost, the commission
will unrge upuon congress the neces-
sity of printing, free of charge, the
final reports of the commission on
Industrial Relations: and. the .testi-
mony taken at public hearings. A
reading Of these reports, by the vast
number of men and women who al
ready are vitality. interested in: the
industrial problem, the understanding
that is necessary if public opinion is
to do Its share in the great task OF
translating our democratic ideals into
reality. ~. &. y.
Writing in the Mine Workers
Journal, K. c.. Adams, says, that the
subject Of national preparedness is to
be given due consid Grafton and atten-
ton by the new commissions; to show
that powerful influences are at work
to create an enormous military Or
ganizationu and to increase the pres
tige of the kind of force represented
by a large military establishment.
''The committee" says Mr.. Adams,
while taking no part in the discus
sion regarding the. size Of the army
and navy, will. endeavor% to keep to
the forefront. contain fundamental
principles that should govern. in any
program Of preparedness. These are:
'"There, must be no profit in the
killing of men All munitions, war;
ships and military supplies should be
manufactured in governmental plants.
The removal Of private profits in this
strikes down the most. sinisterS inter-
est-the. promotion Of war. i r. g
<s,s'z. Unorganized. Workers. =, =
ITO keep the grievances of unor-
ganized workers, such as the Pullman
and Western Union employees. which
were brought to light by the. commits
sion, constantly before the officials
and directors of those companies and
before the public, until they are
redressed. :
There must be no military caste.
Any new system of citizen soldiery
must be organized on a democratic
basis with equal. opportunities for
wage earners to obtain commissions
on a merit basis. These forces must
be used only for national defense and
never in opposition to workmen on
strike. 49, 49, E,
Other features of the Legislative
program Of the new commission are:
Income and inheritance taxes az
source of revenue; reduce taxes on
! necessities and comforts of the work.
ers. - = g.. - 4. .
"Prohi biting courts from declaring
| laws unconstitutional. -.
Juries to. be selected by an i'm:
| partial method from lists containing
names of all qualified voters, so. tha
the workers may be fairly represent
ed. on the juries. t.,:.,. - : (:
| !. Unfair competition to be defined b,
statute to- include. exploitation of la
Dor through low wages, long hours
unsafe or insanitary. conditions, o.
through refusal to meet and deal witt
the authorized representatives Of EN-
ployes. The secretary of labor shall
be authorized to prosecute such case
before the Federal Trade Commission
It is matter Of vital importanc,
to organized labor, that the work o
the industrial commission is to b
continued. The startling revelations
made more significant because Of TIL
fact that a commission authorized Is
act Of congress gave utterance IT
them, and the vigor with which. tn
claims of. labor. will be prosecuted
q make it doubly important that labo
! organizations keep in touch with tn
4 work OF the new commission an
render to it all the support at thei
command. 49, ~ IT. ~ In.
PRINTERS UNION WILL ~.
} TO HONOR MERGENTHALE1
i BALTIMORE, Dec. 1.-THE Type