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this emergency clause exists, but that
the men are actually working over
time now, in all of the navy yards.
He suggested that the standpatters
need not >worry over the patriotism
OF the men employed in the yards; If
necessity arose, they would be found
willing to work any amount of over
time to aid in national defense.
A gravely important matter which
was not brought up. however, al
though the American Federation of
Labor will shortly call attention to it,
was the fact that long hours of over
time have been tried out and aban-
doned in the munition plants and
shipyards of Great Britain during the
present war, as ENTHUSIASTICALLY and
economically extravagant." That is.
after Is months Of war the British
government set two expert commits
stons to study the health of munition
workers and other workers in nation
al defense plants. Their reports
agreed that the long hours were 80
fatiguing. as to waste, the physical
constitutions of the. people, and to
actually reduce the total output of
work. The reports i called: for the
abolition Of Sunday. work, shorter
hours .of oyert time. ana !, - rapidly .
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cratic party ''before the Republicans
beat us to it." He mentioned the fact
that as soon as the American farm
ers learned, through the report of q
government commission, how cheaply
tho Eur oean farmers were getting
their money through rural credit
banks, they demanded and secured Of
congress a system of rural credits for
themselves. --.. 49, =. -
Heating will raise a lot of trouble
for the standpatters, next session,
with this and other IDEAS For one
thing, he wants the legal eight-hourl
day for men in continuous 24-houH
industries. . .
On Tuesday morning Chairman
Barnhart Of the house printing com.
mittee reported that the Federal
Trade commission had reported To
him this startling fact: The actual
cost Of news print paper for the year
1916 was $1.esh per 100 pounds, ~
compared with $1.63 in 1915; yet the.
price charged by the manufacturers
to consumers-the newspaper pub
lishers-was some 200 or 800 per.
cent more in 1916 than in 1915.
No wonder the labor press Is II
financial difficulties in 80 many places
In Americal S 5
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the measure up again in the new con-
gress. and as he is one" of the small
group of independent progressives"
who hold the balance of power be-
tween Republicans and Democrats in
that body, he should be able to put
it through.
Readers of The Labor World will
be interested to note that .Represen-
tatives Volstead and Miller of Min
nesota were among those who voted
against any inquiry into the need for
sickness or unemployment insurance
for the workers. Representatives
Champion, Mclaughlin, Hamilton,
Smith and Scott Of Michigan were
also among the anti-labor voters.
Champion argued that ''unorganfzed
labor" was Disseminated against, in
the plan proposed by London, where
by the employers and organized labor
would each be represented on the
commission which should study and
report on the problem. 49, ---.-~ .,~~-
=, Discussing the resolution, Repre-
sentative Keating of Colorado. who
will be chairman Of the next labor
committee Of the house IL the Demo
Gratis get control, said that he hoped
social insurance would be adopted o.
q leEislatiye measure by tho Dso-
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ADVERTISES PENSIONS
FOR ITS EMPLOYEES

BELLEVILLE, ILL.,, Feb. SIN an
attempt to turn public opinion against
its striking employees, the Atlas Pow,
der company is advertising it's pension
system for employees who have been
continuously in the service for 15
years." a
If a person had been employed for
20 consecutive years, and had received
a wage of $50 month for the last 10
years, he would receive a pension of
SIS month, providing he proved by
his conduct during employment, and
after, that he was worthy.
The company's board of directors is
given wide latitude in this matter, as
section S of the regulations provides:
"The board Of directors may deny,
revoke or withhold a pension allow
ance to any employe or pensioner
whenever it shall be deemed such en-
ploye or pensioner undeserving."
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possible the substituting of several
shifts of workers for the overtime
plan of operation. They said that
the workers who were physically
rested every night were the ones who
would do the most work in the course
of the month.
Social Insurance.
Old age pensions, sickness insur-
ance and unemployment insurance
have been put on the legislative map
for next year, by the vote of 100 to
1873 polled by social insurance inquiry
resolution offered by Representative
Meyer London in the house. This re-
solution was given unanimous favor
able recommendation by the house
committee on labor after lengthy
hearings last spring, and on Monday
of this week it was finally brought
to the roll call stage. Unfortunately.
it did not come: up under conditions
which would permit a majority vote
to decide it's fate. The motion was
that ''the rules be suspended and the
resolution passed." That motion re-
quires 4 two-thirds majority. Lon-
don failed to get tho two-thirds, but
he did muster more than half Of the
.votsl cast Nature allys he VII bring
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-10
BY LAURENCE TODD.

special Correspondent of The Labor
World.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-If the
united States shall avoid war with
Germany, through the failure of the
German admiralty to carry out it's
threat to sink American ships and
eacrlhce American lives at sea with
OUT warning, credit for bringing the
German government to its senses
must be shared by President Wilson
with Samuel Gompers. The cable
gram sent on Sunday by the head of
the American labor movement to Carl
Leg1en, head of the German labor
movement, appealing to Legien to do
his utmost in Berlin to prevent war
between the two peoples, was not
prompted from the White House, but
represented the immediate decision of
Gompers and his advisers as to what
should be done following the diplo-
matte break with the Berlin govern
ment.
It is understood here that Legien,
through his connection with the ma
jority or patriotic" branch of the
German Socialist party, is in, close
touch with Won Bethmann-Hollwe
and that II any man in Germany to-
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UNLIMITED BENEFITS
POSSIBLE BY UNITING
President Perkins of Cigarmak-
ers' Union Recites the Eff
fects of Organization.

CHICAGO, Feb. S.-''The underly-
ing principles governing trade unions
tend to kindle the fires OF sympathy,
OF mutual <helpfulness and co-opera-
tion," says President Perkins of the
Cigar Makers International union.
Reorganization develops the finer at
tributes inherent in the human frame
and tends to mitigate the influence OF
the baser instincts.
Reorganization is potent factor in
the distribution Of wealth; it tends to
reduce the exorbitant profits appro-
priated by capital and adds to the
share rightfully claimed by labor.
Reorganization tends to eliminate
passion and prejudice; it strengthens
the desire for fair play, equity, eco
nomic and social justice. It creates a.
healthier view of the relations be-
tween capital and labor.
Reorganization fosters and encour-
ages the interests and aspirations of
growing majority against the grasp
ing selfishness Of a. dwindling minor
ity.
Reorganization offers a haven Of re-
fuge for the oppressed Of all nations
upon terms Of equality, of equal rights
and duties to men and women,
Reorganization imparts strength, de-
velops independence and manhood: it
cements the bonds of commo on interest
in a wider field Of mutual endeavor
and in the promotion of the common
welfare.
Reorganization stands as a. barrier
against the selfish interests and en-
croachments of intrenched wealth and
Its destructive tendencies to reduce
the masses Of the people to state of
semt-pauperism during periods Of in.
>dustrial depression.
Reorganization analyses and rejects
the sham reforms and false pretenses
Of so-called philanthropists; it ex-
poses the fallacies Of the doctrines of
political economists in their efforts to
justify the poverty and degradation of
the masses.
Reorganization imparts the banner
of lofty ideals, Of new hopes and aspi-
ratfons, bearing new message dedi-
Gated to the promotion Of the general
welfare Of the toilers Of the land.'
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Commission PROBES
NEW JERSEY PRISONS

Trenton, N. j., Feb. S.-Chairman
Dixon Of the special commission to
investigate the state prison and other
penal institutions has notified news
paper men that Governor Edge has
authorized him to say that contract
labor at the prison would be stopped
just as soon as it can be accom-
plished.
The shop where prisoners work on
a mat contract was declared by Gov
ernor Edge to be a. generator of tu-
berculosis, while Principal Keeper
Hughes characterized the place as a
"hell-hole." The latter told the COM
mission that often unruly prisoners
were sent to the mat shops instead of
the dungeon. The dungeons were in
spected and those below the ground
were found to be without toilet facil-
tiles and convicts who have been con-
fined in them said they were chained
by the wrist and compelled to assume
a STOPPING position.
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The text Of the bill is as follows:
Section i. It. shall not be unlaw-
full for working men and women to
organize themselves into or carry on
labor unions for the purpose of
lessening the hours of labor or in
creasing the wages or bettering thes
condition of the members OF such
organizations, or carrying out their
legitimate purposes as freely as theSr,
could do If acting singly. +
"Sec. 2. No restraining order or
Injunction shall be granted by anyI
court of this state or any judge or
judges thereof in any case involving
or growing out Of a dispute concern
Ing terms or conditions of employ.
ment, unless necessary to prevent ir-
reparable injury to property or to g.
property right of the party making
the application, for which injury
there is no adequate remedy at law:
and such property or property right
must be described with particularly
in the application, which must be in
writing and sworn to by the -appli-
cart or by his agent or attorney.
r. ''Sec. 8. No restraining order or
1nJunctlOn snail prOh1Dlt any person
or persons, whether singly or in con-
cert, from terminating any relation
of employment or from ceasing to
perform any work or labor; or from
recommending. advising or persuad-
ing others so to do; or from attend--
ing at any place where any person
or persons may lawfully be for the
purpose of obtaining or communicate
ing information; or from persuading
any such person to work or to abstain
from working; or from ceasing to
patronize any party to such dispute;
or from recommending, advising or
persuading others so to do; or from
paying or giving to or withholding
from any person engaged in such
dispute any strike benefits or other
moneys or things of value; or from
assembling in a lawful manner and
for lawful purposes: or from doing
any act or thing which might law
fully be done in the absence of such
dispute by a single individual; nor
shall any Of the acts specified in this
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IS EXPELLED: BY
MACH|N|STS' UNION
Detroit Man, Under Suspicion for
Long Time, No Longer Men,
ber Of Organized Labor.

DETROIT, Mich, Feb. 8.-William
Earl Underwood, for years one of the
most active labor men in Detroit, was
expelled from his local of the Inter-
national Association of Machinists.
last week.
Underwood has been completely
driven out Of the ranks of organized
labor and the International Associa-
ton Of Machinists will make the fact
known all over this country and
Canada.
Underwood was always here, there
and everywhere in Detroit and Michi-
gan labor circles.
He was member of the executive
board of the Detroit Federation OF
Labor until recently, when he was
withdrawn as delegate to the
Federation of Labor.
He always dressed we'll, had his
touring car and was g. good mixer -
He always seemed to be about, but no
one understood how he lived. He
had not worked in a shop as ma.
chinist for a considerable time, al
least, and for some time has been
under suspicion in his own organiza-
ton.
Underwood is not member Of or
ganized labor today and organized
labor wishes this fact known.
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GARMENT WORKERS
GAIN IN BALTIMORE

BALTIMORE, Feb. S.-The firm OF
L. Grief & Brother, clothing manufac-
turers, has signed an agreement with
United Garment Workers union, local
No. z.
None but good standing members of
this union shall be employed. If the
union is unable to furnish operatives
the firm may employ non-members,
with the understanding that they
must must apply for membership in
local No. Z, within two weeks. The
union reserves the right to reject any
application. and in that event the firm
agrees to dispense with the services of
the rejected applicant.
Forty-eight hours shall constitute a
weeks work and no member shall be
penalized for refusing to work over
time.
Wages are increased 10 per cent,
with double time for work done on
Sundays, Christmas, New Years,
Fourth of July, Labor Day, and
Thanksgiving.
Cancellation and arbitration ar
rangements for the settlement OF
grievances are included and it is fur
ther agreed that any employe BILE
to remain at work because of weather
conditions shall be paid for time lost
at the prevailing wage rate.
The agreement benefits 700 opera
tives. While the gains are most SUBJ
stantia1, they are of more than local
significance, because this city has been
one of the centers of noisy secession
movement that has Attemnted +o
check the activities of the bona fide
trade union movement, represented
by the United Garment Workers
union. The agreement is a hard blow
to these secessi ionists, who are being
successfully resisted through a vigor.
Gus agitation conducted by the local
federation of labor and it's president,
John Ferguson.
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Foundation is done by a publicity
man, Mr.. Ivy Lee, who has no official
relation to these foundations and
whose publicity work is not submitted
to the trustees before going to the
publisher.
The writer stated that 1T is now
notorious that the Carnegie pension
plan has overreached itself and
broken down and that colleges have
found their tongues and hearts for
the first times in 10 years."
Mr.. Allen said "there is reason to
fear" that the Carnegie corporation
has subsidized the publication and ad-
vertisement of books by Messrs. Root,
Taft and others which attack modern
tendencies in government.
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SENATOR CAMPBELL
.;j0NNsU|l|B|OR II UNION

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Feb. s:-Labor
union membership in the state senate
was increased 100 per cent this week,
when Senator William A. Campbell
of Minneapolis, was initiated into
Retail Clerks union No. $50 Of Min
neapolis, Monday evening.
"Bilr' Campbell has been a good
union man for 20 years, although
he has not held card. His heart
beats for the cause of labor and he
can always be found on the side of
labor when fight is on in the legisla-
ture or out of it.
Heretofore Senator Jones Of Du-
luth was the only member Of the
Minnesota senate who carried a union
card.
Senator Campbell is the chairman
Of the senate committee on labor.
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DulutLian Tcstifies.
o. E. Thompson of Duluth, presi-
dent of the Jitney Drivers union, told
the committee of attempts to organ
ize the iron miners Of the Guyana
ranges into the International Union of
Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers. He
gave his testimony, he said, to show
that the mining companies refuse to
Go business with any kind Of a labon
organization. He made a good i'm
preston with the committee.
Mayor Boylan of Virginia stated
that in his opinion the troubles on
the ranges would continue until such
-.me as the mining interests would
agree to do business with responsible
labor unions. He denied that the l..
w. w. started the recent strike, claim
ing that the strike broke out at the
st. James mine at Aurora, and the 7.
w. w. were called in only after an ap-
peal had been made to the State Fed
Grafton Of Labor for assistance, and
such appeal had gone unheeded.
He said that conditions had been
greatly improved on the ranges since
the strike was called; that the basis
of complaints formerly made by the
men had been removed and a condi-
ton of general satisfaction with con-
ditions prevailed at the present time.
George Andrecyhnine, of Hibbing,
a young Bulgarian. was kept on the
witness stand by the committee from
2:3O Tuesday afternoon until II
o'clock at night.
Andrecyhnine made deep impress
! sion, of that there is no question. He
is only 23 years Of age, and speaks
eight or ten different languages. He
said he came to this country in June,
1913. He has mastered the English
language since that time. Questions
put to Andrecyhnine developed that
he was deep student of economic
questions. He told of the allurinE ad-
vertisements held out by American
steamship companies to his country
men in the Balkan states; that these
advertisements tell the young men on
the farms in those countries that
America is land Of promise; wages
unbelievably high, all in an attempt
to induce the people Of Southern Eu-
rope to come to this country and take
their places in American industries.
Andrechyninc' testimony has prov
en- by far the most interesting feature
of the investigation.
Editor Atkinson Of The Mesaba Ore
also testified this week. He said he
had lived in Hibbing for many years;
had an opportunity to observe indus
trial conditions from a. close range.
He said the newspaper reports of the
troubles up there were greatly exag-
gerated. and in many instances delib-
erately untruthful.
He also said that the attitude of
the mining companies in refusing to
do business with so-called responsible
labor organization was, in a great
measure, the cause of the present
trouble up there. He added that these
troubles would continue until the min
Ing companies reversed that attitude
and recognized the principle of COL
lective bargaining between employer
and employe.
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BILL OUTLINES RIGHTS Of
WORKERS ORGANIZATIONS
Senators Gardner and Jones Introduce Model Measure
!. Prepared By American Federation Of Labor
Has Endorsement of State Federation.

ST. PAUL, Minn Feb 8-A bill limit the power of state
courts proceedings introduced
day by Senators George Gardner of Braned Richard
OF Duluth 1t also outlines just what the rights Of workgen
organizations shall be in their relations EMPLOYERS
The bill model prepared by the executive the
Federation OF Labor
courts Clayton act cus the courts
The American Federation Of Labor wishes
all the various states The State Federation ndoed
the BILL and the Of be on hand
st. Paul throughout the session will
have the passed.
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WEALTHY EDUCATORS
BARRED BY SENATE
Government Bureaus Cannot Ac-
5cept Aid From Individuals or =
Organisations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The SEN
ate has made it illegal, punishable by
fine of $1,000 or six months i'm
prisonment, for any government bu-
reau to receive any money or the
services Of any person who is paid by
any individual, organization or such
D. Rockefeller and Andrew Carnegie.
It was shown that there are II per-
sons employed by the federal bureau
of education at Washington who are
paid an annual salary Of 81 a year.
Their actual salary is paid by organi-
cations having no connection with the
federal government.
Especial collaborators" to the num-
Der of 4s are employed by the bureau
of education under the same plan,
and about the same number are paid
an annual salary Of 81 for occasional
service to the bureau.
Senator Chamberlain started the
fight against possible "big business
control of our educational system.
Senator Kenyon declared that colleges
that have asked aid from the Rookie
teller Foundation have been forced
to change their studies before f1nan-
cial assistance was granted.
Discussion brought out the fact that
any Of these privately-paid employees
will investigate a question at the re-
quest Of the bureau of education and
the document then becomes a govern
ment publication, issued and forward
ed by tho bureau of education under
franking privileges. Under this
scheme, it was shown, private indi-
viduals or organizations, can have
their views scattered broadcast with
out cost and bearing the governments
stamp Of approval.
Senator Chamberlain read a letter
from William H. Allen. Director of
the institute for public service, New
York, who declared that ''the pub
licity work for all the Rockefeller
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MANY CHILDREN
ARE EMPLOYED

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. s.-Those cit-
liens who have believed this state led
in child labor laws have been shocked
to learn that more than $4,000 under
II years of age are engaged in gains
full occupations. according to a report
Of the Missouri Children's Code Com-
mission. "
The average Missouri county does
little beyond a public school system
for the welfare Of children. Many OF
the districts are overcrowded and
even in the larger cities children, be@
cause Of lack of facilities, go to school
only half g. day. Still other districts
have too few pupils, the commission
states.
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Senator D: P. O'Neill Of Thief River
Falls is one Of the best friends or
ganized labor has IN the legislature.
He was first elected to the legislature
in 1892, indorsed~.by the Farmers
Alliance. =. It, -. -
Mr.. O'Neil1 stood by labor. in its
fight for the semi-monthly pay day
law, for the initiative and referendum
and equal suffrage
He is a keen student Of economic
questions. recognized for his fairness
and ability, and can generally be
found where tie fight is the thickest
when any measure affecting the pub.
lie welfare is being considered.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-02-10
FAVOR SHORTER
WORKING DAY

OLYMPIA, WASH, Feb. s.-The
Washington State Conference for
Social Welfare made this shorter
work day declaration at it's con-
ventiOn held i'm this city,
"FOr the purpose of m1nimizing
unemployment and conserving the
health Of the workers, promoting
Industrial efficiency and high citi-
zensh1p, we favor the shortest
possible work and business day,
with eight hours maximum during
n 24-hOur period, a six-day week
for all labor with Saturday half
holiday wherever possible, or in
lieu thereof, n mid-week half holi-
day for all VOrkers.o
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|, Y, v, HEARING PRODUCES
INTERESTING INFORMATION
House Committee on Labor Delvng Into Industrial Coni
tions in Northern Minnesota Mining Companies Re-
fuse to Deal With Labor Unions

ST. PAUL. Mnn Feb S-The hearing being held before the
house committee labor relative to the disturbances Northern
Minnesota continues hold the attention of the majority of the
members of both The its proceedings
under but the hearings are being conducted in orderly
present. despite statements to the contrary.
And the committee is getting information. That is the i'm
thing Members of the labor committee generally had
idea of industrial conditions the iron and in the
lumber and the investigation bringing light facts
and conditions they had not dreamed Of before.
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OPPOSE ALLEGED
PENSION PLAN

SEATTLE, WASH, Feb. S.-The
Central Labor Union has called on
trade un1On1sts and friends to de-
feat an old ,age pension measure
for municipal employees that has
been indOrsed by the city council
and which will he submitted to a
popular vote next month.
The uniOnists declare the plan
should be labeled compulsory in
surance. Employees will be forced
to contribute but no provision II
made for any donation by the mu-