The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-11-12

mated 10, rcyunstructuE international
lah"r relations and thus bring To- new
problems and a new era activity and
cooperation uuhampcrrd and unIcr-
verified hy former alliances or old
fouds
The basis OF reconstruction should
Dee tho trade union movements OF the
various countries. We recommend
TINT an international labor confer
ruCo ~ representative of the trade
union movements of an countries be
h'ld az tho same time and place as the
world peace congress that labor may
bee iu touch with plans under cousid-
GRAFTON and may have the benefit Of
information and counsel 81 those par
ticipating 10 the congress
Reconstruction after the war viii
raise new ISSUES. the report hold.
aud the nation caunot discard light
lN IN, idea of service cugcudcrcd by
cooperation Of an classes against q
common enemy. Pointing go the cN-
p%rricncr Of Great britain. the council
SAYS
There has been q recognition OF
tho principl" h q those associated iu
tho work ~ production ought To- have
Il voice IN management 81 those things
concerning their interest aud welfare.
There has been recognition for the
thought that Industrial d~isfrtnchisc-
Wcnt ~ as lust as political disfrauch-
iscmcut
In out ~ ruuutrN there Is ryi
dent iu every kind of war work the
necessity for some" national agencies
Tor better adjusting the supply 90
workers. "" are entering a porioc
whore thorc must be greater c,ou
mn b. the use of the ma power II
"a country. \ central, efficient om-
ploymrut ag"noy with It's branches
Jr" plainly necessary In perform iur
the gigantic task that Is ruw hciur"
the Emergency Fleet Corporation ,ud
iu IA" necessary work uf production
~ war supplies
Federal Employment \~gcncics.
with the withdrawal ot hundreds
ur thousands of men Tor military pur-
puscs Their" is ucccssit, fur read ust-
m'ut i'm the industrial tI"id Ef,'y
tive employment agencies. uudor the
control "f the department 1T hhor
cooperating with local arrurir~ and
associations. wuuld Ice tu IuNaluahl"
adjunct tu our war machiuor, Suvr
agencies viii also Doe kcvnl, needed
iu the transition poriod that viii COL
low tn, declaration ~ pcJo" aud the
work nf GENERALIZATION
~ urge The immediate ur,oS~j'v
at providing for some adequate form
"f employment agencies in this ruur
try. under federal control and c,-
]urdiuutiuF an local efforts along THIS
line
We further recommend that suuIo
action hc taken hN tins convention in.
~istiup upon our government tu mik"
u,h plans for disqualification su thlt
men viii remain iu the "WpluyW"ut
of tho government uutil they can h"
provided with roWuucr1tiNr rmpluy
mcut through government employ
m"ut tgoncto. unless tho> have not
employment opportunities already
open 60 them"
Since b war began th" report
SAYS the American labor movement
ni- secured the best agreements
with the government that have been
secured iu uu> other warning cnun.
tries
The agreements established q new
period m the industrial world says
the report "a period iu which the
government has sanctioned standards
based upon principles Of human wei
fare and has substituted these stand
ards Tor the old system under which
profits were paramount
Foremost among thcs" agreements
are cited the understandings rutoroe
into between the secretary of MAR and
St',ucl uompcrs. president Of the