New Britain herald., 1917-03-13

this remedy to the New Britain pub He. the executive council was adopted an-. animously on . viva voce vote. Keynote of Statement.
 The keynote of the 5000 word statement is contained in the fol- lowing paragraph: s
 We hold this to be incontrpvoFt. tble that the government whtoh d0-, mands that men and women GivG 9heiF labor power. their bodies sor NAelr lives to It's service should also. de- mand the service in the interest of. these human beings of all wealth and { the products of human toil--p -prop+ erty. sa <.
 we hold that if workers may bs: asked in time of national peril or emergency to give more exhausttn9 service than the. principles of hurnan welfare warrant that service should be asked only when accompanied by increased guarantees and safegua<ds and when the proflts which tho em- ployer shall secure from tho industry in which they are engaged In haye been limited to fixed percentages.
 The conference was called by Pres- ident 0ompers in . letter to heads 0fS all national and international unions af1lliated with the American Federa- ton of Labor and i've independent brotherhoods-the four trainmen and the window workers-al also were in-s vitsd to attend and participate in the conference.
 The letter calling the conference contained this statement:
 eff in this formative period the la- bor movement shall clearly enuncl- ate what part it is willing to take in the defence of the republic 1t wdll be in position to have g voice in decld- ing the whole plan of national pre- paredness for defence; but If tho la bor movement should hold aloof and should refuse to proclaim construc- tive program. all wage earners will be forced to accept conditions and meth ods determined by those who do not understand or sympathixe with the aims or purposes of tho labor move ment."
 The Thanks.
 In response to this warning the document prepared by the executive council and ratified by the conference yesterday sets forth the following blanks, many of them lifted almost bodily from the war time demands of the English labor party:
 l. Labor must have spokesmen ..in the councils authorized to conduct the war;"
 ?. Wage earners must hay. ;. voice in determining tho conditions upon which they give service"
 al |. 4 war times to be the recognized de. fender of wage earners'' against tho ''detestable methods of irresponsible greed of heartless corporations and employers.''
 q. This will be accomplished by re- Quiring the service "of all wealth and the products of human toil--prop- erty: by system of fixed percent age of profits derived from war prod ucts of private industry ''based on costs of processes actually needed for production.''
 5. 4 clear dinerentiation must be made against military service for the natiQn and police duty'' when the latter involves service in industrial dispu&es."
 c. There must be no compulsory requirements Of industrial workers in time of war, ''the same voluntary in-. stttutions that organized industrial. commercial and transportation work CTS in times of peace will best take care of the same problems in time of war;
 z. Finally, in order to safeguard all the interests of the wage earners. or- ganixed labor should have represen- tation on alI agencies determining and administering policies for nation- al defense"
 Under these conditions the follow ing pledge is made:
 We, the officers of the national and international trade unions of America, in national conference as- sembled in the capital of the nation. hereby pledge ourselves in peace or war, in stress or in storm, to stand sunreservedly by the standards of liberty and the safety and preserva- ton of the institutions and ideals of our republic"