The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-14

tween committees of employees and the management, to meet all prob lens, and asserted that ''it is funda- ental for efficiency in production that the essentials of team work be un- derstood and followed by all"
 Discussing the question of work mems compensation, the report noted the development of favorable senti- ment for the enactment of health in- surance laws" and declaring that the condition was similar to that caused by accidents in industry, asserted that ''the organized labor movement of America ought to formulate a pro- gram upon this subject.
 Dealing with the subject of educa- ton, the report classed the credit for vocational educational progress as due-in part to the activities of the federation, and expressed opposition to tendencies to overweight" the na- tional vocational education board with new duties. It also advocated the extension of part-time school sys- tems, which would finish the educa- ton of minors compelled to start early in gaining their livelihood.
 Porto Rican labor troubles were given some attention, and the report, citing charges brought by MT. Comp CTS against Governor Wager of the isl- and because of the use of insular po- lice in breaking a strike on sugar plantations, asserted that the official action had denied the right of free assemblage and discussion" and said the governor had Followed an unwise trouble-provoking policy"
 The report announced also that the Executive Council, in accordance with the instructions of the last conven- ton, had adopted resolution rec ommending the affiliated unions that no individuals be admitted to union membership unless they were citizens of the United States.
 Reviewing the enactment of nation al legislation during the year, the re- port among other things said that President Gompers and members o1 the executive board had carried out the federation's policies by opposing proposals to import Chinese labor into the United States and it's terri tories, and cited support given tc wage increases flor government em- ployes, and to woman's suffrage. "The American labor movement faces the difficult problems of the flu ture with an organization numerically 1 stronger and more effectively united than ever before," the councils state ment concluded. During the pas months the trades union movemen 1 has earned for itself a recognition ard a value more adequate than eve1 ] previously achieved. It had stooC i the most difficult tests, and demon strated that it is an indispensable part of organization for production and therefore an integral part of thC organization of society.
 Because it is an agency that pro notes efficiency, and is indispensable | to the quickest and most effective 1 production of war materials, it is in evitable that the coming months vii bring great opportunities and increas ing organization. Let us strive tt i take every advantage of these op portunities in order that the workers may be in a position to deal wisel! with the difficult problems of the re | construction period that will follow the war, and thus to establish per nlanently the higher standards of lift and work"
 Besides President Gompers, Danie J. Tobin, treasurer; Frank Morrison secretary. and the eight vice-presi dents of the federation, James Dun can, James O'Connell, J. F. Valentine : John R. Alpine, M. B. Perham, Franl