Denver labor bulletin., 1918-12-14

the Democratic parties toward labor
many promises to labor before the el
tion is over is given as the principle
The following is the platform Of the
new independent political labor party
and is embodied in the Federation's
fourteen points.
Labor's Fourteen Points.
/. The unqualified rights of work
ers TO organize and to deal collectively
with employers thru such representa-
tives of their unions as they choose.
,. Democratic control Of industry
and commerce for the general good by
those who work with hand and brain,
and the elimination Of autocratic dom
nation of the forces of production
either by selfish private interests or
bureaucratic agents of the govern
ment.
8. An eight-hour day and a forty
four-hour week in all branches Of in
dustry with minimum rates of pay
which, without the labor of mothers
and children, will maintain the worker
and his family in health and comfort.
and provide n competence for old age,
with ample provision for recreation
and good citizenship.
l. Abolition Of unemployment by
work at standard wages thru the sta
bilization of industry and the estab-
lishment. during periods OF depres-
sion, Of government work on housing.
rrnd building. rcforestation. reciama-
ton of desert and swamp, and the de-
velopment of ports and waterways.
8. Complete equality of men and
women in government and industry,
with the fullest enfranchisement Of
women. and equal pay for men and
women doing similar work.
6. Reduction Of the cost Of living
to n just level, Immediately and as
permanent policy, by the development
Of cooperation, and the elimination
of wasteful methods. parasitical mid
dlemen and all profiteering in the Gre
alton and distribution Of the products
Of industry and agriculture in order
that the actual producers may enjoy
the fruits Of their toll.
7. Demonstration Of education in
public schools and universities thru
the participation of labor and the or
ganized teachers in the determination
Of new methods, policies and programs
in this fundamental field.
8. Continuation after the war of
soldiers and sailors insurance; ex-
tension of such life insurance, by the
government without profit. TO all men
and women; the establishment Of gov
ernmental insurance against accident
and illness, and upon all ipsurable
forms of property.
Q. Liquidation of the national debt
by the application of all inheritances
above 100000, supplemented as may
be necessary by n direct capital tax
upon all persons and corporations
where riches have been gained by war
or other profiteering; and payment OF
the current expenses Of government by
graduated income taxes, public profits
from nationally owned utilities and re-
sources. and from system of taxation
of land values which will stimulate
rather than retard production.
10. Public ownership and opera
tion Of railways, steamships. stock
yards, grain elevators, terminal mar
kets, telegraphs, telephones, and all
other public utilities; and the nation
alization and development of basic
natural resources, water power and
unused land, with the repatriation Of
large holdings, to the end that return
ing soldiers and sailors and dislocated
war workers may find an opportunity
for an independent livelihood.
IL. Complete restoration. Mt the
earliest possible moment, Of all funda-
mental political rights, free speech,
free press and free assemblage; the
removal Of all wartime restraints
upon the interchange of ideas and the
movement Of people among communi-
ties and nations; and the liberation Of
all persons held in prison or indicted
under charges due to their champion
ship of the rights of labor or their
patriotic insistence upon the rights
guaranteed them by the constitution.
IL. Representation Of labor, in pro-
portion to its voting strength, in all
departments Of government and upon
all governmental commissions and
agencies Of rehabilitation and recon-
struction; and recognition Of the prin-
ciples Of trade unionism in the relo-
cation Of soldiers, sailors and war
workers in peace pursuits, with ade-
quate provision for the support and
exteDsion Of the department of labor
as the principal agency therefor.
13. Representation of the workers,
in proportion to ..h..s.ir numbers in the
fConiluned on Isnwa Fiva,