Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1919-04-03
JUSTICE FOR LABOR PUT IN
PROPOSED COVENANT OF
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS
~ wn-Ltam Allen WHITE.

S;nIs"Titss win clubs and guns ar 4
~.-ipA aaa .s,ais and scaling wax" sel,-
sea;. ft NJ s-sr and uniforms and -
sana- anisl now. Nov enters ii hustlirp
coa fai.ncd man il o~vcralls with a
tt"'f.i. ~ a I'll W. or Az ri, can. u. "A
i'"@bMai'c driil. or a pici., or "a union
War4> ana says. II also am on this ion
saSf!s" tGs- labo- LIZ written into sbe
ct'srsaht Of thu iGagup az nations. ana
"HN@ mat covenant will be- more Oh,
iesa amended :as the %discussion wa.cs
@ssIat IL fhts recognition of labor as enc
81 Asr ~iiartiss at issue in any peace
Ilct never SiN depart from the core
EAG1 IT pe,ce. Two expressions of the
:i:os ~.fent Within the last .cw
weeks havo been made. IN few points
arc HEY disbi11i!ar. One ex prcsaicii is
ttsas OF sne commission on international!
tANOr iei:islation, ,lure or less directed
~ sfr. f.nsa4acrs. amt the other in the
bessie conference OF the International
Aocia1iats.
. JaS Joints Of agreement in conmolss
Ar". iirst. a t1ofeat antagonism to boil
SaesiSna. Dir. G0Nners and his group
"'sxia not AGncciute with the socialist
party hecauxs thAy feared the socialists
~0AAN oss Size the bolslteyists. And
m' *"cislists iE their Berne confer
exec "ese ,s.,m violent In their de-
0uarsaslons "f bolaaevixm. Both Mr..
Iosnpsrs' group and the Rerne social-
III srnlp declare for the eight hour
aay. .s,d n m!:iinum wage which will
SaSs Inc WORKMAN n his family al!
sne r~sf,sforts q. modern civilization and
ct'no'r hisi sn live a decent. l.c,f-rc-
st"'cttn: lie In his community. Eotl.
xfuu:,s demand equal p,y for womeI,
Ia fs:dustry Io.ng the work of men.
Ant noth srulps demand the right to
"festnI;c unions. and that the product
o. chHd labor shall not be permitted
to en,er intc snte irrational commerce.
1neSe tnmnlnn demands OF LABOR. world
vide ia their acceptance. it may be- as.
ssfssscd must liz the labor program for
, next half . decade before the law
nehh'ssS Of eye;y civilized country. For
lt ls S'sSsOtls that unless labor con-
diAsoSs are standardized in the civilized
wnf:n. the knife edge of competition
VA cat into labor. and make such i'm
unrest that the peace Of the
world viii be threatened. For wa ia
2 s'c1SI disease. and il 1t breaks out
IN ons land il may spread to the others.
u Tue importance Of having labor
just and equitable in the
world u as great rs having naval and
uogrRnls among thu nations
and equitable. Hence the tpter-
national labor commission in the league
of nations.
What Gempsrs Asks.
TAs Gofupers group In addition to
nenaansinS Of civilized nations the
prcSfam Just outlined in common With
~" socialists make also demands for
lths following labor program: Trias by
my rather than by injunction. the |
Hsasts OF senmen to leave their ships ,
u a0y psyTt, the abolition OF convict !
aboS in international commerce.. 81
recOSniiion III law and In practice tina.
ABBY Is not a commodity or article :
c"nsrs7eice, the prohibition OF ar
acses IN International com1nerre made. !
. private homes. Girls program may
considered fairly q conservative
a,or program. II IL the minimum
vhscia labor expects. Yet the Berne
ssOgrsrn should NOT be considered us
maximum Sf labor. Kor it is so fur
h boIshevist program that in
serns Inc bolsi.cvist agents de.
lOun.-ed he International socialiss
sosfan AZ tory. reactfonnry and cap
AlA.tA.- Moreover. Swiss labor would
iOt affiliate With the international
'Ot.iliists because the socialists were
conservative. The Swiss had q
FITS 0sp d'ctat which was lost in
shuttle fast November because It
ccafseG during the arnaistice. Swiss
Nor made ce1t1in demands whM.,
NJ government was inclined to@ac-
opt: among other demands was one
" an eiglat-hOur dAy. Now the Swiss
afRaasr Hhh two dozen, cows IN q a..
CO tract. who pats In an 1g-hour day
SokAnE a2ter his Milll and stablinx and
De9ssE his owe. regarded AEas Inbcr
e1aa:sd NJ . bit mighty tightly and
down FRONT hts mountaiu rome
feh Ms gum. which he could use with
recss.on and enthus!asr1. rounded up
- government in certain hotels nud !
sf,s tbs government prisoners for !,
syeTal day.. and as \ result Of thia
'sctansis between the town labor and .
e farm labor. hEof ,wns rather ir-
tatsd and fncl!rcN TO take a gloomy
u things In general. So SWISS
Ib9f declined 70 join tho Berse con-
'rencs. But for AL that, sthe Befne /
,a6evence had III gny mo1Tien&s.
First OF all II was to be an inter-
ktiof:ai conference. And It spent six
the eight Aays Cf ftG scssioH allow.
= the vBrfOus nationalist units to OK
ain and apefogixe for theft rational
y. rA9 the first time aimee the war
y GsTsnan deleGatae were admitted
!, ~ lA10r eoucress. They came in
~ GfUupeg the majority, q wooden
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