Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-06-20
LABOR IS URGED To
DISREGARD COURT
INJUNCTION ORDERS
''Usurpatlons of Judiciary"
Scored in ReSoIution-Re-
stricted immigration Fa-
Vored in AnotherR Resolution

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. June 10
in resolution adopted at it's con-
vention here today condemning what
were declared to be "usurpations by
the judiciary" Of the governments
legislative and executive powers
recommended that organized labor
disregard injunctional DEGREES OF
courts on the ground that such de-
crees violated rights guaranteed UNI
der the constitution.
The memorial demanded tina
judges who exceeded their author
ity should be promptly impeached.
1t asserted that "our courts and
judges have been disregarding this
rights Of the people and EXERCISING
powers more tyrannical than any as
sumed by the most tyrannical des
pot ever known to history"
The resolution charged furthey
that the courts had subordinateG
the legislative and executive de
partments of the department.
through their will.
The courts were described as "a
sinister influence which is sappins
the life from our institutions and
creating the worst sort of an autoc-
racy."
Want Courts Reorganized
A recommendation presented by
the federations executive counclI
was adopted as part of the resolu
ton recommending the supreme
courts of the states and the United
States have some of their powers
taken away from them and be re-
organized.
The American Federation of Labor,
in annual convention here, adopted
striction of immigration during the
reconstruction period.
Peter Bollenbacher. of the Pen
sylvania State Federation of Labor
asserted that railroad managers
control a failure and running un
needless expenditures. He urged
federal investigator.
number of resolutions before the
convention advocated continuation of
federal control of the roads and
eventual government ownership.
The case of the machinists' organ
ization was due for settlement at
this time. This organization was
said to have declined to recognize the
authority of the American Federation
and several delegates sought to have
the convention reprimand 1T. The
machinists were declared to have de-
fed the federation on IL different
A resolution urging that the gov
eminent Immediately undertake a
building program in. order to ale
| viate unemployment, was ready fol-
| action today. ~
Percy Thomas, deputy ifternas
| tionaI president of the striking teleg-
raphers. was here ready to seek the
moral support of the convention for
| the strikers. Thomas did not con-
fer with President Gompers yester-
day.
Gompers sat with the committee
preparing the executive councils re-
port until early this morning.
More than 100 resolutions remain
to be acted upon. .t...
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j., June IL
Following a sharp debate, during
which several of the delegates al
most came to blows, delegates to the
| American Federation of Labor cor
vention here adopted a resolution
| late this afternoon refusing to in
4 dorse the general strike called for
July as a protest against the i'm
| prisonment of Tom Mooney, and
! censuring the Mooney defense COM
mittee for it's alleged efforts to dis
| rupt tn eAmericanJ Federation of
| Labor.
The resolution, however, directed
| the executive council of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor to Ecker {
every effort to bring about new
trial for Mooney through recognized
processes"
| Organized labor struc ka blow at the
! Bolshevik element in it's midst when
the American Federation of Labor in
| convention here introduced a reso-
luton denying labor's recognition Of
soviet Russia.
A resolution urging congress to rec
ognize the Irish republic and recon-
mending that representatives of the
| Irish republic be given hearing at
| the Paris peace conference, was
adopted Tuesday by the American
| Federation of Labor, in convention
here. The memorial placed American
organized labor as being 81 IN II favor' OF