The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-08-22
LABOR ARTICLES CANNOT HANDLE
 LABOR EVILS Point Toward Program That May Disturb Do-
 mestic Peace. CANNOT ENTHUSE
 ANY ONE GLASS Make Standard Lowest and Level Down To It, Says
 Thomas.

Washington, Aug 22.---The labor provisions of the peace treaty fail to cope with threatening labor evils and point toward a program which may disturb the domestic peace of the United States, Senator Thomas, Dem. ocrat, Colorado. declared today in the Senate. He expressed grave doubt whether that section of the treaty could be accepted under the constitu- tion.
 The interna tional labor conference to be set up, he declared, would be an important integral part of the League of Nations, though the provisions ere ating it are not included in the league covenant
 'Inasmuch as organized labor cor rectly speaks of itself as a class he said, ."it is entirely apparent to say they including this program in the treaty, distinct recognition and separ- ate organization are given to a class. To enthrone a class, whether by re- volution or by treaty it is but to estrange other classes.
 ''It may be possible to reach the goal of uniformity in the conditions of labor, but I question whether 1t can be done otherwise than by mak- ing the standard the lowest, and lev tlllnS uO"H lO It, oIT1CI in world labor conditions can be at tained only at the expense of the American wage earner. I cannot avoid the conclusion that these arti- cles designed for his physical spirit ual improvement may make him the equivalent of continental wage earn err"
 Referring to the provision that the credentials of delegates to the Inter- national Conference may be passed on by the conference itself, he continued:
 Personally I do not like a covenant whcih subjects the selection of high officials by the Government of the United States for the discharge of inn portant international functions of re- view and possible rejection by an ex- ternal authority. The treaty thus makes the conference a substitute for or supplement to the President and the Senate.
 For some time I entertained a doubt whether Article 405 did not in- vest this conference with a species of legisla tive or treaty making DOW CTS. And proposals for the exten- sion of this power will probably soon follow the establishment of the per manent organization, if I correctly appTenenu lne puTpOTJ OI IIle OlllCldl introduction.
 'I do not look for the early ad- vent of the stupendous upheaval which must come to the structure ot
 the American government before il can constitutionally assent to such ! a delegation of power, but I car well imagine how efforts to secure il would profoundly disturb our do- mestic peace; for the labor program | points that way
 ! He also said he could not avoid tn, | conclusion that certain judicial right' 1 vested by the constitution in Ameri | can courts would be delegated to tn; | tribunals set up by the labor sec l tion.
 Painting a gloomy picture of la bor conditions in this country ana | declaring that organized labor wa! | employing methods which threatel 1 the nations political and social ex | istence. he declared these were tn real matters that should concern leg | islators.