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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

secured child labor law and although it
has been declared unconstitutional. we are
again at work 10 secure a law for ma
protection Of our children. Better than
all we have established the concept in law
and in administration that the interest and
welfare of the workers are paramount, and
this not only IN the laws OF our republic,
but in the laws Of oar states and munich.
palities
There are other laws in the interest OF
labor which we have secured. more than
can mention offhand. but far above ali these
are the Improvements brought into the lives
and work of the toilers by their own actions
as organized workers We have established
unity of spirit; we have brought about the
extension of organization among the for%
merly unorganized, and our organized free
existence to function and to express ours
selves is now practically unquestioncd
Suppose in 1912 we had had a labor
party in existence; do You think for mos
ment that we could have gone as the Ameri-
can labor movement to the other political
parties and said We want you to inaus
gurate in your platform this and this decla-
ration? If one Of the parties had refused
and the other party consented and took its
chance, would the American Federation OF
Labor have been permitted 10 exercise that
independent political and economic course
if the labor party had .been in existence?
How long would we have had to wait for
the passage OF a law by Congress declaring
law, in practice and in principle, that the
labor of human being is not commodity
or an article of commerce the most far
reaching declaration ever made by any COWS
eminent in the history of the world ?"
In conclusion he voices his distinct aps
prehensions:
81 would be recreant to the great labos
movement and all it pretends now and for
the future if l did not take You into my
confidence, mon and women of labor. and
tell you what | have told you. | am appreA
hensive, justly so, justified by every event
in the whole history Of labor, that great
mistake may be made. a great injury IN
ficted upon our fellows. not for day, not
for year, not for decade. but perhaps
for many, many, many years to come
want to present that view to you so that
you may understand the situation clearly
81 have spoken calmly and without ccrc-
mony attempt to touch your feelings,
but simply to touch the innermost recesses
Of your minds and to lay before you the
responsibility which rests upon YOU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
" american Labor PARTY

% The administration of local educa-
tlonal systems by elective and paid boards
of education.
go College and university training free
to all who qualified.
(4) Demonstration of education in
public schools and universities and public
Libraries through the tcipation of la
Dor and the organized teachers and libra
rians in the determination of new Methods
policies and programme in this fundamental
field. That extend the principle of
free public instruction and the furnishing
of free textbooks to colleges and univer-
stiles.
To avoid during the readjustment period
the national waste that would come from
the idlcness of millions of men we recon-
mend that the nation, the states and the
municipalities undertake at standard rate
of wages and hours engineering projects
Of national magnitude which would give
emp oyment to discharged soldiers and
displaced civilian labor, and thereby per-
mancntly enhance the productive capacity
of the nation, such projects as; Utiliza-
ton of water power; development of ir-
IlBdtIOl, canals anu ports, ROAD DullulnRj
government housing; re-forestation, and
reclamation Of arid and desert land
We favor the universal enforcement of
an American minimum of living, which
is to secure to every member of the COM
munity in good time and bad alike and
not only to the strong and able, the we'll
born or the Fortunately, all the requisites
Of healthy life and worthy citizenship. And
as practical measures toward carrying
out this minimum we include the fol-
lowing:
lA) Minimum Wage Law. We hold that
every adult worker should be guaranteed
ii basis wage sufficient to provide all re
quircmcnts for n full devc lopment of body,
mind and character, and to aid in promot-
ing such just condition we demand that
in all industry n democratic board of adj
justment shall be created composed equal
~ of representatives. of workers and en-
poycrs to (D establish standard wage
based upon the average cost of supporting
a Family Of five persons
OBJ The standard Working Week and
Working Day. standard working week
shnll not exceed forty-four hours, and n
standard work day Of eight hours, further
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

to be reduced when necessary to mini
mize unemployment.
Co Right to Organize. The establish
ment by law of the unqualified right of the
workers whether in private or Federal,
state or municipal employ to organize and
to deal collectively with their employers
through such representatives of their
unions as they choose and the legal rec
ignition of the principle that the worker
has a property right to his job.
CD Social Insurance. To provide pro-
elton for the workers by state insurance
against accidents, disease, unemployment
and old age, and the continuation after the
war of soldiers and sailors insurance; ex-
tension Of such life insurance by the gov
eminent without profit, to all men and
women.
(E) Labor Laws The enforcement and
Improvement to uniform standard
throughout the states of all factory laws
child labor laws. laws protecting women
CO. The being over, we demand the
elimination of all military training from
all educational institutions except the
regularly established governmental mill
tary and naval schools.
Equal Rights for Men and Women
Complete equality of men and women in
government and industry, with fullest en-
franchisement of women and equal pay for
men and women doing equal work, limita-
ton OF hours for women employed in in
dustry, prevention of night work and the
establishment of proper standards for the
protection of their health and safety
throughout the Union.
(Sal In view of the fact that the de
cisions of the Supreme Court have re
tarded the progress of humanitarian legis-
laton in the United States, as is especially
evidenced by the recent Child Labor de-
cision, we favor the curbing of the power
of the Supreme Court to declare acts of
Congress unconstitutional.
(Sb). We oppose any form of prohbi-
ton, curtailing the personal liberty of
the individual.
Representation of Labor
Representation of labor in proportion TO
its voting strength in all departments
Of government and upon all government
commissions and agencies Of demobiliza-
ton and reconstruction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

%RANE dangers confront the fut-
n w ure of the American work.
~ man, President Gompers, O.
the American Federation (
Labor, believes, if labor men pers;s" in
considering the present an OPP tune
moment for the formation Ct d new
political labor party. He ced the
weight of his advice, base, IN his ex-
perience and observation, .th the oppo-
siton to any such NOV rent in an ad-
dress delivered in N y York recently
before a represe>lt| We group of labor
men and women, lice published in The
American Fede4 'ationalist."
After reviewing past attempts of
American labor to take a definite stand
in politics, and drawing examples from
the labor situation in France, England
and Germany, he arrives at the following
conclusion:
THE fact is that an independent political
labor party becomes either radical, So
called or else reactionary, but it is pr-
marily devoted to one thing and that is
vote getting. Every sail is trimmed to the
getting of votes. The question of the con-
ditons OF labor, the question of the stand
ards of labor, the question of the struggles
and the sacrifices of labor to bring light
into the lives and the work of the toilers
all that is subordinated to the one consd-
Grafton of votes for the party
81 have read the fourteen points which
have been formulated for the proposed
Labor party here. Is there one of them of
an essential character to the interests and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

and other trades who will be discharged
long before most Of the army can be dis
banded, and to accomplish this we demand
that the Federal government agencies UNI
dertake the scientific replacement of sol
diers and workers back to their Jobs
Public Ownership of Public Utilities
The public utilities taken over by the
government necessity should be
permanently retained, other public utli-
ties which are the foundation of the sue
cessful reorganization of industry to be
taken out Of the hands of private owners.
We, therefore, favor the municipal, state
and national ownership Of all public utili-
ties, such as railways, telcgraphs, tele-
phones, mines, stock yards grain elevators
irrigation dams and water power plants,
unused lands, and the War Emergency
Fleet Corporation to rccstablish mer-
chant marine, and that it be dcmocratically
managed by the workers.
Reduction of the Cost of Living
Reduction Of the cost of living to a Just
level Immediately, and as "A permanent
policy, by the development Of cooperation
and the elimination Of wastcfu methods
parasitical middlemcn and all protitcering
in the creation and distribution Of the
products Of industry and agriculture, in
order that the actual producers may enjoy
the fruits Of their toll, and the systematic
stimulation and encouragement by the gov
eminent OF agriculture and stock raising.
Democratic Control OF Industry
Democratic control of industry and COM
mercc for the general good by those who
work with hand and brain, and the clmina-
tion Of autocratic domination of the forces
Of production either by selfish private
interests or bureaucratic agents Of govern
mcnt. The equitable sharing of the pro
cceds among all who participate in any
capacity, and only among these, and the
adoption in particular services and
equations Of those systems and methods Of
administration and control that may be
found in practice best to promote. not
profitccring, but public interest
Democratic Control Of Education
Educntion being the keynote to dcmoc-
racy, favor the following;
% The creation of "A department Of
member Of the President's Cabinet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
War Referendum


No war shall be declared by the govern
ment prior to referendum vote of all
voters of the country.
Universal Military Training
We are unequivocaly opposed to any
form of universal compulsory military
training in time of peace
Taxation for Government Activities
To provide sufficient revenue to iquidate
the public debt arising out of the war. to
carry on all public works and improve
ments and to render financial assistance to
certain projects upon which the economic
future of the country and the wellbeing
of the people viii necessarily depend, we
favor az 100 per cent tax on all annual
individual incomes above 100000. and in
addition, taxation to eliminate excessive
lnhertanccs, (b) a progressive increase in
taxes upon all profits, unearned mere
ments and incomes, g the use Of public
profits from nationally owned utilities and
resources and the use Of revenue derived
from a system OF taxation on land values
which Will stimulate rather than retard
production
World Peace and International League
We indorse the programme Of peace aims
and guarantees for world democracy con-
tanned in the fourteen points enunciated
by our President, Woodrow Wilson. In ac
cordance with these principles, we demand
the application Of the principle of self
determination to Ireland We further de-
mand that our government refrain from
interfering in the internal affairs of Rus
STA or any other country, and the immedi-
ate Withdrawal of the armed forces of the
United States from Russia. We favor the
efforts to make the peace Of the world per
manent by the establishing Of league of
nations.
Supplementing the league of nations.
and to make that instrument of interna
tional democracy vitality effective for hui
manlty, we favor league Of the workers
Of all nations pledged and organized 10
enforce the destruction of autocracy. mil
itarsm and economic Imperialism through
out the world and TO establish an inter-
national labor standard to bring about
Worldwide disarmament and open dplo-
macy, to the end that there shall be no
more kings and more wars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Fourteen Points
of British Labor

/. Speedy rehabilitation and no more con-
scripton.
,. Generous treatment for discharged sol
diers and sailors, giving justice not
charity.
}. League of free and peaceable peoples,
with open diplomacy.
4. Repeal of d. 0. R. A. regulations. free
speech in the country, and free men in
Parliament.
5. Taxation for those best able to pay, and
no taxes on articles of food
g. Land reform, including naturalization,
with taxation of publicly improved values
and extended powers of purchase for the
local authorities
7. Public ownership of mines RAILWAYS
canals, shipping and other vital monop-
olics.
s. Home Rule for Ireland, and devolution
for England, Scotland and Wales. and
gradual extension of powers for the
people of India with a view to Home
Rule
8. Adequate houses for the people, with bet
ter security for tenants in their homes.
10. Workshop control by the workers. short
or hours and employment or mainten
ancc, with complete restoration of trade
union rights
II Full and free education for all chill
dren, and a definite raising of the status
of teachers.
II. Free choice and fair opportunity for
women IN all careers, with equal pay for
equal work.
10 Full control of sale of liquor by vote
of the people in their respective dis
trictS.
IA. country with such standard of
social life and economic freedom as Will
make it worthy of democracy and its
many sacrifices.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19


before the citizens of the cour-
try is as follows:
If we, the workers, are to enjoy freedom
and embrace our full opportunities in the
new nation about to emerge out Of the suf-
fering and sacrifice of the great world con-
f1ict now closed, it behooves labor to form
ulate its own programme Of fundamental, go
cial, economic and political change and es
tabish an Independent American Labor
party to carry out that programme. If we are
10 escape from the decay Of civilization we
must insure that what is presently to be
built is a social order based not fight
ing, but on fraternity; not on competitive
struggle for the means Of bare life, but on
deliberately planned cooperation in pro
ducton and distribution by and for the
benefit Of all who partici pate with hand
or brain; not on the inequality Of riches,
but on a systematic approach toward a
healthy equality Of material circumstances
for every person born in the world. There
should be no subject nations, subject races,
subject colonies, subject classes sub
ject sex; but in industry as well as in gov
eminent we propose to build on that equal
freedom, that general consciousness Of
consent, and that widest possible parti-
cipation in power, both economic and polit-
ical which is Characteristic Of democracy.
We, therefore, favor the tentative
platform of the Labor party the following
programme: 4Jitaasv
Restoration Of Free Speech
Tho immediate restoration Of all funda-
mental political rights free speech, free
press, free assemblage, and free worship;
the removal Of all wartime restraints
upon the interchange Of ideas and the
movement Of people among communities
and nations, and the liberation Of all per
sons held IN prison indicted under
charges due TO their championship Of the
rights Of labor or their patriotic nsistcnce
upon the rights guaranteed TO them by the
Constitution, and the restoration to them
Of thcir political and civil rights.
Public Works to Prevent Unemployment
T. is imperative that suitable provislons
against being suddenly turned ndrift with
out resourcc1 should be mndc, not only
for soldiers and sailors, but also for the
millions Of workers in munition works
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

after the President, to whom the party is
looking. This effect defective has often
been commented upon. in connection with
Mr. Wilson'S leading Of his party. He has
not, as rule, surrounded himself with
strong men. He does not appear to have
had keen eye for rising talents N his
party. Some of the young men whom he
seemingly picked out to ego far" have,
on the contrary, quickly fallen by the way.
Never too sound judge Of men, the Pres
ldent has had some misfits and large
number of mediocritics at his side The
result was inevitable, as soon as the party
tell on evil days. 1t could not but feel that
1T was in danger Of being left leaderless and
disorganizcd."
AS a Rehabilitation, however, "The
Evening Post" deferentally touches it's
cap to Mr.. Wilson, and, after paying its
respects to the Republicans present ma
tlonal committee chairman, concludes:
with Woodrow Wilson in command Of
the opposing army they VIII at least know
that they have had fight
The Washington Post" SAYS:
"A political chairman, like the CAPTAIN Of
d p"icoall team, Is either d hero or the
opposite, according to the result Of the
contest. The Democrats won and McCor-
mick was heralded as political leader. He
deserved it, for had his party lost he would
nave been obliged to shoulder the greater
part of the blame for it, The Democratic
party did we'll in making Mccormick its
chairman, and it will do we'll to select as
ms successor man of his type High ideals.
1t has been shown, arc not incompatible with
practical results"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

%HE platform on which the recent
ly organized Labor party will go
| before the citizens of the cour-
tr,r L. ac f0llnu,c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Are Scandinavian
Kings TO Go?

n y HE revolution in Germany has
81 had repercussion in Sweden.
u adding greatly to the Bolshe.
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=
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

visit agitation that already in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19
Representation of Labor

Representation of labor in proportion TO
it's voting strength in all departments
of government and upon all government
commissions and agencies of demobiliza-
ton and reconstruction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-01-19

az wv ANI r gun 90
Nance e. Mccormick, Of Pennsylvania,
guided the committee through the campaign
Of that year 19ls), which resulted in Mr..
Whom reelection, and also in The contest
Tor Congress Lass fall, in which, despite
Fref'dent Wilson'S personal appeals, gen
sfsl and specific, the Democratic party was
s'Ondiy beaten. Mr. Mccormick has now
resigned, preparatory, it is unofficially as-
serted, to accepting the Ambassadorship to
france, which, again unofficially, it is de
s'ared William &. Sharp ~ to quit Mr..
mccormick IL the chairman Of the War
Trade Board. II il certain that the Ambaz-
sanor 10 France will be an offcial Of high
Importance during the period If rcconstruc.
lion. and II Mr. Mccormick assumes the
duties ne viii scrge in Il period Of vital
moment 70 the two republics"
Whereupon. without further comment,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-17

nate thu date when the treaty of
peace should be signed at YER
sailles or elsewhere by German
and American representatives
since by the constitution q treaty
is only a proposal until approved
BY the senate"
1t will be noticed that the su-
preme court uses the phrase ZAP
proved by the senate" instead of
ratification by the senate" for the
tact 10 that strictly speaking the
senate does not ratify but It merely
approves or disapproves OF .
treaty and the power Of ratification
rests with the chief executive.
Thus the decision of the court
plainly confirms the contentious Of
those constitutional lawyers who
in the last II months of contro-
versy have commanded that the
president was the sole Judge Of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-17
Many Give AID
] TO DISPOSE OF
!. HEALTH SEALS
Beheol Childrea and Merchants
Combine Perces 10 Offer Every.
ore An Opportunity.

Have you bought your Red Cross
Christmas seals yet and helped
1ght tuberculosis!
II you have not had an oppor-
4unity, 1t will be possible for you
TO buy them through the school
children who are aiding the drive
wonderfully by their efforts in the
residence section. II you happen
TO be down town doing your Christ
mas shopping. call for rs many Of
4hem a. you can afford to buy at
any Of the following named places
~ business: j
4 E. o. Wales book store and sta
Nonary shop.
q Harper house drug store.
d Bsngston's drug store.
Young L McCombs.
81 L. s. McCabe & Co.
Hickey Bros.
q Red Cross home service rooms.
Rock Island club.
q Postofice.
Il Aid is being given to the drive by
these various merchants and other
Establishments for they realize the
worth while work which is being
done through the National Tuber-
Quiosis association. A fair portion
s0f the money raised in Rock Is
And and the west end of the county
VIII be turned over to local workers
and you will be assisting yourself
end your neighb0r to guard against
the white plague and to combat
those diseases which have taken
hold upon residents of the COM
munity.
The nation at large is confronted
BY some stupendous and staggering
hcts In relation to the inroads Of
tuberculosis upon the land. Tuber-
culosis kills producers, chiefly men
and women between the ages of Is
and 45 1t claims workers, active
men and women in the homes. Of
nces and shops. It causes 10000
deaths in the United States every
year. 1t costs the country in eco
nomic waste alone five hundred
millions annually. More than one
million persons In this country are
suffering from active tuberculosis
right now. 1t Is q menace to every
community, every home and every
Individual.
y And yet tuberculosis is durable
md DJeventable.
i ID spread largely by ignorance,
earelessness and neglect. The Ma
6onsl tuberculosis association and
~ 1000 affiliated state and local
oSganazations wage a continuous
winning war on tuberculosis.
The work Of these organizations
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-17

is financed chiefly BY the sale OF
the Red Gross Christmas seals.
And you can help IN the fight BY
buying and using the seals.
Our own community ID very for
tuuate in having the municipal Gan
atorium for treatment Of tuber-
cular victims. This sanatorium IL
one Of the best in the country and
It has an enviable reputation
among organizations combating the
white plague. And yet there 10 4
vast vital need for Increasing the
work done IN this coGnmunfty for
the sanatorium cannot reach ont
and show ways whereby tubefculo-
sis may be prevented; MOI, can til
eflicient STAG take care OF all the
cases there are. Your contribu-
ton to the fund will help to in
crease the scope Of the fighters in
this big tight, and for every. seal
you purchase, small ~ the amount
may seean to you. there will b IN
indirect return to you through the
application Of . portion Of the
funds for the tight on the dread
disease here at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-12-17

whether the senate had approved
or disapproved Of the treaty which
he had negotiated with foreign
powers and that II was discretion
airy with him to proclaim ratifica-
ton only when he was satisfied
that an international agreement be-
tween foreign governments and
our own had been reached.
Argument for Ratification.
Briefly, therefore, the decision Of
the supreme court is regarded a.
one Of the most effective afgu-
ments that had yet been presented
for action on the part Of the SEN
ate of the United States on the
pending peace treaty. There IL no
peace, says the court, till the sen
ate approves q treaty and the pres
ident procla;ms peace. Mr.. Wilson
can regard the inclusion Of reser-
vations a. not affecting the treaty