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The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

St. Johns, Ensley-Holy communion. 7:9o a. m; Sunday school, 9:90 a. m.; morning service. Il a. m; evening, 7:S0 n m.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

le Methodist-There 2 service on account
 hein 9 at the High- Dr. P. B. Wells will
 the evening service
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

Iurch-The Rev. J.
 Sunday school at px. superintendent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

you of Pepsodent Your teeth are not clean, not safe. They do not long stay white. And you rely for your pro lection on periodic dental cleaning.
 But now science has solved this film problem And this is to ask that you prove it by a one-week's pleasant test.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

West woodlawn Baptist-Rev J. J. Smylie. pastor. morning service at Il o'clock: sermon subject, Fishing Too Near the Shore." Evening prayer at o'clock: topic, The Latest News from Hell" sunday school at 9:S0 o'clock.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

Morning worship at Ii o'clock; sermon topic. "Baptists and the World" Bap7 tist Young Peoples union at D. m.j Clarence Cox, president; Evening wor- ship at o'clock; sermon topic, The
 Practice of Christianity"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

Twenty First Avenue Methodist Rev. l.. Garner Sturdivant Pastor Sunday school 45 o'clock: morning service, il o'clo ok morning topic. Spiritual Drouth E." evening prayer, z o'clock. sermon| subject, Queen Fsthre's Tmpassid dned Cry" Epwort League. 6:30 o'cloek
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-04-06

First Baptist CT R. Hobbs. pastor 9::30 a. m, Mir. C
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
EXPECT S0LoNS
TO tote SQUARE |!
Minnesota Workingmen Keen|y
Interested in Coming Session.
Want State Insurance.

The legislature will convene next
week and the workingmen Of the
United States are taking interest in
the matter. more so than usual. They
have at least one important bill which
they expect the legislature to enact.
No more important measure will come
workingman's home in the state.
Indeed it affects the general public
as much as the, workingman.
This bill provides for the principle
of state insurance in handling work.
ingmen's compensation cases. Under
the present law the compensation
paid to injured workingmen is mere
excuse. In many instances the small
amount paid is a crime. Few men
get square deal, and those who are
entitled to- the most compensation
really get the least.
WOrkingmen Want More Money.
They recognize that if the compensa-
ton under the present law is increas-
ed it will increase the burden on in
with every element that profits under
workingmen's compensation, prin-
cipally the private insurance COM
panies. They must go. as the am
bulance chasing attorney went when
the system was changed from en-
ployers' liability based on negligence
to the present system based on the
risk of the industry.
The insurance companies are more
interested in profit than they are in
giving adequate compensation to
injured workmen. This is true the
world over, wherever the private
stock companies are: still permitted
to do business. The insurance repre-
sentatives have a strong organization
in Minnesota and their influence will
be felt at the state capitol. Labor
has a real fight on and. it will re-
quire Herculean strength to put the
proposition over. but it can be done.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
WOULD RETURN
TO OLD SYSTEM
Number Of Dissatisfied Citizens
Said to Be Working on Re-
vision Of City Charter.

Rumor has it about town that there
is a movement on foot among certain
citizens to initiate by petition a prop
osition to amend the city charter; by
providing for return to the old sys-
tenn. Several visitors to The Labor
World office this week insisted that
committee of citizens was quietly
working on a series of proposed
amendments all having for their pur-
pose a. revision of the present charter
to conform to the old aldermanic
system.
At this writing we are un-
able to state who is behind the prop
osition, but there is no doubt that
there are few people working ear
nestly on the matter. The plan is,
so we are informed, to have a mayor
and council of 18 members. This
would mean the dividing Of the city
into nine wards. Division is said to
obtain among the advocates of the
old plan on the proposition of having
one half the council elected at large.
The mayor will be authorized to
appoint a commissioner of public
works who will also be city engineer,
a commissioner of public utilities, of
public safety and Of public welfare.
The public safety head will be chief
of police, and the public utilities head
will be manager of the water and
light plant The council will elect the
city clerk, city attorney and assessor.
it is said that several boards will also
be revived. These shall consist of
public spirited citizens who will
serve without salaries.
If sufficient number of voters
sign the initiative petition it must
then be submitted to the charter
commission which has no option but
to report it to the council. and it in
turn must then. be submitted to the
people at the next regular election,
| or at special election called for the
purpose. The advocates of the res
toration of the old plan have not set
forth specific reasons for a change.
They probably will be given later.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
RUSSIAN LEADERS MADE UP,
OF CROOKS AND ANARCHISTS
DsrupteFs Who Migrated From America Have Deorazed Rus.
:. sias Factory SYSTEM Ruined Machinery, Shot Down
Woikmen and Prostituted Press,

The trade union represented by the Fedora
on of Labor is the obstacle that will Bolshe
getting foothod the United States The chief
instrumental in introducing in the United States will be
employers who will fail turn their faces toward the
dawning in the Industrial world. -~~>~*~:- ~:
the eminence Boshevm How
know of its dangers? See what is happening The
Bohevik administration said be controlled by clique of W. w.
leaders and anarchists who migrated Russia They
control the affairs of Russia Would have the tribe rule
the United saes American capital and labor have
responsibility upon their shoulders. :>.3:.>
Gustavus Myers noted historian and investigator always
sympathy with labor special inquiry conducted direction of
the League for National Unity makes the ck
less Reds whose teachings sweeping Continental Europe
Here few of them:
That the commee method of rule in Russia has resulted the
of her her factories mills banks and
and in the prostitution of press and government. ~
That workngmen shot down ruhesy and with less
pretext than under the Cars regime.
That the rule of Lenine and Totzk limited large cities
That elections farce and controlled by force of by
Bolshevik leaders.
That the leaders of the soves invariably outsiders, who hold
power by means of oratory alone.
That criminals released Siberia given free punde
criminals pextert being
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
kALL|ES HAVE NOT PUT BAN
ON LABOR PEACE CONGRESS
Strange Ruor Circulated to EmbaaSs Labor at Peace Table
Gompers viii Be There With world Labor Leaders and
Statesmen Will Counsel With Them.

cabc Dispatch from Somewhere in France and in all prob
ability from Somewhere in Amer Historical s ." Justice and
democracy lurk stated that the Frer Cpo 49, comp for
bdden the assembling at Paris of tne ~ is to
the period the conference watch
proceedings official peace delegates from the stand
point of the working people,
The department Washington that nothing
John Frey declare they
nothing objection world conference of labor
Samuel his Presidents Ane Green
Duffy getting ready France They prob
the French British
oppose such a meeting
The story the labor congress Paris be under the
ban have from the incident of the refusal of the French
with the labor
by the labor welcome President Wilson Paris
the lid upon the labor demonstrations and the leaders
Mr. Wilson, whom they consider the spokesman of the inter
ideals of European labor and socialism, they
public However, the Socialist members of the
residence the American President
him the of the working people of France
France has been strained
between Cmnceau and the labor
organizations the the
labor until French
advisable absolutely two
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
WOULD REPEAL: !:
SEAMEN'S. ACT
Furuseth to Europe Opposition
atAon1e Demands AbTogation
Of Worthy. law.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Jan. 2-An-
drew Furuseth, president of the Inter-
national seamen's union OF America,
is now in Europe, organizing the
sentiment of the transport workers
in support Of the La Toilette Sea-
mems act, to: prevent any action by
the peace congress which would pre-
vent its future enforcement. :
The desire Of the commercial lmper-
ialists here and abroad to repeal the
Seamen's act was shown in the SEN
ate last week when senator Fletcher,
one Of the defenders of that measure,
put into the record preamble, reso-
luton and report written by Frank
c.. Munson. chairman of the Maritime
Affairs committee of the New York
Board: of Trade and Transportation,
and endorsed at the last meeting Of
that Board. demanding the in1med-
late repeal Of most Of the important
provisions Of the act. Senator Flet-
cher told the senate that there
seemed to be an organized propa-
ganda in the press and among boards
OF trade and chambers Of commerce
and similar commercial organizations
to nulify various.parts Of this legss-
lation, and he gave 1t his opinion that
the attempt would not succeed. The
objections to the. law We're funsound.
Senator King Of Utah asked
whether it were true. as claimed by
Capt. Robert Dollar~o San Francisco,
that the Seamen's act had resulted
in driving fromthe Pacific coast
practically all American shipping"
Fletcher answered. that Capt. DOL
lar "is very we'll advertised as one of
the great shipowners Of the country,
and from accounts published in the
magazines and newspapers one would
imagine he owned perhaps the great
est fleet flying the American flag.
The fact is. according to my informa-
ton, that Capt. Dollar owns seven
boats, and that the total tonnage of
the whole Dollar line is about $4,000
tons-about one good-sized ship.
"Itis utterly absurd to claim that
the Seamen's act drove the Ameri-
can flag off the Pacific. because the
act has not been in force with respect
to the matters which have been
objected to in it. I think the ships
were sold because they brought extra
ordinarily high prices"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
MAY PUT. kIb0Sh
ON LABOR BILLS
Enemies Of Labor Legislation
viii Glass Measures
with BoISheViSm.

Labor must be careful lest it be
caught in a trap at the coming ses-
sion of the legislature. Every consid-
Grafton has been set aside by the var
ious factions in the legislature oppos-
ed to the Non-Partisan league to
secure united opposition, and an
effort will be made to defeat every
kind of legislation proposed by the
league.
The enemies of labor legislation
will adopt their old tactics. never
fighting in the open but resorting to
all sorts Of underhan methods to
gain their object. They will endea-
vor to Undue the majority members
of the legislature with the same spirit
of opposition to labor legislation for
the same reason that they oppose
legislation, proposed by the Non-par-
! tisan league, in the interest of the
| farmers.
Every bill that spells progress will
be characterized as Bolsheviki legis-
lation. The enemies oi labor legis-
latlon care nothing aDout the rate or
fortune of any member of the legist-
! ure. They will be interested in their
! own success only, and they will take
advantage of the present situation to
! intrench themselves.
OF course if they get too strong
there will be the usual reaction which
! would come two years hence. They
: would force complete alliance be-
tween the farmers and workingmen
j which is now only affected in mea-
! sure. The record of every members
vote would be recorded and it would
be placed in the hands Of every work.
| ingnan and Of every farmer in the
| state.
The members Of this legislature
| have it within their power to save
J their own political careers. and this
will depend largely on the treatment
| they accord to labor at this session.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
Girls were JUST INVITED"
| TO APPEAR BEFORE BOARD

HARTFORD, Conn, Jan. AT a
Tearing before the public welfare COM
nission on compulsory health insur-
.nce, old age pensions and a mini
num wage, one of the commissioners
.sked attorney Goodhart, represent
ng' the manufacturers, if the latter
% not oppose every progressive labor
aw.
"Certainly not" answered the at
orney.
How about the buffers and polish
rs' bill?" asked the commissioner.
The attorey stated that at hear
lg on that bill at the last session of
he legislature three fine, healthy,
obust young girls appeared before the
,omn1ittee in opposition to the bill"
did they appear voluntarily, or
: Pere they sent there?' was asked.
They might have been invited, but
hey were not compelled to appear"
.eplied the attorney.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04

SlOnS to this opposition. Inc 1lrSt
was the unofficial announcement that
France would not send an army to
fight against the Russian Bolsheviki.
The second was the official order to
Paul Milukoff, former cadet foreign
minister in Russia, to leave France
" imme ediately, along with large num-
ber of other exiles from revolutionary
Russia, had come to Paris to help
write the peace treaty.
Two Labor Men Then.
Two men at least, among the dele
gates to the official peace congress,
can claim some connection with the
- labor movement in the past. Emile
Vandervelde of Belgium, minister Of
state,wa before the war the leader
of the socialist movement of Belgium,
which was the political arm of the
labor movement. Bissolati of Italy,
now a member of the royal cabinet,
was likewise al one time leading
socialist and spokesman in lolitics
for organized labor. Bissolati, how
ever, has long since been expelled
from the official socialist organiza-
ton, due to his becoming conserva-
tive at a time when the labor and
socialist movements Of Italy were
becoming constantly more aggressive.
Like the Italian party now touring
1 this country, led by Deputy DEAN
bris, he is no longer on speaking
terms with his old associates. Van
dervelde, on the other hand, remains
a leader of Belgian socialists, ard in
close touch with the socialists of the
continent and England.
If none of the working class repub-
lies of Europe are represented at the
-peace conference, then we may see
little Belgium the sole channel of SYM
pathetic communication between the
premiers and diplomats at the green
table and the congress of spokesmen
,f the worlds organized wage work.
,:.s, outside. Vandervelde may be-
come the go-betWeen in some of the
most important negotiations ever
~ men. True, President Wilson is to
pc at the peace table for at least part
Of the time. and he will lead the
Eight for general princiules that labor
insists upon. But as the head of a
,overnent he will not go into confer
encc with the labor men. as Wander
Felde would do as a matter Of course.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
UNION IS
FOR DRY NATION

BEAUMONT, Texas. Jan. o.
Members Of the local union of the
Ship Carpenters and Joiners of
America have adopted resolutions
favoring national prob lbition and de-
manding no reductionl in wages due
to the end Of the wan until the cost
of living shows a material decrease.
The resolutions demand for all labor
ers a wage equal to>-4t1e cost of liy-
ing plus a reasonable margin.
The local also adopted resolutions
indorsir1g government ownership of
all public utilities, including the rail-
roads. telephoneS and telegraph; de-
manding the extraditicn and trial of
the titled rulers of Germany; de-
manding that the teaching Of the
German language be abolished in
all schools supported either wholly or
in part by public funds, and assert
ing the right to organize for collec-
tive bargaining and the right of labor
or capital to. go out of business as
either chooses.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
STANDS SQUARELY BEHIND WILSON

The reliable supporter President Wilson
has to his peace plan is the American Federation
of Labor, and the influence of the American labor
organization the working people in European
countries. The throughout the world
have their hopes centered on the President of the
United States.
The conventions of the American Federation
of Labor, held since the declarations of war in
1914 instructed the executive council to call
labor peace conference of all nations at the time
and place the peace conference is held by the
belligerent nations, and that at least five dele
gates-one of whom shall be the president of
the American Federation of Labor--be selected
to participate in this conference.
The executive council selected Samuel Com
pers, James Duncan, John R. Alpine, Frank
Duffy and William Green to represent the Amer
lean labor movement 1t is expected that they
will sail early next month for Paris.
The labor mission, composed of Samuel Com
pers, John P. Frey, Charles L. Baine, William
A. Bowen and Edgar Wallace, which visited Eng
land France and Italy, attended the inter-allied
labor conference held at London Sept. II, IS, 10,
1918. The conference declared that in the Of
ficial delegations from each of the belligerent
countries which will formulate the peace treaty,
the workers should have direct representation;
it also declared in favor of World Labor Con-
fes " ue helu at Tie same Ilme ana place as the
peace conference that will formulate the peace
treaty.
The American delegation submitted the fol-
lowing fundamental principles to the inter-allied
conference, based upon the declarations of the
conventions of the American Federation of Labor,
which must underlie the peace treaty, in order
that the sacrifices which were made to safeguard
and realize for the peoples of all nations the
benefits of democracy shall not have been in
vain:
1.A A league of the free peoples of the world
in a common covenant for genuine and practical
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
AMERICAN UNIONS WOULD HEAD OFF B0ISHEVISM
UNITED STATES Spent
$35,5oo,ooo,o(o on WAR

WASHINGTON ! an., 2.-1t
appears from figures compiled by
tho senate committek on appro-
priations that congress- for the fis-
cal year 1918 and 1919 appropriate
ed and authorized contract expend-
itures for the prosecution of the
war with Germany aggregating
some $55,0OO,OO0,O0O. Contract
cancellations and various other de-
ductions made possible by the arm
istice will bring the figures of act
ual expenditure by the United
States on account of the war down
to about $33, 800, 1000, 800.
This for two years is a sum ten
times the money cost, of the civil
war to the northern states during
four years, with a fourth the pre-
sent population Of the United
States. 1t is more than five times
the cost of the Napoleonic wars to
Great Britain; extending over a
period of twenty years. 1t repre-
sents cost per year more than
double that incurred by Germany
or any other chief belligerant in
Europe. 1t is an amount exceeding
the entire wealth of the nation as
late as the year 1876
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04

cooperation to secure justice and therefore peace
in relations between nations.
2. No political or economic restrictions meant
to benefit some nations and to cripple or embar-
rass Others
g. No reprisals based upon purely vindic-
tive purposes, or deliberate desire to iniure but
to right manifest wrongs.
4. Recognition of the rights of small ma
tions and of the principle. mo people must be
forced under sovereignty under which it does
not wish to live"
S. No territorial changes or adjustment of
power except in furtherance Of the welfare of
the peoples affected and in furtherance of world
peace.
In addition to these basic principles there
should be incorporated in the treaty which shall
constitute the guide of nations in the new period
and conditions into which enter at the close
of the war, the following declarations funda-
mental to the best interests of all nations and of
vital Importance to wage-earners:
Il. That in law and in practice the principle
shall be recognized that the labor of human
being is not commodity or article of commerce.
2. Involuntary servitude shall not exist ex-
cept punishment for crime whereof the party
shall have been duly convicted.
3. The right of free association, free as
semblage, free speech and free press shall not
be abridged
4. That the seamen of the merchant marine
shall be guaranteed the right of leaving their
vessels when the same are in safe harbor -
5. No article or commodity shall be shipped
or delivered in international commerce in the
production of which children under the age Of
16 years have been employed permitted to
work.
6. 1t shall be declared that the basic work
day in industry and commerce shall not exceed
eight hours per day.
+. -. z. Trial by jury should be established.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1919-01-04
SEATTLE LABOR UNIONS
WILL ORGANIZE BANK

SEATTLE, ash, JAM, 2-The
central labor councils plans for the
organization of banking institution
are reported to have been fully ma
tured and the promoters are hopeful
of being able to do business in the
near future. The new enterprise will
be known as the Trades Union Sav-
ings and Loan association. It's board
of directors will be composed of
member from each of the unions hold
ing stock. An effort is being made to
interest the grange, farmers unions
and other friendly organizations in
the new venture. .;.~ >'.l ! .. -