Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-07-04
SENATE BILL
HITS |. W. W.
Anti-SyndicaIist Measure Is Ap-
proved in Upper House by
Vote of e to a.
NOT AIMED AT SOCIALISTS
Provides $1,000 Fine and Two Years
imprisonment for Persons Con-
Victed OF Sabotage and Other
Unlawful Terrorism.

Unlawful Terrorism.
Madison.-By a vote Of % to the
senate last week passed bill, which
it is predicted will be concurred IN by
the house, the purpose Of which is to
drive the l. v. w. from the state. The
measure is Known as the anti-syndical-
list measure.
When Senator Nye brought up the
bill Arnold. the Socialist leader. OBJ
jected to the introduction and asked
Nye what the bill meant.
If Socialism means what Socialists
say it does, the bill viii not affect the
Socialist party" Nye replied.
Arnold persisted in his objection and
the senate suspended the rules in or
der to receive the bill Speaking on
the measure, Arnold declared that the
Socialist party believes in process of
peaceful evolution and that it does not
advocate violence. He expressed the
fear that such a measure will be taken
as slap at the Socialist party and
added that he could not see the need
for such law. Senator Nye said he
did not think the bill was aimed at
the Socialists.
The bill is aimed at criminal syndi-
calism, sabotage, malicious damage to
property and other unlawful terror
ism. 1t says: Criminal syndicalism
is prohibited and any person guilty
thereof shall be punished by fine not
exceeding $1,000 or Imprisonment in
the state prison not exceeding two
years, or by both such fine and inn
prisonment, at the discretion of the
court"
BY vote of 81 to 10 the assembly
concurred in the Nye bin granting TO
discharged soldiers an opportunity to
obtain an education In the higher in
stitutions of learning In Wisconsin at
state expense. The state VIII pay $50
a M Lth for the education of these re-
tuT.ed soldier boys under a system
siddilar to the S. A. T. G. system which
was used during the war. Early last
week this bill was nonconcurred in,
but Assemblyman G. II. Hood of Bara-
boo moved a reconsideration. When
the measure came up the house re-
considered the bin by vote of so to
20 and then concurred in the bin.
The assembly killed the bill appro-
priating $4,000 to the state DEPART
ment of education. This department
has contingent fund of approximate
" $4,000 and, with the $4,000 which
1t now has on hand as a surplus, win
have to make ends meet.
Although the assembly last week
sent to third reading the Skogmo bill,
bringing employees of hotels and res
taurants under the Industrial commits
sion, Assemblyman Kubatski Of Mil
waukee moved q reconsideration and
killed the bill by vote of 46 to 33.
Buckley claimed that the Socialists
bad permitted Gamers TO be exempted
from an eight-hour bill and that there
was no reason why hotels and restaur-
ants should be brought under a law If
Gamers were not. Klein claimed there
was no reason why hotels and restaur-
ants should not be brought within the
supervision of the state Industrial
commission. Assemblyman Ruka
claimed that hotels were already over
burdened with restrictive legislation.
The bill was then killed. The defeat
of this bin means that only one eight
hour measure has gone through this
session of the legislature. This was
the Masiakowski bill which brings
women employees In factories and
shops under the eight-hour law and
limits the amount of overtime to six
hours week. Gamers are exempted
from the provisions of the Masiakow-
ski bill.
The assembly killed the bill provid-
ing for a fish aquarium at Mckinley
beach at Milwaukee and refused to re-
consider the vote by which it killed
the bill holding employees obtaining
transportation with intent to defraud
as guilty of msdemeanor.
After attaching an age limit the sem
ate engrossed the Wilcox bin for sup
Elemental education and Americaniza-
ton of, aliens. The bin now provides
that workmen under twenty-five years
of age who are employed in a commu-
nifty in which there is a vocational
school must either have mastery of
the English language equal to that of
the third grade or they must attend
the school equivalent to eight hours
per week until they learn the lam
guace. Farm lahorers and domestic
servants are exempted from the meas
ure.
American War Veterans to Meet.