The labor standard., 1919-05-15
the development of ports and water

ways.
 Equal Rights for Men and Women
 Complete equality of men and women in government and industry, with the fullest enfranchisement of women, and equal pay for men and women doing similar work.
 Stop Profiteering
 Reduction of the cost of living to just level, immediately and as a permanent policy, by the development of cooperation, and the elimination of wasteful methods, parasitical middle men and all profteering in the crea; tion and distribution of the products of industry and agriculture, in order that the actual producers may enjoy the fruits of their toll.
 Abolish Kaiserism in Education ' Characterization of education in public schools and universities through the participation of labor and the organized teachers in the determina- tion of methods, policies and pro- grams in this fundamental field. Extension of Soldiers and Sailors Insurance to All Workers 8 Continuation after the war of soldiers and sailors insurance; exten- sion of such life insurance, by the government without profit, to all men and women; and the establishment of governmental insurance against acci- dent and illness, and upon all insur- able forms of property. Tax Inheritance, Incomes, and Land Values to Pay War Debt and Government Expenses 9 Liquidation of the national debt by the application of all inheritances above a hundred thousand dollars, supplemented as may be necessary by direct capital tax upon all persons and corporations where riches have been gained by war or other profiteer- ing; and payment of the current ex- income taxes, public profits from nationally owned utilities and re- sources, and from a system of taxa tion of land values which will stimu- late rather than retard production. Public Ownership of Public Utilities Naturalization and Development of Natural Resources to Furnish Employment for Returning Soldiers and Sailors and Dislocated War r-Workers 10 Public ownership and operation of railways, steamships, stockyards, grain elevators, terminal markets, tel egraphs, telephones, and all other public utilities; and the nationaliza- tion and development of basic natural resources, waterpower and unused land, with the repatriation of large holdings to the end that returning soldiers and sailors and dislocated war workers may find an opportunity for an independent livelihood.
 Restoration of Free Speech, Free
 Press, and Free Assemblage
 II Complete restoration at the earliest possible moment, of all fun damental political rights free speech, free press and free assem- blaze; 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 persons held in to their championship of the rights of labor or their patriotic insistence upon the rights guaranteed to them by the constitution.
 Labor Representation in All Depart
 ments of Government-AndA All
 Governmental Agencies of
 DemObilization and
 Reconstruction
 12 Representation of labor, in pro- portion to it's voting strength, in all departments of governmental commis- sions and agencies of demobilization and reconstruction; and recognition of the principles of trade unionism in the relocation of soldiers, sailors and war workers in peace pursuits, with ade- quate provision for the support and extension of the Department of Labor as the principal agency there for.
 Labor Representation in Peace
 Conference
 l3 Representation of the workers, in proportion to their numbers in the armies, navies and workshops of the world, at the peace conference and upon whatever international tribunals may result therefrom, with the labor of this nation represented by the President of the American Federation of Labor and such other delegates as the workers may democratically designate.
 An End to Kings and Wars
 IA Supplementing the League of Nations, and to make that instrument of international democracy vitally effective for humanity, a league of the workers of all nations pledged and organized to enforce the destruction of autocracy nilitarism and economic imperialism throughout the world, and to bring about worldwide disar- mament and open diplomacy, to the end that there shall be no more kings and no more wars.
 PLATFORM OF THE AMERICAN IAR0R PARTY 0F NEW YORK
 The American Labor Party of New York was launched by the joint Re- construction Committee of the Central Federated Union of New York, the Brooklyn Central Labor Union and the Women Trade Union League. The meeting was held in Yorkville Casino on January 12, 1919, there were over 900 delegates, representing S82 unions