The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-12-02
FAvORS A CHECK OF CAPITAL SAYS
 A. F. OF |. MAN

Washington, Dec. 2. - Organized Iabor's attitude toward many ques- tons pending and likely to come be- fore Congress was outlined today by Matthew Wolf, vice president of the American Federation of Labor5 re- plying to 8 series of questions sub mitted to labor leadrs by Chairman Hays of the Republican national com mittee.
 To make the fruits of labor more effective for the welfare of the coun- try, capital and labor, Wou declared, must be placed on an equal footing, by making all corporation charters provide that under their powers the holders might deny employees the right to organize, bargain collective Iy through representative of their own choosing" or to determine for themselves the conditions and rela- tons of their service.
 Without this check on corporate powers, he said, the domestic con- flict now raging cannot, and will not be permanently ended"
 Discussing plans to settle or mini Inize industrial unrest, MT. Wou de- cIared arbitrary exercise of unwar- ranted and unconstitutional authority by our courts could not allay it, add ing that ito avoid building up of d judicial autocracy' the word of the Supreme Court, State or federal, shoh1d not be final on the constitu- tionality of an act. He proposed re- enactment of the measure.
 No Government by Injunction.
 'tGovernment by injunction should be prohibited, the rights and liberties Fn guarded, and the upbuilding of jul diciaI autocracy made impossible for all time to come" MT. Wou said.
 Congress, he said, should speedily approve the covenant of the League of Nations, including the labor pro- visions contained in this remarkable document, which holds the hope for future peace of the world in its keep ing, instead of flibustering and fddl- ing away like Nero while Rome was aflame." Measures to prohibit child labor total exclusion for two years, a gov ernment employees minimum wage and retirement act, Q federal em- ployment service, elimination of con vict labor competition, soldiers land legislation, State loans to home-build- CTS and repeal of all taxes on ne
 
 MT. Woll denounced the pending bill for railroad control offered by Senator Cummins, Republican, Iowa as the most un-American piece ot legislation ever proposed by any one," and suggested that the rail roads be not returned to private op- eration for two years, to permit the people meanwhile to say what should be done with them.
 In no circumstances, he contended l should any commission or other l agency be authorized to fix wages oI i hours, and while the federal com. pensation law has done good, il | should be amended aS to it's rates tc | keep paces with the cost of Hv, i ing.
 Women should receive equal treat 1 ment and pay with men, but should 1 be given tasks only proportionate tc l their physical, strength and potentia motherhood, the letter stated. 1 Discussing accident and unempIoy 1 ment insurance, MT. Won declared 1 the true solution was to strike at un | employment of many of the season 1 able industrial undertakings.'' Tht l United Mine Workers, he said, in ask | ing for a fve-day week, were ''ir 1 reality asking for a greater period O 1 work rather than a greater period O. 1 idleness.' Universial observance of tht l eight-hour day would tend, he said 1 to adjust conditions of unemployment 1 in many industries. If these matter! 1 were adequately dealt with, he added 1 workers could lay by savings to care 1 for their families in times of stres! | or idleness.
 i Answering a question as to whether | labor desired "to participate in the l control and management of industry /! and share in profits and losses,'' MT l Wou said, prof1t-sharing as thus fal | proposed was "a shame and a fraud and a cloak for excess profits" Int l suggestions as to sharing profits ana | losses ''oorders on the aburd," MT Wou said, adding:
 If workers are to share in tht lossess, then let us establish shoI
 Soyiets and let the worker also man | e4e and operate the entire industries
 nerican labor demands only a voice
 i'd control in such industrial matter. 5s~nd management as affects their in terests as workers and which are de
 termined largely by their contracts o: l employment"
 "He that giveth to the poor 1endetl