Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-13
CONVENTION VOTES
|. TO AID ELECTRICAL
| UNIONS IN WALKOUT
Delegates Declare BurIeson
Gets Out From Under
Wire Control.
CLAIM HE is TYRANNlCAL
OFFICIAL AND is NOT JUST
Resolution Adopted Requires
Gompers to Appoint Commit
tee to Help Strikers.
ENJOYS FROM JAPAN SPEAK
lhey, With British. Urge Closer CO.
operation With American Labor
to Better Conditions.
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CLAIM HE is TYRANNlCAL
OFFICIAL AND is NOT JUST
ENJOYS FROM JAPAN SPEAK
They, With British. Urge Closer Co.
operation With American Labor
to Better Conditions.
IRy Associated rr-..

tBy Associated rr-.-,
ATLANTIC CITY. y. j., June le.-
a strike designed to cripple the tele.
phone systems Of the country will he.
gin Monday, with the full moral sun
port of the American Federation Of
Labor, unless satisfactory workinc
agreement is reached before that time
between Postmaster-General Burleson
ana the International Brotherhood Of
Electrical Workers. which numbers
among its members the bulk of tho
union telephone operators in rho
United States.
by unanimous vote the reconstruct
tion convention OF the fedaratin,
adopted a resolution today rivinp ~.
support to the strike and providins.
that Samuel Gompers, president. shomiI
IHr''ts ton to con. eommlttee from the conven
~ eIectricai workers. the joint com -
mlttee to take up grievances with the
post, !m tbo once nee authorities at Washington
purlng the debate Postmaster-Gen-
eta. hupleson was termed r. ''tyran-s
Meal official by delegates Who ahollghtst
me postal executive would be utterly
lutiie. In this connection referenca
roIs "aS maze Lte to resolution which WEI
which il 1t is passed. president WI
son son VIII be requested TO remove air.
fourleSon. - =
Clnim Burieson Ducks. s
SPONSORS OF the strike-support reso-
hs'oh ,ho de, e,,ate accused Mr. Burieson. during
.ne uebate. OF turning back operating
control of the wire systems OF the
country as means of getting out from
AS adopted, after certain Changes br
the committee. the resolution beran
Win Win the declaration that by a refersnf
aud aum snte s Of the electrical workers
the telephone companies Of the fIni,ea
states n strike had been decided mar
ana ana that the call had been issued for
Ever since August. 1915. i, con,;nnodS
me telephone employees have been
stamS rnS TO secure a working under-
Sthhnarns Whn nrsr with the master-General.
mno promised to establish a WORKING
asrranS ement. but failed 10 do so. and
mas. mas now turned back the operation TO
private control" ~
ny the government 1t was recited tbs
electrical workers had aereements
WIN VII the company. hut the Postmas
new arres per,sistently refused to re-
tion. or to make any provision 70 r.r
.o Tor electrical employees" ana i,
sity ' to safseEana oeeame an an urgent neces-
membership involved"
Have Aided Government.
e.. a, ne resolution also stated ,aat tho
"iicers Of the brotherhood La. -,
The y'aes war 70 sfmraag ffmrlng the prosecution ~
ernment" NC so'
. representatives of Boston teiephone
operators. who recently were on. striE, &
arrived IN Atlantic City today and con-
ierred with numerous delegates, The
no,nn,,ies mem, wes MI XII try to reach an agree
plans TO be In Washington ton,orrow
Ihe convention also adopted today
'esoIution urgins Congress to make
icr;sia,,o tm ;sippropfsation and pass such other
able the United States Emplovment
service 10 continue functionine uufil
basis. PC "'aneh
me Joint committee. which will take
up VI. me s, strike question in Washington
was Was directed by third resolution TO
pirate to bring home to Congress The
necessity for providing immedia,elv
Tor Tor the Employment Service, which will
nave nave TO go out Of business unless
iurther funds are made available for
that. The service was said TO have
proved TO the greetsst value TO labor
ana 10 returning .oldiers.
Speeches by Japanese.
The convention listened to several
addresses by British and Japanese
delegates. who emphasized that closer
co operation between the laboring mon
a means OF preserving the future peaea
OF the world
s; N. Walsh. delegate from Canada.
told the convention that Eve WORKERS
have battle 90 fight. There is no
one TO fight II for US. We must fisbt
II for ourselves. The universal eight
hour day is the practical solution in
Canada, at least. OF the returned sof-s
der problem The eight-hour day is
the first step toward the six hour day.,
The vital Importance OF close CO. =
operation between American and Brit. X
ish nations as means OF insurinx
the future peace OF the world was
today impressed upon the reconstruc~
tion convention OF the American Fed Il
Grafton Of Labor by Miss NJ, Bond
field. delegate from the British Trades
Union Congress- s
British labor" said Miss Bondaeid,
in an address before the convention. &
feels that upon It's attitude and ac,.-
r'ties depends whether the new world Z
is going to be better than the old E
one. There Is growing up among us s
hatred of war. and ,weas
hope partially. through cooperation
with American labor, to be able 6tog
create condition which will make
war both unnecessary and impossibless
We have heard that Lloyd George orIS
this person or that won the war; We,
are not interested in that. We AyAa,
In the winning OF 4 pcf.Ja
peace." Jtif s.s y VA
Thr British Delegate said that orr.
sanized British labor had foreed Bri Il IS
ish employers 70 pay S1pien 'yaEs4