The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-04-02
NEW JERSEY LABOR MEN
Reject beer STRIKE
Council Saying Strike would
Make Labor Ludtcrous.

The action Of tho representatives OF
labor unions of New Jersey in voting
down The proposal for mo beer. no
work" strike forecasts change of tao
tics on the part OF the brewers.
This action was taken by the New
Jersey labor union representatives al
most simuita neouSiy with the an
nouncement of the New York brewers
board of trade that its members would
ignore the revenue department inter
pretatien OF intoxicating liquor and
put on the market IA per cent
beer, Ii begins to appear. therefore.
that instead OF a strike protest the
brewers have elected to fight the fed
eral law. II 10 said these representa-
tives of the labor unions OF New
Jersey were speaking for 15o, 900
workers In the state
The meeting Of the delegates was
held on March II in the Dubois Col
iseum at Newark The convention
was presided over by Arthur r.
Quinn. presi 5ent of the state fedora
ton. Henry r. Hufers. secretary of
he Essex trade council, is quoted
in the New York Herald al saying In
his address to the delegates:
"A general strike for beer by labor
ing men on July I would make us
look ludtcrouA A general strike al
ways causes disruption Of organized
labor. We should express our protest
by other means.
When the resolution indorsing the
no beer, no work strike was put TO a
vote IL was unanimously voted down.
While the question OF general
strike was thus declared against. the
four hundred delegates showed their
opposition 10 prohibition by, seven res
olutions, as follows
First--Conrres was asked to lift
the ban from the brewing Of beer.
which was stopped on December / by
presidential proclamation, and the
repeal OF wartime prohibition was al
so requested.
Second---Ffousa Rill No. -, New
Jersey new ~hefore the New Jersey
legislature, permitting the sale OF 4
per cent beer. was Endorsed
Third-Cangress vas petftioned to
pass such measures as will bring
about a repeal or mobilization OF the
fefghteenth Amendment. and the labor
convention was directed to send a
cablcgram IT, President Wilson asking
him to revose his wartime prohibit
ton proclamation.
Four,h--A Joint resolution about to
be introduced into the New Jersey
legislature authorizing and directing
the state> attorney general TO take
such steps AZ are necessary to test the
legality Of the eighteenth amendment
was approved.
Fifth--Tha American Federation of
Labor was called upon to enter a
strong protest against prohibition and
the presidefsffa1 prohibition proclama-
tion Mt its Jcne contention In Atlantic
City. The resolution also provided
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bring relief that special convention
OF labor leaders be called.
Sixth--The convention put itself on
record a. unailerably opposed to the
ratification by the New Jersey legts-
lature Of the eigh .ecnth amendment
Seventh--The eighteenth amend
mont was bitterly attacked, called q
dangerous precs dent, opening the
doors 70 evary kind Of restriction ~
constitutional prOviaicn." and 1t was
added A this resolution that sProhi-
bition shoulc M. n NJ aiL ~ local
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