Arizona republican., 1919-01-18

CHICAGO, Jan. IA general strike of organized labor designed to paralyze every industry in the country, begin- ming July i next was decided upon to- day by the national labor congress as a means of obtaining a new trial for Thomas J. Mooney and Warren Bill ings, if federal intervention and every other means adopted to procure the de- sired relief fail.
 The convention authorized the rais- ing of a fund of $1,00O,000 to carry on a campaign of education to hberate the labor leaders and to promote the proposed general strike It is planned to finance the movement by levying an assessment of 50 cents on every mem Der of organized labor in the country.
 The convention, which concluded it's four-day session tonight and ad- lourned, also adopted a resolution em- bOdying a declaration of national poli- Cies affecting labor, which demands that the people of Russian and Ger many be permitted to work out their own destiny; that American troops be with drawn from Russia, that all politi- cal and industrial prisoners receive the same considerations as prisoners of war, and proclaiming the dawn of a
 
 rights of labor shall be fully recog- nized.
 The convention adopted the program recommended by the International Workers Defense leags tG secure the liberation of Mooney and Billings, which was presented to the delegates in the final report of the committee on resolutions. It provided that a Vommittee of five labor representatives be named to go to Washington and ask President Wilson and members of con- gress for federal intervention. Chair man Edward D. Nolan named the fol- flowing committee to undertake this work:
 Committee to Washington
 John Fitzpatrick, president of, the Chicago Federation of Labor.
 Alexander Howatt, president of the Kansas district, United Mine Workers of America.
 Martin J. Flyzil5, president of tht Washington district, United Mint Workers of America.
 J. r. Anderson, Washington, D. c vice president of the International As sociation of Machinists.
 Andrew Furuseth, San Francisco president of the International Sea mems Union.
 The committee will ask that a spe cial assistant attorney general be ap pointed 10 obtain Mooney and Billings release by habeas corpus or othe means in order that they may have nev trials in courts outside of California
 The legislature of California will b, asked to pass a law which will enabl, the courts of that state to grant new trial in cases where conviction, are obtained by perjured evidence O other fraudulent means.
 If these means fail, then organizet labor will be asked to call the genera strike. The plan of the Internationa Workers Defense league is that tn general strike will not be called unles every other means to secure Mooney release failed.
 The report of the resolution on tn Mooney case read in part:
 Report of Committee
 Your committee realizes at thi time that the grave industrial and eco homie powers of labor may in the las analysis have to be invoked in order t demonstrate to the hostile and anti labor interests that the labor move ment of America is determined tha real and substantial justice shal finally prevail in the Mooney case.
 Tn considering the use of the strik weapon, we affirm the reason eX pressed in the preamble of policy
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