Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-06-10

in short time between leading repre-
sentatives of great employing con-
Germs and leading men in the field of
labor. Senator Kenyon. as chairman
Of the education and labor committee,
IS already taking steps to bring about
such conferences.
II have introduced certain measures
Of interest TO labor and bearing on the
relations of labor and capital" said
Senator Kenyon. Il hope that we NAV
take these IN in conferences at which
both labor and capital Will be repre-
sented for employer and employe to
sit down in a room with men in con-
gress, thresh things over and reach
an agreement which will be helpful
and beneficial all around"
The eight-hour day bill. introduced
by Senator Moses Of New Hampshire.
is one of the first bills to which the
education and labor committee is Civ
ing attention.
Another is the bin by Kenyon to ex-
tend federal aid in vocational training
and rehabilitation TO those injured in
industry, This bill is based on the
broad proposition that society itself is
henefitted by helping the injured to
help themselves.
There is in the series of bills pre-
sented already or to he presented by
Senator Kenyon in dealing with hous-
ing; providing for an industrial rela-
tions commission; providing for a ma
tional labor exchange which would
improve on the employment service:
land settlement aud several others.
The land settlement bill, which will
be wrought into a law in this con-
gress, does not however belong in
the education and labor committee.
The public lands committees of the
two houses have jurisdiction of it and
the house committee had already
heard arguments in favor of it by
Leader Mondell aud others.
The houJe labor committee within
a reasonable time will seek to map
out a worth while program. Repre-
sentative Nolan, of California, long
one of the foremost members of the
labor committee, said today he was
giving considers ton to proposed legs-
islation and hoped to mature his
plans definitely before the session was
much further advanced.
While there are many difficulties in
the way of enacting laws which shall
treat comprehenslvely of the nation'sI
labor situation, ii nevertheless is al
fact that such measures are going toI
have more attention in this congress-
than ever before.
Not without significance is the fact
that one Of Americas greatest cor
porations, employing not far from al
hundred thousand people, has in the
last few days sent word through al
representative to the education andi
labor committee of the senate that iii
desires to see a number of forward
looking labor bills written into thel
law. This is the General EleetricI
company.
Great churches, without regard tol
differences of creed, are subscribing
TO the idea that laws must be enact |
ed based on up-to-date conceptions OIL
the relations OF labor and capital.
AS to America being seized in the
grip of Boishevism, something manyl
fear, it is quite clear that it will not |
be unless Americans take departure OF |
their ordinary stock Of sound common
sense. Between Bolshevism, however, !
and enlightened advancement toward
improved conditions for the average |
man and woman, for the averaged
home, there is wide difference Such |
as an increasing body |
of men in 10th branches of congressI
sec II, is both worthy and desirable !
in itself and a preventive fthe eX-
tremisn which has sunk Russia into
chaos. 1t is increasingly clear that con-
gress is more and more ctsposed to
take up with proposed laws bearing |
thereon in new spirit more appre- |
ciative than its predecessors.