The Connecticut labor press. (New Haven, Conn.) 191?-1921, 1920-07-17

the promotion of their betterment Such
purposes are best achieved when those
who are primarily affected by policies
and methods have the power of deter
mining them. Under such conditions
J only will there be relations of good will
between fellow citizens and a spirit of
true patriotism essential to the best de-
velopment and union of our nation.
| There must be reason for the conyic-
ton that citizens can rely upon the gov
| ernment for impartial maintenance of
rights and protection. Such an attitude
can result only when principles of hu-
man welfare are made paramount to
any other consideration. Experience of
| other countries and scientific informa-
ton substantiate the contention that
sWeated industries, over-strained, long
and burdensome hours of toll, tend to
physical deterioration, loss of mental
v1r1llty and consequent decreased pro-
| ducing power. Standards of life and
| work. daily hours of toll and wages
nave a direct relation to economic pro-
gress and development as well as to
preparedness for national defense.
LABOR'S DEMAND
/ To promote industrial justice and
tranquility and to insure uninterrupted
production at its highest efficiency, the
right OF the wage-earners to organize
INTO trade unions to select their own
representatives, and to bargain collec-
lively, must be fully safeguarded.
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
/ Labor, as well as capital, is entitled
to adequate compensation. Each has
the indefeasib1e right of Organization.
of collective bargaining, and of speak,
ing through representatives of their
own selection
LABOR,S DEMAND
We pledge our party to maintain the
federal law enacted by Congress, secur-
ing to the workers the legal right of
voluntary association, for mutual pro-
tectIon and welfare, protecting their
rights against unwarrantab1e issuance
OF Wr1ts of Injunction, either prohibi-
tory or mandatory, and guaranteeing
i the right of trial by jury in alleged
contempt cases, committed outside the
presence of COURTS
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Labor is not commodity; it is hu-
man. Those who labor, have rights.
and the national security and safety
! depend upon just recognition of those
J rights and the conservation of the
strength of the workers and their
families in the interest of sound
hearted and sound-headed men. women
and children.
COMMENT
While the language of the platform
constitutes an endorsement of the Ia
Dor provisions of the Clayton Act there
( is no specific condemnation of the
4 abuse of the writ of injunction in Ia
: Dor disputes. However, failure of the
] platform to endorse the injunctions
secured through the efforts of Attor-
$ ney General Palmer in the miners case
{ may fairly be assumed to constitute
reputation of that action.
LABOR'S DEMANDS
D Legislation which proposed to make
strikes unlawful or to compel the wage
: earners to submit their grievances or
: aspirations to courts or to govern
n mental agencies, is an invasion of the
n rights of the wage-earners and when
: enforced makes for industrial serfdom
t or slavery.
We hold that the government should
e supply information, assistance and
t counsel, but that it should not attempt
d by the force of its own power to stif1e
or to destroy voluntary relations and
: policies of fnutua1ity between employ
s ers and employees.
IS We hold that public employees should
t not be denied the right of organiza-
e ton, the right of representation for the
# rectihcation of grievances and should
d not be denied political rights accorded
it to all other citizens
IS The platform provisions here SCI
: forth are specific in condemnation OF
: compulsory arbitration in disputes ir
privately owned industry. There is Z
le vagueness in the balance of the frs
le two paragraphs There is uncertainty
l. as to what the platform means to con
70 vey in its reference to the obligation o.
as the workers to the state and the pro
rs posa1 to find substitute for the righ
IL of the workers to cease work wheI
cessation of work is said to endange
the lives or health of the people.
With regard to employees in govern
ment service it will be noted that tn,
= platform declaration quoted at the out
s. set of this analysis in response to tn
a. first of 1abor's demands sets forth tn
t. unqualified right to organization, col
lie lective bargaining and representation
Ill The final paragraph of the declaration
es last quoted, however, implies method
e ment employment which can not be ar
proved as general statement of gov
ernment policy.
/. LABOR'S DEMAND
The very life and perpetuity of FIRE
v and democratic institutions are depend
ve ent upon freedom of speech, of til
!. press and of assemb1age and associs
n ton. We insist that all restrictions c
e freedom of speech, press, public assen
bly,, association and travel be complet,
- ly removed, individuals and groups b
Continued on Eighth Papel