Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-17
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"SeceSsionist" Strike Is
Condemned Fight Is I'M
nninent on Committees
DiSapprovaI of Plumb Plan

MONTREAL, June 16.-The Amer
! lean Federation of Labor today
called upon the congress of the
| United States to cancel the gentle
| mems agreement" with Japan and alb
solutely exclude Japanese and other
Asiatic immigration into the country.
The exclusion of picture brides
also was demanded.
Federation departments and inter-
national unions were instructed to
Cooperate and press" this legisIa-
ton.
Declaring that band of "irrespon-
sible agitatorS" are attempting to
discredit the recognized organiza-
tons in the railway service" the fed
eraton unanimously condemned the
"seceSsionist movement" which re-
suited in the recent railroad strike.
The convention also instructed it's
affiliated organizations to refrain
from giving moNl or financial sup
port, or assistance of any kind, to
any secessionist movement"
Thu executive council was in
structed to investigate the desira-
bility of forming an international
union of building service employees
of America, to include all workers
known as janitors, mattresses, scrub
women, window workers and watch
men.
The convention adopted a resoIu-
ton urging the Panama canal COM
mission to employ only American
citizens in the operation and me-
chanical department in the canal
zone.
The convention rejected resolu-
ton that would have established a
legal department to serve as clearing
house for the defense of "all labor
organizations, against whom the use
of the injunction is directed in the
course of their legitimate trade I'M
ion activities"
The AN to have organized labor
form with the employers and bust
ness men of the country "a voluntary
arbitration body" to settle labor's
grievances in the future" was reject
ed. Other legislation along this line
will be brought before the conven-
ton later, it was announced.
Profiteering, the League of Ma
lions, a non-partisan political pro-
gram and industrial courts were
given the right of way in the conyen-
ton. The executive councils commit
tee on reports was permitted to make
It's report as special order of bust
ness.
Irish sympathizers opposing the
League of Nations, because they
claim it does not provide self-deter-
mination for Ireland, declared they
would fight to a finish any recon-
mendations by the committee, that
the covenant be Endorsed without res
ervations.
The Plumb plan for naturalization
Of the railroads, it was learned today,
has been rejected by the resolutions
committee by vote of to 8. This
subject probably will be reported to
the federation tomorrow. The rail-
road unions have combined in an ef-
fort to override the committees re-
port.
John L. Lewis, international prest-
dent of the United Mine Workers of
America, announced his organization
would support the Plumb plan of
railroad naturalization. The mine
workers have the largest voting pow
er in the federation. Their vote, with
that of the metal trades and railroad
organiza tons, Plumb supporters
said, would make it possible to over
ride the non-concurrence report of
the resolutions.