The Connecticut labor news., 1921-12-30
Like Bill Defeated in Connecticut, Backers Keep Themselves Un- der COver-A. F. of l.. Representative States LabOr'S Aims.

What Connecticut oISdnlZeu La Dor went through early this year ana by the efforts of the Legislative con- nittee of the State Federation ot Labor defeated, New York state and American Federation of Labor men are now up against and are Strlvlng to defeat It is the Industrial Court, or under the common name, Anti strike bill and will be before the New York State Legislature next week ana already the fight for and aga1nst II IS hot. Connecticut Labor men Will re- member the struggle had in this state, in which the bill was banded about until the final days ot the session anu then. while the State Federation was in session in Bridgeport, was beaten in the senate decislvely solely through the efforts of the officers ot the state Federation. Ii was attempted at the same time in New York and many other states and was side-tracked but again crops up i'll New York now with more power behind it than ever. Ii ii passes in New York 1t will come back here again next year and there fore Connecticut IS interested III It's progress.
 Even the capitalistic New York Times admits there IS going to be great fight on the passage ot the Dill and goes to the extent ot inqulrlng ot Hugh Frayne, general organizer oI the A. F. of L., who is III charge of the fight there, just as to what IS the prospect. He replied tersely that It was going to be fought to the end, and then went into conference with the Federation officers of New ork state.
 Tn statement given the press after the conference. MT. Frayne said that the committee of labor officials had reviewed the criticisms and recom- ,nendations of MT Unternyer lpub- lished elsewhere in this issue) and was going to use it's influence to bring about necessary reforms. He pointed out that this was to be largely brought about by group conferences between the interested parties, but Tn some instances 1t would be necessary for the international unions to take action.
 MT. Frayne pointed out that noth- ing would be done toward bringing about the incorporation of labor unions, because the American Fedora ton of Labor had many times de- clared it's opposition to such action because 1t would be ''inimical to la bor's interest"
 The matter of raising the appren- ticeship age limit from 10 and IS years to z5 years, as suggested by MT. Untermyer, he explained, was also considered unnecessary and would De a factor in adding to the high cost ot building.
 Organized labor believes" he add ed, that workers should be trained young and receive thorough experl- ence in order that they may be eftlc- had hy A that the apprentice starts young and gets three or four years experience. If we were to start man at the age of 25 he would want more wages while learning and would want to rush through the course of training.
 "In the end he would not be as efficient as the younger and more ex- perienced worker, and would be un- able to produce as much. 1 am afraid that Mr. Untermyer's plan would cost the builder more money in the end"
 Mir Frayne said that the committee was not in favor of the use of the per init card system "as used to collect fees, because it is an arbitrary regula- ton and should be discontinued where 1t is used"
 'If it is used," he said, "it should only be to help a stranger coming in to a community in order that he may get work and the employer may know he is union man. Any fee collected in this instance should be applied to the mans union initiation fee and should be very small We do not ap- prove of exorbitant initiation fees They should not exceed a maximum of $25. The practice of unions trying to make working man pay an exor- bitant and prohibitive initiation fec must be stopped.
 The committee IS also opposed te the closing of books against the ad mission of new members. Any certi fled worker with the necessary quail fcations to fill the job should be ad mitted to the union. No man, how ever, should be accepted unless he 1: qualified to command the minimum wage"
 Mn Frayne said that the committee would not comment on some of MT Untermyer's suggestions as they were a matter for the national and interna tional unions to decide, adding:
 We want to assure the public tha organized labor does not approve o unions adopting arbitrary laws ant doing an injustice to the worker, em certain individuals or local union commit a crime or take some arbi trary action the whole labor move ment should not be blamed for it.
 The labor movement is construct ed exactly on the same plan as tn federal, state and city governments Each union is guaranteed it's loca autonomy If one does wrong that i no sign all the others sanction tha wrong.
 We are going into this matte thoroughly, and will try to brin, about conferences among the interest ed groups and see that objectionab1 practices are stopped. I assure yo that we will clean our own house, an, will not need the aid of the state 1egis lature. The unions are entirely cap