Arizona republican., 1921-06-23
CONTROL IF A[L| INDUSTRIES BY B0VERNMENT IS. URGED BY LABOR
Ask Federal Regulations That Would Give Work CTS Equal Rights And Privileges With Capital
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 DENVER. June 22-After affirm ing its stand for government owner ship with democratic operation of the railroads. the convention of the American Federation of Labor today directed it's executive council to draw up proposed legislation designed to give the workers through government regulation "equai rights and priv ileges with capital in organized in duntriaI enterprises.Y
 The convention sustained the ac- ton of the resolutions committee in striking out of the resolution phase that would have put organized labor on record as declaring for government control and democratic operation of "aIl industries organized under cor porate grants and privileges.
 c. K. Grow of Portland, Ore of the machinists, recited the history of governmental dealings with the rail- roads in support of the minority re- port. He condemned the Esch- Cum ru{ns law an industrial and finan- c1aI tragedy He insisted every in dividual would have to pay the cost of "this grant of privilege by the con Eress of the United States to special interestss
 He charged special privilege with responsibility Of closing the mines in Arizona and Montana and in Washington "the timber lands have A been stolen through grants and spe- 4 scial privilege from the legislature and s9ngress."
 psmards Control of Industry At this point the speaker was i'm hrrupted by a question from the n}or. He was asked whether gov c9ment control of basic industries Nj N4* The, only method of returning to "fundamental principles of America. and just how such conclusion could b4 drawn from the minority report. The Fundamental principles of America are the rights of the work ers 10 participate in democratic con- troI of industry Mr. Grow replied Tn private industry as in public in dugtry the workers have the inalien- able right to participate In control of industry
 MT. Grow declared if this should pe accomplished there would be no K peed for collective bargaining because labor wo1ld be part of the man. aGfment.
 pX C" he said. "There is no social ism. no communism no anarchism and no bolsheyism in ft"
 Tn authorizing the legislation pro- gram the convention overthrew the majority report of the resolutions committee. which only provided aid for railroad unions in their fight for government ownership of the rail roads.
 The debate was long and stormy, opponents of the minority declaring that its declarations were socialist 7 and red and were designed to extend governmentlownership to all basic in drstries of he country, including the mines, textile. iron and steel, news I'm IL r-~ 1,.. x&-~<<.e tt1 1cx were answered with the argument *> that the declarations set forth sane
 and constructive policy for organized
 labor.s and there was no socialism q bolshevism, communism or anarchisn # in it."
 Amend Majority Report # Because of objections of interna # tional seamen's union and the team # sfer,s union delegates to governmen
 control of their industries, the con M vention amended the declaration " which called for immediate legisla .T tion providing for government owner |J shin and democratic control of tn |# transportation, SD that it would oni |N apply to railroad systems. One of the main supporters or tn | report involving the application Q M the principles of government ownei
 shin to illl basic industries was Presl '3 dent John l.. Lewis. of the Unite I Mine Workers, who is candidat
 for the presidency of the federation 1 MT. Lewis said the miners still ha H under consideration the problem (
 standardization of the mines ana n
 declared for ''government control
 those basic industries where tn M workers felt such policy was essentis
 and desirabie.n
 & T believe in the right of labor an the public to regulate the affairs { * industry in the intefest of all tf 3 people, he said.
 .srhe American Federation of Labt
 hereby declares. said the approv'
 declaration. tits purpose to secure return to those principles upon whic
 our government was instituted,
 order that we may better secure u
 byessings of liberty and to that CT
 we reaffirm our united support
 lcrislation that will bring about tl public ownership and democrat
 operation of the railways of the Uni
 ed States al being in strict col
 formity with those principles upt
 which the government is instituted
 we declare for the recognition al
 .-toratiou of these fundament
 nrinciples so that those men who CO FNtrih,,te their effort to the indust
 ,sall enjoy all the rights, privileg
 " immunities granted to these m
 uho scontribute capital Tn prcporu
 to the value which each contribut'
 ;n order that the government shall
 instituted for the common good a
 mt for the profit of class and
 order that all men may enjoy t
 rains of their own industry
 m order to put the declaratio into effect in the industrial life 3 tbe nation" the convention direct gA inc executive council to devise a r,,blish the necessary legislative pI
 rram designed to make effective | ,t Fundamental principles of govef
 n,anf set forth and to secure to m
 sn,nIoved in organized industry u
 ea,iality of enjoyment of all
 .srists privileges and immunities n
 e,oved by those who contribute ca
 ,'1 fo organized industrial enterpr
 the end that industry conduc
 unAer corporate grants shall De es
 ducted for the common good and
 for the profit of class of mem & Labor's Declaration
 The council was also directed