Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-06-13

initiative or To cooperate With any
other nation or nations for the pur-
pose Of general agreement Tor dis
armament, both of the army and naval
affairs nf the world.
That in view OF IAN apparently we'll.
organized and systematic campaign
10y the National Association of Man
ufacturcrs to conduct n propaganda
in the schools OF the country in
furtherance of the so-called open
shop the Federation have prepared
pamphlets and literature bearing
upon the questions involved for dis
tribution to the colleges. universities
and schools
That the Federation continue 10
lend it's aid To the United Mine Work
ers uf America in the federal rrosecu-
tions growing out of the boal strike i'm
1919.
That the FEDERATION oppose legis-
lation that has for it's purpose the
further weakening of the Depart
ment of Labor
Membership Drops Ia a.g0s,ssS.
The report gives the present
strength of the Federation of Labor
at S.s0s.52S as against a.0is.74o la
1920 and says that the slight decrease
in members is naturally due 10 the
large numbers of workers unempioy-
ell" lt points To tho membership
enrolment as proof that the cam
paiEn against organized labor has
failed
The American Trade union move
mcnt." the report declares, has just
gone through year Of uneNampled
struggle and difficulty. The enemies
~ labor and human progress have as
sailed from every side. The movement
FOR reduction Of wages. the movement
90 crush our organization, masquerade
ing under the fictitious open shop
slogan the wave IL unemployment
and perhaps the most sinister of all.
the revival as n part of the general
anti worker campaign Of the vicious,
ens.,aving individual contract hy
which workers are bound f. their
employers in unwilling servitude,
have been massed and concentrated
q gainst the most potential voluntary
movement of the wage -earners OF the
country. Added TO those have been
assaults and court decisions
most destructive in character.
we have checked the progress Of
those who sought 10 destroy freedom
through the annihiiation Of the or
ganiza ton Of labor.
we call for great rallyins,
great unity. great movement for
ward for humanity. The message oi
Trade L nionism must be carried to
every corner,
Constructive DEMANDS Presented.
Under the heading of "Construc-
tive Demands the Councils report
rciterates and reaffirns that those
to production. should
have a part in it's control" and to this
rnd il urges "the setting NY Of con
ference boards of organized workers
and employers. thoroughly voluntary
IN character and in thorough accord
sith our trade union organizations as
means of promoting the democracy Of
through cooperative effort.
~Cooperafion should he encouraged /
a. an elective means of curtsng pro
the report continues.t To
simulate a rapid development of CO.
operatives the Federal Farm Loan
Act shouNd be extended 10 as 70 give |
rresfft 70 an properly organized CO. /
operatives Just as credit now is given |
10 individual farmers. Cooperation is |
less vital and worthy of support than |
al-c the railroads which were given |
hundreds of millions Of dollars and an |
sres of land equal TO New England |
3 facilitate their establishment There |
should bc legal enactment to protect |
against discrimination by |
and wholesalers.
Control Of credit capital by those |
whose chief interest is the accumula
lion of profits results inevitably in !
.he open door for prof1teering We /
repeat and emphasize the demands Of /
orga nized. labor that control Of cap |
tai h-e taken from the hands Of private |
snancicrs and placed in the hands |
lf a public agency to be administered |
by voluntary and cooperative |
methods"
Transportation Act a Failure"
Turning to the railroad situation, /
The Council says The operation Of 4
he Esch- Cummins measure tthc F
transportation AcD has created a
situation by virtue Of which even its
promoters and advocates now freely /
that absolute failure and I