The Connecticut labor news., 1921-06-10

Ot this country, but Is at thlS tune meeting fraternally with a represent
 tativc of British Labor in this coun- | try, which same British Labor Union- making an effective protest against British barbarisn in Ireland, 1hcre-
 fore be it,
 Resolved: That this Convention
 send its delegate to the next ConVen- ton of the American Federation of Labor instructed to vote against the election of any officer of the Amcrl- can Federation of Labor who has failed to use his best efforts to make effective the wish of the American Labor Movement as expressed in Convention of the American Fcdera- ton of Labor, and Be it further Resolved: That the delegate from this Convention stand instructed to favor the passage of Resolution at the next American Federation of
 Labor Convention to sever, all con nections with the British Labor Movement.
 Presented by:
 BERNHARD FLANAGAN, Street Ky. Employees, Bridgeport JOHN TOOHEH,
 Street Ky. Employees, Bridgeport JOHN J. O'NElLL, Typographical, Bridgeport Resolution received and referred to Committee on Resolutions. RESOLUTION NO. 25 Amendment to the Constitution Strike out Article 5, and insert the following: The officers of the Con- nccticut Federation of Labor shall consist of a President, First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Vice Presi- dent, and ecretary-Ireasurer, and shall constitute the Executive Board, also an organizer, all of whom shall be elected by ballot at the Annual cessors are elected and qualified. All officers shall be duly elected delegates of his or her organization. Respectfully submitted: JOHN RILEY, C. L. U., Danbury. Resolution received and referred 10 Committee on Constitution. RESOLUTION NO. 20 Whereas: Our country declared
 war to achieve the freedom of human
 ty without exception of race, creed
 or color, and to destroy for all time
 the despotism and tyranny of. Gov
 crnments that seek to impose their
 will on nations which have fallen
 under their yoke by conquest and in vasion and
 Whereas: Ireland is one of these
 nations held in subjugation by an
 Alien power and not of their own
 choice, and whereas the present war
 in Ireland, waged to repress repre-
 sentative government with every cir
 cumstance of barbarisn, is a menace to the peace of the world, and where as free sister Republic in Ireland Is
 in the best intents of our country and
 this also of our state, Be it therefore
 Resolved: That this Convention de-
 mand our Congressmen and Senators at Washington to urge upon the Ma
 tiOnal Administration the immediate
 necessity of recognition of the Irish
 Republic, and Be 1t further
 Resolved: That copies of this Reso-
 ution be forwarded to the Congress-
 man and Senators of this state Submitted by:
 JOHN 1OOHEY, s. R. R. Employee BERNARD FLANAGAN, $. R. R. Employee Resolution received and referred to Committee on Resolutions. RESOLUTION NO. p. Amending Section 8, Article III. Strike out all after "Thercon," Page 6, on line three up to and including recorded, and that section 8, article H., read as follows: Each delegate shall be provided with credentials with his or her name written thereon on the original ere dentialS bearing the seal and attcStcd by the President and Secretary of the Union represented.
 Submitted by:
 JOHN H. RILEY, C. L. U. Resolution received and referred to Committee on Constitutions Delegate Bacon, Carpenters &
 Joiners, Hartford, and Delegate
 Smith, Typographical Union, New
 Haven, submitted their reports for
 their respective organizations Delegate Cooney, Chairman of the | Committee on Officers Reports, sub
 mitted the following report: Your Committee on Officers Re- | ports recommend the acceptance of the Presidents Report. We desire to
 call the attention of the delegates to that part of the Presidents report with reference to the Chaplain and recommend this part of the Presi- dents report be referred to the Com mittce on Constitutions, and further recommend in reference to the Trade | Union College that the Convention appoint Committee to study this matter and submit a report to the next Convention. We further rccom- mend the acceptance of the SeCre- tary's and the Trcasurer's report, and i further recommend the acceptance of the Supplemental Report of the Presi- | dent with one correction, that being in regards to the State Building Trades Council insofar as they have paid their indebtedness to the Feder-
 ation.
 Respectfully submitted: FRANK ]. COONEY, Chairman, Committee on Officers Reports.
 | Voted, That the report On the Com
 mittee on Officers Reports be ac- cepted.
 Delegate John J. O'Neil, Typo
 graphical Union, Bridgeport ad- dressed the Convention relative to the Printers Strike in Bridgeport and requested that special committee be lappointed to interview the manage
 mcnt of the Pleasure Beach Amuse-
 mcnt Assn, relative to this firm hay
 ing their printing done in non-union shops
 Voted, That the request of Dele
 gate O'Neill be granted President announced that the Con-
 vention would now proceed with the
 nominations of the officers for the en-
 suing year.
 The Secretary announced that the