New-York tribune., 1921-06-14
,Gornpers Asks
Farm Labor
Defense Pact
Continued from paao ono)

valid under the Constitution whenever
called into question.
That the Federation take "frm
stand" for the inauguration of def
mite policy calling for the total exclu-
sion from the United States of jap
anese with all other Orientals.
Want Excess Tax Retained
That the excess profits tax be re-
tained by the Federal government, and
that the Federation oppose proposals
for new taxes and "leave nothing un-
done to defeat the introduction of
turnover consumption or sales tax"
That the convention approve recent
recommendation by the Federal Trade
Commission to President Harding that
the commission be authorized to OBJ
tain and publish information concern
ing ownership, cost, sales and profits
in the basic industries as a means of
reducing tho cost Of living by COM
pelling those who sell the necessaries
Of life to accept smaller profits"
That the convention call upon the
American government "to take the in
itiative or to cooperate with any other
nation or nations for the purpose Of a
general agreement for disarmament,
both Of the army and naval affairs of
the world"
That in view Of IAN apparently we'll
organized and systematic campaign by
the National Association of Manufac-
schools Of the country In furtherance
OF the so-called open shop the Fed
Grafton have prepared pamphlets and
literature bearing upon the questions
involved for distribution to the col
leges, universities and schools"
That the Federation continue to lend
It's aid to the United Mine Workers of
America in the Federal prosecutions
growing out Of the coal strike of 1919.
That the Federation oppose legisla-
tion that has for its purpose ''the
further weakening of the Department
OF Labor"
Membership Drops
The report gives the present strength
of the Federation of Labor at 1906
528, as against 4,078,740 in 1920, and
says that the slight decrease in mem
bers is naturally due to the large
numbers Of workers unemployed" 1t
points to the membership enrolment
as proof that the campaign against
organized labor has failed.
"The American trade union move
ment," the report declares, "has just
gone through year Of unexampled
struggle and difficulty. The enemies
of labor and human progress have as
sailed from every side. The move
ment for reduction of wages, the move
ment to crush our organization, mas
querading under the fictitious open
shop slogan, the wave Of unemploy-
ment and, perhaps the most sinister of
all, the revival as part of the general
anti-labor campaign of the vicious, en-
shaving individual contract, by which
workers are bound to their employers
in unwilling servitude, have been
massed and concentrated against the
most potential voluntary movement of
the wage e-earners Of the country.
Added to these have been legislative
assaults and court decisions most
destructive in character.
eve have checked the progress of
those who have sought to destroy
freedom through the annihilation of
the organizations Of labor.
Under the heading of constructive
demands" the councils report reiter-
ates and reoffirms that "those con-
tributing to production should have a
part in its control" and to this end it
urges "the setting up of conference
boards of organized workers and en-
ployers, thoroughly voluntary in char
acter and Marlborough accord with our
trade union organizations as means of
promoting the democracy Of industry
through cooperative effort.''
"Cooperation should be encouraged
as an effective means of curbing prof