Arizona republican., 1921-02-24
LABOR
 INSISTS WORKERS |bE GUARAN TIED |LAWF u RICH TS
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WASHINGTON. Feb. 23-Enactment by congress 'of a law declaring labor organizations are not partnerships and shall not be so treated i;l law or in equity' is demanded by organized labor in declaration of principles adopt ed tonight by representatives of na- tional and international unions affiliat- ed in the American Federation 6s La Dor.
 The declaration, approved after an all day conference at which Samuel Ciompers presided. also called for the immediate restoration of exemption from, or the repeal of all anti-combin- alton and so-called conspiracy laws.
 The declaration charged some eEl- pIoyers" with supporting "at times in secret some of the "insidious propa- ganda of radical European fanaticism' because of their common antagonism to the trade union movement
 There is an unscrupulousness and a natural aptitude for intrigue in this fanatical propaganda" the statement. said, which makes it a most subtle meaace to every democratic ideal and institution in our country
 Repeal by the states of all industrial court laws and all restrictive and CO., ercive laws, including the commonly known open port law of Texas, was de manded. together with freedom from decisions of courts holding trade un- ions and individual members thereof liable in damages for the unlawful, acts of others
 Other Recommendations
 Other recommendations made in the declaration included:
 Prohibition of immigration for not less than two years.
 More general application of the ini- tiative and referendum in the political affairs
 Removal of the power of courts to declare unconstitutional laws enacted by congress.
 Election of judges.
 Restoration of an adequate federal employment service.
 Administration of credit as public trust in the interest of all. | Investigation by congress of the ac- l tivities of private detective agencies in the field of industrial relations.
 The declaration also called on work : CTS to resist all efforts to destroy the l trade unions. whether by the false pre- tense of the "open shop tho usured authority of courts through writs of Injunction or otherwise. | We call for united support in the protection of standards of wages and l conditions already gained" the decla- ration added "and we summon the | the consuming power, raise the stan
 dards and improve the conditions of l life and work"
 Fight Open Shop 1 The "open shop movement vas de-
 clared to be a campaign for "shop that shall be closed to union workmen
 and primarily campaign designed to
 destroy trade unions and to break down l and eliminate the whole principle of collective bargaining" Alleged un- scrupulous financial speculation and
 profiteering was vigorously denounced in the declaration. which sad that the l interruptions pirateers of finance lhavfng squeezed the consumer through out the war are now broadening their field and enriching themselves by squeezing both the producer and con-
 sumer."
 Tt is astounding but true" the declaration continued, that even after
 so great a lapse of time since the end ing of hostilities. there is so far as
 the average family is concerned, prac-
 tically no reduction in the high cost O ,t living. It is admitted that in some f commodities there has been no appre
 ciable reduction in the retail price. we declare again that the govern
 ment has been and continues impotep
 in the face of criminal operation o . profiteers and must therefore accep
 the responsibility for a great portion of the indignation and resentment O the people against those who have l filched their pockets for no reason eX ! cept that they have had the power tt do so"
 The state of unemployment was de clared to be due to the ''maladminis l tration of industry and principally anC primarily because of the studied ant
 calculated arbitrary policies of reac [ tionary employers
 Every reduction of wages is a re : duction in the consuming power of tn
 wage earners," it was stated, and | direct blow. at the prosperity and well
 being of the country" Oppose Industrial Courts Through establishment of industria :. courts the employers were charged wit seeking to inject into American in dustrial life Q device through whic f they may annul constitutional guaran = tees and deprive workers of freedor
 and of the right to function throug
 their organizations.
 t These instruments" it added, .'serv e to create in industry disharmon Q which inevitably must result in a cha h otic industrial condition and conse
 quent loss of production" . '1t should be the purpose of the gov e ernment properly to stimulate our in @ dustrial process" continued the docu
 ment. Tt should be the purpose of gov
 ernment to make voluntary negotia
 ton more easily entered into. If, O N the other hand. all of the safeguard Q set up in our constitutional legal struo e ture for the protection of the worker Ii are to be destroyed by judicial con - struction as the vitality or the C1ayto r. act has been destroyed, then labor dc n mands the immediate repeal of all ths n
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