Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-07-22
ILLINOIS TYPOGRAPHICAL
UNION ADOPTS ~
HOUR RESOLUTION

hS@N a~9A~N IN
The following resolution Was un4ai-
mooSlf adop.ed h the 1lua.s Wv
graphical Union y it Sonva ation 4
Jacksonville last week.
si-Heer wsek Ressiusiaa
n the development e harnan saaiaty fram
sAzzEerx. throagh hzEharisrs O. civilization.
the dominant musive puWcr hzs haea ths ar
eeAssng Correspondent e the taols Ne Ize %
extract = livelihood frnm nature Ia this f5snc
evolutionary proves gradually approach.
ed and then passed TIE point whtHs he e5aia
produce more than he could consume. hence
the economic foundation Ter an eser-insreas-
Of rccreAtionof life.
The labor organization 81 the aorla came
into existence for spseine nuraaae--ta de-
fend the Interests Of those sho Toll Il the
useful n1cnahers q anctsty. In opposition fp
the parasites. WhQ throuvn : historical aro.
cess Of appropriation Of the fruits Of isbor
have constituted themselves the awuiak 81
employing class Tbs employing slass resarts
TO various tactics in order u thwarf lahar in
the realization Of the benefits Of tn csnstzn.
development q the technique II industry
When ahor-sasing devices arr invented m
stead Of secoming \ means Il shortening ls,or
time. they are used a means q dcprieing
ever-inersaxing numbers Of workers ef annar-
tunity to earn a living wage. while maintain
INK the hours Of labor Of those Who are for
tunate enough 10 remain employed
With the invention Of lahor-saying devices
In the printing industry tbs process Of elm
ination Of workers WAS not perceptihie Tor
number of years. because Of the fact that the
Inventions were simultaneous with the gem
eral ira nsition from small commodity pfaslus-
ton TO this era u large industry hens the
increased demand FOR printing tended q oh.
scurs this process for Us. until recently. How
ever the development Of the forces Of prodlc-
ton have now overcome the formerly equal
trend of demand with supply Of labor in this
industry; until we have now reached n noirt
where Hll the demands Of the printing indus
try can be supplied with diminishing hours ~
labor. In fact. in order to secure employment
for those workers In the industry who have
produced the wealth Of the employers il Is
imperative that shortening of the working
day take place.
This is. in brief. the economic foundation
Of the forty four-hour week. In 1919 il was
apparent To the employers especially those
affiliated with the closed-shop branch 81 the
typothctea. that the Neutrality-suspicious. week was
an economic necessity and il was specifically
agreed that the forty-four-honr week become
effective the first day of May, ie2l But be-
tween the date the agreement was signed and
May. 1921. the general fight against organised
labor that has been conducted by the National
Association of Manufacturers. the United
States Chamber OF Commerce and other en-
poyers' associations. assumed particularly
virulent form because Of the depressed eco
nomc conditions of the country, These blood
sucking organizations of exploiters thought
they saw in the financial and economic crisis.
War an opportunity TO throttle organized la
bor so they endeavored to capitalize the ma
tionalistie sentiment that had been aroused
during the war in an effort 10 carry out their
own predatory designs. The slogan open
shop" coined and expounded the means
whereby the reorganization and reconstruction
of society must take place after the colossal
calamity of the world struggle The employ
ing printers. a large number of them. were
affiliated in various ways with the larger
CARNATIONS of employers and readily gave
their support to the hypocrticsl and nefari-
GUS propaganda in favor of the "open-Shop''
or the so-called American plan in industry.
Hiding behind the flag Of the country which
thousands and tens of thousands of union men
marched under to sacrifice thei all for what
they had been told struggle for free
DOM the employers for the most part swivel
chair patriots. endeavored To deprive the
working people of this country of their right
of collective bargaining. endeavored To de-
stroy organized labor ms o. prelude 70 the in
PRODUCTION of their ideal system in industry,
the unrcguited toll of absolute peonage. In
their infamous agitation they have traduced
the flag of the country they profess 70 sup
port and have made it cloak for their de-
signs. for the single purpose of enriching
themselves al the expense of every yeE.iga Of
manhood of decency and sef-respect on the
part of the working people whose labor has
enabled them to assume dominant position
in industry.
The struggle against the forty-four-hour
week is part of the general struggle against
the principles for which he decent element
of the workers in America and throughout
the world has stood. In the struggle the
part of the employing printers they have
been ably assisted, not only by the various
manufacturer ASSOCIATIONS, but by the SUI
pine slaves of the Industrial and commercial
magnates who patiently sit at the feet of
their arrogant masters and pick up the
crumbs that fail from their banquet tables.
Such a group of slaves and intellectual pros
titutes Is the organization known TO pre-
vent work being placed. in union shops a
group just as devoid of decency rs is the
predatory masters whom they crawl upon their
bellies before.
''The American Plan or open shop is
hypocritcal pretense. brazen gesture, an
endeavor to throw dust in the eyes of the
people of the country in an effort TO conceal
their real desire. their real motive behind their
whole agitation. which Is the establishment
in America of a system of universal seabbery.
The open-shop il meaningless except rs
synonym of scab shop. We must tear asun-
der this pretense of the labor hating, un-
scrupulous corruptionists whose only desire Is
TO arouse sentiment against organized labor
by any means within their power and TO
eventually crush every vestigc of united
ton on the part of the workers.
In consideration of the above. therefore be ii
Resilved That we. the delegates of the llii-
nois State Typographical Union, go on record
in favor of supporting to the limit the forty.
four-hour week proposition, because we are
convinced H. is the only economically sound
proposition claiming the attention Of the
workers in this industry.
The fight is on, and we will not eounte-
nance defeat or compromise The employers
have thrown down the gauntlet; pick il
up and hurl their challenge into their brazen
faces. On with the STRUGGLED Upon its out
come depends-zpictory Extinction. We
must annihlate the "open-shop' desire on
the part of the employers of labor, sink
to the level of vile slaves
The Way Of Women.