Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-04-01
GET TOGETHER
AND DEFEAT
POLICE BILL
Measure Would Mean End
Of Democracy in
Government
BY John n. Walker


The State OF Illinois is itself larger
than great many entire nations, and
because OF the state rights or state
autonomy system OF our government
the state has the right within itself
TO do things In a legislative, judicial
and executive way. that affect the
lives of the people within its Dor.
ders, almost as seriously for good or
evil, as does the same influence in a
federal way. affect them nationally.
Consequently an organization of the
working people within the state to
protect and promote their interests, is
almost as important to them as is a
national organization.
AT the present time there is on the
program of the Illinois State Fedora
tion of Labor, an effort to defeat the
Military Police bill. II the Military
Autocracy proposed by the Dunlap
Police Bill is established in Illinois Il
means the end of democracy In gov
eminent in our state Then there
will be no rights that labor has that
the exploiters of labor will be com
PEELED to respect.
The Illinois State Federation Of La
Dor is also endeayoring TO secure the
enactment of an Injunction Limitation
bill, which has for its purpose, the TAX.
ing away from the judges OF our STATE,
power which they have arbitrariIF as
sumed, which was never given them
under the law or constitution, under
which these judges now dely the
workers their constitutional rights OF
| free speech, free press, and peaceful
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assumed power as a strike breaking
agency, to prevent the organization of
the workers and to enable the exploit
ers of labor to do almost as they
please. The Federation is seeking the
passage of Jury Trial bills. which will
give the American right OF a jury
trial to persons charged with violat
ing an injunction outside the presence
of the court.
| Among other bills which the Fedora.
ton is trying to have enacted into law
are the following: The Women'a
Eight-Hour Bill to protect the WON
en-; the One Day Rest in Seven bill
the Car-shed Bill. to protect the car
builders and repairers in the railroad
shops during inclement weather; a
bill for comfort stations for the health
OF the street railway workers.; bills
to improve the educational laws; To
make conditions better for the work.
ers in every way, and to give the
children that are to come after us, a
better chance than we have had.
] Every worker in Illinois that is out,
side of the labor movement is a weak
ness to it, to that extent and in that
degree is contributing towards the en-
actment of the Military Police or Con
stabulary bill, and to the defeat of all
the other measures that have been
enumerated
This is not only true of the unor-
ganized workers, but also in some de-
gree. of every local union of working
men and women that remains outside
of the Illinois State Federation of La.
Dor. Their failure to affiliate is q
weakness to the state movement
| In this day when the labor move
ment is in a struggle for its very ex-
istence, at death grips with labor's
enemies. every real trade unionist
that is in our state tif they are con-
scious of what they are doing) viii be
found in the ranks of the organized
State Labor Movement that is making
the fight for them and theirs, and
everything they hold dear