The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-06-13

Denver, Colo, June 49, The trade
union movement in America" has sue
cesglully defended it's position against
the organized efforts of anti-union EN-
ployers,' the executive council of
the American Federation of Labor
declares in its annual report submit
ted today to the federation conven-
tion here. Ii adds that the outlook
is for continuance OF not only sue
cessful defense, but steady and con
ststent progress"
The councils report covers a wide
range Of subjects and includes nearly
a score of specific recommendations
Among them are:
That the railroad situation be in.
yestigated by national commission,
consisting OF seven representatives
each of the public, the stockholders
and classified labor. with a view TO
recommend ng remedial legislation to
Congress.
That the executive council be au-
thOrized to conduct an Investigation
by a national commission, consisting
of seven representatives each of the
public, the stockholders and classified
labor with a view to recommending
receda al legislation to Congress
That the executive council be auth
'orized to conduct an investigation
with a view to recommending at the
next convention a policy as a basis
for wage measurement as opposed to
the present plan Of fixing wages in re
lation to the cost Of living
Amend Constitution.
That the federation endorse a joint
resolution to be presented in Con
gress proposing an amendment to
the constitution under which all
measures finally enacted by Congress
would be valid under the constitution
wherever called into question
That the Federation take o firm
stand" for the inauguration of a def
IN te policy calling for the total exclus
ion from the United States Of Japa-
nese with all other Orientals
That the excess profits tax he re-
tained by the federal government and
that the federation oppose proposals
for new taxes and leave nothing un-
done to defeat the int/lduction OF a
turnover consumption or sales tax"
That the convention approve recent
recommendations by the federal trade
commission to President Harding
that the commss on be authorized to
obtain and publish information CON
cerning ownership, cost sales and
profits in the basic industries as a
means of 'reducing the cost Of living
by compelling those who sell the
necessaries of life to accept smaller
profits
Under the heading of constructive
demands" the councils report reiter-
ates and reaffirms that those contri-
buting 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 thorough accord with our
trade union organizations as means
of promoting the democracy of indus
try through cooperative effort.
TO Curb ProrteerS.
Cooperation should be encouraged
as an effective means of curbing pro
liteering' the report continues. "To
stimulate rapid deyeloment of CO.
operatives the federal farm loan act
should be extended so as to give
credit to all properly organized CO.
operatives, just as credit now is Civ
en- to individual farmers. Co-opera-
tion is no less vital and worthy of
support than are the railroads. which
we're given hundreds of millions of
dollars and an area of land equal to
New England to facilitate their es4
tablishment. There should be legal
enactment to protect co-operatives
against discrimination by manufac-
turers and wholesalers.
Control of credit capital by those
whose chief interest is the accumua
tion of profits results inevitably in
the open door for profteering. We
repeat and emphasize the demands of
organized labor that control of capi-
tai be taken from the hands of private
fnanciers and placed in the hands of
a public agency to be administered
by voluntary and cooperative meth
DDS"
Turning to the railroad situation,
the council says "The operation of
the Esch.Cummins measure (the