The Connecticut labor news., 1921-08-12
---aa-ss1z& LABOR ALONE IS OPPOSING PLAN TO CHINIFY AMERICA
"Coolies in Hawaii" Plot Would Annul Every Anti-Peonage Law
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Washington, Aug. I2.-COngrcSs- man Cable, member of the house com mittee on immigration, shows that Il the proposed cooHe resolution Is ap- proved by congress 1t will annul all federal acts to prevent slavery, Pcon- age. contract labor and Oriental lm- migration.
 Sentiment i'll congress is swinging away from the coolie bill, ottclalIy known as II. J. Res. l7l introduced bv the territorial delegate iron Hawai-.
 While the danger is by no means removed, A. F. Ot l.. repreSentallVes believe that strong sentiment has been built up against the measul1 and that HaWallan sugar planter are far from certain now Of the ue- s,red hordes of Chinese cOoles tC work on the plantations as Donu men. o
 The entire fight against the pro Dosition has been Waged by organ lzed labor. No other orgalll%dtlo Il. has protested against the relntrouuc- ton of slavery on American SOIL
 Under the terms Ot the JOlnt 1coo- ution it would be possible, upon norclamations by the President that an emergency exists, 10 import aP- proXimately 5o,Ooo Chinese oo0iiN' ''' pond, into HaWan. .,.
 Il,r;nos the testimony of President GOmDerS before the house 1mn1Sld- non committee 1t was developed that ahout 25 wears ago, when the queStlOll ot the Annexation Ot HaWan was uh- der consideration, COnltle elNe ""0 held at a hotel i'll this city between members of congress, the sugar lillol ests of the United States ana lePle- sentatives ot HaWal. Ill.,, ;
 Al that time Claud Sprecklcs ln- formed the Hawailans that Ii the ls- lands were permitted to come into the limited States the people O1 lHe islands would have 10 accept the Id, hor laws of the United States as well as the tariff laws. They would nave to swallow the bitter with lne S"eC' and that they must take tHell tll'iiC> with the citizens Ot the Onlted otdtcS The HaWaiianS sald that they hhoM thev would have to do that ana "OulO accept the conditions. 1o
 president GomperS was on the stand before the house immigration committee continuously for udS and a half. presenting to the commit tee the objections Ot organlzed laDol
 
 zenshiD to the coolie resolution.
 Inch bv inch the A. F. ot l.. eNecu tive battered down every excuse 10 the importation of coolle labor. II showed that there was no necesSlt1 for coolie labor and that under th' terms of the United States conSu tution there could be no such con dition of bondage as that Whlci would result from adoption ot Ii. ) Res. 17I, the coolie resolution.
 President Gompers concluded III testimony with an emphatic declar ation against the resolution, Dase' upon the principles involved, durlni which he said:
 II cal your attention to the 1ac that 1t IS not wise to take the ledi and the spirit out ot AlleliC workers. It is not wise to leao llell into a position Ot tear, anguish dliN anger where no loyal support comes because no voluntary loyal suppOl comes to government that uses oP pression and suppression:
 We appeal to you, as we Hay the right as men ana as Cltl%oi1' maintain the American policy Ot Chi nese exclusion by law and to mak bv law the exclusion Ot the JapaneS ond all other orientals. In my opln ion the people of the republic ot tn limited States have only just entered uDon the real mission ot our repuDh to be the leader in industrial progress in democratic government and hu manitarian ideals Do not let Us de part from that policy, sound, goo' and progressive, but, rather, strength en it" c-,,o o
 Congressman John L. Cable, O Ohio member of the committee o1 ;mmigration, compiled the laws tha would be destroyed if the coohe reso lution is adopted, including the con stitutional provision winch prompt involuntary servitude except as pun ishment for crime.
 The Ohio lawmaker showed that II specific instances United State statute law designed to prevent peon age to restrict Oriental immigration to eradicate slavery, to prompt con tract labor, to exclude Chinese iron Hawaii, and in general to Safegual' the rights and freedom ot men iron the imposition of involuntary serVl tude, would be nullitled by the pro posed coolie resolution.
 This tabulation sustained state ments made by President Gomper and corroborated his declarations 01 the specific point that to enact tn proposed resolution would reVers the policy which the American gov ernment has maintained during 4
 The house committee an immigra ton has not announced it's lntenuo regarding future hearings, but It understood that hearings are planne bv the senate committee on lmm1gra