The Connecticut labor news., 1921-08-26


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 After Text Books.
 The American Federation of Labor intends to take a leading part in the development of the nations public school system and to see that labor's point of view is accurately expound- ed in school text books, the federation executive council announced. The council said that reports of the fed eratIOn'S committee on education showed that there "appears to be evidence of a pre-concerted and we'll organized effort to shape the thoughts of the young through the preparation of text books used and that there IS total absence of labors viewpoint"
 Besides making comprehensive sur vey in an effort to remove what was described as the false conception of existing theories of industrial, politi- cal and social economics" the coun- cil said it would endeavor to aid in bringing 'our schools to the highest possible degree of efficiency as we'll as usefulness in the acquiring of true and accurate knowledge"
 Every aid, 1t was stated, will also be given text book writers and pub fishers SO that they may no longer be able to claim that they have not been fully apprised of the true and accurate principles on the subjects cf industrial education"
 The councils action comes as a result of a report made to the fed eration convention in Denver last June that an Apparently well or ganlzed and systematic campaign has been undertaken by the National Association of Manufacturers to con duct a propaganda in the schools of the country in furtherance of so-called "open shop"
 Ask Federal Aid.
 The executive council yesterday called upo0the federal and state gov ernments to aid in the relief of the unemployment situation by "immedi- ately concerning themselves with put ting into operation processes of pro- duction for public improvement of buildings, roads, etc, and to use the credit of the country for the encour- agement of productive processes"
 The councils proclamation also called upon the organized and unor- ganized wage earners to "resist at te1npts at wage reductions and urge all the people to join in the demand that our processes of production be stabilized and that the we'll organ ized and concerted effort of the ex- ploiters of our land for the further reduction of wages of men who even today cannot live in decency and comfort, shall come to an immediate end"
 The recent campaign for the reduc- tion of wages, declared the council, has not reflected itself proportionally in the lowering of prices.
 fnu the contrary Uye find nrice c and the cost of living increasing" it was added. "What it has accom- plished has been to create a lack of confidence in our productive pro- cesses. Every reduction in wages has only increased the desire to withhold production in the hope and belief that still further reductions of wages will take place.
 A Dangerous Crisis.
 "The unemployment situation is nearing a dangerous crisis and unless dealt with in an efficient, intelligent and humane fashion, this coming win ter may find the feeding of the hungry and the starving not alone a problem of the old world but a prob lem of the new world.
 The time has passed for mere phrase making. The time for action IS HcIt FO1lOWlnS IdlSc SCOHO1IllC principles, reducing the purchasing power of the wage earners, throwing our industrial order into hostile camps, do not make for confidence and stability in our productive pro- cesses.
 Tt is time that the industrial, com mercial and financial interests of our land turn from their path of preju- dice, hatred and selfshness and fol- low the course of humanity and avoid the black clouds of Restitution and starvation that are shadowing so many peoples in other lands.
 "The present unemployment is due to nonproduction on the part of en- ployers and the constant and persis- tent efforts being made to lessen the stability of the great mass of our people-the wage earners of our land ito purchase the commodities and necessities of life.
 ''If production is to be enhanced the consumption ability of the people must be enlarged"