Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-14


posed to the present plan of fixing
wages in relation to the cost of ilv-
ing.
That the Federation endorse a joint
resolution to be presented in Con-
gress proposing an amendment to the
constitution under which all meas
ures finally enacted by Congress
would be valid under the constitution
whenever called into question.
That the Federation take firm
stand" for the Inauguration of a def
mite policy calling for the total eX-
clusion from the United States OF
Japanese with all other Orientals.
That the excess profits tax be re-
tanned by the federal government and
that the Federation oppose proposals
for new taxes and leave nothing I'M
done to defeat the introduction of a
turnover consumption or sales tax"
That the convention approve recent
recommendations by the Federal
Trade Commission to President
Harding that the commission be au-
thorized to obtain and publish infor-
nation concerning ownership. cost
sales and profits in the basic indus
tries as a means of reducing the
cost OF living by compelling those
who sell the necessaries of life to at
cept smaller profits"
That the convention call upon the
American government Ito take the
initiative OF to cooperate with any
ether nation or nations for the pur-
pose of a general agreement for dis
/ pF he ~
val affairs of the world.
That in view of IAN apparently
we'll organized and systematic cam
paign by the National Associat ton Of
! Manufacturers to conduct a propa-
! ganda in the schools of the country
| in furtherance of the so-called open
shop the Federation have prepared
pamphlets and literature bearing
upon the question involved for dis
tribution to the colleges, universities
and schools"
| That the Federation continue to
! lend it's aid to the United Mine Work.
ers of America in the federal pros
ecutions growing out of the coal
strike of 1919.
/ That the Fedora ton oppose legisla-
further weakening OF the Depart
ment of Labor"
I The report gives the present
strength of the Federation of Labor
at S.906.42s as against 4,07S.740 in
1920 and says that the slight decrease
in members is naturally due to the
large numbers of workers unem-
ployed." 1t points to the membership
enrolment as proof that the cam
paign against organized labor has
failed.
The American Trade union move
ment.' the report declares, has just
gone through a year of unexampled
struggle and difficulty. The enemies
OF labor and human progress have as
sailed from every side. The move
hent for reduction of wages, the
movement to crush our organization,
masqueradins under the fictitious
open shop slogan. the wave of un-
employment and perhaps the most
sinister of all. ths revival as a part
of the general anti Labor campaign
of the vicious. enslaving individual
contract by which workers are bound
, to their employers in unwilling SER
vitude, have been massed and con-
centrated against the most potential
| voluntary movement of the wage
| earners of the country. Added to
these have been legislative assaults
and court decisions most destructive
in character.
I'VE have checked the progress of
those who have sought to destroy
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the mutations of labor.
Eve call for a great rallying, a
great unity, a great movement for,
! ward for humanity. The message of
Trade Unionism must be carried to
every corner"
Under the 3ding of Constructive
Demands the Councils report reit-
crates and reaffirms that those con-
tributing to production, should have
a part in it's CONTROL" and to this end
it urges the setting up of conference
boards of organized workers and en-
ployers. thoroughly voluntary in
character and thorough accord with
our trade union organizations as
means OF promoting the democracy
of industry through cooperative eff
fort"
Cooperation should be encouraged
as an effective means of curbing
profiteering" the report continues.
To stimulate rapid development of
cooperatives the Federal Farm Loan
Act should be extended so as to give
credit to all properly organized CO.
operatives. just as credit row ia Civ
en- to individual farmers. Coopera
ton Is no less vital and worthy of
support than are the railroads which
were given hundreds of millions of
collars and an area of land equal tn
New England to facilitate their es-
! adjustment There should be legal
enactment to protect cooperatives
against discrimination by manufac-
| turers and wholesalers.
/ Control of credit capital by thoxe
whose chief interest is the accumu-
lation Of profits results inevitably in
the open door for profiteering. We
repeat and emphasize the demands
of organized labor that control of
capital be taken from the hands of
private financiers and placed in the
hands of a public agency to be ad-
ministered by voluntary and cooper
| ative methods"
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