The Connecticut labor news. (New Haven, Conn.) 1921-1925, 1921-07-01

tyranny OF 1nJunCtlOnS.
In addition, the convention declared
play can alarming attitude Of antag-
onism toward organized workers"
Regulate Packers
The convention voted for govern
ment regulation of the packing indus
try and unanimously approved a rcso-
luton calling for legislation to limit
"the spread between the rate at which
member banks of the federal reserve
system secure money and the rate
which they are permitted to charge
for the use thereof 10 not more than
one and onc-half per cent"
A resolution providing that a ma
tonal referendum should be required
for a declaration Of war that those
who vote for war should be first to
go was defeated after the proponents
had secured a roll call vote. The COM
mittee recommended non-conCurrence
The committee was supported by
viva voce vote, WhereupOn division
was called for. This resulted in a
vote Of 1873 to 50 in support of the
demanded, resulting in a vote Of 2I,
742 to 1850 in support of the COM
mittee and against the resolution.
Compulsory military training was
condemned. Commentator Of the
Ohio state workmen's compensation
act was voted.
The convention adopted resolutions
denouncing the Hearst newspapers
and all newspapers and publications
which resort to misrepresentation and
| falsehood.
For Coal Control
Sections Of the executive councils
report dealing with court cases affect
| ing the miners, with the protection Of
seamen, the Calder Coal Control bill,
cooperative banks and credit unions,
federal employment bureau, Iabor's
work for suffering peoples, and the
Personnel Research Foundation, were
approved by the convention
On a resolution offered by the, Ma
chinists' delegation, demanding ma
tional law for the payment Of unem
ployment benefits, the convention
adopted the committee report which
eliminated the unemployment benefit
feature and demanded instead that all
state declarations and central bodies
be instructed to request state, county
and municipal governments to 1mme-
diately make provision to carry on
such public works as they now have
under consideration"
Resolution No. Fl, introduced by
the Machinists delegation, instructing
the executive council to draft bill
providing for old age pensions, was
ordered referred to the council for
such investigation and action as may
seem proper.
Resolution No. So by representa-
tives of Postal and Government serv-
ice unions, commencing the policy
outlined by Postmaster General Will
H. Hayes, was concurred in by the
convention.
Resolution No. 70 asking for equip
ment allowance to rural mail carriers
was adopted.
Marine Problems
Resolution No. SO providing for a
marine transport department was
ordered referred to the executive
council with instructions that it asCer-
| tain the wishes of the organizations,
which would be affected and that a
conference of the parties interested
be held, if, in the judgment Of the
council, such a conference would
serve the best interests of the various
organizations.
In relation to Resolutions No. 100
and No. 1872 relating to exclusion of
Chinese and Japanese, and the section
of the executive councils report en-
titled "Chinese and Japanese EXclu-
sion Laws" the councils report was
approved and the resolutions were
adopted Under terms of the resolu-
ton the council is directed to oppose
any attempt to change the exclusion
laws $50 that they would permit the
admission of a single Chinaman to the
United States and its possessions.
Seldom has single committee re-
port developed a more constructive
contribution to the progressive work
of the federation than the report of
the Committee on Education, adopted
in whole by the convention. Perhaps
the most important single recommen-
dation was that approving the report
of the executive council on wages
and the cost of living" In that sec
ton the council strongly condemned
the practice of fixing wages on basis
of cost of living and recommended
that the convention authorize an in
vestigation, either by the council or a
special commission Gin order that a
principle may be found which will be
scientifically sound and to which,
therefore, our industrial life will nat
urally adjust itself"
Measuring Wages
The council further said: TO
measure the lite possibilities OF a
highly civilized people in terms of
yearly allowance, or so many pounds
and yards of commodities is con-
ception which the American labor
movement cannot tolerate and which
it must remove from the realm of
practice"
The convention also approved eft
| forts to secure modification of the
method of amending the U. S. con-
stitution;
| Condemned the idea of fixing wages
by law for adult male workers;
Commended the executive officers
| for the growing usefulness Of A. F.
Of qualifications