The labor world., 1922-06-17

Hr Cunnin&ly Devised.
( Organized labor's opposition was
Expressed in resolution No. /, intro
tluced by James Duncan, the first
vice president Of the n. +. of L.,
= EEhich calls the merchant marine bill
ia cunningly devised scheme to en-
rich certain classes of so-called
American ship owners at the OK
pense Of the truly American tax
spayers.'
\ The resolution was t2!cgraphed to
Washington when Andrew l'Crustth,
president of the seamen's union, no.
stified the convention the bill would
probably be reported out tomorrow.
The bills enactment, Duncan's
resolution said, will bring about Il
condition under which AL managers
Fand operators of ships must regard
politics as the prlnl" factor i'll their
business and efficient management
as a secondary consid ration Of COM
! para lively little Importance.
3 The resolution fl;;Iy coHtrddicted
the claim that subsidies were ncccs-
sary to cuualizr costs Of American
and foreign operation because. it
Tread. inequality exists only where
1 American government officials fail
aproperly to enforce American laws
intended to prnmuto equalization,
ESPECIALLY the l.n t'r,lcttc seaman's
Tact.
4 The untn.mulL: vote followed an
\ impassioned addr IS by 'cruscth.
1.-The lean, gray viking with an eagles
abeak and grim hollow checks. Fer
9uscth then rur"icd away to attend
IAN international Seamcn'S crnven-
tion in Europe.
4 Calls Subsidy Iootin" Plan.
ship subsidy is I. scientific plan
3of looting the public" the sailors
leader shouted. The 1c5,00O,oo0 re-
quired is too great power to trust
anyone with. We must gct the gov
sernment out Of shipping to give pri-
Svate owners Il chance on a clean,
square basis, without favor or pat
trbnaGe."
Today's single .essiun began with
IaAhe auditing committees report. Fol
n bwing it President Gompers said:
II challenge the open shoppers
.,aHbe chambers of commerce and the
.1ltoar(ls of trade and all other capt.
thlistic organizations to make such
l3t clean showing of their expenditures
t1als is made 10y the American FEEDER
Nation Of Labor
\ President Gompcrs then announced
Ithat June II has been set aside fOl
Especial consideration Of recent de-
iGisions Of the supreme court, partic-
Hlarly :hc coronado case.
FratcrnaI Delegates Speak.
/, } Speakers today were the fratcrna,
delegates from the British Trades
Union congress, T.. L.. POultOn OF
the boot and shoe workers and II
H. Smith. acting president Of the
hcoal miners.
I'VE ou@nt,' said Poulton, "as
ltrade unlulists to he on our guard
;. .Sett ed BY peaceful means. We had
Thought the World war was to put
Lam end to war, hut now we predict
another in ten years.
Smith laid part Of the blame fo1
t,the ioss of the British cual strike te
] -extr&mists in the union who had NJ
! lexp8rience in union strategy before
! .,the war. He advocated uniform
-.,international working day.
T#aIErnest Robinson of Winnipeg
tde.egate from the Dominion Trade
land labor congress, bespoke Anglo
ssSaxon la Dor unity and said the work
L.fig class should take greater con
ktpol Of production and distribution
tomorrow United States Senate
> Robert VI. Ia Toilette and Mrs
Florence Kelley, secretary of tn
) Consumers League, and DR.. AlDer
? Frieburg. biologist, will speak o.
( !, child labor.
1 / President Gonlpers issued state
! ment on the showing of a loss o
711.O0O members this year.
1; 1.-THE truth is" the statement said
1--WE have no way OF really knowing
~ whether we have lost that man
} 7 members, and the fact may be tina
! ! we have lost none at all.
Unions pay thcir per capita ia
on the basis OF dues collected from
: Al HE Ill DeISll1p' llOSc VI llOllS u
: not collect dues from mon and wo
II men who are out Of work. They is
d sue out of work stamps, and n
accounting of the number Of stamp
y ~ made.
5 a "a. F.. Of L. membership is com
4 Il puted solely on the pc. capita Ia.
\ All we know is the A. f. of L. ha
a, 3,195,651 members paying Dues
an Robert NJ. La Toilette, Republ
SM can United States senator from Wis
1 consin and labor's cOngressions
AID champion, came to the conventio
y here today, witnessed =, boom fc
te ,aimse1f for president in 1924, an
then numerically flayed, withou
reservation, the supreme court {
la( the United States and the entir
Hc judicial system.
II Received by din of applause ths
Ks shook the rafters of the conventio
fshall, La Toilette unflinchingly al
braEed the supreme court and POI
I Sstrayed for the hundreds of labor
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