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LABOR KILLS PLAN
.F0RLARCERUNI0kSI
kIlaIgamation Of Units in Each
Industry is Defeated.
ATLANTIC CITY FOR 1929
Federation Committee Condemns Vic
lation of Wage Contracts by EN-
pioyers and Deeiars for invioiat'
Agreements.

Cincinnati. June 16.-Without oppo
sition or debate. the American FEEDER
alton of Labor convention killed s
resolution proposing radical change
in the form Of the organized labo'
movements in The Unired States by thi
amalramatinn Of all unions into sin
gle organizations. each covering IL
industry.
The resolution was introduced b!
E. H. Fitzgerald and others represent
ing the railway clerks.
In reporting ,he resolution adverse
IN froll The organization committee
Sara tnnboy. Of the Untred Textile
Workers. said rhe departments OF thu
federation were created along indus
,ri;il Ines.
Atlantic City asked that il he select
cd as lie seat for The 1922 convention
il hein. the first city 70 submit al
invitation.
The miners strike was brought be
fore the convention, which unanimous
~ adopted The motion OF W. D. Ma
hon. "f De;roil, president Of the stee
raiIwarteiff'IIb5yesN expressing endorse
ment. sympathy and hoI7> for the min
ers.
William Green. secretary Slf rh'
miners union. said the miners "haV'
not given an inch" and he added thsa,
the miners fight was the fight OF 81
orgal,i2ed lebor. we have the dxe'
dete I'm mari, u. nLrinued Mr.. Green
ito go on with the strike TO q lin
ish.
Before we would accept lower
wages and worse working conditions
we would rather fight and lose thai
not 10 raise our voices in protest. II!
may be necessary for US 70 ask this
convention for more than moral sup
port
The special policy committee TO con
slider the Lafolletre proposal. which is
similar 70 one adopted by the FEEDER
alton TWO years ago. was named b!
Mr.. Gompers as follows: 4. NJ. Jewell
head OF the railway employees depart
menr: james Duncan, representing tht
Granite Cutters Mr. Green, United
Mine Workers Matthew VOL, photo
engravers &. w. Perkins, cigar max
ers; John 2. Frey, monlders; ". d
Mahon. street railway employees
Frank Duffy, carpenters: John Vol
glassblowers; James Wilson, pattern
makers Benjamin Schlesinger, ladies
garment workers Z. F. Flaherty, Jet
ter carriers: George Berry, printing
pressmen, and I. Y. Mccullough
Typographical Union.
Politics was brought up by speech
of James O'Connell, q member of the
Eederarion's political campaign com
mittee, He said the people woult
rise in their might and drive from
the halls of congress any legislators
who do not broaden out and help free
4YaD0f from the shaekles fastened or
it by the courts"
He. predicted that tie convention
would order the continuation Of tbs
Fedefation'S non-pa artisan, political
campaign and said its object was te
elect men who are sympathetic witt
human kind.
lola iloH Ol wage COulIaStS " AS SoAs
demned- by the convention in unani
mously adopting mmittee report
charging employers in many instances
had deliberately violated, broken ant
cancelled working agreements" during
rhe last year. 1t added 'once the
pledge OF labor is given 1t must De
kept
at has been kept in the past the
report continued, with reference to.
Iabor's pledge, land it will be kept
in the future. 1t is not fair, however,
to pledge to certain things and allow
the employer to do as he pleases.
when agreements are to be enter
ed into it must be with the distinct
understanding that they are to be
honestly observed and faithfully ad'
hered to by all parties