The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-12-01
STATE FED. HEAD
ASKS MORE FUNDS

The election is over now, and the
victory Won must now be capital
lied into results for the workers of
our state A militant campaign must
now be launched to secure the en-
actment of much remedial labor
legislation by the next legislature.
The election of our candidate for
United States Senator-C. C. Dill
on pro-labOr, progressive plat
form, and the reputation by the
workers of our state of Poindexter,
together with all of the reactionary
and viciously anti-labor policies that
he stood for and advocated, consti-
tute the greatest single victory ever
won by the workers of our state.
The success of the poll tax repeal
measure, initiated by the federation,
together with the defeat of the GER
tificate of necessity bill and of the
two vicious election bills opposed by
us, is also an important victory.
Had the federation been given the
support it was entitled to in its
initiative campaign last spring, its
new workmen's compensation law,
adding more than a million dollars
annually to the pockets of injured
workinen, and the anti-injunction bill
would have carried. Sentiment in
the state for just compensation for
injured workmen is now overwhelm
ing, while the universal disgust of
the people over the infamous Daugh-
erty injunction would have enabled
us to carry our anti-injunction bill.
1t is a terrific Indictment of those
who, within our movement, with
held their support and denied the
workers Of our state the opportu-
nifty for this additional victory.
However, the workers of our
state displayed in the recent cleo
tion unity of purpose and a de-
termination for constructive results
that brooks no further tampering
with. This spirit must be further
developed and coined into still great
er results for our movement.
Many friendly state Legislators
have been elected, and while the
"Old Guard" may still be in control
of the next legislature, the lesson
of the recent election will still be
fresh in their mind when they meet
next January at Olympia, and it is
quite possible that a vision of what
may be in store for them in 124 may
compel much fairer consideration
of labor's legislative needs than was
possible at the last session. We will
have good bloc of progressives
from several sections of the state
who will be willing to make the
fight, and properly directed, there
may be good results obtained.
The labor legislative program of
the federation is on your files. In
addition to that, the BARRIERS union
of Io r+n+ ,,1,npI
ment to the BARRIERS state law that
less the federation is on the job
at Olympia, very little results can
be hoped for. The Vice Presidents
of the federation, together with To-
cal committees in each district, will
interview each member of the leg
islature with a view to enlisting and
pledging their support for our pro-
gram, and every unionist in the
state is hereby urged to assist in
the campaign to enlist support for
the program by interviewing and
urging support from the represen-
tatives from their separate dis
tricts.
Money must be contributed to the
legislative fund to defray the cost
of attornies' fees and of printing
bills and for legislative expenses
both prior to and during the sixty
day session at Olympia. If you don't
want anything done for labor, just
place this letter on file and don't
send us a cent to work with. On
the other hand, if you want a real
fight waged in your interests and
for your benefit, you will make a
generous contribution We will know
just how far you want us to go by
ghe extent of your response to this
letter Make all contributions pay
able to the legislative fund.