Evening star., 1922-06-26
|A.E. Of |. ATTACKS
HARDING POLICIES
Industrial FeudaIism and
Political Bureaucracy
Z Charged in Report.
BY the Associa ted Press.

dustrial feudalism. supported by po-
litical bureaucracy, seems to have
made it's way into the White House.
declared the report of the special
| policy committee of the American
Federation of Labor in setting forth
organized labor's stand against the
Kansas Industrial court and other
| proposals for compulsory submission
of labor disputes to state tribunals.
President Harding's declaration to
Congress last December, suggesting
regulation of labor unions, prompted
| tn" committees criticism.
| "It would SEEM" declared the COM
mittee. that propaganda for indus
! trial f"udalism. supported by poilu-
| cal bureaucracy. has found It's way
! into the White House. 1t is most
| regrettahle to note the ntterances of
the President of the United States.
| wherein he disapproves of labor's re-
1uct" nj but necessary resort to the
! right to strik" against Industrial on
| nression. It may he we'll to recall in
this connection most appropriate
! uttera nee unon the same subject by
"nother President Abraham Lincoln.
/ Who said 7 am glad that y system
| # labor prevails under which Ia
| ho~"rs can strike when they want
! to-
| Politics. interno tional relations and
/ y shorter work dow were among the
| T,lhie"ts touched hr tho rerorts pre-
s"rtcd to the council in addition to
that of the special policy committee.
Raise Many Objections.
| Tho special committee considered
! ~" EHnsaS Industrial court law the
| Colorad do Industrial commission law.
! "ompulsorv incorporation of trade
tion of regulation and the attempt to
"9SS the Duell-Miller bill in New
! YS~k
| 'Tntnrwoven throu"hout all of these
! Legislative ena"+mants ana legislat tive
| nrooo sails" said the renort "is the
! 'nS1dionS attenlnt to extend the doc
! trine Of conspiracy to the whole trade
! "nion movement. and thus to prevent
| the constructive effective aud efficient
| 9nDl'cation Of the princinles of or
! "anization and cooperation by the
wa"o-earners. Whatever else may he
| said of the Kansas law. the facts re-
! :nafn that the wheels of industry
cannot he moved by arti-strke leg
; 'S1ation any more effectivelv than
"o"l can he drg by iniUnction"
The committee declared in favor of
the federation's continuance of its
! f"ht against the Kansas and Colo
| RADIO laws
| Congress was sub iected to criticism
by supplemental report of the leg
| islativ" committee. which declared
! that its attitude against labor had
"frenTently been evidenced on rene
dial labor legislation"
| Plan Fight on Congress.
Rather than spend our efforts trv-
ing to change the attitude of the
present Congress" said the report
we should endeavor to change its
ptrSonncl. Now Is the opportune time
70 DO so. There are at least fifty
congressional districts now represent
our legislative program and who are
generally hostile to our objectives
from which trade unionists might he
/ elected. What we need is a reaIiza-
ton on the part of the organized
wase-earners that seats in Congress
Eers and capitalists"
Inc les1slat tive committee also at
tackled the. United States bureau of
efiiciency. declaring that since it's
inception it has not made a single
worth while contribution to public
service
The committee recommended that
the executive council, in co-operation
WIN the unions of government en-
pioSes, endeavor to bring about
Htore no satisfactory administration of
the bureau. and, if it develops this
course is impractical, then appropri
ate action be taken to abolish the
bureau" ZIG
The shorter work day committee
aiso hled a supplemental report with
the council. describing the union coal
miners, the printers and the textile
workers as the shock troops', of
organized labor in fighting for a
shorter work day.
Their success" said the commit
tee, will bring a definite and effective
solution of the problems of unem
ployment."
Seek Shorter Day.
Among the demands of the soft
coal miners now on strike is estab-
lishment of the siX-hour day, fiye-dav
week, while the international Typo
graphical Union was said by the COM
nlttee to have spent 100000 in the
last fourteen months trying to cs-
tablish the forty-four-hour week, and
1t was added that the New England
teXtlle workers are on strike to pre-
vent the lengthening of the work
day.
Resolutions favoring recognition
by the United States of the Mexican
government, headed by President AL
varo Obregon. and expressing the
federation's sympathy for the just
struggles and aspirations of the
people of India" were reported as
concurred in by the committee on in
ternational relations. The committee
took similar action on a resolution
providing that the American FEEDER |
alton should urgently call the at
tention of the labor movements of
all the Latin American republics to
the necessity Of using their influence !
to prevail upon their respective gov
ernments, when negotiating with for
eign banking institutions, that the !
further welfare of their peoples, as
it may be affected by such negotia- |
tions, be the first consideration be- |
fore agreeing to the terms and con-
ditions imposed upon them by the
bankers"
Another resolution, concurred in
by the committee on organization,
directed the executive council to call
the attention of organizers to the
laundry industry, it being declared
that thousands of woman workers
might be brought into union ranks
from this industry.