The Connecticut labor news., 1922-06-09

throughout the state of Connecticut among the people of all walks in life to ascertain whether or not the people were in sympathy with the move ment. He also urged the members of Organized Labor to attend the meet ings which were to be held in Bridge port as well as other places.
 Delegate P. Ginty, Danbury, re- quested the privilege of the floor for Vice President John E. Fitzgerald, Metal Polishers and Buffers Interna- tional Union, who addressed the Con- vention urging support of the dele gates to assist the Metal Polishers and Buffers in their attempt to pre- vent the manufacturers of Connecti- cut from imposing the so-called American Plan upon the members of their organizations.
 President O'Meara then introduced President C. J. Benham representing the w. F. Ives Co.,, Wallingford, Conn, who addressed the Conven- men to purchase only bits bearing the Metal Polishers Union Label.
 Chairman Ornburn reporting for the Special Committee on the De- cision of the Supreme Court sub mitted the following resolution:
 June 7th, 1922. To the Officers and Members of the
 37th Annual Convention: WHEREAS: The Supreme Court of the United States in the miners appeal of the case of the Coronado Coal Co., against the United Mine Workers holds that under Sections / and of the Sherman Antitrust Law, unions are sueable and that actions for damages can be brought against unions for damages caused by their strike, and that their strike funds are assessable for damages, and
 WHEREAS: It has frequently been stated that the Sherman Anti Trust Law was never intended to apply to organizations banded together for mutual protection and betterment, but was intended to protect human beings from the power and rapacity of soul less corporations and trusts, and
 WHEREAS: The experience of or ganized labor, especially in time of strikes, has been that it's enemies have instituted and prosecuted illegal pro- ceedings, civil and criminal, that they knew to be without merit, against union individuals and their organiza- tions to prevent them from actively participating in or directing a strike, or to preclude the payment of strike benefits, and as a result innocent men have been jailed and separated for long periods from their families and justifable strikes have been broken with profit to interruptions, prohteer- ing employers and all of this Gin the name of the law" and with the aid of the courts; and
 WHEREAS: We fear that the de- cision of the Supreme Court that unions can be sued will greatly heart en the enemies of organized labor and provide them a means of un- justly tieing up strike funds by suit in time of trouble and make financing such a strike impossible and, there fore failure; therefore be it
 RESOLVED: That the Connecticut Federation of Labor in Convention assembled at Stamford, Conn, June 6, 6, /, 8, and 8, 1922, take this means of expressing its profound regret that there are men on the bench of the United States Supreme Court whose training, association, environment and lack of contact with the workers made , possible their interpretation of Sec tions seven and eight of the Sherman Antitrust Law, which interpretation is declared by the press to be one of the heaviest blows ever struck or ganized labor and has not enhanced Labor's estimate of the wisdom or justice of that courts decisions in matters efecting organized labor; and be it further
 RESOLVED: That the legislative agents of the American Federation of Labor be, and they are hereby urged to endeavor to secure such Congress sional action as may be necessary to rectify this cruel decision, further
 RESOLVED: That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the Secretary of the American Federation of Labor.
 l. M ORNBURN,
 KARL LANG,
 HERBERT BENNETT,
 PATRICK J. BIRMINGHAM,
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