The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1922-06-17
PUTS in
PROTEST
Calls Coronado Coal Case
Decision Distinctly
Hostile
OPINION
TERMED SUBTLE
Labor Will Find d Way to
Preserve It's Lib
critics

Cincinnati, June II tBy the Associat
Led Press Labor's Interpretation ol
the supreme court decision in the cele
brated Coronado coal case, holding in.
ternational unions subject to damage
suits under the Sherman antitrust
law, was presented today to the Amer.
lean Federation Of Labor convention
here, BY the fcderation's executive
council, composed Of it= eleven officers.
"1he supreme court cannot crush the
labor movement without endangcrinp
the foundations Of society, declared
the report. "The workers will not ac-
ccpt slavery Therefore. they will not
accept that which makes slavery eli.
ther likely or possible. They will find
way to preserve those liberties which
they have and to gain more as time
passes.
Organizations OF farmers and other
unincorporatsd associations of individ-
nails were said by the council to face
the same plight as the trade unions, for
il was said that the decision applies
to them with equal force As it does tc
labor unions. Every organized unit
the council asserted was made liable
as mr.ll for whatever acts may be
done by individual members or groups
in violation of law.
Chief Justice Taft. who wrote the
Coronado decision, was said By the
,bunciI to have been purely gratui
tous." by including ruling in antici
patton of future cases" and the courts
concurrence in the opinion was de
scribed as an 'sunwaranted act" Tho
decision, the council added, was pre-
dicted on ancient and outlawed British
court findings" and resulted 10 reversal
Of established law and practices in the
United States
Justice Taft, by his subtle interpre-
tation and construction" the report
said, "bas directly charged that trade
unions are combinations or conspira
-ies in restraint Of trade, because it is
,nly by this presumption and legal as
that he can justify the dec
aration that they are associations EN-
,raced in the terms of the Sherman
Ind Clayton acts.s
Section six Of the Clayton act, con
'trued BY the report as exempting la
,or unions from the antitrust laws,
ras declared 10 have been passed by
congress TO rectify the wrong done
" the supreme court in the famous
)anbury Hatters' Gaze, holding the
workers liable for damages as indi
iiduals and as union.
Evidently the supreme court does
lot intend to be bound the report
Idded. ~by the legal enactments of Con
'ress and feels itself superior to the !
Judgment Of the lawmaking body of
he land.
Declaring that the Coronado decision
made union funds subject TO damages |
esulting from unlawful acts of indi-
iduals about whom the union knew |
othing. the report added that organ
zed labor sought no extraordinary pro-
ection, but contended the individuals |
hould be punished under criminal or
ivil law
'The supreme court" the report con-
ludcd, has not only rendered de
ision which goes beyond any previ-
us decision Of that tribunal in its an
agonism and opposition TO labor, but
. has rendered such a decision when,
nder the law and the practices hith-
RIO obtaining. its decision should have
cen exactly the reverse