The Connecticut labor news., 1922-10-27

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 vented for the time by the vigilant
 efforts of Labor and its friends in
 congress. At the same time 1t was planned and proposed to destroy the
 Department of Agriculture, the one department that can be Of service to
 the farmers. The life of these de-
 partments IS secure only so long as reaction can be to some extent held in check
 Coolie labor for the rich and pow erful sugar planters of Hawaii was proposed by the reactionaries in Con gress and for this measure they fought most desperately. Coolie la bor for Hawaii, which is American territory, would mean coolie labor for the mainland in due time. It was proposal for an entering wedge of cheap, unassimilable Asiatic labor, vicious in the extreme, striking at the very foundation of our civilization and our republic This was prevented by Labor's magnificent efforts; the Teas- nre was literally fought to death for the time being.
 Police power is an important factor which employers always seek to con- trol and which friends of organized employers always seek to place at the disposal of such interests. Senator Kellogg has sought to take away from the state courts all cases dealing with aliens, which means huge diversion of court and police power from state to federal control. State police pow CT properly belongs to the states and Is safest and most likely to be used fairly when 1t Is under state. control. This bill is. in reality a roundabout method of favoring employers while seeming to deal with question of alien conduct. If this bill should be- come law the injury of any alien in an industrial controversy would result III federal interference Ill the entire con troversy through the federal courts. Through employer connivance such course of procedure could easily be brought about.
 Unemployment was for more than a year-and still is-an issue of para mount importance. Over period or many months the number of unem- ployed workers was staggering. As many as 5000, ,ooo were idle because they could find no work. The Presi- dent summoned a conference to deal with this vital issue. The recommen- dations of the conference were far from adequate, but congress paid them no heed, nor did 1t heed the specific recommendations of Labor for dealing with problem which meant life itself to so many Of our people. The heartlessness of congress in con nection with this single issue should be sufficient to damn forever any body Of legislators so remiss.
 War profteers, however, found the road easy They have found sympathy and understanding Those few lone voices that have cried out for justice have been in truth voices Tn the wild erness The prohteers not only have escaped, but they have escaped to sin on at the expense of the people. For them there are purple robes and tax free securities and promises of sub sidies and laws of immunity and free field to do the people to the linn 1t. So solicitous have reactionary leaders been for the prohteers that bill was introduced by Senator ElSins to refund fines collected from profl- teers during the war
 War grafters, too, downright swindlers of the Republic, who fat tened like vultures while the nation struggled in war, have thus far escaped The noblest and best fought a good fight; the unclean remained be- hind to loot and prey and pillage. These remain at liberty, pursuing the even and profitable tenor of their way. Congress made a gesture, giving the attorney general a half million dol lars to spend, and that was all. The attorney general is spending the money War grafters remain at lib erty, and apparently unafraid.
 Civil service has been made the of politics. Ward heeling tactics have returned to the postal system where thousands of offices have been returned to the spells sys- tenn In addition to that, thousands of civil service employees have been forbidden to manifest any interest in politics, divested of rights that make prize.
 Railroads, chained to the Wall Street chariot, failing because of their burden of water and over-capitaliza- ton and because of their lack of in teIligent, fearless management in the