East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-12

IL imlcal to the interests OF labor and the
people. The result has been that 80
per cent of the work done ny congress
has been to defeat pernicious legisla-
tion. There is little sentiment in IA
vor of beneficial legislation. There is
no apparent that the statement is oft
en- made that if the United States
: dapital could be transported to the
England of the fifteenth century han
The members of congress would be
the manner born.
The idea seems to prevail that tn
ontcome of the 1920 eelctions mean
that every liberty of the people can be
taken away provided some individual
or group of individuals representing
the privileged few desire it for their
own espec al benefit
i Constructive legislation is taboo
4 The fact is that since March 4 1919,
the country has run ITSELF
General Labor Situation.
| Regarding the general labor situh,
tion, the report says:
We ha passed through year of
unusual strife and of unusual indus
| trial depl esson. Our movement has |
been beset not only by the work of op, |
ponents " o have been more active |
and more determined than ever, but i, |
has had to contend with an industrial |
situation which caused thousands OF /
our members to be idle during 4,
part of the year. 1t is with no little
satisfaction, in view of these c.rcum-
stances, tn at we are ableto lay before
this convention report of achieve
ment, report of solidarity, a report
of constructive planning and a report
that can only inadequately portray the
militant spirit with which our move
ment has come through the conflicts
of the year. The audacity of thos~
who have made it their business to at
tack in every possible manner the vol
untary organizations of the workers
has had no parallel in our country.
We can not refrain from pointing out
the fact that those VINO have been
most aggressive and most without con-
science in their attacks on the labor |
movement have been those who like {
wise have been most aggressive IN
their attempts to piunder or subv
the agencies of our government and
the democratic Institutions of on
country
I Not Only sufferer.
Labor, as labor, has not been the ,
only sufferer. There has been a gen |
eral feeling on the part of predatory 5
interests, and it has been explicitly so ]
that they are in the sad !
ile' and proposeFo play to the utmost c
he role of conqueror. Thus, what our r
movement has been compelled to meet /
has been a condition in which pre- =
ory powers have sought to break I
iown all resistance in every quarter
md to enrich themselves at the ex- !
,ense of the whole people. No exper-
ence has testified SO eloquently to the l
soundness of our organ
zations and to the manner in which .
hey serve the workers.
I'VE fully realize that we shall be
during the coming year to !.
ace the same forces that we have :
aced during the past year, but we I
hall fight with greater confidence !
ecause of the record that has bee,, q
made. 1t should be borne in mind r
hat our movement has had to resist q,
ttacks not only from one side, b =
rom both sides-from the extreme
eaction and predatory powers on the n'
ne ne Iiaru anu ifon,,tne eesletne le'o- ~
,,ionaly :, anu ues'fuctise .r iViseS on n
'ieI itapu' ine uaue uiiol move ir
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we proeest most fihpnatlca'iS
saihst suci Unjust anu iiinuiiiuile W
lsiohs. we reaiize thu' our proees'
so Iar as Inc supreme coull 40 con
ernea' VIII KAN on oeai ears now
'er we auoress our pro.est ~ oon
fess ana urge .h"e iiii.,e.ii.''eiS ,.lIt
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