East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-12
AT. OF |. COUNCIL
IN SESSION TODAY
At CINCINNATI, 0.
Organized Labor is in no Mood
to Have its Constitutional
Rights Taken From it.
GOMPERS WARNED
LABOR'S ENEMIES
Councils Report Attacks Acts
Of Congress and Labor De-
cisions of Nations Courts.

CINCINNATI, June 12.--U. P)-
Organized labor is in no mood to
have it's constitutional rights and pri-
vileges taken from it by any subtle
reasoning or assumption of power, no
matter whence it shall euaanate,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor de-
cIared today in a speech opening the
federation's forty second annual con-
vention Six hundred delegates
cheered Gompers when he warned
"labor's enemies, those who plan and
carry into effect designs intended to
crush American labor
I'VE understand them, and are rs
ready or more so than they are, for
the contest" the veteran leader de-
clared. I'VE shall go on, more de-
termined than ever and there shall
not be stamped on our brow and on
our backs the type of the man with
the hoe"
Discussing the armament confer
ence Gompers said that not much
was accomplished compared with
what remains" but beginning has
been made. Labor he declared, de-
served credit for initiating the move
ment for the conference. Organized
labor in every civilized country has
made contribution toward the limi-
tation of armaments." Gompers urg-
ed still further and more drastic
slashes in armaments. The veteran
made no direct reference to the su-
preme court decision in the Corona
do and other cases affecting labor.
IT. cb dapIu p
ing it an actually "closed shop" to
union men.
Report Is Given
CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 12.-tU.
P)-Bitter attacks on the present
congress and the forces hostile t.
union, labor were outstanding in the
ireport of the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor. sub
| mitted to the convention of the feder
alton shortly after it opened here to-
1 day.
The council declaring that the fede
I alton during the last year had sue
4 cessfully withstood many attacks
against union labor. recommended ;
most aggressive policy for the future
Other main recommendations. pur
porting to reflect the views of the or
ganized workers of the country were
Strong opposition to the sales taN
the ship subsidy, anti-strike laws. a
forms of political censorship of mos
ing pictures and anti -pieketing leg.
lation.
Approval of restriction Of immisra
ton. food relief to Russia. more FED
eral aid for good roads. blue sky lel
islation, larger funds for the fedeI'
employment service and the bill la'
thorizing cooperative marketing a.
sociations.
peHunciation Of the Kansas Indu
trial Court.
Child Labor laws.
Strong disapprovaI of the suprei'
court decision knocking ont the chi
labor decision and other decrees T
stricting picketing during labor strik
as we'll as a general denunciation
court injunctions in industrial d
putes.
Denuneiation of the Judge And5
SON and Judge MeCiintlc mjuHrsio
against coal miners.
Disapproxal Of President Hardin
proposal for a national labor boa
which. it was claimed, would resui'
the unions
DisapprovaI Of several decisions
the Railroad Labor Board and vtr
ally asking for its elimination.
Sharn attacks on the Esch-Cu
nins railroad law
establishments Of railroad Tai
policy board 10 arrange for eoncer
action whenever the occasion
uiauded.
Approval OF the armament cont