The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-17
LABOR BRANDS
COURT RULING
As UNJUST
Executive Council Of
A. F. of L. Reports
on Coal Case

CINCINNATI. June i7.--(fiy tho
Associated Pres-l---Labora inter-
probation OF the supreme courts
decision IN the Coronado coal Gaze.
holding international unions s0b-
ject TO damage suits under tha
ShcrHun antl-trust law WA pre-
unicu tuu-s BED the american Fed
caufatlon "a l.s4bus convention here
by 10, federation executive cCuns
ell
e Tile supreme court cannot crush
the nbof MOI cfnent without en-
dnngering the foundations of sOs
ciety" declared the report. This
workers Will not accept slavery.
Therefore. they will not accept that
which makes slavery either likely
or possible. They Will lind a way
to preserve those liberties whicn
they have ana TO gain more a. time
passes
No means for overcoming the de-.
clsipn was suEEcstcd by the coun-
Gil on account OF the creation hy
the convention uf Hpecia' policy
committee for This purpose but the
council de- lnrfa ID wa ~eNiremclx
alive fl p Ht.ilude ul courts a.
nlfiIUi fN faN cuut eutien hy SEN
aIur lH Fl'irttf uf Mlscursfn WIN
urged conpTl sinnai VITO 81 su.
preme court decisions.
Organizations OF farmers anil
other unincorporsted associations
OF individuals were said by the
council 90 face the same plight as
the trade uniona for il was raia
tnnt the decision applies to them
Siih equal force AS Il does 10 labor
unions. Every organized unit, thu
council asserted. was made liable
as such for whatever acts mas se
done BY indlviduai members or
eroupp.
chief Justice Taft. who wrote tho
, Coronado decision. was said by the
council TO have been purely arn-
tuitous'' ~ including ru'ing ''in
anticipation OF future caaes'' and
the courts eoncurrence in the opin-
ion was described NJ an .'unwar-
rantcd ACT" The decision. tho
council added. wB- prcdicated on
ancient and outiawed British
court findings" and resulted in re-
versal Of established law aud prac-
tees In the United States.
Seek No Protection
Justice Taft by hia subtle inter-
prei Vion and construction tho
report said. has directly charged
that trade unions are combinatloni
or conHpiracies In restraint Of trade.
because u IL only by this presump-
tion and legal assumption that hn
can Justify the declaration that
they are associations embraced IN
the terms of the shermnn and
I Clayton acts" ----.
construed by the report ss exeutps
/ ing labor unions from the anti
trust laws was declared TO have
been passed by congress ito rectif,
the wrong" done by the supreme
court In the famous Danbury hat.
ters case holding the workers n,
able for damages as individuai'
and as a union.
Evidently the supreme .cpiirI
does not intend 10 he bound'fhl
report edded. by the legal enaft
meuts of congress. and feels itaei|
superior 20 the Judgment Of t, tn.
law making body OF tho land ="
pccipring that tho Coronado 40
cision made union funds subjeet 4,
damages resulting from unlawfu
acts of individuals about whom II.
union knows nothing the repnrl
added that organized labor souEh
no extraordinary projections. aui
contended the individuals should b.
punished under criminal or civi
aw
The supreme court" the repor
concluded, has not only rendere,
a decision which goes beyond an,
previous decision Of that trlhuna
IN its autagonism and opposition 4.
labor. hut n has rendered usch !
decision when under the law afil
he practices hitherto obtainins a.
decision should have been eaaeti,
he rovorss