The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1922-09-29


ington State Federation of Labor.)
The Western Washington Fair at
Puyallup has "signed up" with or
ganzed labor. Copy of the letter
setting forth the terms on which
the settlement was made follows this
article. Several conferences were
held last week, at Puyallup, in the
office of Mr.. Paulhamus, the pres
ident of the Western Washington
Fair Association, and at which were
present several representatives of the
Tacoma and Seattle Building Trades
Councils, a representative of the
Tacoma Central Labor Body, the
Master of the Washington State
Grange, and the writer. After sew
eral conferences, final agreement
was reached on Saturday afternoon,
which was concurred in by all pres
cnt and was Immediately afterwards
concurred in by the Executive Board
of the Building Trades Council at
Tacoma, the body originally placing
the Fair on the 1--WE Don't Patronize
List"
The Western Washington Fair at
Puyallup is community enterprise
that affects both directly and indi-
rectly the welfare of all of Western
Washington, and now that it has
been made "fair" to labor it should
be given our most hearty support.
We therefore earnestly urge the
greatest patronage possible through
attendance by members of organized
labor, to the end that it may be pub
licly demonstrated that it is not only
the fair and right thing to do, but
the profitable thing, also, to play
fair with labor. The Fair opens at
Puyallup on October 2 and continues
until October 8.
The Secretary of State has recent
ly mailed to every voter in the state
a pamphlet containing copies of all
initiative and referendum measures
that will be on the ballot at the gen.
eral election in November, and many
requests have reached the office urg-
ing that the position of the State
Federation of Labor on all such
measures be clearly set forth. This
we had intended to do at later
date, but will cover the matter now.
Poll Tax Measure
Initiative Measure No. 40 provides
for the Repeal of the poll tax. The
signatures for the repeal of this
measure were obtained mainly thru
the State Federation of Labor and
the necessity for it's repeal at the
hands of the voters needs no empha-
sis here. Vote in favor of repeating.
30-10 School Plan
Initiative Measure No. As is the
measure commonly known as the
3O-1O School Plan, and which was
unanimously endorsed by the State
Federation convention, and most Of
the signatures obtained for its initia-
tion to the people were furnished by
labor. In line with the unanimous
endorsement of the convention, we
recommend that you vote in favor.
Certificate of Necessity Bill
Referendum Measure No. IL is a
bill commonly known as the Certifi-
cate of Necessity bill. Organized la
Dor in Washington has consistently
opposed all legislation of this char
acter on the grounds that it has been
prepared and enacted by the legis-
lature in theinterests of the power
full public service corporations of the
state and gave these bodies almost
a complete monopoly, and permitted
gouging of the public by the estab-
lishment of arbitrary rates. The bill
also, in substance, would prevent the
further development and extension
of municipal light and power plants
and the selling of such light and pow
er outside of certain prescribed areas
without first getting the permission
of the private water power compan-
les. In line with the declared policy
of labor all measures of this kind,
we advise that you VOTE AGAINST.
Physical Examination
Referendum Measure No. 13 is "an
act providing that parents or guard
ians may forbid physical exam
inaton Of their school children in
districts of the first class except
when such children show symptoms
of contagious or infectious diseases;
and providing that vaccination, moe
ulation or other medication shall not
be made condition of attendance or
employment in such schools except
of persons suspected of having or
who have been exposed to contagious
diseases" Labor has taken no def
mite stand on this measure, for or
against, and we therefore make no
recommendation.
Primary Nominations
Referendum Measure No. IA is an
act relating to primary nominations
and the registration of voters, and
requiring electors to state their party
affiliations at the time of registra-
tion. This act would abolish the
q right of Independent voting at the
primary and the filing and support
of Independent candidates at the pri-
mary election. If enacted into law
it would place the Independent voters
of the state at the complete mercy
of political party machines and would
destroy that freedom and independ-
ence in the exercise of the ballot so
necessary to clean government. The
State Federation of Labor's last two
conventions unanimously condemned
the measure and organized labor as
sisted both financially and otherwise
in the work of obtaining the sigma
lures to refer the measure to the
people. We recommend that you
VOTE AGAINST.
Referendum Measure No. Is is q
sister bill to Referendum Measure
No. ID and has been drawn for the
purpose of carrying out more fully
the purposes of Initiative Measure
No. IA. This measure has also been
unanimously condemned by the State
feuefdIlOH III COlNSHtlOH anu we IeC-
ommend that you VOTE AGAINST
There are three proposed amend
ments to the State Constitution on
the ballot. The first deals with the
right of persons accused of a public
offense on a public conveyance to
be given an immediate trial in the
county through which such convey
ance is passing. We see no objec-