The Connecticut labor news., 1922-09-15
Executive Council Also Maps Out Political Campaign Which In cludes Restriction of Courts in Injunctions and Other Laws to Benefit Country.

Attorney General Daugherty and Federal Judge Wilkerson; amend ments to the Constitution to limit the power of courts to issue injmctions ex parte; prohibiting child labor; giv- ing Congress power to repass legisla- ton declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court; repeal the Sherman antitrust act; and providing further right of workers to organize for nu- tual benefit or protection; and the re- affirmation of the political program adopted by the A. F. of l.. but to be extended this fall, were the principle matters of business so far transacted by the executive council of the Amer ican Federation now in session at Atlantic City. The council from President Gompers down has been firm in it's denunciation of the acts of the administration in the railroad strike. The council has also before it the demands for a general strike to compel settlement of the strike. The members individually are op- posed to such action except as a last resort and are therefore giving the matter the most careful consideration before taking any definite stand as the executive council.
 The determination to further the movement for the impeachment of Daugherty and Wilkerson was reach ed yesterday, even despite the fact that a bill offered to Congress to that effect had been. relegated to a com mittee where 1t will in all likelihood stay. In addition the executive coun- Gil made plans to carry 'this uncon- stitutional conduct of the attorney general and Judge Wilkerson into every congressional election"
 President Gompers had already approved the impeachment sugges- ton of the Central Trades and Labor Council of New York city and had given his support to the move ment for impeachment begun in the House of Representative
 Every possible effort will be made to arouse the people of America to the necessity that government by in- junction must stop, MT. Gompers said, "and that constitutional govern ment by law must govern, if we are to perpetuate our nation as a govern ment of free people"
 The executive council Is not con cerned further with what Attorney General Daugherty and Judge Will kerson may or may not do in respect to the present injunction. It consid- CTS that these men, have fagrant1y thrown the United States Constitu- ton to the four winds and that by this action they have demonstrated their unhtness to further trust in pub lie office.
 Steps have already been taken to inaugurate impeachment proceed ings in the house of representatives, it was announced by Matthew Woll, vice-president of the American Fed eration of Labor and a member of the executive council.
 The declaration, he said, was the councils method of acquainting the public with its intention, and "to pave the way for proceedings in Congress-
 Asked who would re-introduce the impeachment proceedings in the house, MT. Woll said:
 "Of course, we cannot say that as yet, we do not expect, however, to have any difficulty of finding a man to speak for us"
 The council also prepared the fol- lowing legislation which it intends to press in Congress-:
 An amendment to the Constitu- ton intended to curb the injunction power vested in, federal oficails as demonstrated in the present injunc- ton against the rail shop crafts. In this connection a nationwide move ment already is. under way according to Matthew Woll, vice-president of the federation to pave the way for anti-strike injunction legislation.
 2-An amendment fixing I6 years as the minimum age for child labor CTS and authorizing congress to raise the minimum age as conditions war rant.
 3-An amendment giving congress power to repass and thus legalize laws which may be enacted and then declared .unconstitutional by the United States supreme court.
 4-Repeal of the Sherman anti trust law, which, according to mem bers of the council, "has been used to deprive the toilers of their natural