Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1923-09-14
sTATF FEDERATION
PASS RESOLUTIONS
IN LIVE SESSION

rs..f4fians striking al abuses Of
rrhts q Labor Union men were
..,-s3 with enthusiastic promptness
he state Federation in session al
= ..-9r this week. Resolution No.
- decisive blow at arrogant
&c. tbat in the belief of the Fed
--.t;gu are openly antagonistic TO
7.E.r The resolution follows in full {:
Resolution No. l.
R, Delegates James NJ. Cahill,
=, Mariner, J. S. Horgan, w
r. Polston, Harry McNerny. Chi
-, Pressmen's Union No. 3, Dele
gates. NJ.
4s. becoming more arrogant in their
.f-regard of the Constitutional rights
# the citizens through the issuance
~ uiunctions against organized la
mr. effort to better the standard Of
H.Ing Of its members and,
Whereas, The abuse of the inJunc-
t.n wit constitutes grave menace
~ not only labor, but to the citizenry
=. fha entire nation, in as much as all
,gi,nctions are based on one mans
.o,rion rather than on statutory law;
,fu, In effect giving dictatorial power
~ mbic officials who are not direct
h under control of the people, and
Whereas. An injunction has been
issued in Chicago that would prohibit
arganization work by unions; There
lore be it
Resolved, That the fortyfirst An<
uual Convention of the Illinois State
Federation instruct its officers and
Legislative Committee, that they make
an effort to have law, or laws, en-
acted that will prohibit the abuse OF
The Injunction writ in the State of
Illinois, and be it further
Resolved That no officer, or men,
ber Of the Legislative Committee
shall consider any candidate for the
State Legislature friendly to organ
lzed labor, who does not pledge him.
self 10 vote for such anti-injunction
legislation as may be proposed by the
Legislative Committee of the Illinois
State Federation of Labor.
Referred to Committee on Leglsla-
ton.
Other resolutions condemning the
unsanitary conditions under which
Iab0ring men and their families are
compelled TO live were passed unani-
mously when submitted by Delegate
William Reznicks, of Journeymen
Taylot's Union of America, Local
Union No. 5, Chicago.
Another set of resolutions present
ed by Delegate William +. Quesse,
George H. Plowright and ]. j. Uhl-
man, Chicago, advocating higher
jury fees in order to safeguard Union
men from loss in wages when called
TO jury service, were adopted.
Other resolutions touched on the
need Of pensions for the aged; on the
abuses of the "open shop" in the
printing and iobbing industry against
which Printers and Pressmen's I'm
ions have been competing at a disad-
vantage; in support of the strikers of
the United Textile Workers of Ameri-
ca, at Collinsville, ILL.,, in endorse
ment Of plan to relieve mail carriers
from the work of making mail collec-
tlons on Sunday, and on many other
questions Of vital public interest.
One set Of resolutions recommend
ed an extension of effort to secure
The recognition of the Russian Soviet
government by the United States.
The Illinois State Federation of La
Dor Is safely in the hands of the most
reliable leaders in the state.
Extracts of addresses which have
reached The Review office prove that
guiding hands are experimenting the
movements of the Federation in chan
nes of progress for the salient prin-
cipes upon which Labor relies for its
very existence.
William r. McCauley, of Olney,
Past Commander of the Illinois De
partment of the American Legion
gave. an Illuminating address on the
opening day OF the convention in be-
nan OF the disabled veterans.
We found" he said in part, "that
many OF these disabled men had been
turned over to the Public Health |
service OF the United States. That |
organization for years had been de- |
aoIhg It's time trying to overcome the |
yellow fever plague and to chasing |
i4'e about the wharfs. All at once
huhofeds of thousands of disabled |
we're turned loose to them. They |
started out to make contracts with |
abled men,"
:, Mr McCauley criticised severely |
sshe me Cook county poor farm where he |
!I3uhd " ex-service men confined in /
M .ne same building and getting the
Same treatment that was given the
SoIN county pauoers. He spoke of a
psilI mat was started to secure proper
hospital u. treatment, which finally end
SS co. n .oo securing an appropriation of
s&;o'9VV'oO0 to construct suitable hos
pp,tdls' p5I IF they do not hurry and
oulio these hospitals thousands of |
s.e uese boys will die before any relief
comeS.' He concluded