Evening star., 1923-04-10
MARYLAND BEER
BILL L|SPROPOSED
Resolution for Measure Pre-
sented at Cumberland
Labor Convention.
Special Dispatch TO The stor,

CUMBERLAND. Md. April 10.-This !
mornings session of the Maryland |
State and District of Columbia Fed |
GRAFTON of Labor was devoted to the /
presenting of resolutions. c. c. Coul- !
ter. representing the retail clerks Of
the Washington Central Labor Union, |
presented a resolution calling for the !
diScontinuance of the non-p olitical !
league of the state federation. and re- |
quested political Endorsement should !
be referred to the executive commit |
tee of the state federation. which |
should refer the same to the Ameri- |
can Federation of Labor for it's con-
sideration, and no Endorsement con-
trary to its judgment should be
granted by the state body.
"LfEht Beer'' Asked.
\ resolution was presented by
George w. Aman and John A. Banz,
brewery worker and soft drink union
delegates, in favor of light beer"
with reasonable alcohol percentage"
The resolution asked that bill be
drafted to be presented to the next
session of the Maryland Legislature.
In the preamble the Volstead act is
attacked
other resolutions pertained to labor
education and various other educa-
tional matters which were sent to the
committees.
James Toone presented the report
of the treasurer.
The report of Henry F. Broening.
legislative lobbyist for the federation
a Annapolis. detailing his activities
with expenditures, was read.
The report of President Francis J.
Drum, who also is president of Dis
trict No. 16, United Mine Workers of
America, was submitted in the after
noon.
The report touched on politics and
referred to "the crossing of wires" in
the last congressional election in the
sixth Maryland district, when the
county indorsed one man and other
organizations connected with the
American Federation of Labor in
dorsed his opponent. He declared that
a little favor done by one man should
not be considered when compared
with great wrong.
InjunctiOns Condemned.
The report condemned the use of
the injunction in the federal and
state courts. The report recommends
the incoming legislative committee
use every effort to have uniform
eight-hour day for Maryland, with
minimum wage in connection with
women and young girls working in
mills, SweatShopS and restaurants.
The report concluded with a recon-
mendation to the delegate to he
elected to the American Federation of
Labor convention in October. 1923
try and have the convention adopt
some measure to be presented to the
next Congress of the United States to
abolish private labor agencies which
cause many good men to be fooled
into strike zones by misrepresenta-
ton.
Among the resolutions presented
and referred to committee was one
by George Primoff. Federal Employees
Union No. 2, National Federation of
Federal Employees, Washington, call
ing on "all craft organizations with
in the Federation of Labor be or
ganiZed 10 the end that there shall
he but one union in each industry"
He referred to the defeat of the rail-
way Shoprnen and the textile workers
in New England in their strikes last
year and offered his plan to check
mate the open-shop drive initiated
by organized capital to destroy the
American labor movement" The reso-
luton is expected to precipitate a
warm debate when the committee re-
ports.
c. H. Adams and Il. II. Burdette. Lo-
cal 1872, United Brotherhood of Car
penters, Washington. u. c., pledging
assistance To the Western Maryland
railway shop strikers; Local Union.
No. 2471, United Mine Workers Of
America. Mount Savage, Md. urging
an eight-hour day and old age PEN
sions; Frank Beuchert, Cumberland,
urging the organization of the Anal
Gamated Meat Cutters and Butcher
Workmen in Maryland, as now in
Washington.
Miss Elizabeth Gilman of Balti-
more. treasurer of the miners relief
committee, addressed the convention
in behalf of the Maryland coal mine
strikers. She said they won the
strike in West Virginia and predicted
victory in Maryland. Miss Gilman
read an original poem dedicated to
the striking miners of Maryland
written to the tune of Maryland. My
Marlyland."
There was an animated discussion
over the use of the union label which
did not bring definite result.
Thomas Carroll, who is leading the
Western Maryland railway shop
strike, asked the assistance of the
delegates in prosecuting the strike
He urged the delegates to see that
friends of labor refrain from patron
iZing excursions promoted by the
especially those to Pen Mar.