Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-03
Labor Watches Legislation
Closely, Says Former Leader

functions in labor disputes. "Numer-
Gus conferences and interviews have
taken place in the effort to prepare
an appropriate and all-sufficient leg
islatiye proposal to- adequately meet
the situation. Likewise, we had un-
der consideration constitutional
amendments designed to accomplish
the same purpose. 1T is believed that
some effective MEASURE of redress
may be perfected: so as to receive
| consideration at the coming session
of Congress. This is the present DO
sition of the federation council on
the matter Of these injunctions.
The federation council will push
these legislative proposals in the
present session of Congress: An act
repeating the Sherman antitrust law,
which has been repeatedly and
mainly invoked to deprive the toilins
masses of their natural and normal
rights. A law which will make more
definite and effective the intention of
Congress in enacting sections G, 10
and 20 of the Clayton act, which were
mantfestly ignored or overridden by
the court"
There will be many other proposals
by labor that will be before Congress
at this session, many Of them meas
ures that have been before previous
sessions. The federation does its work
through a Legislative committee off.
GERS OF the federation frequently an
pearing before committees OF the
House and Senate in support of or in
opposition to bills. All of the inap-
ence Of labor organized is invoked in
! support of measures favored by tho
federation and against legislation
that Is deemed inimical to the WACO
earners. These bills cover a wide y.-
rlety of subjects. such as workmer,s
| compensation, minimum wage 1e.is
la'ion' Capitalization Of government.
NATURALIZATION, the Department of
LABOR, soldiers bonus, fixing Wages
1or miners, compulsory labor. post NJ.
nee night work, civil service ret;r.-
ment law, wages Of school teacbers
mediation and Cancellation. conscrir'
tion or labor, bonus for federal ana
district employees, Lincoln day. com
pensatfon for occupational diseases
under the district law, Muscle Shoals
convict labor, etc.
The Canadian Trades and 1.,,o
Congress performs the IeeisIstiva
service for the wage earners in ,ho
DOMINION. At the convention in
August of last year it was renor,aa
that none of the measures enacted
at the first session Of the fourtoen+h
parliament of Canada dealt with sinh
oects incorporated in the legislative
program Of the Trades and Labor
Congress of Canada" The conyan
ton instructed it's executive counc;,
to again present its program of de-
sired legislation. One of the meas.
ures urged was an amendment to tho
income tax law eNempting from the
provisions union dues and assoss.
| ments, as in the United States. Il,
will be sought to abolish the bonus
system in industry, a form of niece
work, by law. The government will
be urged to grant all workers the
right to organize.
In the United States he state fed
erations of labor have charge OF leg
islation, before the state legislatures.
that is of interest to labor.
The matter of legislation, both
favorable and unfavorable. is an inn
portant part of the activities Of or
ganized labor.
Copyright, 1924. by tho Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.