The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-11-18
LABOR BARS INTRUSION FROM STATE Industry Must Make Own
 Way. Council
 Reports OUTSIDE AGENCIES HELD POWERLESS Progress Toward Democ- racy Is Continuous,
 Say Leaders 
 CHILD LABOR LAW HELD NECESSARY Educational Work And Striving With Legislatures Urged
 Upon All Members
fRy Associated Press.)

FL PASO, Texas, No. IT, Industry must solve it's own problems or face the alterna- tive of state intrusion, the American Federation of La bor's executive council re- ported today to the organiza- etion's 44th annual conven- ton here. State intrusion, it added, must inevitably lead to bureaucracy and break down"
 Industry must find its own way through the difficulturies with which it is beset." said the report. '"There is no magic wand with which barriers may be waved aside There is no out --sisEe agency, governmental or otherwise, which may be called in as physician to cut away the entanglements. Demo- rcracy cannot come to industry through the state"
 Samuel Gompers, president of the federation and ten other members of the committee signed the report, which dealt with activities spreading over the geographical field of the continent, in- cluding Mexico, Canada and the Panama Canada Zone, as we'll as the United States, and with objectives in political and social spheres as well as in industry.
 Can't Travel Alone
 "We must point out it continued, "and we wish to emphasize the point beyond mistake-the road to democracy in industry is not road that labor can travel alone. Democracy in in- dustry implies and involves the partici- patton of every useful element in in ,dustry. While there are large groups of employers that still hold the de- Spotic attitude which denies to labor even it's most elemental and fundamen- stal rights, progress toward democracy is being made. While there are groups of employers that still refuse to recognize the right of wage earners to organize freely and to be represented by men of their own choosing, progress toward democratic practice still continues"
 In consideration of national political effort to which the federation has com mitted itself, the report placed first the submission by congress to the states of the constitutional amendment empow- ering federal regulation of child labor, and notified its constituent member ship of unions that it would still be necessary to keep up educational work in the states for the purpose of chang ing the attitude of legislatures"
 ''It is one of the highest duties of men and women of our time to safe guard and protect the child life of our America" the report said in conclud- ing its argument on the subject.
 In defining the status of the judicial use of injunction in labor controversy, with which the federation has long concerned itself, the executive commit tee reviewed proceedings during the year. It considered the advisability of constitutional amendment as well as federal legislation to support the posi- tion labor organizations have taken. in challenging the use of such power. It included some criticism of the Sher- man antitrust law, on the ground that this statute had been applied to out law the rightful and just collective ac- tions of wage earners through their trade unions"
 ''The development of legislation to provide for the fundamental economic needs of workers and industry should come not from one of the groups con- cerned, but should be the recommenda- ton of all clements affected" it was said on this point. "Labor would well come an opportunity to participate in such constructive work"
 Labor Banks Praised
 As a result of recent labor union policy, the report proceeded, there are now 23 banks in existence which are owned by their members, with resources estimated at $60,O00,0O0" Their work was praised, but, warning as to ex- tension and increase was coupled up- with the resume.
 Labor in this new field has not passed the complete period of yexperi- mentation," the report said. Upon those in whose care the continued sue cessful administration of these banking ventures depends, there rests a great and grave responsibility, to maintain sths integrity of labor's ability and com petence. " Handling other peoples money is a sacred and public obiiga- tion."
 Proposals for a general labor life in
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