The Connecticut labor news., 1924-10-04

of our common country. This consid- nationallties and classe of people who either by temperament non-assimila- tive qualifications, habits, customs or absence of any permanent good which their coming brings to us, are not de- sirable acquisition to our citizenship"
 Closely associated with immigration is the problem of unemployment and the Congress again went on record III favor of unemployment insurance,
 The action of the labor group at the recent unemployment conference at Ot- taWa was indorsed and the executive council was instructed to use its best efforts to have the various recommen- dations made by the conference adopted by the federal and provincial govern nents.
 J. w. Buckley of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen of America, on behalf of the railroad shopmen, introduced a resolution which instructed the ,execu- tive council to immediately request the Dominion government to advance the necessary authority to the Canadian Ma tional Railways so that it might proceed with its rernodelling program of equip ment and thus give employment to many of the shOpmen now on the streets.
 It was pointed out that all capital ex- penditures for the C. N R. must be ap- proved by the government and as un- employment is now serious throughout the Dominion 1t was felt that the gov ernment should lead the way by pro- viding this and thus give employment to as many of its employees as possible on the government owned railways.
 The use of injunctions in industrial disputes is increasing in Canada, and Delegate J. Schubert of the Internation- al Ladies' Garment Workers Union de clared that 'injunctions are an auxiliary used when the militia and machine guns cannot be employed"
 The congress went on record as re- its demand that peaceful pick citing be clearly defined and provisions made in the criminal code of Canada so as to give the Canadian workers the same protection in this regard as now enjoyed by British workers. All Trades and Labor councils and local unions will be requested to enlist the support and cooperation of the various mem bers of Parliament as it is recognized that the use of injunctions in industrial disputes must not be continued.
 A very important decision was taken by the convention in view of the fact that the eight-hour day has been sub mitted to the Supreme Court of Canada for an opinion as to where legislative jurisdiction in tn matter begins and ends This decisions is as follows:
 ."1 That we reiterate our demands for legislation to give immediate effec to the eight-hour day for all govern ment works
 "2 That we urge upon the Dominion government to insert in all fair wage contracts a clause limiting the hours of work to eight in the day.
 & That the incoming provincial ex-I ecutives urge their respective legisla- lures to enact eight-hour day legisla- ton as has already been done by the British Columbia legislature.
 A That the Dominion government be requested to take such steps as will ensure the views of organized labor be- ing properly presented to the supreme court when dealing with the defining of the jurisdictional rights between the federal government and the provinces"
 A resolution introduced by the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and Railway Shop Laborers,