Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1925-04-24

erhood, but through this new company
Oreanized labor is able to serve the
members of the families of brother
hood members and in addition to serve
any other persons in the North Amer
lean continent, many of them women
who need sound life insurance pro-
lection. This is q part Of the great
co-operative movement which is in
creasing the power of organized labor.
in this country.
Carrying Public Ownership Flag
The electrical workers have been
foremost in the fight to wrest the
100000 horse power Of undevel-
! Oped water resources OF this coun-
try from the clutches Of the electrical
monopoly.
It's national officers have kept in
close touch with Senator Norris, in
the senate group, who successfully
defeated the plan to turn Muscle
! Shoals over to the General Electric
company, the power trust.
international President Noonan
represented union labor in London,
England, last year at the first world
power conference. In his address
there, he outlined the stand of Amer
lean labor on the power question. In
1928 President Noonan, G. NJ. Bug
niazet, then vice president, now inter-
national secretary of the l. B. E. W.,
F. J. MeNulty, former president, Julia
s. O'Connor, president of telephone
operators department, with several
other delegates brought out a resoIu-
ton at the Portland A. F. of L.
convention, which was adopted.
Outlines Stand on Control
The resolution said in part:
Whereas, according to widely dis
tributed articles in the public press,
private interests that seek monopo-
listic control of the nations hydro
electric power resources are con-
structing each privately owned local
power generating and transmission
system as though it were a compon-
ent part of one superpower system,
so that in due time each and all can
be unified; and
Whereas, said private interests
are seeking to mould public opinion
and to influence legislatures so as
to secure governmental aid and legis-
lation favorable to their program Of
private development and control Of
super-power; mad
Whereas, those who control this
super-power will exercise so great
control over the people that if
super-power comes into existence I'M
der private ownership and control,
the people will ultimately find it nee
essary to acquire their power re-
sources at a great advance in cost;
and
Whereas, private interests will not
and cannot solve the related water
problems, or assure an abundance of
water and power at the lowest AGO.
nomic cost; therefore, be it.
Public Service At Cost
Resolved, by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor assembled, that we
recommend to forward looking citi-
zens in all states the program of
state conservation through complete
use and development and control of
the water of the state as submitted
to California voters in the water and
power act, and for the service of the
people at cost, as opposed to corpora
ton development and control of wat
er resources for private profit; and
be it further
Resolved, that this organization
is unanimously opposed to the sub
sidizing or granting or other govern
ment financial aid to any private
corporation or corporations for the
purpose of establishing privately
owned and operated power system,
or to any encouragement whatever
to a privately-owned and operated
super-power system; further
State and Nation Must Act
Resolved, that we individually and
collectively urge upon our respective
state legislatures and upon the fed
eral government the cause to be CIV
en- the utmost publicity, the necessity
for co-ordinated public development
and control of said water resources,
for the service of the people at cost,
\ giving due regard to four-fold duty
of water for domestic supply, for ir-
rfgation, power production, and navi-
cation, and to the necessity of food
water storage and control and to the
rights of political subdivisions to the
measure of local control in these mat
tiers and that we favor and urge the
withdrawal and curtailment of spec
ial privileges to private interests
controlling this natural resource for
incomplete and costly development
for private profit"
Pounds Educational Bureau
With the consent and encourage
ment of the international Office, one
of the Official family, H. H. Breach,
vice president, founded the Speak
ers' Service bureau in 1924. This is
a non-profit educational service OPP
Grated in the interests of eo-opera-
tives, central labor bodies, and labor
unions, and their members; support
ed by labor and cooperative groups.
/ Mr.. Breach wrote a course in eff