Southwest Washington labor press. [volume] (Hoquiam, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1926-07-16


70 our state constitution. 81 passed By
tie special session 81 tie zsurs
last winter. providing zef salary 81
SEQ per bIdaniam. Was adopted
Tariff o. Shingles
Declaring that the shinH|a Industry
foz tie Northwest Is now a44ztizalIy
paraIyzed. being sbIa e opera not
70 exceed eight months PEE eczE aver
age and that such condition de
81 a large measure 10 the fact hat
Canadian shingles are nov admitted q
the United States duty free ana al
other kinds 81 roofing naIe1aE are
nov protected b. + tariff. resolution
vas adopted urging legislative rep
resentaeIya = continue 3 cooperate
with the single industry n Is sfEorts
70 secure protective tariff On shin
gles.
Prlsen Industrial Pfoesam
A resolution diresEine the IeeisIa-
tive representative e the Fedaf ion
be instructed 70 cooperate viii tie
special COMMITTEES appointed BY he
last legislature 70 study labor condi-
tiona il tie state penal lnsllznslons,
and The Washington Nanuzncta1trs'
Association. in their efforts to work
ont : prison Industrial program that
win provide heaItHfaI employment e
; fair wage foE state prisoners; pzs<
vided such 4 program viii not s. e.
such products ii competition with
free labor and free industry. and kt
our Legislative representative work
for the enactment o. such measure
By the next legislature vas adopted.
Labor Measures.
The following resolution pertaining
to the entire state labor movement
was adopted:
Whereas. past experiences has
shown the futility Of going before eur
state legislature with : large number
Of measures; and, whereas, in our
opinion the best interests Of our en-
tire state labor movemnt can be served
By confining the Federation,s Ieeisla-
tive program, IS fer e possible, to
measures Of general inportancs to
our movement;
Therefore, be It resolved. that our
legislative program be confined as
nearly as possible to the foIlowing
general labor measures; (a) Federal
Clayton act. (b) Increasing the PEN
sions Of widows, orphans and cripples
coming under the Workmen's Com
pensation act prior to July 1, 1923, on
a parity with those coming under the
act since July |. 1928. (c) TO include
occupational diseases under the Work
mems Compensation act. I'D A meas
ure to require merchants to placard
all prison-made goods as such. (e)
A measure or measures to provide for
a prison industrial program to pro-
vide suitable employment for prison
ers at the State Penitentiary on pro-
ducts for states use only, no products
to go into the open market in compe-
tition with free industry and free la
Dor.
BE it further resolved: That fhe
Legislative representative Of the Fed
Grafton be instructed to actively sup
port all measures desired by particu-
lar crafts, that may be endorsed BY
this convention"
Labor Candidates.
A resolution that the apparent con-
tempt in which the legislature regards
the forces Of organized labor IS due
in a large measure to our failure to
properly reward friends and defeat
enemies during elections, and urging
every member, every local union and
every Central Labor Council and De-
partment Council to get actively into
the fight this fall to defeat enemies
in the legislature, elect in their places
candidate friendly to the cause Of la
Dor, was adopted. Z
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