The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-20
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! to curb the present tyrannous use of
injunctions in labor disputes are back
ed. Labor representation on the In
terstate Commerce Commission is de-
manded in protest against the discrim-
inatory freight rates granted by this
body to favor non-union southern coal
operators.
Legislation to compel coal COM
panies and other conDanies leasing
houses to their employs to obey the
3O-day eviction notice provision is
made another issue. Companies have
been forcing workers to sign leases
permitting three and fiye-day eviction
notices which are used in strikes or
lockouts
Prison For Election Crooks.
Severe prison sentence is advocated
as proper punishment to accompany
corrupt PRACTICES law which the labor
party demands to stop wholesale
election purchasing" such as the Penn
sylvania primary showed. "a mere
fine would mean little to men who are
able to spend millions in elections"
the convention declared.
Courts should be compelled to open
ballot boxes to verify disputed cleo
ton results, the labor party asserts in
its denunciation of the election steal
which deprived it's candidate, Warren
Worth Bailey, of his congressional
seat in 1924.
NationaIizations Of Mines.
"The gathering of the labor party
here spells hope for the future" John
Brophy, president District 2, United
Mine Workers, told the convention. He
urged delegates to make real fight
for their program, asserting that the
program itself would attract votes for
their candidates.
1--WE can force the operators to be
on the defensive" Brophy stated, "by
pushing for naturalization" Private
management of coal stands indicted by
present conditions as well as by COM
petent engineers. When the labor
party helps the union demand nation
alization, it is giving an answer to the
question: What are you going to do
about depressed conditions in the in
| dustry?"
Must Add to Strike Weapon
Unifcation, public ownership, DEM
ocratic management of coal are neces-
sary to get a reasonable security and
fair annual earning to the miners.
In the present overdevelopment of the
Industry, ordinary trade union prac-
tises fail because they do not go far
| enough. The strike is seen to be a
limited weapon. Fighting for national
lzation doesn't mean giving up the old
true and tried policies of the trade
unions, but It is supplementing, adding
to, them.
Rail Labor Joins In.
Joseph Washington locomotive en-.
gineer) and Pat McDermott (miner),
Cambria County labor party assembly
men, and Charles Plummer. additional
candidate for assembly. spoke. James
Gindlesberger, locomotive firemen and
enginemen's Lodge No. 3s1, mentioned
that two roads hauling non.union coal
now have strikes of the railroad men:
the Virginian and the Western Mary
land.
Discriminatory rates OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission directly
affect the amount OF employment OF
railroad mon, he said. William Welsh,
United Mine Worker district execu.
tive board member from Nanty-Glo
and labor party executive board men,
Der, stressed the need OF nationalist.
ton of coal and urged the party to
use its issues to the fullest in the
campaign