The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-10-13
A. F. L. Officialdom Is
Glad About Split
lContlnned from Paqe Onel

tCoUtH@e0 from rage O11e)
Volstead sentiment that whooped it
up for the amber fluid.
Forgotten for the moment was the
anger of yesterday over the sweeping
decree handed down by a federal
judge in Pittsburgh, making perman-
ent the injunction issued on Septem-
Der 80 restraining the United Mine
Workers of America from conducting
"a strike against the Terminal Coal
Company. Beer was now the bibbling
issue.
The chief topic of discussion in the
lobbies was the Pittsburgh injunction.
The coal operators claimed that the
miners strike was in violation of the
Sherman and Clayton acts which were
supported by organized labor, the
Clayton act in particular being con-
'sidered by Sam Gompers one of his
proudest achievements, he claiming
credit responsible for the clause dec
laring labor is not a commodity, the
capitalist system still purchases
human labor power on the market as
it did before this famous law was
passed.
The corporations contention that
it was entitled to possession of the
company houses occupied by
the striking miners was decided in
favor of the coal magnates and the
union was restrained from seeking to
retain union men in their company
owned homes.
Efforts on the part of Arizona and
California delegates to have the
Federation sponsor United States APP
plication of the quota law for Mexi-
can immigration met with defeat
when the convention voted 1876 to so
for the adoption of the executive
committees recommendation that
Mexico be permitted to restrict its
emigration into this country.
The committees report was based
on findings of the American-Mexican
labor immigration and emigration
conference between the labor fedora
tons of the two countries at which it
had been agreed that restriction of
Mexican labor was proper subject
for American legislation.
The Mexican labor issue developed
the first fight in the convention,
which ended in a victory for the
administration forces after President
William Green compromised by pro-
missing to go before congress and de-
mand restriction of Mexican immigra-
ton if the conference plan failed to
work,
For Repeal of Sherman Law.
The convention also went on record
as favoring:
Repeal or amendment of the
Sherman antitrust law, the Clayton
act and other antitrust laws (which
are being used to prevent workers
from combining for purposes of mu-
tual aid"
2.-Limitation Of the jurisdiction
of courts of equity in the misuse of
injunctions in labor disputes"
3.-Enactment of a law declaring
as against public policy the so-called
"yellow-dog" contract wherein ar
employe agrees not to join union as
condition of employment.
Against Alien Registration.
Federation officers were directed
to continue opposition to federal
legislation requiring registration Of
aliens, and the convention reiterated
opposition to CONSUMPTION and com
pulsory military training in schools
other than government military insti-
tutions.
Before adjourning for the day the
convention heard Major Genera
Charles Summerall, chief of staff Of
the United States army, and received
the fluctuations of the movie industry
from Jason Joy, personal Representa-
tive of Will H. Hays, president Of
the Motion Picture Producers Asso
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