Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-23
Dry Law Change
to Canadian
Plan Urged.
IniunctiOns inLabOr
Disputes Hit as Le-
gal Absurdities.


earth, Is therefore more dependent on
the forest than any other great nation.
At the same time We are the most
waSteful of all people in the dcstruc-
ton of our forest resources.
THE use Of our national forests for
recreation should be greatly extended.
l also pledge myself 10 give the Same
continuing interest and support TO a
national park, reforestation and rerrea-
ton program as have brought about
the establishment Of great conserva-
ton and State park system in the State
of New York.
1T was Grover Cleveland who first
made our national forest and conserva-
ton policy into a great public question.
Theodore Roosevelt followed in his foot
steps. What these two men began must
be continued and carried forward.
THE American people constitute a
structure of many component parts.
One of its foundations is labor. The
reasonable contentment of those who
toll with the conditions under which
they live and work is an essential basis
of the Nations well being The well
fare of our country. therefore. demands
governmental concern for the legitimate
interests of labor.
The Democratic party has always
ISCbsiiALtO Ills 4dGLt anu utiQCL Tie
Administration of Woodrow Wilson a
large body of progressive legislation for
the protection of those laboring in in
dustry was enacted. Our platform con-
tinues that tradition of the party. We
declare for the principle of collective
bargaining. which alone can put the
laborer upon a basis of fair equality
with the employer: for the human pril-
ciple that labor is not commodity:
for fair treatment TO Government and
Federal employees. and for specific and
immediate attention to the serious prob
lens of unemployment.
Scores Injunctions
in Industrial Disputes.
From these premises 1t was inevi-
table that cur platform should further
recognize grave abuses in the issuance
CT injunctions in labor disputes, which
threaten the very principle OF collective
bargaining. Chief Justice Taft in 1919
stated that government of the relations
between capital and labor by injunc-
ton was an absurdity. Justice Holmes
and Justice BrandeiS of the United
States Supreme Court unite in an opin-
ion which describes the restraints on
labor imposed by a Federal Injunction
as reminder of involuntary servitude.
Dissatisfaction and social unrest
have grown from these abuses, and I'M
doubtedly legislation must be framed
to meet just causes for complaint in
regard to the unwarranted issuance Of
injunctions.
Tine judiciary committee of the
United States Senate has already in
| progress careful study of this situa-
| ton. I promise full cooperation to the
| end that definite remedy by law be
| brought forth to end the existing evils
| and preserve the constitutional guar
anteeS of individual liberty. free assem-
! blage and speech and the rights of
| peaceful persuasion.
I shall continue my sympathetic in
| tereSt in the advancement of progress
| sive legislation for the protection and
/ advancement Of working men and
| women. Promotion of proper care of
/ maternity. infancy and childhood and
| the encouragement of those scientific
| activities of the National Government
| which advance the safeguards of public
| health are so fundamental as to need
| no expression from me other than my
| record as legislator and as governor.
None can question my respect for
| and cooperation with the Civil Service
ror my interest in proper compensation
| for Government service I believe in
that true equality of women that opens
to them without restriction all avenues
OF opportunity for which they can
qualify in business, in Government Serv-
ice and in politics.