The sub., 1946-06-06
Walsh's Mouing Speech Against Shackling Labor

chairman or Cne NdVal AIIdlIS committee, said he could mo long, CT remain voiceless when the deep- seated convictions l entertain over what is transpiring here seek ex- pression."
 He recalled his boyhood days, when he carried lunch boxes to workers employed in the mills at Clinton, Mass He drew such a vivid picture of the hardships en- dured by toilers in those days that even solons who are ordinarily on the anti-labor side were affected.
 In his own state, 1t took so years of agitation to enact reasonable child-labor legislation, Senator Walsh pointed out, and he told of girls, 13 and IA years of age, going out in the darkness of early morn ing to work in cotton mills for 10 and 12 hours, and of their running every step of the way because they were afraid.
 Victims of ErdIess Foil
 Walsh told of women, 75 and 30 years of age, ''trudging the streets in summer and winter, year in and year out, from the mills to their homes, with bent backs and gnarled fingers, due to ceaseless toll over the spindles. looms and machines in factories and work shops of New England"
 As young lawyer he prosecuted damage cases brought by workers who had lost limbs and eyes be- cause of the employers negligence; and he told of employers raising the inhuman doctrine of "assump- tion of risk" and of the victims being forced to become objects of charity.
 "WhO led the fight and brought about legislation that eliminated these and many other evils of the industrial system?" the Senator queried. Ut was labor, organized labor, union labor.
 Inspiring Story
 'The long and at times discour- aging struggle made by labor or- ganizations, against what seemed insurmountable obstacles, to ele- vate workers from almost state of servitude to the improved posi- tion they now hold, through legis- lation requiring safety appliances, better working conditions and shorter working hours, is an in- spiring one It is, indeed, story of the glorious victory of human rights"
 Turning to legislation before the Senate, Walsh deplored the hysteria that marked it's consideration.
 "I have been here long time," the Senator asserted, "but I have never seen the proceedings assume the extraordinary character they have during the debate, and espe- cialIy tonight.
 Seek Only to Destroy
 We have seen the anti-labor coalition ride roughshod over the minority, in an apparent determin- atlon to punish labor and labor only. It is clear there is a bloc of Senators determined to vote for a1- most any amendment restricting the rights of the workers.
 Of course, they urge that their purpose is to correct the 'excesseS of labor unions,' but that does not change the fact that their opposi- tion is against every man and wOm- an who belongs to labor organiza- tionS or who may choose to join them in the future.
 Senators who have bOaSted of their loyalty to the workers are gleefully rushing to vote for amendments hostile to the rights of the working class.
 Senators who were elected as friends of labor have succumbed to hysterical emotions of the hour and have joined the procession sup. porting anti-labor amendments"
 7, Every Worker Affected
 With great vigor Walsh protest ed that amendments to the Case bill affected every worker end