The union times., 1947-09-13
Full Resources To Repeal Of Taft-Hartley Act
Plan Educational Campaign To Give Facts About
 8Oth Congress

A broad comprehensive pro- gram, which will affect every phase of activity by organized la bor in this state, was unanimous ly voted by the delegates to the 62nd annual convention of the Connecticut Federation of Labor in Stamford. There are 25 points in the program, and they instruct the officers and executive board to proceed with a variety of sub jects ranging from efforts to re- peal the Taft-Hartley Act to urg- ing the local unions to take more active part in Community Chest activities.
 This program is based on the report of the conventions Committee on Officers Reports, headed by Herbert Murray, Typographical Union No. sos, Stamford. Here are the main blanks:
 Main Planks
 l. That the full resources of the Federation should be placed be- hind the effort to repeal the mOn- slrOus Taft-Hartley Act.
 2. That Fevery effort should be made to bring about the defeat of all the COngressmen from Connecti- cut who voted for this law. At the same time, this convention should commend Senator Brien McMahOn for voting right on this measure.
 5. That the President and Secretary Treasurer be praised for their initia- tive and courage in seeking to test in the Courts the validity of the political provision of the Taft Hartley Law.
 4. That every effort should be made to introduce am educational campaign to muster the votes of the workers and their families i'm the 1948 election in order to attain the objectives set forth at this con- NentiOn. The acts of commission and omission by Congress have opened the eyes of the workers to the importance of the ballot as never before, as will be demon strated on Election Day.
 Local Committees
 5. That every local union affiliated with the Connecticut Federation of Labor should have. a political action committee.
 6. That the State Federation should set up political action committee to work in conjunction with the local union political ac- ton committees.
 z. That every effort be made to bring about a united political front by all organized labor in COnnecti- cut.
 8. That we work for the early repeal of the State Sales and Use tax.
 9. That the Public Relations Depart ment should be expanded and its ac- tivities greatly increased during these trying times.
 TO- That we endorse the outSpoken expression in the Officers Reports re- garding the shameful neglect of the acute housing shortage, and that every effort be made to bring about the enactment of the Taft -Ellender- Wag- ner Housing bill at the next session of Congress.
 Labor Institutes
 II. The establishment of Labor In- stitutes to carry on Labor's Educa- tional program is imperative, and the Executive Council should be empow- cred to proceed immediately with this important work.
 l2. Local unions should take a more active part in the Community Chest activities and to serve in any when called upon to do so.
 l3. Labor should sponsor the es- in their communities of Labor Committees to Combat In- tolerance, and participate in any made up of various ele- ments in their communities Op- posed to bigOtry.
 IA. That every effort should be made by the officers of the Con- necticut Federation of Labor to as- sist central labor bodies in cam paign to enroll every A. F. of L. Local within their respective juris- dictions to join the Central Labor Union.
 IS. Organizational work should be expanded if possible, and means to finance such a program should be seri- ously considered by the Executive Council.
 Help Teachers
 l6. The full cooperation of the State Federation and its affiliated should be extended to the State Federation of Teachers organization campaign, in order that more Teachers Locals should be established in this state.
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