Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-09 | Page 1 | Labor 'Demands' Are Submitted to Republicans

I Oppose U. S .Industrial Courts Unrestricted Immigration, I Use of Injunction CHICAGO. Juno 0. Vigorous op-, op-, position to federal legislation similar i to the Kansas industrial court meas ure, io unrestricted immigration and to the uso of injunction proceedings j In strikes was contained in a set of I -y "demands" which Samuel Gomoprs :L-tv and Matthews A. Woll, of the Ameri-irif Ameri-irif can Federation of Labor submitted to-x& to-x& day to the resolutions committee of x 1i the Republican national convention. ) 1 "It is essential," said the statement," i; w that additional legislation regulating o immigration .should be enacted based p on two fundamental principles, namely 3 that the flow of Immigration must not o, - ' at any time exceed the nation's abil-if.Y, abil-if.Y, ity to assimilate and Americanize for-alf for-alf eigners coming to our shores and that at no time shall immigration be por-nV por-nV mitted when there exists an apprecla-y. apprecla-y. i bio degree of unemployment. (fy Other demands Included: Immcdl- o, ate relief from high cost of living i ' burdens; extension of the farm loan 'f act to give credit to all properly or- ' gaulzed farmers; Issuance of a month- ly statement by the department of labor on the coat of manufacture of staple artlok'3: prompt federal inves-li inves-li ligation of profits, and prices and the making accessible of all income and 1 other atx returns: observance, enforce ment and extension of the federal ! mi maximum eight hour law in all civil it .H departments of the government; revi- t rilH r,'on tno cdornl compensation law JJ(M to care for those not reached by state 3jiT iH, laws as well as sufferers from lndus- LwLiHr lrlr1' accidenls and occupational dlc-TsUliL dlc-TsUliL ease; exclusion from Interstate com-MjHft com-MjHft merco of products of convict labor; re-3!aiBP re-3!aiBP '''poal of the labor provisions of the jiH; l2sh-Ci:mmlns law; direct election of 'JhfB' federal Judges by the people for terms jf-fH' not exceeding six years and action to $ prevent federal clgislation being held ImJyB. unconstitutional. LIbH' 'nc statement- also declared against ItSH the employment of force by the United jHH States in Mexico to compel Mexicans to vMHr meet the demands of persons who pur- !fl' pose to "exploit" Mexico's resources.