Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-11-14 | Page 1 | Federation Favors Woman Suffrage

FUUFAV1S IlljIFKE Organized Labor So Goes on Record in the Convention at Toronto. MANY OTHER PLANS IN RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Proposition for. "Labor Sunday" Intended to Arouse Interest of the Ministry. TORONTO, Out., Nov. 13. The con-vontion con-vontion of tho American Federation of Labor went on record today as favoring woman suffrage. Other projects favored include an eight-hour day for postolficc clerks; legislation for belter protection of actors act-ors and actresses from (he "extortion -and corrupt business methods" of theatrical the-atrical employment agencies; a postal savings bank act; deep waterways projects; pro-jects; a continuation or the light agains-l. tuberculosis; American eitix.euship for the peoplo of Porto ftico; and (he construction con-struction of a seventy-six-foot canal through (ho Great Lakes 'from Buffalo to Dululh, and from Buffalo to Chicago. Chi-cago. Resolutions looking to the establishment establish-ment ol a national defense ftin-i bv (he lederntion to assist unions in distress were voted down. Tor "Labor Sunday," Labor Sunday" Ja a suggestion laid before (he American Federation of Labor La-bor in sl resolution introduced at the day s session by Secretary Frank Mor-rrsom Mor-rrsom Jhe resolution would designate! tho lirst Sunday in September of each year as an occasion when tiio churches 01 America devote some parr, of the day (o a presentation of the labor question. ques-tion. A resolution offered by the Federation Federa-tion of Musicians asks thai (he American Ameri-can Federation of Labor petition -congress io appoint a special committee to investigate (h.j methods employed liv tho stool industry, and thai, .if is found tho tariff, instead of being used to maintain, American industrial con ditrons, is turned into (ho pockets of (he emrloyers, the tariff on steel be srspei.red. 'Following: (he arrival from New York of .John Spnrgo and liobert Hnnrer. well-known workers in tho Socialistic fiold, Frank Hayes, a delegate from the Mino Workers, introduced a resolution declaring foV the Socialistic economic programme. The convention went on record in favor of securing an oxlonliou of the eight-hour law io cover all government work, whether by contract or subcontract.