Show IIIIOU mnnillAI Krclna L > iil > lallv llllcriu ilia Na = i 9 or the it coriallion WAaiiiiicnoN April 22Tb following fol-lowing memorial was today presented to the President and members of tbe cabinet by executive council of Ibe federation ef labor WABUINQTON D C April 0To Ilio President Cabinet and Congress oritbe Unlltd Htalel of America I Gentlemen Mulllludoa of our workIng work-Ing people American cltlzais at this hour nro Buttering humiliating Paver Iy and courillooto privations ana look to you for Speedy relief Last fall they were promised helpful legislation and they expect it from you without unnecessary belay In no party spirit we appeal to you to need Ibelr wants and to promptly meet this uuparallelej situation In the true spirit of American patriotism With industry I bait paralyzed trade stagnant values uepreised and ibruoUeu wltb enterprise stilled Und the productive power of labor palsied with our commerce listless ou the send and our Imm dIal resources tillglitoJ we bid you hasten 111 return of telter times to Inspire oottl Jones nod brine cheer and c 01 fort tu Ibo homed of tbe nllllo Al I 01 clllzoo Who now me sit work aDd waKe In vain In Ibo Dome ot tile producers 10 shop and factory 10 mill 01 mine In Ibo fields and on our lakaa and seas In bebalf the tollers cut of work and ol lbole underpaid we urge oil you the neceislly of legislative relief The I destitution among the honest proud and Industrious people of our land though bill hidden to ever Increasing and becoming more and mora appallIng appall-Ing The hopes they bd are 11 turning gloom and uespalr Invention machinery the Fowl vision of labor and Ibo uauntlesi labor dlspenslns appliaaoss tactiaapeu pru i duoilon even In tbe belt of lime I disturb the permanency of employ Meat lend to reduce wages and Intensity Inten-sity competition I In nearly every field of labor Added to Ibis tile unrestricted unrestrict-ed flow of Immigration from abroad the urbanization of fruits tile unttsl izitlon slid concentration of capital In too manifold Inauslrlei all make the existence ot the workingman learn Hard nod preaorln rbe4a changing conditions unknown lu List late filbert lime must be met not by promises brltn to tb a hope but by substantial aa remdlal lerlllon RI IUo hands 01 Conr as We therefore most respectfully memorialize the Presidents cabinet And Congress of the United Stairs for Its Enactment ol these meaiurn Kliel Amendment to the Federal eightbour law so as to secure Its practical i enforcement oil all I public irk I i-rk 111 01 for tire Ultlll k5tatto J AA3l118AL3W ± Liff97 government whether done ou contract con-tract subcontract t or days work tleooneA remodeling of our Immigration Im-migration laws to aa to secure an enlarged protection lo American citizens citi-zens and their famllle lulrd Reform lu the national banking system nnJ In the Inuanco ol Ibo currency uf Ibe Ujiltmt States aa as to snure this people from the dlais I Icra ot financial crises Fourth Liberal I appropriations for government public works and for Ibo Improvement rivers unit harbor 11 > prompt adoption of these relief measurea at the bad of Congress we firmly believe some decree of prosper fly may bo restored and thecoudlllous ol the people may be boturou We assure you the millions am now lu uu ditposit lion to trifle with Tliy are fait becoming dispernle Dud Ueep tire heir inullirmKa cf uleconlim They desire to leal za some cf the prosperity sj leellngly pruphetled 01 the slumn o x mull Rio Over 3UUUOOO of Hi ling workers arelll I > aliuli they appeal to you In volt riluill the lutmtits of truss aynJIcater monopolleo corjoratlous find Moneyed mo remain 01 IDOl llutoruuot thou the welfare of the fallen We trust not We still be lleva me peoplud repreenlillvcs are not dead lo the ubllo welfare Wok Wo-k that they rise lo Ibo 1trloll01 ol Ibis krext occasion onJ Hasten to bring relief tu file umas ol their fellow uitlons Very respectfully y airs SAMUEL Oosnrna P MUUIRK jAMliJ DUNCAN JAMES OfllNNILL M M I GARLAND i JOHN 11 LeNNON 1HAMC MOHItlSON I Ecullvo Council AmtniKu Fedora lion of Ijibor |