Show FEDERATION liON MUST MEET MANY ISSUES Important Report of Special Special cial Committee on Industrial Indus trial Education SOME JURiSDICTIONAL QUESTIONS AR ARISE SE Some of These Involve i 1 v Large Larg Amounts of Money TO TORONTO ONTO Nov 11 Protests Protests and appeals to tho ox executive council of t the American Federation of of Labor Labor Labor- from state and antt central bodies whose charters charter have bave been revoked for tor h harboring acceding seceding ac lie se- se ceding organizations of the International International tonal Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Work Work- em ers era promise to intensify the bitter feeling feel teel- tu fD ing between the time factions of 01 electrical workers during the A Approximately of the funds of the thc electrical fc t workers arc aro at et stake 83 OO of or which n is tied up in Cleveland Cleveland CC c Cleve Cleve- land and aid to balance in Springfield III Ill the outcome o of litigation instituted by bj the tho followers of J. 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J L' L cd of Eric I Pa Ia who n-ho heads the se so fh fb The outlawed d or organizations aniz are said to b be bc eager to air tir their grievances upon the convention fi floor 00 r. r l c this bis dispute is 15 s the time most w se- con will be called upon to deride f se Crai several jurisdictions jurisdictional troubles trou trou bl bios bles s arc Ire pe pending dint Many Matters in Dispute Matters in dispute between the br brewry brew brew- tf tr ry worker firemen teamsters and aud elJ engineers have havo o been only y partially ad a just The Amalgamated Society of C Carpenters and Joiners complain that delegates from rom their local unions minions are arc denied in the various central bod bodies its The al worker r amid the thc theatrical stage C employees c IrE are both seeking to control picture machine operators It lt is il believed says the report that the future futuro a Q of America I largely ar lie h dop depends nd ou on the indu industrial training o 0 our oum workers anti and protecting t them The inquiries of tb the Committee seem scent to that if tho the American workman i is i ito to tn maintain the hi high h standard standard stand stand- ard arci of efficiency the time boys bors and Dd girls of country mu must bavo O an an opportunity ly to acquire educated teJ hands and brains such u h 11 as Ula mar amy enable them to earn a n 11 liv- liv iu lu u a a. 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J self selected ef vocation oration nail and acquire ac at- ac- ac quire an an intelligent Jt understanding of ot the time tint duties of or good citizenship hip faor favor fa favor fa- fa vor or the time establishment establishment- of schools hoob in in connection connection con on with the time public school SJ system t at t which pupils b between t n the ages of 0 of 4 I and 16 year ma may mav be bt taught t cJ prin principles of flue trades not n necessarily m in t separate buildings 5 but ut in mn In separate schools 3 adapted t to this p particular education edu edmu- du- du cation and anti Uy by trained and In trained ta teachers I N Needed Course of Instruction tion I The course coarse of in instruction oD iu jn a school c ool should b be English li ll rn physics ic elementary mechanics me mechanics drawing the shop hop tiou tou for fOl particular trades an ud for each trade s th the drawing lra mathematics mathe mattes matics mechanics chaDic physical and biolo biological meal ical cit nc t to the trade the 1 of that trado and i n soun sound system sy tent tens of economies including and Iud om- om it the time T philosophy of colle collective t to o bias bargaining Tho They will ill serve to pr prepare pre pare parc c tho the pupil for more advanced subjects sub subjects and mind in iu addition to di disclose clo o Iii hi his capacity for a specific vocation oration l In order to It keep ep such F schools school in close e touch with th the trades there should h be local advisory on boards including o ol othe mf the the- 1 industries trie employers and anti oi organized aniz d labor Time The committee committo tech education of workers iu in trade trado a and il try hider tr lc being n a public necessity i it should ho not not be a. a private but a a. public J function on conducted b by tb public and amid the tho cx expanse nse at nt p public cost t 1 The Tho continuance of pro progressive re he development de de- le- le of s supplemental trade edmi edu education trades unions unions r cation tion 3 as inaugurated bv h- is also recommended 1111 Tho The committee continuation of of- its life Ufo an and final finn report to the convention con of ur Itil 1010 0 Too Many Industrial Misfits The Time one ouo trouble of or America to to day dav says nis the report is cj t that nt too many ninny of our our who ho have graduated from the or hi high h school I hool arc are misfits industrially If wt we arc t to secure industrial supremacy e or even maintain our present rc l t stand standards in in the tho world we e must in some way wayn al in n our ed educational onal System nt n acquire an rt n I c equivalent to our old apprenticeship system Or Organized I labor labors labor's s Po position regard regard- ing in ng tImo tho injustices of oft tho the narrow slid and training in jp t tho selected d trades by both private and public in instruction in- in and aDd the time of the labor market with s-ith haLt half trained mechanics forthe forthe for forbe the be purpose of exploitation is is perfectly perfect ly lor V tenable and the well founded in n tho the thoi vi i vicious vicious-noss iou Q of such practices ncr and consequent condemnation is is well nigh unassailable Organized labors labor's record for fur in n regard to h better J sanitary condition In lii n factories and workshops workshop and its ib itson continued on tinned pf forts efforts toward safeguarding women and minot minors has been bean the sub subject oct or wide ide discus discussion ion aud and much ful ul Je legislation It Its advocacy oy of free reo schools free text books hooks and the time raising raisin of sor or school education have bac been fl re- re adhered to nail and clo closely elv allied alliedo to o this subject is il that of industrial edu- edu cation and any an- serious serious ls' discussion of the tho ho moper croper kind of vocational training promotes discussion of oC the former Teachers o With Trade Experience Experience has bits shown that manual training raining school teachers without actual tr trade rado do experience c do not Dot and can cali not ant successfully sol solve soh ye this great problem and nd that progress s will necessarily bo boslo ow as n now w teachers must bo ho provided a n new set of text hooks hooks' have C to be written and the th subjects taught in a sympathetic and systematic hun manner ncr PI Continued on oa pao po 1 l FEDERATION 1 S I Continued from front page 1 The International Association of Ma Ma- and the tho International Union o of Elevator Constructors aro are at odds over ove ot of jurisdiction and aDd auml is iM is under consideration The I sheet metal workers and nulI tho time stove to organization ot aro are also contending con con- tending for ad advantages cs Efforts arc are being made to amalgamate the tho International AEi of Ca Car Workers Porkers and amul tho timo of or RailIa Railway Rail Rail- way Ia Car Men Tho car men are arc seeking affiliation with the fc federation anti and unless amalga amalga- is effected before the tIme o othe of the thc convention it is probable the tho CX ex cuti c council will bo be o authorized to iss issue uc a charter to 10 tho the car ear men soon At l the forthcoming nJ con convention oll of the of Painters Decorators and Paper Hangers of America to be beheM beheld beheld held heM in Cincinnati next month it is ex cx- tho thio constitution of 01 the will be ho amended so 50 that the tho paper pa pa- per pcr hangers hangers' jUI complaints and the rights t of ot those who ho arc ex cx- paper hangers will bo ho so 50 do tie fined fine fi e. as to prevent any D further dis dis- is' is Or Organized labors labor s attitude e on tIme the vital question of industrial trial education w was s set Bet forth in a 1 report to the to-the the convention con con- by bv the tho special committee ap appointed nip ape pointed b by authority of 1 the he Denver Denn r lon eon to investigate tho the subject 11 The Tho committee of which h John Mitchell i is il chairman held meetings during tho the year ar in iii New Nci York Washington anti and IU To To- ADlon Among the r resolutions ons introduced toda today to to- da day was one from time the San Samu Francisc o labor Jabor council requesting the eels of both f factions of electrical work work- era bo be asked to resign and anti time the af nC fairs faira of both organizations bo hl i in in inthe the hands s rif rf the executive o council with wit with instructions to rail mil a t convention con to elect new officers officer those now holding office being ineligible An AD open letter helter to the thc convention front fron t the e faction of the electrical workers's work work- eras ers's union was circulated This dc do- dared l J local lw-al unions minions were wore supporting D them 1 while 20 OJ local unions union supporting supporting sup sup- porting the McNulty faction reco recognized bv Iw I thi tho hO federation derat ion Tho The United Association of oC Plumbers proposed that every cry effort be e mado made by friends of or ani to keep patronage pa pa- from front tb tim tho Cleveland Clo baseball club in iii all cil cities cs where 1 that at dub club pla cli Tho The International hove Glove Workers Workers' un union ion fa favors ors woman n ori on the time theroun ground roun 1 that Iho timo ballot for woman i e essential to the independence of tho tho ho working classes sc Another r resolution offered by lw Pr President President li dent O 0 Council OConnell of tho jIm Machinists Machinists' a union protests against government gO work bri being roi J g clone dono ono on other than tItan the eight eight- hour our plan I Time Tho Central Federated union unman of nC New NewYork NewYork NewYork York offered a 1 protest st ng against in t tho the low rate of wages ages paid pail by tho the o in the tile navy yard ard The convention cou adopted a r resolution expressing admiration for Lloyd- Lloyd George chancellor of the tho British Br t h exchequer ex ox- chequer ur i for r his support rendered through the tho British budget u hot to hc whole hoJe people |