Show UNIONS ONIONS fEAR I EXTENSION O Of LABOR LAWS Executive Council of A AP F of L Makes Annual Report MANY AIMS DEFINED DEFINE Both Ku Xu Klux ux Klan and an Fascist Movements Are Condemned PORTLAND Or Ore Oct De I-De- 1 De Development of an Industrial fran fran- franchise chise comparable to our must be tr the next goal of the th labor movement mo the executive Fed Fed- Federation tive council of o the American nation of ot Labor declared today In ita He report to the federations federation's annual an- an annual an annual nual convention Warning Warning- of the threat of o tate invasion in of Industrial life ble the council asserted a that th t the hour has of pronouncement struck for lor a a alms aims aim of labor that shall hall more express the full tull Implications Implication tion of ot trade trad m The close of the th war marked In human for us u a turning point relations the report said and and forth In bold bole relief the In- In Inadequacy In Inadequacy adequacy of o existing forms and in- in in institutions Hen Henceforth the mo moe move e- e ement ment for tor orean ration of the Into trade tralle trad unions union ha has II a deeper meaning than the mere mero or- or or organization of groups croup for tor advance advance- advancement ment merit of group Interests Henceforth tho the organization ot of the workers Into trade trad unions union must mean ean the th conscious organization of one on of the most vital functional elements for tor enlightened participation pation In a democracy of Industry hose hose purpose must mu t be the th eden eten tion exten E don lon of freedom the enfranchise enfranchise- enfranchisement enfranchisement ment of the tho producer as such the tho chaos Jc rescue of Industry from and purely Individual whim him Including Individual Inca Inca- Incapacity I and the rescue of Industry also from th the domination of In- In Incompetent Incompetent In Incompetent competent political bodies The Th The largest freedom of action the tho freest tree t play for Individual ml- ml Initiative Ini Initially and nd genius In Industry can cannot Ilot be b had under tho the shadow of Incompetent nt political In- In interference In Interference and andre re STATE LABOR LADOU LAWS Through the muddling conflict of groups who still find It im- im impossible Im possible to come corn together In co- co co corporation we mu must t look 1001 to a fu- fu futuro future fu future ture turo that must have O Its found t a- a at t 1 on upon operation co-operation and cot cot- col collaboration The threat of state In- In In aslon InS anion aslon S of ot industrial life lit I li real groups group of arnet t ane and lID cere persons constantly seek the extension ion of stab state stale suzerainty ovel Industrial fields Such Ig- Ig lb Isch s i act act the tho Kansas court ourt of ol relations and the Colorado Industrial commission act each a blundering gesture of government acting under the spur of organized propaganda or of political appetite for tor power are eXAmples of or what all Industry has hasto hasto hasto to fear tear The continuing clamor for extension of state regulatory powers under the guise of ot reform and nd deliverance from evil can but lead Into greater r confusion and more hopeless Trade unions may lead the way for tor true progress even at the th cost of being branded a as reactionary by those v who aho ho do but little save Propound formulas based upon utopian thought and devoid of the benefit of ot experience nd of ot any cognizance of our fundamental 10 so Bill so-Bill dat structure our industrial life er r our national char characteristics characteristics V We advocate organization of all an walle cage age earners and nd of ot all useful and elements elemente Labor now participates more fully funy In the th decisions decision that shape hape buman life Ufe lit than ever ver before betor and more fully In America than In lY apy other ether nation on earth arth but our participation must be brought to completion The pur- pur purpose pur pose of this Is III not only the corn com com of better b tt r wages and bet bet- better better bet iter I ter conditions condition of work vital as tho those are and have hav been ben The purpose that now unfolds I Is broad broad- broader er Cr and nobler and filled fl with deep deep- el CL i meaning PROVING For Tor the Industry must become something of which we have a II national consciousness It ft must cease to be a td collection of groups like states WIthout a union The future de de- de wands de-wands ands an American Industry In tn It shall be possible for all to Live lve Ive tolve toIve of their best beet through the 01 01 derly processes of democratic rep rep- rep organization The Tho functional elements In our life must fit themselves on ra Two r UNIONS RIMS AIMS MADE Annual Report Made TA To ToA ToA A F of L Meeting In Portland Continued From Irom P Page Pa o One On to work wok out their 0 on ow n problems eradicate their abuses and furnish America with an ear eer Increasing flood of ot commodities both necessary necessary sary sary and pleasure giving Indus Indus- Industry Industry Industry try alon alone h has s the th competence and It must d demonstrate that compe compe- competence competence tence through organization The Theor or organized functional elements element In industry will Ill fine find easy of solution those to which politicians clans now turn their attention In Inutility utility futility Industry must organize to govern rovern Itself to impose upon Itself tasks and rule rules and to bring order Into Its Ite own house Industry Indus Indus- try must mut bring order to Itself con con- const st or It will have hav an or- or order order or order der thrust upon It which would be demoralizing It If not fatal Our people can not lle 11 and thrive un- un under un under der th the regime of ot bureaucracy that t threatens unless Industry soh es Its own on 0 n problems ITU I PM F Industry organized org a as w e o urge ur urIt It must be b will begin In truth an era of service rational natural development and products ts th Ity unmatched by past e- e meTt or fancy Agriculture A nas as urged to join In Inthe Inthe Inthe the next de eloping step stell although the council denied dinted that It to otter offer unasked un ked nd adice Ice to those who OCCUPY other fields In our e lit life It urged that the federation continue to co operate co-operate In nery e ery way ay ay with nith organized farmers farmer During the th p past st tear cear car the th re- re report report port r-port port s said ld the th relations between workers and productive agriculture h has s grown tremendously tremendously tremendously It is our hope hop that the farmers will continue their thir work of organization and an and that e w e mo ma give nce in pushing the program upon which which-we we be- be belie be belles lie lieo lles o 0 depends depend our future n national ell eil being and safety fety V KI 0 n Both th the and Ku Klux KluJ Klan movements 1 ere condemned by the council i as-i hostile to th the purpose of ot ors organized 0 O and the trade union With regard retard to the tho Kl Klan n the th ro- ro report re report port said This This secret organization pro pro- pro pro-mo motes es discord among mong our people I and strife strite within the th ranks of or- or organized organized or labor seek seeks to destro the hed cherl-hed American of religious freedom and nd tolerance and purposely fosters outer racial prejudices The Th Klan seeks Beeks alsoto also alsoto to tak t take loe Into Its own on 0 n hands the administration of punishment thus setting Itself up as superior to Ih rACISM FASCISM CI D DOU DENOUNCED OU C D Efforts Horts to promote Fascism In Inthe Inthe the United States was we denounced as a token of or hostility to our democratic Institutions and par par- particularly I to our American tr trade trad de union Pi emotion by a n foreign po poser er erot ot of a II hostile movement on our soil soli th the report continued can can not be lightly regarded r K rd d by our or by Iy our people In general No disclaimers from abroad ran can alter lter the character char of th the nor change the tact fact that th the offspring in America must partake of the nature and purpose of the rent prent body In Il Italy ly We W e c call upon workers of for for- foreign for foreign eign birth to refrain retrain from I the th r cl tl or any similar mOe moe- mo I moot ment In our country Foreign I who como come to our shores in good faith come corn because Amer Amor- AmerI America I ica la offers fre freedom dom and opportunIty opportunity opportunity ity for tor the Idu 1 To then promote an n org organIzation hostile to every Institution of AmeriCAn dom fr fra fre- fre fredm a- a aI adom dom dm Is to trespass on very every vry prin l Prin- Prin I of honesty and ond to be guilty of conduct which can not b be con condoned con con- condoned Tha Tho ri cannot exist con I In America without the th membership and nd support of workers who have como come to America from rom the birth birth- birthplace birthplace place birth place of Fascism Them Therl must boI bono beno bo be I ino no F in our and It It Is tho the duty of American trade unIonism to use us eory c cry bonor honorable ble effort to purge the th country of this offshoot of or European turmoil Those ho who cannot corn come to America prep prepared to find for their opinions and requirements through th the orderly methods brought Into being at such uch mch great cost through the th e or of tr free e democratic are prepared arIll-prepared prepared ill to come com at all The Inevitable result of continuance of ot I such efforts as ae that represented by bythe bythe the org organization of ot Fascist groups group In America can cnn lead only to a more determIned resol e to bar the doors more tightly to those who abuse the treed freedom om and the Institutions of he country ID ED Taking up arious a lous subjects In which past est conventions had ex- ex expressed ex expressed pressed especial Interest the re report re- re report report port made the follow tollo recommendations recommendations Child l Labor The agitation for forthe or orthe the child labor amendment to the tho constitution should bo be t taken ken up by bye e ery st state stat te and city central body and nd every local union In the UnIted States This con contention Is urged to take strong ground In demand demand- demanding demand In ing necessary legislation for tor protection protection protection tion of ot child life lite Supreme Court Congress should have the th 10 power poser er to reen enact rt-enact ct by a two-thirds two ote ot any law declared unconstitutional by tho the supreme court which by gradual encroach encroach- encroachment encroachment ment has h s as assumed greater power than exercised by either or both the legislative or e branches Immigration Congress must be b called upon to decide bet between een the recd Greed of unfair employers employer n and nd the preservation self preservation of our people The com contention Is II urged in the tho strongest terms terme possible to point out to congress the th danger to American Institutions It if Is not restricted to a 0 greater extent than Is pro provided In the th pres- pres present pro ont ent law lan la Unemployment Th The federation should operate co with Ith and nd p par par- participate In cry c effort to soh ol o 0 the problem of ot the tho business cycle ith Ith recurring periods ot of o unemployment unemplOYment ment we w have hav no hesitancy In emphasizing th that t the most poten poten- potential thai factor against unemployment Is re to war age gO reductions AmalgamAtion of Unions Union What Is contemplated by proponents of this program Is complete and dIr dis- disastrous dis disastrous revolution not merel amalgamation m of various organizations tiona they are hostile to every guarantee of freedom which Amer- Amer AmerIcan AmerIcan Ican n labor holds fundamental Los on oil Industrial R Recommends expansion of legal local In- In Information In Information formation bureau designed to se- se secure secure cur cure as tar far as a possible favorable constructions of new ne legislation prepare criticisms on decisions and by publication seek to arouse pub pub- public lie lic opinion and demand for favorable to labor Because ot of recent judicial tendencies the report avers vers the th w c are fast losing lne their respect for tor and confidence dence dance In the American Judiciary Central Labor Lobor Bank Dank Th The coun coun- council council coun- coun cil cit feel feels that the tho proposed pro pOled of such an Institution In Washington at Dt this time Is la not only but undesirable abl able but urges urs expansion of the present system of special labor banks and credit facilities Political Situation Recommends continuance of tho the partisan non non policy which was declared to hae ha served so successfully In the th last campaign with Ith Increased n a th ti Ity of st state stat te federations In al at 01 elections suggests the conten conen- contention com en- en tion vot vote a special fund to finance nce the supervision from A F l L head head- headquarters headquarters quarters qu of ot th this tho campain con eon condemns the list hat congress as ns having bo been n rl on en 0 oer er to reaction and Incompetence backed apparently by no other thought th than n personal p and nd political Women D In try The supreme courts court's minimum wage decision has weakened the protection to women omen In Indu Industry try It Is a dem- dem demonstrated dem demonstrated fact tact that women are permanently In Indus Indus- Industry Industry Industry try ns IlS wage wae earners carnon and the fun fun- fundamental fundamental fun fundamental consideration In their protection now lies In thorough or- or organization or Tho rho Open Shop The Un Amer Un Am Un Ican Cr- Cr lean lenn scheme to establish the th so- so called so-called called open shop relly has hAR had hd the tho effect of ot uniting organized wage alre earners mor more solidly Th The federation fed should gh gl e 0 Increasing attention to th the d do- do of or a constructive public school system American J Lesion Legion Wo We recommend recommend recommend mend continuance of the and co e rel relations hae o been so 0 o beneficial l In the rt rast not only to the tho members member of the th two organizations directly Involved but butto butto I to our citizenship In general generI Intelligence Tc Teats Tc ts In It has not been demonstrated that such tests ar are a fair measure mea ure of the Millie alue o ot of the workers When Improperly used the system stem Itself to abuse and discrimination Shortage sc of Labor Lobor The Th aie hort age of ot labor cr has hIlS been raised for the th purpose of ot opening gates fates to undesirables n e Th f federation I th should I In Ie launch an n intensive ln in campaign to prevent any I such uch a 0 development 0 IS RAIl KAIL no SRI nIl Declaring the th oad labor board rd had hl fully justified the tho con on condemnation con condemnation expressed at t the th I last st com consention th the tho report urged that tat be continued d for tor Its elimination elImination nation which should mark marle the tho end of I efforts toward political political cal Invasion of ot the field of age wafe age age- tl fiXing ln and employment mont rel relations Practically the th same earne criticism was ws made of the Each Cummins law Iw as asa asa a whole hole The report also re rc re le Ie lews s at 01 length the labor legislation passed In each cah state during the past ye year r and the strikes strike that have hav taken place since sineth the last national contention The Chicago Injunction Is I condemned In discussing the railway s 5 strike and the report has ha this to say regarding the present status of the controversy The Th continued arbitrary ot of the th Die |