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Show GOMPERS OUTLINES HIS PLANS BEFORE THIS CONGRESS PRESIDENT OP AMERICAN FEDERATION FED-ERATION IS FRANK. Measures Advocated By Organized Labor Which It Is BeliovedIf Passed, Would Improve Existing Conditions In Genoral Big Corporations Corpor-ations Closing Down and Curtailing. Sweeping investigation of nil l.ving costs throughout the entire United State and of the proftta of big cor-orntiona cor-orntiona dealing in food, fuel, cloth tng nml other necessities Will ho clo-uiHndcd clo-uiHndcd of congress early in tho December De-cember soMion, President Samuel Gompers of tho American Federation Federa-tion of Labor says. "Dig conwrntlona now nro closing factories nml dellbcr-ntely dellbcr-ntely curtnilitig output," aotii))cra charged, "with the nlm of peqwlunt-ing peqwlunt-ing prices of tho war period during wMcli many corporations tnado profits equaling their entire capital Investment. Invest-ment. Labor It ready to Iny hofore congress n complclo program of nnti profiteering proposals,'' Homiier further declared. In addition, demands de-mands wiN tie made for the nflge of nearly n score Of measure intended to increase the well being of (hegrtnl tnnM of people. As rniltfiuxl by fjnnH tiers the miti-profileering program Includes; l'lret ImmetliMle Mags of laws regulating the meal (tacking nml csjlil storage indnslt'.es. Sneiiml Hevis-.on of the lax laws to take from corporations the " excessive" exces-sive" profile made during the war iHiriNt of mis-isao. Third (bivernment aeaiataHee and emragemetit to cooperative soete-tiea soete-tiea nrmnieeil to get supplies ittreot from tho fiinner ami manwfactarer.tw the consumer. Fourth Publication monthly by tho lalmr iltimrtinent of the l of pro-dueing pro-dueing ami mHtiiifMeluriiig Ut4e) eom-iHoditles eom-iHoditles which form the lm4 of living liv-ing eiMla. l'irtli KBtaliliahmciit by the gi)y eminent of iiertiMiieiit IhwhIk to In rwttignte proiluetioii cota nml price to which hoards in federal and Ineoiuo tax rvluniN should he nHinel. Against Railroad Law, Itcenl of the lUcu-Cumin.ns transportation trans-portation law and pnililMtlim of alt Utirnpean nml Aaiatie Itnm.grHlon for1 a ttw of at looat two ymr are two. other rnenitunM for which labor will' reutiw it Cght when eongroM eon! vwiaa. "Iteietioimry lnterwta,"(lmii! era says, "are eneournging n world. fliMid of liiunigmtion to the I'mted, Htalea with the Impe of ertwting a i lalior aunua lli woiild rwult in wideaprtNMl nmmiloymt. Hund-I mis of thottMnda of workara of oth er rouutiiea, igiMirant of netital venn-mie venn-mie eitmlitioiM In the Unlteil Hlatim, are Ixfttg luwl to forsake their hmr nml eome to this eOuntry. I'ieiunii I of high wagM which wm like untold wealth are lining mIhIwI for thw ipl li gruus of Inlenista annum (l re-mtahlikh auhieniey tu imluiry ami deprive the workers of this mini-jiry mini-jiry f I ho Unvfita tWjr hrve gainr.l ! through orgattaallnn. 'flie worker r ithaso other rouiitiiea tliiu ara h u' iviiiiraiwd. It la utwai'sjuiMiry Ij pmi out that the L'n ted Slate is unable to asaimllatti ami make good riliii" of immigrants at tfw rate tbey are wow arriv.ng. "The Auwrieaa lalior imivetneut i ml devoted in any of its aetivit m t any pruMMition having for its purpow llui cjoang of the galea of oprntrtu-inly oprntrtu-inly to any man or woman. Hut in justice to the Aimtriemi men and woman wo-man who have made saenfieea to ele vute our C tisenship and increase the wtdl being of the gieat tnaasea of io-pie io-pie of this eoimlry, it is only fair that tho mlmiiwton of great fliMida of jier-sons jier-sons anxious to enjoy those benefits be delayed and regulated so us not to dostroy tho progress already made. Education the Best "Kdiiuatiou is tho be', and quick-oat quick-oat moons of nsrf milating immigrants. To this end labor is prewring to renew re-new in congreaa its age old fight for the erentiou of a dejuirtment of win-eafiini win-eafiini ilinMited by u teeretan' who shall be n member of the president cabinet. IteaellanAry liiturssts defeated de-feated n bill (n have thia deartment at tho last session of eongreas. Kev-orthuleas, Kev-orthuleas, liihoi' jiluns to demand re-eons-deration nt the eoming session. Iuereased pay will be demanded for tho now 'urulerHild' women working in the professioiw like mining and school teach. lip. 1 "School efileieney is imperative in America," asserts (Jonipers. "In very many sections of tho country teach-ore teach-ore aro leaving tho schoolroom, forced out lieoauso thoir riemler salaries are Insufficient to support them m tho faco of continually advauoiug living costs. No young men or women ore eoming forward to take the places vacated. va-cated. Tho same exodus is taking place in liosjr tills, some of which had to closo their doom beoaiifco nurses were unable to contiuuo in their chosen cho-sen profession." Tho federation, Gompers stated, is planning a new fight for a oonttitti- ".qnal amendment giving congress i power to prohibit employment of children. chil-dren. Too United States supremo I court knocked out suoh nn amendment ' jwsscd by congress following a vigor- mis fight by labor. A claue of tho revenue law of 1018 imjiows a tnx of 10 iicr cent on products of child labor n ItitcrsUlp commereo. This meMiire ,'S0Pmf" '"valid, howevor, Dceorahtr 10th, he saK, "nnd efAirla must be made by lalwr to write it into the new ml l,en,,l" ' outeomc of the fight for the constitutional amendment. amend-ment. Increased apprtinations will be asked for the lalior deiwrtment at which "rear! onarv interwtt mc been whiUiug away' for months. Ho far, according (n Oompors, thexc interests in-terests have succeeded in reducing nl-most nl-most to nnpoli-nce some of the bureaus bu-reaus of the deiiartment while others were oompIeteU aboliahed. Labor will fight to jret ixmic real niuinipriiilimn for the I nilod Htatea emptomciit serviec and l.r the statistics huriiiu, wiiioh monlly publish reiwrts show Ing hvmg cost in nil ecting 0f lc count rj. |
