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VOL. XXI. No. 19
Newark, N. J.—New Jersey citi
zens have discovered that "judicial
usurpation" is a reality, and not a
supposed figure of speech used by
agitators.
Federal Distrfct Judge Rellstab is
responsible for the awakening. He
has raised car fares to 8 cents with
a 2-cent transfer privilege.
The state public utility commission
refused to increase rates after an ex
haustive examination and hearings on
the subject. The company appealed
to Judge Rellstab that their property
was being confiscated. The court held
that this was a violation of the Unit
ed States constitution, and without
hearings, granted the companys re
quest.
Judge Rellstab's decision has ex
cited everyone but trade unionists,
who ask: "What do you expect, when
you fail to protest when these courts
annul guarantees against workers?"
L. J. Russell, editor of the Newark
Morning Ledger, in a signed state
ment, declares that Judge Rellstab
"should be impeached and removed
from office in order that the public
at large may not come to feel that
too many of our courts ar6 filled
with servile puppets only too ready
to serve special interests."
No trade unionist ever uttered a
more bitter attack on courts which
are declared to "have ceased to be
institutions that are impersonal and
sacred in their nature.
"It is the height of ridiculous ab
surdity to expect people who know
the source and the pedigree and the
calibre of so many of our judges to
have the slightest respect for them
or confidence in them or their rulings
and decisions when the issue involved
is that'of a utility corporation or a
special privilege group that knows
exactly what it wants and how to get
it.
"Snch danger as confronts our in
stitutions today in this republic be
gins and ends with the arbitrary abuse
of judicial power nullifying all laws in
a flagrant disregard of public right
in order to serve private rights and
special privileges.
"Our institutions are in a thousand
fold greater danger from a Bergen
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"The good sense and patriotism of
the people constitute an adequate
antidote for the poison of the bol
sTievik, but there is no antidote foi
patriotism that is destroyed through
public respect and esteem and
ignorant or corrupt courts that are
beyond the reach of the people.
"Let us repeat that as a choice be
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native.
"Let us repeat that the courts con
stitute the greatest menace that con
fronts this republic and the only rem
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ple as against appointive courts b}
politicians for corporations.
"Let us repeat that we have no
law today except court-made law:
that we have no liberties or rights
except those resting on the whims of
the, prejudices and the ignorance and
corruption of too many of our courts
under politically appointive tenure of
office,"
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Washington. in discussing the
construction of 19 passenger ships
by the United States shipping board,
Congressman Madden, chairman of
the house appropriations committee,
made this interesting statement:
"With the lowering of wages and
the lowering of material costs,
thought and your subcommittee
thought that the government ought
to save money in the construction of
these ships, and we inquired as to
whether or not the government was
to get the credit for any reduced cost
of material or any reduction in wages.
And the reply came that the govern
ment divided the saving with the con
tractor. We believe this is not good
business, but it is bad business. It
can not be remedied during this con
struction period, when these contracts
exist. They will be finished by April
1st."
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Washington, D. C., August 25.—
From every indication available from
all sections of the country, gathered
by the American Federation of Labor,
the celebration of Labor Day this year
will be one of the most enthusiastic
and pretentious in Labor Day history.
A keen revival of interest in La
bor Day parades is evidenced by the
reports thus far received, and in a
number of the larger cities parades
of a most elaborate character have
been planned.
Practically all of the national fig'
ures in the labor movement have ar
ranged to deliver addresses.
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LABOR DAY CELEBRATION
TO BE THE MOST ENTHUSIASTIC AND PRETENTIOUS IN LABOR
DAY HISTORY, ALL REPORTS TO A. F. OF L. INDICATE
An address to the workers of Amer
ica will be sent by President Gompers
to the central labor organizations in
every city and town in the country,
to be read at all Labor Day meetings.
President Gompers will speak in
Baltimore on Labor Day at River
park and will, it is expected, deliver
the keynote for a great advance in
organizing work. Labor Day is to
mark the beginning of an organizing
campaign which is to fulfill the slogan
of the movement and to take the
membership over the five million
mark.
Secretary Frank Morrison, of the
A. F. of L., is to speak in Louisville,
Ky. Secretary Morrison also will be
the guest of honor at a banquet to
be given on the evening of September
4th by Typographical Union No. 10
in Louisville.
The Louisville United Trades and
Labor Assembly has planned a parade
and program for Labor Day, begin
ning with a parade which it is ex
pected will break all Louisville rec
ords. Following the parade there will
bo a picnic in Phoenix hill park, at
which, in addition to the speaking,
there will be concerts and dancing.
James Lord, president of the min
ing department of the American Fed
eration of Labor, will address the
Maryland miners on Labor Day at
Frostburg, Md. The entire Mary
land mining district will join in the
Frostburg celebration, and reports
from that district indicate an attend
ance of at least ten thousand.
Telephone Operators.
Moving Picture and Stage Hands.
Actors' Equity Society.
Women Municipal Employes.
It is announced that fully 15,000 will
be in line. The parade will be re
viewed by the governor of Massachu
setts, the mayor of Boston, Major
General Edwards, Admiral Cleaves
and other officials. The Boston Cen
tral Labor Union, according to Busi
ness Representative P. H. Jennings,
is making an effort to have every
member of organized labor in Boston
in line, making it an absolutely 100
per cent parade.
C. B. Nelson, secretary of the joint
Labor Day committee, reporting to
American Federation of Labor head
quarters, says that all of the organ
izations in Kansas City, Mo., whether
affiliated with the central body or
not, with two exceptions, have voted
to parade. "We are anticipating the
largest and most successful Labor
Day celebration ever held in this part
of the country," says Mr. Nelson.
"Among the principal speakers of the
day will be James A. Reed. We have
also extended invitations to Martin
Ryan, president of the Brotherhood of
Railway Carmen Charles A. Sumner,
of the Stereotypers and Electrotyp
ers James W. Kline, of the Black
smiths John T. Smith, Hugh S.
O'Neill, of the Electrical Workers
Alex. Henderson, of the Fire Fight
ers, and the piayor of St Loqis.
COUNTY-
Labor Movement to Deliver Address—-Gompers
Will Speak at Baltimore
At Boston a great parade will be
h'dd under the auspices of the Boston
Central Labor Union, in which a num
ber of unique features have been
planned. The Building Trades and
Metal Trades will join solidly in the
parade. There will be distinctive
floats by the following organizations:
HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26,1921 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
"At last night's meeting of the city
council we extended an invitation to
take part in the parade. The upper
house of the council has voted to
march in line with us, and both houses
accepted the invitation unanimously.
"The celebration this year will be
held in Fairmount park.
"In the parade seventy-nine locals
have thus far arranged to be in line.
Arrangements have been made to
have traffic suspended on all streets
over which the parade will pass."
The Fire Fighters will lead the line
of march.
Cleveland, Ohio, has arranged for
a great demonstration at Luna park,
at which it is expected 45,000 will be
present. W. D. Mahon, president of
the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway Em
ployes, and vice-president of the
American Federation of Labor, will
be the speaker in the afternoon. In
the evening addresses will be made by
the candidates for the office of mayor
of Cleveland,
Philadelphia has arranged to hold
a monster parade under the auspices
of the Central Labor Union of Phila
delphia and vicinity. The parade
will start at Broad street and Fair
mount avenue, and will continue
through the principal thoroughfares
to Point Breeze park, where a pro
gram of speaking and track and field
events has been arranged. Frank
Burch, in a letter to President Gom
pers, says: "Expectations are for
one of the largest Labor Day demon
strations this good old city has ever
seen. Everybody is going to bat with
a vim and vigor that assures success
and that no doubt will be a great sur
prise to our opponents who have de
lighted in saying that they have us on
the run. They have failed in their
purpose, and I am glad to predict
that the movement in this city will
emerge from the onslaught a strong
er and better one."
Chicago has arranged for a three
day celebration, the first of its kind
undertaken by the Chicago Federa
tion of Labor. The work of arrang
ing for this great demonstration is in
charge of a committee originally com
posed of twenty-five, but subse
quently increased to include one mem
ber from any local union desiring to
participate. The celebration will be
held at White Sox baseball park and
Bricklayers' soccer field, which ad
join each other. The athletic events
have been recognized as official by
the Amateur Athletic Union, the Chi
cago Federation of Labor having
formed the Chicago Federation of La
bor Athletic Club in order to secure
official approval. The Chicago Fed
eration of Labor announces that its
speakers will be: William Jennings
Bryan, Rabbi Judah Magnes, U. S.
Senator Joseph Irwin France, William
Z. Foster, and Mrs. Helen Mason
Huck, daughter of the late Congress
man Mason. Senator Robert M. La*
Follette was invited, but declined on
account of the legislative situation in
Washington.
St. Louis, Mo., has completed^ ar
rangements for a parade and a picnic
celebration. The picnic will be held
at Triangle park, which is owned by
Bakery Workers' Union No. 4. Da
.ijid Kreyling, secretary of 4]» St
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Washington. Hawaiian sugar
planters, trying to get congress to
legalize peonage on their plantations,
have been beaten to a degree suffi
cient to secure from them the admis
sionvthat H. J. resolution 171, their
own resolution, would establish peon
age.
This admission came in the form of
suggestions from the commission
sent here by the Hawaiian territorial
icovernment for a substitute resolu
ion.
Appearing before the house immi
gration committee, Harry Irwin, coun
sel for the Hawaiian commission,
pleaded to have the present resolution
so amended as to prohibit peonage.
His suggestion was that provision be
made that Chinese coolies, when ad
mitted, be admitted with the proviso
that they be confined to agricultural
work, with deportation as the alter
native.
In answer to questions from mem
bers of the committee, Judge Irwin
suggested that Chinese register at
the time of admission and be required
o re-register at specified times.
He admitted that the adoption of
Resolution 171 would repeal all pres
ent immigration laws as far as these
applied to Hawaii, including the Chi
nese exclusion act and the contract
labor exclusion act. He frankly ad
mitted that the term "otherwise inad
missible" as used in the resolution
means Chinese coolies.
He stated that in past experiences
with that class of labor he found that
the Chinese government required the
knowledge of the conditions under
which its nationals are to be employ
ed before consent is given for their
emigration. Congressman Raker, of
the committee, said that such know
ledge on the part of a foreign govern
ment indicated not only a contract
with the employers that limited free
dom of action of the workers, but also
illegal relationship between potential
employers and a foreign government.
Chairmar. Dillingham, of the Ha
waiian commission, suggested in a
prepared brief that there need be no
peonage or serfdom, but that each
Louis Trades and Labor Union, re
ports that arrangements are practic
ally complete and that beyond doubt
the entire program will be a com
plete success.
Waterloo, Iowa, is planning for an
unusually large and imposing Labor
Day celebration, according to a re
port made by Charles C. MacKay,
secretary-treasurer of the Waterloo
Central Labor Union. The Waterloo
movement plans to make a wide dis
tribution of literature one of the im
portant features of its Labor Day
observance.
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coolie be required to secure the sig
nature of his employer to the effect
that he was steadily employed as an
agricultural laborer, with deportation
as the alternative for the lack of such
a signed declaration.
A. F. of L. representatives), closely
watching all sessions of the immigra
tion committee, protested that this
provision in itself meant
bondage."
Following these hearings 'Chairman
Johnson, of the house immigration
committee, offered for consideration a
tentative substitute resolution, which
he said had been prepared by Judge
Irwin. Labor's representatives, after
studying this proposed substitute for
H. J. R. 171, declare that it carefully
preserves all of the objectionable fea
tures of the now discredited Resolu
tion No. 171.
The resolution provides that there
shall be no restriction of movement
on the part of imported coolies except
"within the class or classes of labor
as to which the emergency has been
found to exist."
But above all, it is pointed out by
the labor representatives, the resolu
tion still opens the door for the impor
tation of Chinese coolies, and that is
regarded as the basic issue in the
whole controversy.
In effect, it is pointed out, what the
sugar representatives now propose is
peonage covered with deceptive lan
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nese exclusion act exactly as provided
for in the original resolution, which,
it is emphasized by labor, is still be
fore the house committee with a fav
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"MOLDING PUBLIC
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Philadelphia.—Can just relations
be established in industry while al
leged "molders of public opinion"
print such stuff as this editorial utter
ance by the Philadelphia Public Led
ger:
"For many years the operators and
the miners of West Virginia had no
quarrel that amicable arbitration
could not settle. The men were mak
ing big wages—between $250 and $400
a month. Then came the union, with
the greed to grasp at more, and the
characteristic effort of high-paid agi
tators to foment grievances."
This editor should be cited by the
senate committee that is investigat
ing the Mingo county strike. His
knowledge of conditions will be found
to have been secured from some coal
owner, seated in the comfortable
lounge room of a fashionable club.
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