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New Orleans, La. {I. L. N. S.)—
A nation-wide educational campaign
for the prevention of blindness and
the conservation of vision among the
industrial workers of America and
among their families will be launched
immediately as a joint effort of the
American Federation of Labor and
the National Society for the Preven
tion of Blindness, it was announced
here by President Willima Green, fol
lowing meetings of the executive
council held after adjournment of the
A. F. of L. convention.
The Society for the Prevention of
Blindness has for some 20 years led
the fight for conservation of vision
the Federation of Labor is now join
ing hands with this society for an in
tensive campaign within the member
ship of the federation because of re
quests for assistance in health educa
tion which have come to the Wash
ington headquarters of the A. F. of
L. from various state and local labor
bodies and because of the growing
seriousness of the eye hazards of in
dustrial occupations.
Eye Hazards Avoidable
In announcing the campaign, Presi
dent Green, of the American Federa
tion of Labor, said: "The campaign is
being undertaken because of our con
viction that the eye hazards of indus
trial occupations—that is, accidents,
diseases affecting the eye, and eye
strain—now constitute probably the
most serious cause of blindness and
impairment of vision among work
men in America. It is the belief of
the officers of both organizations that
a very large percentage of industrial
blindness is preventable and that
many of the eye hazards in the home,
on the street and in other places out-
MODERN METHODS
For Chinese American
Ideals Filter to Far East
New Qork.—Abolition of child la
bor, the eight-hour day and partial
profit-sharing in Chinese industry is
proposed by Dr. II. H. Kung, min
ister of industry, commerce and la
bor of the Chinese nationalist gov
ernment, according to Shanghai ca
bles to the New York Times. Amer
ican labor standards are responsible
for the change, it is stated.
The nationalists defeated the Man
churian war lords and are function
ing as a government. They are op
posed by imperialists and by com
munists who call themselves "trade
unionists."
Dr. Kung's proposal is one of the
most important administrative acts of
the Nanking government since it
gained control of China.
Workers' increased living stand
ards would include prohibition of
child labor under 14 years of age.
Boys and girls above the age of 14
and below 16 will be considered as
ininors and will only be permitted
to engage in the lightest work. The
eight-hour day and regulations cover
ing dismissals of workers will also
be included.
"When it is remembered that China,
as well as most countries in the Ori
ent, has considered women and chil
dren the cheapest form of labor,
working them from 12 to 14 hours a
day, the importance of these propos
ed changes can readily be seen," the
Labor Will Help in Fight
On Hazards that Take Big
Toll in Workers' Eyesight
side of industry, which at present
threaten the sight of the wives and
children of our workmen, also are
avoidable."
The announcement of the campaign
by the A. F. of L. and the Society for
the Prevention of Blindness says:
"The seriousness of the situation
which this campaign seeks to correct
may be appreciated
when one
Times' cables state.
"The influence of American labor
laws is noticeable throughout Mr.
Kung's proposal. The minister, like
any others in the Nanking cabinet,
were educated in American universi
ties, and was a close student of so
cial problems in the United States
apd of laws bettering labor's condi
tion.
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"Other articles of the proposal per
tain to recreational facilities in fac
tories employing more than 30 work
ers, stipulating rest periods in the
course of each day and at least an
18-hour week-end holiday. When it
is realized that the coolie type of
labor, as well as many skilled arti
sans, customarily have worked from
year's end to the next with scarcely
a holiday in a lifetime, the revolu
tionary character of the bill may be
understood.
"The difficulties of enforcing the
act are appreciated, but Dr. Kung's
action is regarded as a long step to
ward betterment of the workers'
lives."
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thinks
of the following facts:
"The industries of this country are
at present paying approximately $10,
000,000 a year compensation to work
men who have been totally or per
manently blinded while at work this
expense is inevitably reflected in the
cost of commdoities and thereby in
the cost of living
"The direct loss to the working
men and women of America through
lowered efficiency or earning capacity
following blindness or serious im
pairment of vision is probably much
more than $10,000,000 a year
'There is a further loss, intangible,
but probably even more serious than
the foregoing, in the tragedy which
enters every home in which a person
has been blinded or has lost part of
his "sight permanently—a tragedy
which often spells disaster.
"Close students of industrial condi
tions are now convinced that 98 per
cent of all industrial accidents are
preventable if this applies also to the
eye hazards of industry, this joint ef
fort of the A. F. of L. and the Society
for the Prevention of Blindness and
the society's program within the in
dustries themselves and among em
ployer groups should result in the
saving of many men's and women's
eyes."
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Washington.—The interstate com
merce commission will withhold en
forcement of its order to compel
railrodas to install automatic train
devices and block signals.
This movement, the commission in
dicates, has progressed to the point
where safety can be promoted by hte
elimination of grade crossings, the
betterment, of bridges and the re
placement of wooden passenger cars.
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Washington, D. C. (I. L. N. S.)—
United States congressmen are no
less interested than trade unionists
in the action taken on the injunction
evil by the New Orleans convention
of the American Federation of Labor.
The convention declined to approve
the substitute bill now before the
senate judiciary committee, in the
formulating of which some of the na
tion's ablest lawyers took part, but
it declared the time ripe when con
gress "can be prevailed upon" to pro
vide a real remedy.
Because of the tremendous impor
tance of the issue, the convention's
action is here given in full:
There is no move vexing problem
confronting the American trade union
movement than that which is involved
in the injunction question. The sub
stitute bill for S. 1482, now pending
in the United States senate commit
tee on judiciary, in the form of a sub
committee report, and which is print
ed in its entirety i^ the report of the
executive council,, for the information
of the delegates, but without com
ment or recommendation, is not in
accord with the recommendations
adopted at the Los Angeles conven
tion in relation to anti-injunction leg
islation. While we do not doubt the
friendliness of the sources from
which the substitute bill emanated
it is our opinion that the substitute
should not receive the approval of the
convention. It would seem that the
time is here when the congress of the
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United States can be prevailed upon
to provide a really adequate remedy
for the injunction evil. It is a re
markable fact that now every na
tional political party in America has.
in one form or another, declared that
the equity power of the courts are
being improperly used and that legis
lation on the subject is essential.
Under such circumstances, it behooves
us to apply our most careful atten
tion to the problem in order that our
legislative proposals on the subject
be thoroughly sound and adequate.
Practically all liberties of the citizens
of the United States are involved, for
the injunction system has challenged
even the constitution itself.
Text of Action at Los Angeles
The injunction question, which has
been acted upon by the conventions
of the American Federation of Labor
at practically every conventino in re
cent years, came before the Los An
geles convention a year ago through
the report of the executive council
on the subject of "Legal Status" and
through Resolution No. 33 of that
convention. We quote the following
from the report of the committee as
adopted at the Los Angeles conven
tion:
"The title 'Legal Status' in the re
port of the executive council serves
to introduce matters of paramount
importance. The existing federal anti
trust and anti-combination laws (ex
cept certain sections of the Cyalton
act which are not as effective as
many had hoped) make little or no
distinction between labor and hte
products of labor, and are directed
against so-called combinations and
so-called restraints of trade in such
language that every sort of agree
ment or combination between two or
more persons relating to production,
transportation, sales, distribution
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storage may be declared unlawful.
"The enforcement of these laws in
their apparent literal meaning, has
been directed exclusively against
trade unions, notwithstanding the
fact that the statutes were not in
tended to be so applied. In cases
affecting business combinations, such
as the steel corporation, the railroads
and others, the cpurts have felt jus
tified in softening by interpretation
and in some cases even entirely ig
noring the so-called anti-trust laws,
regardless of the well known and ad
mitted fact that congress intended the
statute to apply to such combinations
In relation to business corporations
and organizations the United States
may boast of more drastic anti-combi
nation laws and more actual combi
nation than any other country.
AHti-Trust Acts Must Be Repealed
"The situation demands exactly the
sort of action recommended in the re
port of the executive council, name
ly, the amending or repeal of the
Sherman, Clayton, or any other of the
so-called anti-trust acts in such man
ner that inhibitions against monopo
lies in the products of labor may be
enacted in place of the present laws
which are beiag used to ps^vant work­
ers from combining for purposes^of
mutual aid. The anti-trust laws re
ferred to and simliar legislation are
predicated upon the conspiracy doc
trine. The committee commends the
executive council for the proposal to
have legislation enacted so as to pre
vent that doctrine from being applied
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Indianapolis, Ind. (I. L. N. S.)—
Representatives of labor groups from
all over Indiana will seek the elimi
nation of injunctions in labor disputes
and the re-writing of the workmen's
compensation act as two of its ma
jor objectives when the Indiana Gen
eral Assembly convenes the first of
the year. This was decided on at
a meeting of the various groups here
in a conference at which a legisla
tive program was mapped out.
A strenuous campaign to wipe out
the labor injunction in Indiana was
decided on. The use of the injunc
tion as a weapon against labor was
roundly condemned by the conference.
Thomas N. Taylor, president of the
Indiana Federation of Labor, presided
at the meeting, which was attended
by representatives from the Central
Labor Union, State Building Trades
Council, State Barbers' Association,
State Council of Carpenters, State
District of Machinsts, United Mine
Workers of America, Districts 11 and
K State Conference of Painters and
Paperhangers, Brotherhood of Rail-
to labor organizations either in the
form of legislative enactments or
judicial interpretation. In all legis
lative proposals care should be taken
to safeguard the interest of the farm
ers and the legitimate co-operative
societies. s
"The necessity for clearly defining
the jurisdiction of the equity courts,
as recommended by the executive
council, transcends even the need for
a change in the so-called anti-trust
laws. The misuse of injunctions in
labor disputes has become so noto
rious that unless a remedy is found
the entire equity system will ulti
mately break under the increasing
burden of disrepute which is attach
ing itself to it because of the misuse
of injunctions against labor The
is the Spirit of HOME and
of Beaut v Within the Home
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Association, Marion County Building
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way Firemen, Enginemen and Train
men, Marion County Carpenters' Dis
trict Council.
Delegates were outspoken for the
elimination of the products of prison
labor from competition with free la
bor for the repeal of the $10,000 limit
in state liability laws, and for a law
providing for judgment in civil cases
when three-fourths or five-sixths of
the jury agree.
That organized labor proposes to
have softie say-so in the enactment
of labor laws was emphasized by the
conference, and a steering committee
will see that labor gets a square deal
when bills affecting labor are intro
duced.
mere statement of the fact that in
equity proceedings involving labor
controversies the successful com
plaintant's chair is invariably reserv
ed for the employer or his represen
tative, and that labor is always the
defendant, should be sufficient to
show the utter injustice of the pres
ent situation.
Equity Proceedings Violate Consti
stitution
"The use of equity proceedings as
a means of setting aside law and
denying safeguards which the law
provides are, in our opinion, a grave
and dangerous violation of the letter
and spirit of the constitution. The
unwarranted seizure of jurisdiction
by injunction judges is nothing short
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