LABOR AND POLITICS.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16425, 8 May 1924, Page 5

LABOR AND POLITICS.

THE AMERICAN FEDERATION. DEMANDS SET FORTH. (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) WASHINGTON, May 6. The American Federation of Labor has issued a, political bulletin outlining its demands before giving support to any party at the coming elections. Tbe bulletin declares, initially, that there must be a. revival of the spirit of honesty, integrity, and high mindedness in public office. The astounding revelations during, the past three months are proof of the need of a great regeneration of American idealism. Labor, moreover, asks for the repeal of the anti-trust ]a,ws as applying to labor organisations, the continuation of a sharply graduated income and inheritance tax, . favoring reductions mairtly beneficial to small incomes, and favors the United States' entrance into the League of Nations and the World Court. It asks for a permanent immigration policy, enforcing strict exclusion for many years to come, and wants the power of the Supreme Court curtailed and the Judiciary's power to issue injunctions in connection with Labor disputes removed. It declares thait the Volstead Law is an improper interpretation of the Eighteenth Amendment, and wants a modification to permit 2.75 point beer. It concludes: "We need less 'thou shalt not' in our laws."