AMERICAN LABOUR

Southland Times, Issue 19238, 8 May 1924, Page 5

AMERICAN LABOUR

COMPREHENSIVE DEMANDS. QUESTIONS FOR'POLITICIANS. (By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable /Xssociation.) WASHINGTON, May 6. (Received May 7, 9 p.m.) The American Federation of Labour has issued a political bulletin outlining its demands before giving support to any party at the coming election. The bulletin declares at the outset 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, it asserts, of the need for a great regeneration of American idealism. Labour, moreover, asks for the repeal of anti-trust laws applying to Labour organisations, the continuation of a sharply graduated income and inheritance tax and reductions which would be mainly beneficial to those in receipt of small incomes. It favours the entrance of the United States into the League of Nations and the World Court, asks for a permanent immigration policy enforcing strict exclusion for many years to come, wants the power of the Supreme Court curtailed and the Judiciary’s power to issue injunctions in connection with Labour disputes removed. The manifesto declares that the Volstead Law is an improper interpretation of the Eighteenth Amendment and wants a modification to permit the manufacture of light beers.

It concludes: “We need less ‘thou shalt not’ in our laws.”