AMERICAN WORKERS
DEMAND FOR LEGISLATION. 1 LEAGUE OF NATIONS APPROVED. COMPULSORY ARBITRATION UNJUST (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received December 5, 10.10 p.m. WASHINGTON, December 1. The American Federation of Laboinhas issued a statement advocating the following laws:—Prohibition of child labour, total restriction of immigration for two years, minimum wage for Government employees, federal employment service, prohibition of inter-Sta'fe transportation of convict labour, provision of land and homes for soldiers and sailors, and long time payme'it, loans to citizens for building homes, and the repeal of all taxes on the' necessities of life.
The Federation urges that Congress should speedily approve of the LeagiKof Nations, including the labour provision. The statement concluded with the* assertion that nothing results in more injury and injustice to the worker yian compulsory arbitration.
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Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14232, 5 December 1919, Page 5
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