. The National Civic Federation review . ov-crnmenlal control of everything, which carries with itabolition of the individual initiative and individual lib-ertv. The history of .ill countries and all governments,including our own. demon tiates beyond successful con-tradiction that governmental power is oppression. Wciii this country, as well as those in other countries, aren(f< ring now from too miu li governmental we want, then, not increased governmentalpower, but less of it, so that wc may exercise and en-joy more liberty and freedom Prior to last years convention it was the c
. The National Civic Federation review . ov-crnmenlal control of everything, which carries with itabolition of the individual initiative and individual lib-ertv. The history of .ill countries and all governments,including our own. demon tiates beyond successful con-tradiction that governmental power is oppression. Wciii this country, as well as those in other countries, aren(f< ring now from too miu li governmental we want, then, not increased governmentalpower, but less of it, so that wc may exercise and en-joy more liberty and freedom Prior to last years convention it was the customwith the American Federation of Labor to give the so-cialists all the time and opportunity needed to expoundtheir doctrine and present their theory. So patient wasthe Boston convention of that body in 1903, that four-teen hours were spent in debating the question of so-cialism, about ten of which were taken up by the so-cialists themselves, and after all this talk their resolu-tions failed of passage by a large majority. Since that. MR. JAMES A. CABLE. Editor Coopers International Journal. time they have been losing strength every year in theA. F. of L. Their oratorical effort, and defeat, at theSan Francisco convention in 1904 is accurately describedby Luke Kennedy in the following letter to the NewYork Mechanic: They put forward their most master-ful and brilliant orators, used obstructive and filibuster-ing tactics, in fact resorted to every trick and schemeto accomplish what they had been looking forward tofor years—the endorsement of their party by the A. L.—and they were buried beneath an avalanche ofpure and simple votes. , As to how strong the socialists were at the recentconvention of the A. F. of L. held in Pittsburg, Pa., wewill take the word of socialists who were there. TheCap Makers Journal (strictly socialistic) describes theaction of said convention on a socialist resolution asfollows: Suffice it to say here that the lest AmericanFederation of Labo
Size: 1369px × 1825px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectlaborandlaboringclas
