THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10,
1934.
LABOUR'S FIGHT WITH REDS
AMERICAN FEDERATION PLEDGED TO ACT
GREAT CONVENTION NOW
IN PROGRESS
San Francisco, Oct. b.
[throughout the United States with-
the Inst. year_guarantees munism, the American Federation labour's right to collective bargain- of Labour, largest labour organisa-Ing. It is one of the new Deal's tion in the United States, opened its most controversial developments. most vital annual convention
Pledged to purge itself of com-in
years on Oct. 1:
Many big companies, especially in the steel industry, are talking of Attacked by employers as too abandoning government codes al- grasping, and criticised by some of together, fearing the consequences own memberahip as not suf-of putting themselves absolutely in Alciently aggressive, the Federation the control of organised labour. A is acething with dissension within definite. trend is developing among and facing unprecedented hostility employers in favour of legislation restricting labour activities and without.
its
The convention is expected to be providing uniform standards featuret by a fight over the ques-unions.
tion whether unionisation should be
for
Despite all opposition, the conven-
by industries or by crafts. The tion will complete plans to continue latter has been the traditional sys-nationwide tem of the A.P. of L.
unionisation efforts
ourler the N.R.A., to intensify the
Another highlight is expected to federation's campaign against com- be tesuance of the federation's pany unions, and to counteract official appraisal of President Ros- efforts of organised employers to the have the next Congress restrict sevelt's new Deal, especially
alon activity. N.R.A.
The convention will fast a fort- night. Ironically, it is at the scene of one of labour's greatest lisasters the San Franciscn general strike of Inst July,
CONDEMNS GENERAL STRIKES. The convention is expected to condemn general strikes because of the unfavourable reaction from the generai pablle, but is expected to uphold localised strikes and com- plete unionisation as the two best wenpens to obtain proper enforce- ment of the N.R.A.'s collective bar- gaining provision.
In this upheaval, climax to the Pacific Coast Longshoremen's strike, rebellious left-wingers seized control and resorted to direct-action methods that greatly embarrassed the Federation's conservative The Federalion is expected to de leaders. Aroused public opinion everything possible to recoup crushed the general strike. The prestige of organised labour in San Longshoremen were compelled to Francisco and to counteract efforts submit to arbitration.
OUSTING RED'S "Oust the Communists!" is the warning ery of Mr. William Green, Federation President, against the left-wingers who, in addition.ta the San Francisco strike, also seized control in several other labour dis- putes ut considerable cost to A.F. af L. prestige.
"Where Communista gaiu strength," Mr. Green declares, "they resort to violence of the most reprehensible character."
torrash unionism in Californin.
the
Los Angeles and Southern Cali. Cornis went "open shop" as a result of the popular condemnation aver the dygamiting of the Los Angeles Times by labour extremists in 1910, About twenty Times emphyes were killed.
Prior to the general strike, San Francisco land been an organised labour stronghold for fifty years. since the riots of 1877 against the Chinese labour surplus caused by completion of the General Pacifis Mr. Green charges that Com-first transcontinental railroad in munists are boring the A.F. of the United States. These riots, by the nery Denis from within under instructions fostered
from the Russian Third Internation.Kearney, resulted in the Chinese ale as a primary requisite to world Excision Act and eventually in res- revolution. He demands that frictions affecting Oriental Immi- Washington deport immediately all gratian generally. These general Lo considerable Communists illegally in the United restrictions led
trouble between the United States States.
are st at the Some labour liberals, however, and Japan, and see in Mr. Green's activity a threattom of much of the misunder
or standing that exists between the that more progressive ideas. anything not sponsored by the con- two countries.-United Press,
servative leadership, will be given a
Communist Lug and forthwith eon-i
demned on that score.
CHALLENGE OF INDUSTRY.
The convention is expected to
PROMOTING
answer increasingly powerful chu RACIAL
lenges from industry in general)
against Federation policies, es- WELFARE
pecially the Federation's smashing
drive for members under the National Industrial Recovery Act. This section, blumed by indus- trialists for the wave of strikes
1
or
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INSTRUCTION IN GENETICS.
PASSES
SOLDIER WELL
A woman who was a close friend
should mean, "training for more complete adaptation to the FRIEND OF GORDON' life," and there were at any rate Internal or human side of life.
One of the many problems with three departments of life In civilised nocieties in which the which not only parents and school also legislators. young citizen suffered-to-day, not teachers, but only from lack of knowledge, but guardians of law and order and KNEW GREAT BRITISH also in health, effelency, and hap- all well-wishers of youth, were piness, because no sound biologient | confronted to-day was the existi foundation had been laid during ence of a false, misguided concep- school fe. They were education tion In the minds of many young in regard to sex, marriage, and and even adult citizens of the real and confidante of General Gordon, parenthood, education in regard to nature of Individual liberty, and a the hero of Khartum, and who was. citizenship, and education in re-inistaken attitude to the relation-probably the last person alive to ship which should exist between know him well, has died—nged gard to vriention.
the individual and the community, 100,
She was Mrs. Octavla Freese, in the department of sex, marri-Indeed it would be true to say age, and parenthood, the biological that one of the most, if not the of Granite Lodge, Chislehurst, foundation should include instrne most, important problemu con- Kent,
Mrs. Freese reached her 100th tion in the general principles of fronting human civilisation genties, including human here-that of harmonising conflicting birthday last March, when she told Gordon мая leaving dity, with examples drawn from individual, social, and racial in-un interesting story of how when
terests. For 11 right solution of General plant and animal life. Civilised
that vital question biological Gravesend, where he had been REFORMS IN man was being increasingly called knowledge was essential, and they superintending the construction of
exercise control over EDUCATION
human evolution and the progress" Colonel C. J. Bond, C.M.G., of mankind. He could only carry
If training for life in all its | ivut that great task successfully by Leicester, speaking recently on working on biological lines. The aspects should be the alm "The Physiological and Paycho- logical Development of the Child present system of education did education, then it must take the and the Adolescent and the Claims not do as much as it might to form of vocational training.
Biology and psychology with adapt the young citizen to this
EARLY MARRIAGE
DESIRABLE
about the working and manage-
ment of civilised mankind.
pon
lu
must begin with the young.
VOCATIONAL GUIDANCE.
WRB
of
forts for the defence of the Thames, be cleared out his per- sonal belongings.
In doing so he threw a thick book-his diary of his Crimea campaign-into a corner.
"I rescued it," Mrs. Freese anid,
I shall never
be
thereby made on Education," said | rapidly changing human environ-suciology, said Colonel Bond, must "und asked if I might keep it. Hel
aut several pages-what secrets that, man had much to learn yetment. The fact that, in any or- form the apex, not the base, of "Krted, but not before he had torr." ment of his own body and mind, anised society, the stage of sexuall our educational system. It was they contained
a question of biology know." maturity did not coincide with but no and even more about the economic, preceded by some years the stage chemlatry or physics. What was Mrs. Freese, who used to social, and political institutions of physical and mental maturity, wanted was biological instruction General Gordon's neighbour at which formed the internal environ- and entry into full citizenship had bised on an adequate, but not Gravesend, also said that they were been and still was responsible for over-specialised, knowledge regular correspondents for years, Did not the economic and polla certain amount of disharmony in chemistry and physics. The sand he wrote her many remarkable
our social life, tical chaos in the world to-day,
How, then, could we hope to he asked, owe its origin largely to the fact that we, like other adjust that disharmony? There nations, had failed adequately were only two ways in which dis-' to teach our young citizens the harmony between the individua) principles which underlie the and his environment could be put growth of human institutions right in any department of life. and human societies, and the Either the individual must under- biological factors concerned in 89 adaptation to the changed un- racial progress and racial de- must be adjusted to the capacity vironment, or the environment
cny?
of the individual.
Us
It was only sound knowledge on those vital aspects of life which could protect Against ill- considered judgments and Impul- sive action, and prevent da from falling under the domination or unsound systems of government, and from spurious short cuts to economic recovery. If education was to secure that benefit, it must include the social sciences, and be
based on biological noducing a
The chief alm, in:
well-considered scheme. of bio-
logical teaching into the schools,
of
FACILITIES NECESSARY. Since, however, the age development of sexual maturity was at present outside human control, facilities and oppor- tunities for earlier marriage ehould be available If young citizens of good natural entlow- ment and of good stock were to be enabled to hand on their good qualities to children, and by 50 doing promote both national art racial welfare,
Education and training.in
Colonel Bond continued, must be citizenship m'ant the formation of
the laying of a sound foundation a sound mental attitude leading to
of knowledge, on which more de- right, count on the mart of the The late Capt, Robert R. Willmott
letters. Many of these letters she ont to Dr. Bernard Allen, and assisted him with her reminiscences in the writing of his life of Gordon. Mrs. Frecae paid many glowing tributes to General Gordon. "Busy as he was at his work," she said, "all-his-spare time was dévoted to the care of the poor and sick. He was a man of abundant kindness of heart, and unhappily was often im- posed on."
tent to which that specialisation chould be carried would vary with the outlook and future carear of the pupil.
Colonel Bond also referred to the right use of leisure, and said that if they realised the rapid-ap- proach of the time when, as oro result of the machine age, work and leisure would have reversed their previous positions, when lo bour would become the shorter and leisure the longer part of daily life, then they must recognise that our educational sustem would nand
ful in prepar
"We must prepare for war. tos day-not to morrow." Premier Mussolini of Italy, delivering a lator at the right age and the ap-beings of loft, anxes, and to the died during the fire which engulfed ing and equipping our message to his troops from the propriate stage of individual State or community of which he his (hip and claimed 130 lives off the citizens for the right and profitable top of a tank during manosUYYES. development. Education meant, was menden in other words,
Now Jersey const.
use of increased laure hours.
talled instruction could be given young citizen, to follow human of the ill-starred Morra Cuette, adapting to the new conditions, if |
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