^l0PROCEEDINGS t;:1: OFTHE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION ^1 CALIFORNIA0 0: : l eSTATE ;FEDERATION:: :|M w| 0; OF LABOR0 : ||' HELD AT 7aCllKSANTA-0XBARBARA,0X0f;1M:CALIFORNIA, SEPTtMBER 22 TO 26,1924 PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION CALIFORNIA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR HELD IN ELKS' HALL SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 22 TO 26 1924 -OW7 r-II LABOR PAPERS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ..M 7 California Oil Worker, 310 East Foturth St., Long Beach. Union Labor Journal, Bakersfield. Labor News, Eureka. Tri-Countv Labor News-, Fresno. Labor. NeNws, 234 Third St., Long Beach. The Citizen, Labor Temple, Los Angeles. Southern California Labor Press, 443 So. San Pedro St., Los Angeles. East P)ay Labor Journal, 200 TrTwelfth St., Oakland. Union Labor Record, 286 Twelfth St., Oakland. California Labor Chronicle, 3524 Fourth Ave., Sacra- mento. The Labor Joturnal, San Bernardino. The Labor Leader, San Diego. Labor Clarion, 2940 Sixteenth St., San Francisco. The Musical and Theatrical News, 68 Haight St., San Francisco. Organized Labor, 1192 Mission St., San Francisco. The Seamiien-'s Journal, 525 MTarket St., San Francisco. The Searchlight, 59 Clay St., San Francisco. The Unioln, 173 W. Santa Clara St.,, San Jose. Union Advocate, 740 State St., Santa Barbara. Stockton Labor Joturnal, 216 E. Market St., Stockton. u EXECUTIVE COUNCIL PRESIDENT: ROE H. BAKER................. 112 Valencia Street, San Francisco VICE-PRESIDENTS: District No. 1-(Riverside South to State Line) FRANK THOMAS......... 4250 Swift Avenue, San Diego District No. 2-(Los Angeles County) AL C. BECK. 204 W. Fifty-third Street, Los Angeles R. W. ROBINSON . .304 Coronado Avenue, Long Beach District No. 3-(Bakersfield to Fresno) W. E. BANKER.-------------- 1139 Broadway, Fresno District No. 4-(San Joaquin County) CLARENCE LEONARD Box 365, Stockton District No. 5-(Santa Clara County) ROS. MANNINA 481 Orchard Street, San Jose District No. 6-(Alameda County) DONALD WITT. 387 Twelfth Street, Oakland District No. 7-(Vacancy) District No. 8-(Marin, Sonoma, Napa, and Solano Counties) ELMA F. SMITH ..... 1423 Lincoln Avenue, Napa District No. 9-(San Francisco) J. J. MATHESON . 600 Clayton Street, San Francisco JAMES E. HOPKINS .. 87 Tingley Street, San Francisco CHARLES CHILDS 225 Burrows Street, San Francisco District No. 10-(Sacramento and Adjacent Counties) C. E. RYNEARSON. Box 664, Marysville District No. 11-(Humboldt and Adjacent Counties) GEORGE GALLOWAY P. 0. Box 632, Eureka SECRETARY-TREASURER: PAUL SCHARRENBERG ..........525 Market Street, San Francisco INDEX Page Addresses ofWelcome.-------------------------------------------------------------------13 Addresses by Guests and Visitors- Andera,C.M. Mayor of Santa Barbara.------------------------------------------------------------ 13 Nunn,HerbertCity Manager of Santa Barbara..-----------------------------------------------------------13 Rev. C. A. Spaulding, First Presbyterian Church of Santa Barbara..---------------------- 13 V. S. McClatchy, Secretary Joint Immigration Committee of California. 20 Walter G. Mathewson, State Labor Commissioner -23 Emmons,C.H.Near East Relief............................2.........3..................23 C. A. Adams, People's Bank and Trust Company of Los Angeles. 23 Geo. P. M. Bowns.------------- 46 Rev. G. Bromlev Oxnam. 46 Fred Millard, Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of California.......... 46 Bunji Suzuki, Fraternal Delegate from the General Federation of Labor in Japan. 49 AffiliationsDuring Year.----------------------------------82 Auto Stage Lines-Mechanical inspection of (Resolution No. 23). 34 Books-Published by Workers' Education Bureau.------------------------------------------------------ 84 Brown, Seth R.- Reason for Retirement .----------------69 Appreciationvoiced by Committee on Officers' Reports.--------------------------------------------- 57 Resolution of Appreciation submitted by Committee on Thanks. 58 CaliforniaElection Laws-Amendments to (Resolution No. 53).----------------------------------------- 49 California Primary Election Laws-Amendments to (Resolution No. 42) .42 Boycotts-See "We Don't Patronize" List. California Supreme Court Decision on Independent Electors. 54 Chauffeurs' License-(Resolution No. 51) ..----------------------------------------- 44 Cigarmakers' Union Label-(Resolution No. 33) . .. 46 Citizen Labor-Preference to (Resolution No. 44) .. .42 Committee-Appointment of .. .14, 17 Committee Reports- Auditing ..-- -...- 95 Credentials ... 14,18, 23 Grievance ..-----...........--....-55 Labels and Boycotts .---------------------------------------44, 46 Legislation .-------------------------------23, 29,33, 41, 49 Officers'Reports.---------------------------------56 Resolutions .- 35, 38, 52 Rules and Order of Business.-- 18 Thanks .--------------------58 Communications and Telegrams- I. L.Fromthe A., Local 38-9, San Diego.-------------------------------------......------......-........----18, 26 FromLampton,E. E.Los Angeles.------------------------------------------------------........-------------23 From Southern California Conference of the M. E. Church . 33 From William H. Johnston, VVashington, D. C.-------------------------------------- 46 Compton Lunches-Placed on "We Don't Patronize" List (Resolution No. 50)..----------48 Conference for Progressive Political Action..--------------------------------------- 24, 68 INDEX-(Continued) Page Convention City-N am ing of ---------57 Credit Unions-(Resolution No. 19). 31 DefenseDay-(Resolution No. 37) ...........5..5............. 55 Education for Workers- Progress reported by President Brown 67 Report by Secretary Scharrenberg . 84 Committee or% Officers' Reports .56 forEight-hourStreetLaw Carmen-(Resolution No. .-----------------------------------------------------4) 27 Eight-hour Law for Women-Amendments to (Resolution No. ......................................5) 27 Election Board-Appointment of .33 Election of Off icers37 4 6 6.........................6............ ... 33 Employment Agencies, Private (Resolution No. 10).............................:.. 30 Exclusion of Aliens Ineligible to Citizenslhip- Report of Secretary Scharrenberg. 84 Address by V. S. McClatchy .20 Address by Bunji Suzuki . 49 Report of Committee on Officers' Reports.-------------------------------------- 56 Federal Employes-Legislation concerning (Resolutions Nos. 16, 17, 18) 38 Financial Statements- Secretary-Treasurer's.------------------------------------------------------87-94 AuditingCommittee.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 95 Foster Lunches-Placed on "We Don't Patronize" List (Resolution No. 49) 48 Gasoline, Price Regulation of (Resolution No. 48) . 43 Governor Richardson's Corporation Economy Denounced .24, 44, 68 History-A brief historical sketch of the California State Federation of Labor 9 Immigration Restriction-See Exclusion of Aliens, etc. Initiative, Referendum and Recall Upheld -.-- - 49 Injunction Evil, The-(Resolution No. 1) . 35 Injunction, Historical Development of-Address by Andrew Furuseth 36 Insurance, State Compensation-(Resolution No. 47) . 43 Japan-Address of Fraternal Delegate Suzuki . 49 Klamath River Fish and Game District-(Resolution No. 40) 41 Labor Bank of Los Angeles .-- .68 Labor Commissioner-Appropriations for (Resolution No. 11) . 30 L.abor Laws-Enforcement of by Labor Commissioner (Resolution No. 52) 44 Labor Papers in California-List of ... 2 La Follette and Wheeler Endorsed ................. .......24, 53 La Follette and Wheeler-California Supreme Court Decision on Independent Electors. 54 Legislation Recommended by Executive Council------------------------------------------80, 24, 25, 26 Measures on Ballot.--------------------------85, 26, 41 Membership Statistics. 81, 56 Memorial-WoodrowWilson .------------------------------------------------------------------------------54 Merchant Marine (Resolutions NTos. 28 and 29) relating to shipment of seamen, etc. 39 Minimum Wage Law forWomen-(Resolution No. 6).--------------------------------------------------------- 28 Moving Picture Houses-Discrimination against A. F. of L. candidates (Resolution o. 9) .........55............................... 55 Moving Picture Operators-(Resolutions Nos. 12 and 13) relating to bills vetoed by Governor Richardson .------------------------30, 31 Music by School Bands, etc.-(Resolution No. 38). .--------- 34 INDEX-(Continued) Page Nomination of Officers.---------------- 28 Oakland Daily Record-(Resolution No. 24) .-- 52 Officers' Reports- President.. .67 Vice-President for District No. 12. ........-------------------------------------69 ice-Presidentsfor istrictD o. 2------------------------------------------------------------------------70, 71 ice-P residentfor istrictD No. 35 72 V ice-President forD istrictN o. 57---------------------------------------------- 72 V ice-President forD istrict N o. 7-------------------------------------------- 73 Vice-President for District No. 8-- 74 Vice-Presidents for District No. 9 75 Vice-President for District No. 10 76 Vice-President for District No. 11 77 Delegate to the A. F. of L. Convention 78 Secretary-Treasurer-- 80 One Day's Rest in Seven-(Resolution No. 41) . 35 Pacific Portland Cement Co.-Placed on "We Don't Patronize" List (Resolution No. 54) 48 Petroleum Industry Safety Rules-(Resolution No. 7) 29 President's Report . 67 Prison Products-(Resolution No. 25') 44 Prisoners-Mechanics' work done by (Resolution No. 2) 34 Postal Employes-Legislation concerning- (Resolution No. 30) Retirement and