THE AMERICAN LABOR YEAR BOOK 1919-1920 EDITED BY ALEXANDER TRACHTENBERG Volume Three PUBLISHED BY THE RAND SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE 7 EAST 15TH ST., NEW YORK, N. Y. NOTICE Secretaries of National and International Unions, State Fed- THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR RESEARCH, Rand School of Social Science, 7 East 15th Street, New York, N. Y. Copyright, 1920 THE RAND SCHOOL OF SOCAIL SCIENCE TENTO PAINTING 198 STRADES COUNCIL THE ULLMAN PRESS, INC. 4 PREFACE The largest portion of the material for the present volume of the American Labor Year Book,-the third since its inauguration, was almost ready for the printers in the Summer of 1919, when a New York State Legislative Committee made an illegal and unwarranted search of the premises of the Rand School of Social Science, removing from the files and desks of the Department of Labor Research, reports of government bureaus, labor and kindred organizations, and various foreign publications, collected in the course of preparation of the material for the Year Book. The objects of the raiders were frustrated in the courts but a sufficient amount of annoyance and inconvenience was created by them. The editor was forced to postpone the date of publication, pending the replacement of the removed material and the preparation of new articles. When the losses were repaired, the strike of the New York printing pressmen occurred, which further delayed the publication of the book. While the editor does not view the Labor Year Book in the nature of a newspaper, which should include accounts of the latest occurrences in the labor movement, he nevertheless considered it advisable, in view of the prolonged delay, to bring a large portion of the material up to date, and to include additional matter concerning important events which took place during the Fall and Winter of 1919. Because of this, it was found necessary to enlarge the book, and the present volume contains 64 pages more than its predecessors. The material in the present volume is entirely new, and a large portion of it is based on articles which appeared in previous editions. It will be almost a necessity for those using this Year Book to secure the preceding two volumes in order to get the background for most of the material contained in this issue. The book is again divided into six main sections. Part I deals with Labor during the War and is a summary of the economic, political and legal effects of the war on labor. It includes a series of articles dealing with the labor activities of the various governmental agencies established during the war, war-time collectivism, trials and persecutions of Socialist and labor organizations and leaders, civil liberties, war statistics, militarism, and documents concerning labor and the Peace Treaty. Part II reviews the activities and progress of the American Federation of Labor, and contains an account of strikes and lockouts, with special reference to certain outstanding labor conflicts which occurred during the past two years in different parts of the country. It also contains historical reviews of several labor organizations including the Teachers' Union, and other professional organizations, the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America and the Industrial Workers of the World. 33 |