AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR.

Shannon News, 10 November 1922, Page 3

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOUR.

Tiie American Federation of Labour, representing 4,500,000 workers, expressed strong condemnation of Prohibition in its recent convention held at Denver. In the text of thet Official resolution regarding Prohibition it was pointed out that great dissatisfaction is manifest throughout the United States at the Prohibition law: that many people were of the impression that this law would not exclude the nation’s national beverage, beer: that the law had brought about wholesale manufacture of illicit liquor which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of citizens, and the impairing if the sight of thousands of others: that these conditions had made the law vastly unpopular with the majo. rity of the citizens.

This great representative body therefore declared itself in favour of a modification of the law so as to

permit the manufacture and sale of light wines and beer. It also resolved to do everything in its power to have these modifications carried into effect.

Sane official Labour condemns Prohibit lose, so do reasonable folk of all classes. Vote Continuance 1