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pressure to bear upon the Westinghouse
company at the faiE, should they decide to
do so.
Dear Sir and Brofher3At it's recent meet
ing, held at headquarters, the executive
council. among other r6atters, had under
consideration the invitation extended by the
St Louis exposition fer-he American Fed
elaIoIi OF LABOR to have an exhibit at that
exposition. The executive council directed
the undersigned to prepare a suitable ex-
hibit and hence this'l to YOU
would be obliged, therefore if you would
send me as promptss as possible the follow
ing, or such part thereof as you can:
Copies of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of all
your conventions.
Copy of your constitution
Copy of your official journal
All OF these should be bound If possible
he best print you can possibly get of the
union iapel or your organizations; have it
framed. setting forth the title and descrip-
uon OF the label, with the name of he or
saihHduon ana the article it is supposed to
cover.
board, framed
=, II there are any other matters that would
oe VI interest and value in preparing
comprehensive exhibit of the trade union
nioVeinent OF the country, so far as your
organization is concerned, l would appre-
clate II II you would include the same in he
matters you send to this office
VI course there are several months before
.ne EXPOSITION Will be opened, but If a com
prehenslVe exhibit Of trade union history.
20 ao".i' achieVements and aspirations is to
NC Haoe IL Will require considerable
thought, time and labor in its preparation.
lhanhlng you in advance for your CO.
operation and assistance, of which you will
pse piomptly ADVISE me, l am,
F'raternally yours e
SAMUEL GOMPERS
PRESIDENT American Federation of Labor
copies or the above letter are now being
sent sen out by President Samuel Gompers to
oil
CARNATIONS affiliated with the federation
ne federation was an exhibitor at both the
world fair in Paris in 1900 and at the PAN
Am f3 exposition in Buffalo At Paris
h tne ieueratIon was awarded first prize,
handsome gold medal, while at Buffalo 1t
received honorable mention.
Representative c. d. Van Duzer. who
a,thousn a democratic candidate was
ele cted to the House of REPRESENTATIVES nv
me union labor vote of Nevada conferred
Win President Samuel Gompers of the
american Federation of Labor, Monday
t t, sehins, as 10 the union labor program for
the coming session of Congress The eight
hCur Dill and the anti-iniunction bill CON
STUFFED the greater part of the conference.
at the end of which Representative Van
Iu1er INFORMED Mr.. Gompers that he de-
slred TO cooperate with the legislative
committee of the federation in congress
sional matters, and placed himself at the
d>sposal OF the organized labor people. Rep
resentative Van Duzer declined to discuss
the details of his consultation with Prest-
dent Gompers.
president kerngood Of the local branch
OF the American Federation of Musicians is
IN receipt OF letter from Secretary owen
Miller of the national organization 81 81
Louis, Mo-, bearing on the recent demon
stration at the centennial celebration in
chicago. of the rivalry between the fedora
ton and the United States Marine Rand.
owing to the presence of the Marine Band
IN Hhlcago' on that occasion, the members
OF the federation did not participate fin the
exercises in obedience to the section of the
constitution of the federation prohibiting
any member from taking part in any pa
I"de demonstration, etc, where the mem
bers of the United States Marine Band
compete In any way with the civilian mu-
sicians
In his letter Secretary Miller states that
every member of the Chicago locals re-
NAMED loyal to their respective organize
ions The letter also denounces Secretary
MOODY or the Navy Department for grant
ing the members of the Marine Band q fur
lcugh OF seven days that they might par