The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-21
GOMPERS REPLIES ID CHARGES MADE Federation Leader Talks Back
 To Manufacturers HIS INTEGRITY DEFENDED MT. Gompers Reads Lengthy Defense of Himself and Federation and
 Defies Enemies of Labor
 To Do Their Worst.
HIS INTEGRITY DEFENDED

Norfolk, Va, November 20.-After long consideration of the jurisdictional fight between the Longshoremen and Inter- national seamen, the American Fedora tion of Labor today adopted a resolution providing that the longshoremen shall be known only by the American Fedora tion of Labor as the International Long shoremen's association. with the remain der of the name, Marine and Trans port Workers adopted by the long shoremen, omitted.
 A committee to be composed of Pres ident Gompers and one other was ap- International Longshoremen and urge upon them to accept the decision given by President Gompers in the Erie, Pa, awards by which President Gompers, as arbitrator, held that the longshoremen should drop the name, Marine and Transport Workers"
 The federation recommended in view of the organization of "employers asso- cations' and "citizens' alliances" that no employers of labor be admitted to membership in any city, state, national or international union.
 Resolutions also were adopted prevent
 
 without consent of the American Fedora ton of Labor, in convention; preventing the revocation of any charter except by two-thirds majority vote of the conven- tion and calling upon the structural iron workers to live up to the award between them and the bolermakcrs.
 resolution was introduced proposing that the government experiment with federal ownership of telegraph lines by constructing a governmental line between Washington and New York President Gombers this afternoon delivered a speech replying to the charges brought against him by the Manufacturers association, which he had been expecting to make since the opening of the convention. The speech covered 40 pages of typewriter copy, and was an expose" from the viewpoint of President Gompers ''of the National Association of Manufacturers and it's ramifications.
 President Gompers took up and ap- swered in detail the charges brought against him and closed an impassioned speech with the words:
 ''All that I now have to add is that there is not a scintlla of truth in any thing published or which can be pub lished by the National Association of Manufacturers or their hirelings, which in any way can reflect upon the integrity. the morality or the honesty of myself and l nave the aDlQlng ldlln LUdL they cannot be so of any member of the ex- ecutive council of the American Fedora ton of Labor. I defy our eremies to do their worst
 President Gompers was at times caus- tic and the speech which consumed more than an hour in delivery was. filed with strictures on the Manufacturers asso- citation and it's alleged charges.
 President Gompers also told of an al atf arf fn "a i'm Victoria hotel in New York, in Oc- tober, by a young newspaper man giv- ing his name as Charles Brandenberg, the latter, President Gompers said, having declared that he represented the Manufacturers association and he was prepared to offer him immunity from exposure and make him financial ly secure the remainder of his life 1T he would sign certain paper and oth : erwise aid in "the exposure" Of the other leaders in the American Fedora tion of Labor with the idea virtually of destroying the influence of organ ized labor of the country.
 President Gompers drew forth the original document and read it. At the close of President Gompers' speech there was a great demonstration. even Victor L. Berger of Milwaukee, tho socialist, went to MT. Gompers with up lifted arms and dsclared that he would move to make Gompers' election unan- imous with a vote of confidence to President Gompers and all the officers