Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-20
MANUFACTURERS
CLOSE SESSIONS
NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED BY
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
IMMIGRATION REPORT READ AND
LAWS APPROVED
Committee on Bank Superintendent
Urges Fight Against Repeal OF
the Federal Bankruptcy
Act
nv Associated Press.l

NEW YORK, May 19.-Ratihcatlon
Of the new officers and the discussion
Of the reports of the commissions Wele
fbe routine of the concluding DAY OIL
the annual meeting of the NatlOliei
Association of Manufacturers.
The report of the committee on III
migration declares that 'puphc SENT. SEM
ment in the United states aPpeoiS ~
ba in favor of selection rather lhaii
restriction of immigration, having no
direction to a considerable amount ot
immigration if of desirable qualIy;
rrhe principle which is embodled IN
the present immigration laws was APP
proved by the committee; ,.,4.,
The committee on bank supeIll,tGSn-
dents presented resolution Ashll Is=
fhe association to do all in It's power
to prevent any attempt to repeal 'he
no+ional bankruptcy act of 1908.
The association adopted a resolution
recommending the passage OF plli
similar to that introduced IN the idst
oongress and advocated by PRESIDENT
Taft. providing for sufficient postal
conpensation to establish swift any any
regular service on Amerlc al.o'i
atees,,osbins to the principal countries
Of south America and to ports OF AUS
traIia- Japan, China and the Phlllp-
The committee on pure food recon-
rnended that the association support
the enforcement of the pure FOOD laws
ON behalf of members Ludwig MS
sen presented to James van CleaNe d
check for $4,000, bronze plaque anu
a ruby stickpin.
Honor Van CleaVe
California members of the Natlohal
ASSOCIATION of Manufacturers hlghly
honored ]. w. Van CleaVe' Tetlrlhs
president of the association, TO-DAY
diamond ring was presented TO MI.
Van Cleave by ]. Mck1nery Oh san
Francisco in behalf of the Citizens IN
dustrial association of California, ana
the California delegates as token OF
appreciation of his efforts to "uphoIa
individual liberty in the Industrial he
of the country 1900
John Kirby, jr., who was elected
president, also praised Mr.. van CleaNe
and promised to follow his policies:
.'Mr. Gompers," said Mr.. Kirby mas
said that while Mr.. Van Cleave would
pretend to refuse a denomination, ne
would in reality be dropped If Mr..
Gompers could have been present mere
TODAY when Mr.. Van CleaYe was maze
the recipient of every mark OF appre-
citation and respect within the gift OF
the association and of it's members in
diyidually, he would undoubtedly nave
amended MS judgment u tlO S"Nf7SS
lying at the bottom of my election.
Now that have been chosen to sue
coed Mr.. Van Cleave, however, l do
not know where Mr.. Gompers con-
ISOLATION is to come from.
Hangs by Thread
THE life of the American Federation
of Labor is hanging by thread and
there would be no militant organized Ia
Dor today if it were not for the sup
port of misguided philanthropists and
womens societies who are constantly
keeping up the agitation.
my policy will be that of Mr.. Van
Cleave. 1 do not believe in compro-
mise with criminals. 1t is better to
bring the whole labor question to
pointed issue instead of temporizing
and fooling with it.
1.-THE only way to deal with this ami
NAL is to take it by the horns till it is
made obedient. If we had to deal with
the 50 per cent of labor men who are
for justice and fairness we could settle
this whole labor problem in an in
stant."
The convention closed tonight with
a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria, adj
dressed by Representative Fowler of
New York and Ambassador Won Bern
storff of Germany.