The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-24
LABOR OFFICIALS ID GIVE MONEY ID TIE M 'NAMARA DEFENSE Will Donate One Weeks Pay, or a Total of
 $60,000 GOMPERS ATTACKS
 JUSTICE WRIGHT Says Supreme Court Justice is Ment- ally Incompetent to Try Any
 Case Involving Organ
 ized Labor

Atlanta. November 22-One weeks pay from every paid officer of labor union in this country is called for to swell the McNamara defense fund, in resolution adopted today by the convention of the American Federation of Labor. Every other delegate to the convention not a paid officer pledged a days wages to the fund.-
 Another action aimed to help the Me Namaras was the adoption of a resolution framed by President Gompers himself indorsing the candidacy of Job Hartman the socialist candidate for mayor of Los Angeles and calling upon wage workers all over the country to give such moral and financial support to MT. Harriman's campaign as lays within their power.
 eaders in the convention succeeded in heading off the proposition to have the body make a direct appropriation of $50 900 for the McNamara fund. A sum greater than that by s10,000 will be raised by the voluntary subscription of labor officials if all respond to the appeal. Sev- eral speeches denunciatory of the prose- cutors of the McNamaras were made during the day, one Los Angeles dele gate making the statement that s5,000,00o their conviction.
 News of Justice Wright's decision in Washington today reached the conven- ton as resolutions characterizing the Gompel s-Mitchell- Morrison contempt pro- ceedings as a persecution were being read Mir. Gompers then explained the status of the case to the delegates, con- cluding with the following statement:
 Justice Wright Criticised
 Tn any case, coming before Justice Wright, in which men of organized labor are defendants, I am free to say that he is mentally incompetent to render just and impartial decision"
 Vice President John Mitchell. one of the defendants, told the convention that he was opposed to the federation spend ing any more money in defending him iil this case. ''1f the vindictiveness of Jus tice Wright cannot be escaped, 1 want to serve my sentence and get it over with''
 in spite of this declaration, the con- vention voted to continue the defense of the three leaders. ttu
 Consideration of the report of the committee on the presidents report con- sumed the entire day practically all or MT tIOulDtI N III his annual report being indorsed
 The convention refused by vote of so to 34 to adopt a resolution proposed by the postal clerks opposing 1 cent letter postage.
 Chairman OConnell of the adjust ment committee, announced at the close that his committee would hold the cen ter of the stage tomorrow and would put on first class show" All the jurisdictional disputes before the fed eration are expected to be taken up and settled.
 The last hour today was taken up with the presentation of souvenir gifts to the fraternal delegates. Each of the two visitors from Great Britain were rendered handsome silver sets and the delegate from Canada was given a dia- mond ring.
 Insofar as the members of this or ganization are concerned Justice Wright is mentally incompetent to give fair and impartial trial of the con tempt proceedings against us," Presi- dent Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor. in convention here, declared today when announcement was made on the floor that Justice Wright had handed down decision overruling the motion of Mir. Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison for 
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