The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-11-17
GOMPERS FIGHTS . THE RESOLUTION ID
 AID M'NAMARAS Making Valiant Efforts to Avoid Any Action on
 the Matter
SHOULD RAISE FUNDS
 BY SUBSCRIPTION
Gompers Believes Labor Should Aid McNamaras But Not the Feder- ation--Friction Over Mat
 ter Is Imminent

Atlanta, November 16.-The fact tha efforts have been made by President Com pers to suppress the resolution to ap propriate S50,000 for the McNamara de. fense fund came out today on the floor of the convention of the American Feder- ation of Labor.
 Shortly before adjournment for the day, Delegate A. J. Gallagher of the California delegation. inquired of President Com pers whether a resolution could be pre- sented after today. He explained that he had a very important resolution bearing on the McNamara case, which he realized would cause some friction if brought be- fore the convention, and that he had been asked to withhold 1t, pending the re- port of the committee on the president s report, which was expected to deal with the subject.
 Mir. Gompers replied that no resolution could be offered after midnight. MT. Gallagher then asked if the convention coulo not vote to permit him to introduce the resolution later in event the com nittee report on the subject was not sat isfactory to him.
 '.It cannot" retorted MT. Gompers.
 MT. Gallagher said he would ask the convention to bear in mind the fact that he withheld the resolution by request, if he attempted to offer it later. Another delegate asked the chair if delegate coulc not move to substitute a resolu- ton for portion of a committee report Mir. Gompers replied in the affirmative.
 It Is generally understood that MT. Gompers is not opposed to rendering all the aid possible to the McNamara broth CTS. but that he thinks all funds re- ulired should be raised by private sub scription. Before the convention is over MT. Gompers and 14 other labor leaders who are heads of various crafts, may be asked to severe their connection with the National Civic Federation, which, aceord- ing to a resolution offered today by the United States Mine Workers. 'is largely composed of and financed by employers of labor, many of whom are the most bitter enemies of organized labor"
 The resolution requests that all officers connected with the civic federation re- sign. MT. Gompers and the men mei- toned are members of the executive committee of the federation. It is un1er- stood the members of miners state dele gation will support the resolution.
 The resolution recites that the conflict between the employing and working classes is constantly becoming more in- tense and that the former is constantly { becoming more brutal in their treatment 
 Of the workers as is evidenced by the desperate attempts to throttle organized labor by use of injunction, the black list, and the more recent method of Kidnapping officers of labor organizations
 During today's session of the conven- ton the delegates listened to interesting addresses by J. c. Crinion and G. IT. Roberts, fraternal delegates from the British Trades Union congress, William Gloclzngton, fraternal delegate from tine Canadian Trades and Labor congress, ard Mrs. Raymond Robins of Chicago, president of the National Womens Trade Union league. All brought encourage ment of progress
 The convention adjourned early to per- init the delegates to attend an old fash toned Georgia barbecue arranged for them bJ the local federation. Several commit tees held meetings tonight and expected to be ready to report to the convention tomorrow.