The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-08

statement continues, "has no desire to condone the crimes of the McNamaras It joins in the satisfaction that the ma Jesty of the law has been maintained and the eulprits adequately punished for their crime.
 Partly condoning the crime of the Me- Namaras. however, the statement reads immediately after:
 And yet it is an awful commentary upon existing conditions when any one man among all the millions of workers can bring himself to the frame of mind that the only means to secure justice for iapor IS In violence, outrage and murder
 Tt is cruelty unjust to hold the men Of the labor movement either legally or morally responsible for the crime of d single member. No moral code or le- gal responsibility is placed upon any otnef association of men of our country.
 III so Tar as we have the right to speak in the name of organized labor, we welcome any investigation which either federal or state courts may undertake The sessions of the convention of the American Federation of Labor are held with open doors that all may see and hear what is being said and done The books. accounts and, correspondence of the fed eratlon are open to any competent au- inorlty who may desire to make a study or an investigation of them.
 "The men of organized labor,e in com mon with all our people, the statement affirmed, are grieved by the expression in words in the loss of life and the de- structlon Of property, not only Tn tho case under discussion, but in any other case which may have occurred. We are hurt and humliated to think that any man connected with the labor movement should have been guilty of either The lesson this grave crime teaches, however. will have it's salutary effect. It will de- monstrate now more than ever the in- humanity as well as the futility of re- sorting to violence in the effort to right wrongs or to attain rights
 Condemn Kidnapping
 While not defending the crime of the McNamaras, the committee condemned the kidnapping" of the McNamaras, who they say were arrested in Russian style not American" In the method of arrest they find high handed irregularity and tyrannical lawlesness," and w. J. Burns the detective in the case, is severely crit icised
 Organized labor properly expressed it's condemnation of violence hearing of the Los Angeles disaster. it is claimed
 "The universal condemnation of a mur- derous deed in labor circles ought to be fact so far beyond question:" the state ment proceeds, 50 easily ascertainable from accessible records that no man with any regard for his reputation for verac- ity could deny it. Violence. brutality, destruction of life and property, are for eign to the aims and methods of or SaniZed labor of America, and no interest is more severely injured by the employ ment of such methods than that of the workers in the labor movement
 Therefore, quite apart from the spirit of humanitarianism and justice, which prompts the activities of the organized labor movement, policy and hopes for sue cess forbid the resort to violence The American labor movement and it's men are loyal Americans and seek to obtain the obition of wrongs and the attain ment of their rights within the law"
 The statement is signed by Samuel Gcmpers, president of the federation, and chairman of the commmittee; Frank Mor- rison, secretary of the federation and six of the seven remaining members of the commmttee.