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Speaks to Large Audience at the
New Home of the American
Federation of Labor at Wash
ington.
NO REFERENCE TO MEXICO
Certain illusions, However, Are
Construed and Applauded as
Peace Observation-Disclosures
Attempts to Interrupt the
President.

Washington. July 4.-President WILL
son to-day dedicated 80 common coun-
sci and common understanding n
labor temple erected here as the new
home of the American Federation Of
Labor He told large audience gath
cred Mt the dcdicatory exercises that
the greatest barrier to industrial
peace had been the difficulty of insur-
ing candid and dispassionate confer
ence and that getting our fighting
blood up" was the long way and not
the short" way of securing rights.
The Presidents address was inter-
rupted twice by woman suffraEist
who sought to heckle him regarding
his opposition to national suffrage
amendment. She was silenced by
secret service men and finally taken
away by tho police. The Congressional
Union announced tonight that the eff
fort was but the first step in a new
campaign to impress democratic lead
ers with the advisablity of passing
the amendment at this session Of Con-
Eress.
Mr. Wilson's plea for calm counsel
brought repeated applause from the
crowd. who apparently interpreted it as
having an Indirect bearing on the Mex
lean crisis. The President. however,
did not refer to Mexico or any other
foreign country by name.
THE way we generally strive for
rights" he said. rs by getting our
fighting blood up, and l venture to say
say that 1t Is the long way and not
the short If you come at me with
your fists doubled. 1 think | can
promise you that mine will double as
fast as yours; but If you come at me
and say, let us sit down and take
counsel together. and. II we differ with
one another understand why It Is that
we differ. just what the points at Is
sue are we presently will find that we
are not so far apart after all. that the
points in which we differ are few and
the points on which we agree are many,
and that If we only have tho patience
and the candor and tho desire to get
together. we will get together"
The President scarcely had begun to
speak when the first interruption came
The Questioner. Miss Mabel Vernon Of
the woman's party. was standing only
few feet from him. and when he de-
clared that in his position he was not
permitted to think OF any one class of
persons. she shouted:
"If you truly desire to serve all
classes. why do you block the national
suffrage amendment now before Con-
gress? Four million women in this
country-"
The White House secret service men
made their way to Miss Vernon and
quickly sllenccd her. She tried unsuc-
cessfully to induce them to eject her
from the crowd. When she again
sought TO interrupt the President.
few minutes later. however. city police
led her away from the speakers stand.
She was not arrested.
The President apparently was undis-
turbed by the incident. He paused
upon the first question and turned to
look at Miss Vernon, who stood with
Mics Alice Paul and Miss Maude
Younger. members of the Congressional
Union. but he paid no heed to the sec
ond interruption.
Nothing that the President said
aroused such enthusiasm as his praise
of that section Of the Clayton act de-
Claring that labor is not a commodity
II am sorry" ne said. that there
We're any Judges in the United states
who had to be told that 1t is so
obvious that it seems TO me that that
section OF the Clayton act was re-
turn to the primer of human liberty;
but If judges have to have the primer
opened before them. | am willing to
open it."
lettering to the display of Ameri-
can flags carried by the union work
ers in a parade which he had reviewed
as part of the exercises, the President
declared the flag always should recall
Americas duty in serving the world
Mrs. Wilson, Vice President Marshall
and several members Of the cabinet at
tended the exercises Secretary VIII
son of the labor department. was mas
ter of ceremonies. President Gompers
Of the federation who introduced
President Wilson. started a prolonged
demonstration by making an appeal
for support of the President lin peace
or war"