Arizona republican., 1917-11-20
GOMPERS WORKING WITH WILSON AND
 LABOR APPROVES
[RepubIican A.P. Leased Wirei

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 19.-Union labor today put its stamp of approval on the attitude of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in working hand in hand with President Wilson and placing the needs of the nation above all other considerations in questions involving the workingman's part in a vigorous prosecution of the war against Ger many.
 The vote of confidence came after more than three hours of debate, in which ample opportunity to express itself Out of total of 450 delegates only 15 were recorded in opposition The garment workers of New York was the only organization refusing to go on record on the roll call.
 The test of strength came on a resolution endorsing the patriotic work of the Alliance for Labor and Democracy which Mir. Gompers took an active part in organizing as an off set to the Peoples Council, a pacifist organization.
 The opposition discussed the high cost of living, the Arizona miners strike, the Pacific coast shipbuilders fight, the street railway strike of Springfield, H., and the suppression of foreign language newspapers, but President Gompers gave them full rein
 The supporters of the resolution did not mince words in Uoncemning the attitude of the Pacifists
 When President Wilson declared war" said Max s. Hayes of the Typo graphical Union, "our duty was plain and that was to stand up and fight this war, no matter how long it takes We are making economic history more rapidly than we realize. When such a man as Lloyd George says that the world cannot revert to old conditions he states a great truth. It is realized now that the old individualistic idea of capitalism does not work out 1T war"
 MT. Hayes predicted government control of industries, the mines an6 railroads as the only solution to the economic questions to be met at the close of the war
 President Gompers closed the de- bate in speech in defense of the al- liance and his own position. He went into the history of the Peo- ple's Council, which, he said. was al outgrowth of the socialists He took full responsibility for the calling o1 the Minneapolis meeting of the ali. ance.
 The situation demanded" he said that there should be a clear cut dis tinction between what these people represented and what the trades unions stood for. The fact is that the so- cialists, since the Detroit convention when they failed tc break in, have mad, war upon the American Federation o. Labor. They sought to discredit. They started the Western Labor Union, tn, American Labor Union and they started the l. w. w., and finally they started the so-called Peoples Council In the one instance it was rivalry tt the American Federation of Labor anC in the last it was hostility to the re. public of the United States. T am not neutral in this war. Pa. cifist as I have been all my life, wher I find there is a band of murderer. | abroad and I fail to defend my children I am not pacifist, but a coward President Wilson and the members O his cabinet were peace loving men, know of no militarist in their number But now they are fighting men, Ant I publicly declare now that I am fighting man and will continue to figh for the country to which I owe all, tn, Continued on Page Two)