The sun., 1917-07-29
LABOR TO WAR ON
PEOPLES COUNCIL
National and State Leaders
Decide on Campaign Of Pub
licity for Loyalty.
REPLY TO PRO-GERMANS
Samuel Gompers, Rose Pastor
Stokes and Others Urge the
Doctrine of Americanism.

To make organised labor 100 per cent.
social workers and editors OF labor Jour-
nails met yesterday and decided to
launch a widespread propaganda among
the workers OF the country.
The thirty-two men and women who
attended the conference. which was held
in the Continental Hotel. unanimously
adopted resolutions describing the war
IS contest In which the United States
has aligned itself on the side OF justice,
freedom and democracy and declaring II
to be the duty of all the people. without
regard to class nationality. politics or
religion. faithfully and loyalty to support
he Government"
A committee was appointed which will
maintain a permanent publicity bureau
10 ffght by open handed means influences
which are preaching the doctrines Of
Germanism by underhand methods The
action is in a sense organized 1abor's
answer to the assertion that the so-called
Peoples Council, organized hero a few
weeks ago to oppose conscription, is rep
resentative Of union labor.
Those mt the Conference.
Organized labor was represented at
the conference by such men as Samuel
Gompers. president, and Frank Morrison,
secretary. OF the American Federation OF
Labor; Hugh c. Frayne. international
organizer: James p. Holland. president
Of the New York State Federation OF
Labor: Ernest Bohm, secretary OF the
Central Federated Union: Joseph Baron
dess Of Brooklyn. David ]. Berry OF
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania State organizer
Of the National Labor Publicity Organiza-
ton and editor of the National Labor
Journal, and W. L. Small of Newark,
editor of the linton Labor Bulletin.
John Spargo. ]. G. Phelps Stokes, Mrs.
Rose Pastor Stokes. Robert Maisel and
Chester NJ. Wright, formerly editor Of
tho Coll. all of whom recently left Nor
ris Hillqult's Socialist organization be-
cause they are for America first. were
present to assure the labor leaders that
they are at one with them in standing
by the United States.
Foreign language newspapers were
represented by these editors among
others: naac Gonikman, Warheit;; Pc
ter Wiernik. the Jetcish Morning jour
aoI; William Bdlin. the Day. and Will
lam b. Leaf. Jet0ish World, Phiiadel-
phia. The Jewish editors of this city
said a vast majority of residents of the
Manhattan East Side are heart and
soul for America, and promised the
enthusiastic support of their papers In
the campaign OF education now being
launched.
Campaign I'm Several Language.
Samuel Gompers is said to have made
one of the greatest speeches of his
Ike. Mrs. Stokes and Messrs. Edlin,
Spargo and Leaf also made addresses
which aroused great enthusiasm The
resolution adopted follows:
1T is the sense of this conference
that Il is the duty of all the people
Of the United States, without regard
TO class, nationality. politics or reli-
gion, 10 faithfully and Loyalty support
in carrying the present war for justice,
freedom and democracy to a triumphant
conclusion. We pledge ourselves to
every honorable effort for the accom-
plishment of that purpose"
" L. Small. David ]. Berry. Robert
Naisel and Ernest Bohm were appointed
a committee to take temporary charge
Of the publicity bureau in this city.
From this headquarters news letters
will be sent regularly to metropolitan
journals and to labor papers in at least
fifteen States. Speakers of various Ian
images will conduct speaking campaigns
IN the foreign sections of the largest
c.i IS of the country. The committee
viii h3ld a meeting this afternoon.
The conference was an outgrowth OF
meeting called a few weeks ago by
Ernest Bohm. at which steps were taken
for the launching of a straight Ameri-
can campaign among workers in New
York city. The idea proved so popular
tfat it was decided to make the move
ment national.
The press agent OF the Peoples Coun-
ell issued a statement last night inquir-
in2 Of Mr.. Gompers whether or not
the union men in the Workmen's Council
are 10 be expelled from the American
Federation Of Labor.