Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-21
Presidents of Twenty-Five
Bodies, Headed by Gompers,
Decide to Launch Campaign
Throughout the Country,
BURLES0N TOLD HIS
PROMISES DOUBTED
Department of Justice Also
Criticised for Aiding Spread
Of BoI ISheviSm in Its Weak
Kneed Policies,
by Louis Seibold.

the approval of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor assured in advance, the,
iron, steel and tin trades unions are
to resume their long fight to compel
the recognition of their unions.
Determined to press to the limit the
advantage offered by existing condi-
tons. tho steel trades unions will at
once send a volunteer flying squad
ron" into the western Pennsylvania
and other steel and iron districts to
renew the effort to organize the work
ers in the plants there on union
basis, even to the extent of defying
the police authorities and the fun
forces of the corporations themselves.
Previous efforts to compel these or
ganzations to recognize the right Of
the unions to organize the workers
in the steel plants have resulted in
many historic battles and several
tragedies
The trades unions believe that pub
lie sentiment responding to the Of
fort of the federation Of labor TO drivo
out Boshevism. will be sympathetic
to the ambitions of the steel ANA iron
unions to unionize the steel and iron
and tin plants in which several hum
dred thousand men are employed
Twenty-four unions connected with
these industries attended the confer
enee tonightt TO discuss plans for IN
augurating the missionary work
among me employees or the mills in
western pennsylvania as a starter
Gompcrs Much Encouraged.
PRESIDENT Hompers IN addressing
the Leaders OF these unions declared
mat II the purpose OF the organization
movement were made clear to the
ubliC mo mower in he IFpitpI states
can Withstand the ettort.
The federation president painted
glowing picture OF the relations that
should exist between capital and labor
II the ettort to stamp out the ele-
heits OF disorder was TO succeed, ana
ne expressed the nope that the en-
pIoyers IN the three allied industries
might be Drought TO a realization OF
the TACT. ms speech was enthusiast
ucalIy applauded.
a resolution was adopted author
lZlhs the appointment or q committee
Wlth Johh FITZPATRICK as chairman to
begln the work of prosecuting among
the steel ana iron workers in Penn
sylVanla ana Alabama ana to uphold
the rlght OF free speech. President
Gompers was offered tho chairman
snip OF the committee, but declined
because of the pressure of other du-
ties The federation will adopt a res
oIuton lndorslng the movement be-
tore II adJourns.
Burleson tnloved.
Whlle the public discussion OF Post
master General Burlcson recently by
the delegates to the American fedora
tion convention lacked nothing in the
line of curt seventy, it really paled
INTO lhslshltlcance compared with tho
private comments of the committee Of
electrical workers that conferred with
him saturday. What took place at
that interview Il. now generally dis
cussed among the delegates Tho
committee reported its success. In
compelling the postmaster general to
reverse himself in order to avert u
strike of the electrical workers to
supplement the telegraph strike, to
the convention, and afforded an op-
portunity for impromptu comment on
Mr. Burlesons administration OF the
postal department in advance of the
scheduled event to come later on.
In the public discussion, several
delegates frankly expressed scepti-
cism of the integrity of Mr. Burlosons
promises; one of them proclaimed
his suspicion of his (Mr. Burlesons)
eleventh hour conversion to the
of collective bargaining
among employees" But members Of
the committee which won q decisive
victory over the postmaster general
saturday provided details that added
considerable force to the open COM
ments of the delegates that partiei-
pated in the debate on the convention
floor.
hded Spread of Bolshcyism.
one of the COmmitteemC hluuttV