Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-18

Mr.. Gempers declared that labor had
been actuated by the most intense
patriotism during the war and that
labor had made good it's pledge of
cooperation rendered President Will
son even before the nation entered
the world conflict.
"But," emphatically declared Mr..
Gompers, "the masses Of labor of the
United States have at last found their
ability to articulate through organ
ization and the, time has come when
in America labor is determined to
gain fair share Of the rewards of
it's toll"
Mr.. Gompers bitterly assailed MI.
Loree for his assertion that there
were elements in American labor that
planned overthrow Of the govern
ment.
Mr.. Loree in his address demanded
that the government be given the
same access to the records and cor
respondence of labor unions that it
now has to those of corporations
and that generally the same regula-
tions that now surround capital be
extended to the labor unions.
Adjournment without a vote on the
collective bargaining issue was OPP
posed vigorously by the labor men.
Mr.. Gompers demanded that the
gathering. 4emain in session until
the resolution is disposed Of" and
Dan j. Tobin and w. G. Lee, the lat
ter chief of the railway trainmen,
held up the spectre of numerous
strikes and pending strikes, now in
allegiance pending the outcome of the
conference to induce the delegates to
take immediate action.
| Four members of the labor group
L. E. Sheppard, John H. Dollin Z,
A. Rickert, and Joseph F. Valentine
voted with majority Of the en-
ployer and public groups for adjourn
ment.
Gompers' Speech.
There was tense moment when
Samuel Gompers late today rose te
address the conference after an hour
and half of desultory debate. Mr.
Gompers, speaking in a weak voice
thanked the conference for it's vote
of sympathy during his recent illness
and expressed the regret at the in
ference Of l.. F. Loree, the preceding
speaker, that the decisions of the wal
labor board were made during the
duress of labor at a critical time
during the war.
The federation president recalled
the conference of 1856 labor leader!
on March IL, 1917, at which labol
pledged itself, three weeks befor,
President Wilson asked for dec
laration Of war, to back the govern
ment to the limit, come what might
,"And American labor made good it,
declaration" he added hoarsely. &.
Plainly drawing on his reserve o
strength, lessened by several days o
illness, the veteran labor leader re
ferred with scorn to Mr.. Loree's in
situations that labor had enjoyed un
due benefits from the war.
l "Ah, we should go to the grea
) corporations, to the boards of direc
tors to find the philanthropists o
our tine," he exclaimed sarcastical
lily. "Perish the thought" ~
| Declaring that whether you Xix
lit or not, the masses of labor of tn
| United States have at least foun
their ability to articulate throug
organizations" Mr.. Gompers, j
the most eloquent address yet hear
on the floor Of the conference, tol
, the Delegates that the laboring pee
: pie are producing the wealth of til
! world, sfd that, without minimizin
! the great cont ibntiqps made by me
! Of thought and slippctlon to that prs
Iduction, TIE time hid come x5}gn D
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