Arizona republican., 1919-12-15
LABOR|TESSEEK
 AID IF FARMERS
 IN NEW PROGRAM
Peace Overtures Forwarded Sunday = Conservatives Hold Sway at Opening Session Plan Basis for Meeting Representatives of Farm Organizations
Republican A. p. Leased WIre1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-American Federation of Labor officials made an other effort today to establish rela- tions with farmers organizations, the federation's cooperation committed appointed at the Atlantic City con- vention, meeting here with the rep resentatives of several farmers groups. While only one delegate from a farm organization participated in the fed eration's reconstruction conference" which opened yesterday, it was un- derstood the invitations sent by the committee for today's meeting were more cordially received. Federation officials declined to discuss the con- ference today, saying that the com mittee would make report to the executive council of the organization
 In view of the declaration of prin- ciples adopted by the conference yes- terday, 1t was generally believed in labor circles that the cooperation com mittee had made greater progress to- ward common ground on which to meet the farmers representatives than has any previous union group. Or ganized labor was declared by several spokesmen to be anxious to get or ganized farmers in the fold for the NcAAiPesA6h Wi4Iu lnc WOIhtTS pldn IO wage in the forthcoming election,
 In this connection the statement made in the declaration, adopted by yesterdays conference, appealing to "all of those who contributed to so- ciety to unite in furtherance of the | principles" were explained today by labor leaders to mean that organized labor must be joined by the "produc- ing classes if its victory Is to be com pleted." These leaders asserted that the problems faced by organized labor are as much the problems of the agri- culturist class because they both po- 1 litical and economic.
 Need Aid Of Farmers
 1 Every pressure is being brought to bear on the farmer groups to line them up for labor's program, it was indi- cated at federation of labor headquar- ters. Efforts, it was said, will be made to show the farmers that the confer ence's declaration against radicalisn means as much to the tiller of the soil as to the industrial worker. and that the organized aid of the country worker Is needed in the first against "autocratic control and monopolistit maneuvering of the nations raw sup. plies"
 The whole platform" of yesterday: conference was understood to hay, been drafted with 6 view to maxim, 1t as acceptable as possible to tn farmers. It was the work of the con
 servative element of the America,
 Federation of Labor and was under
 stood to have been prepared unde the personal direction of Samuel Comp
 CTS, president of the federation. Fo the reason 1t was put out as feele for the farmers, MT. Gompers woul
 permit no changes to be made in it b, the conference, according to authenti information.
 While it was noted that a stron, sentiment for some political part declaration permeated the general con f ference yesterday, this as well as tn proposed indorsement of the new la
 bor party fell by the wayside, becaus
 of the likelihood that it would be ac l ceptable to few of the farmers, labo f delegates said.