Arizona republican., 1921-08-29
LABOR APPEALS FUR DELEGATES AT ATCONFERENCE
 ON D|SARM|NC
Harding Promises to Give Consideration of Labor's Request for Representa- ton at Conference
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ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Aug. 2S.-I Samuel Gompers. president of the American Federation of Labor to- night made public his appeal to the labor movements of the nations to participate in the disarmament con- ferences to prevail on their govern ments to have labor represented upon their delegations.
 "The proposal to discuss means of Tightening the tremendous burden of armament" he said in statement accompanying the correspondence, 'is one which interests the working people above others. From them came the first protests against enor- nous armament
 'The hope is repeated that the con- ference may be accompanied by the highest possible degree of success. ''The movement in the United States will make every endeavor to be helpful to the cause of disarma- nent, but only through the oppor- | tunity to exercise a voice within the | conference can 1t make available it's | full volume of counsel and cooper 1 ation."
 He also made public correspond | ence in which he urged President Harding to appoint one or more rep resentatives of labor on the American 1 commission. Support of the fedora - tion also was pledged to the president | in his disarmament move. President Harding, in replying thanked Mir. Gompers for the support l and said that he would give consid- eration to the recommendation. which he characterized as very practical suggestion"
 In his appeal to the labor move | ments of Italy, Great Britain. France
 and Japan, President Gompers saiC
 they should be represented in the
 conference.
 'It is urged that the bonafide laboi
 movements of all nations which art
 to participate in the disarmament
 conference insist on representation
 on tho various delegations" he con tinued.
 If labor be represented. it is m.
 privilege to suggest that conferenc of the labor delegates will be held t. discuss not only the subject for whicl
 thay come to Washington primarily
 but questions of international i'm , portance in the field of labor. History clearly reveals that nj group Of people in any land is re Il quired to bear greater burdens or t
 suffer greater injustice and iniGuitie
 in the aftermath of war than tn workers.
 From the first the American Fed
 eration of Labor has taken a leadin
 part in rringing to the consciousnes
 of the world the need of the disarma ment and the release of the worker
 from the terrible burdens and dan
 gers created by great naval and mil
 itary establishments.
 Numerous declarations on thi ; subject have been made by the Amer ican Federation of Labor and trans
 mitted to the organized labor move I nents Of the world. These declara q tions were re- affirmed in Denver e June, when the federation called upo 5, the part of the president of th United States to take the initiatiy g for general disarmament agret
 mept. The president has issued tt l. invitation.
 l. "The American Federation of Labt l. believes that this movement would l. welcomed by toilers everywhere. bl s. it should not be the province of u l. wage earners merely to observe. The l. have the right to be participants 1t determining question that so deep sr affects their lives, their rights al
 their interests