Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1921-08-29
LABOR SEEKING
PLACE At TABLE
Of FERENCE
Gompers Asks Nations
to Send Delegate Who
Will Represent Union.
Hope Expressed That
arley Will Meet
With Big Success.

Atlantic City. N. j.. Aug. 2s.-sam.
uel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor. Sunday night
made public his appeal to the labor
| movements of the nations that are to
participate in the Forthcoming disarma-
ment conference in Washington, to
prevail upon their respective govern
ments to have labor represented upon
their delegations.
THE proposal to discuss means of
! Tightening the tremendous burden of
armament" said President Gompers in
statement accompanying the CORES
pondence is one which interests the
working people above all others From
them came the first protest against
enormous" armament.
Hopes For Success.
"Hope is repeated that the forthcom-
ing conference in Washington may be
attended by the highest possible degree
of success.
''The labor movement in the United
States will in whatsoever may be pos
sible, make every endeavor to be help
full to the cause of disarmament, but
only through the opportunity to exer-
else a voice within the conference it
self can it make available it's full vol
ume of counsel and cooperation"
The labor chief also made public
correspondence with the White House
in which he urged President Harding
to appoint one or more representatives
of labor on the American commission.
support of the federation also was
pledged to the president in his move
to bring about disarmament.
President Harding. in replying to
NJ r
eration's support and said that He
would give consideration to the recon-
mendation that labor representative
be appointed to the American delegA-
ton. which he characterized as "very
practical suggestion
Harding Favorable.
Mr. Gompers' statement said that
President Harding. at a conference
with him. had also expressed himself
as being favorably impressed with this
suggestion"
In his appeal to the labor movements
of Italy. Great Britain. France and
Japan. President Gompers said that
they should be represented in the Wash
ington conference. as the rights an6
interests of the toilers will be no less
intimately affected in the Washington
conference than they were in the peace
conference at SerSAllieS. WleFe lAe1r
right to representation and participa
ton was fully recognized and exer-
cised"
''If labor be represented upon the
delegations to the conference, it is the
purpose to suggest that conference
of the labor delegates from each Of
the delegations be held to discuss not
only the subject from which they come
to Washington primarily. but also the
various questions Of international i'm
portance in the field of labor Of the
represented.
Labor Taking Part.
From the first" he added. "the
American Federation of Labor is TAX
ing leading part in bringing to the
of the world the need of
the disarmament and the release of
the workers from the terrible burdens
and dangers created by great naval ant.
military establishments.
"The American Federation of Labor
believes that this movement will be
welcomed by the toilers everywhere.
but it should not be the province of the
wage earners merely to observe. They
have the right to be participants in
question that so deeply
affects their lives. their rights and
their interests. The right to partici
pate in a conference dealing with such
1 great human question has been
earned. and during the great war was
FULLY established"