Evening star., 1922-06-19
ELECTION CONTEST
|NA.E.L. LOOMING
GlassWorkers' Head May
: Seek to Supplant Frank
: Morrison.
Ey the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. June 19.-Pros-
poets Of a second contest in the cleo
ton of the executive council of the
American Federation of. Labor at its
convention here loomed up today as a
movement got under way for William
\ Clarke of Toledo, president of the
American Flint Glass Workers Union
to contest the reelection of Frank
Morrison as secretary.
No formal announcement of candi-
dacy was made by Mr.. Clarke, but he
indicated a Willingness to enter the
race by saying. Il am in the hands OF
my friends" Likewise, no claims
were advanced of pledged votes ,foI
Mr.. Clarke. which was regarded as
indicating the boom was in its early
stage. The other contest for the cOun-
ell is promised by Joseph A Frank
lin of Kansas City, president of the
boilermakers' union, who has an
nounced he will contest the re-elec-
tion of Daniel ]. ToDin of lnd an
apolis. head of the teamsters' union
as treasurer.
last business to come before the con-
Vention and delegates today expected
that it would be held next Friday.
Gompers Ii UnOppOsed.
No contest for nine places on the
council, which is headed by President
Samuel Gompers. was in sight today
In addition to the two prospective
contests for places on the council
fight was on Ior election of two dele
gates TO the British trade union con-
gress.
Mr.. Morrison has been secretary for
twenty-five years, his first election
coming at the first convention OF the
federation. held in this city in 1895
Since then he has been reelected
annually. Prospective Opponent Clarke
has been an officer of the glasswork-
ers for sixteen years. and in last
years convention seconded the noml
nation of Mr.. Gompers in the latter
fight with John L. Lewis, the miners
leader for president.
The convention went into its sec
ond week TODAY with most of its most
important business awaiting moor
consideration. Night sessions during
the middle Of the week were a pos
sibility when the delegates got back
to work. and several committees
were ready to bring in reports.
Despite the big program of work
ahead, the delegates were planning to
adjourn early one day SO they might
move across the Ohio river into New
port, KY, where a strike of steel
workers has been on since last Oc-
tober. Several injunctions against
the strikers are in force, but the
plans for the invasion" call for a
mass meeting. to be addressed by
Samuel GomperS, president of the fed
Grafton.
Lawyers Aid Committee.
Another important development
aside from the convention proper
came today, when a half score of
lawyers from all parts of the country
gathered here TO guide the fedora
tion's special policy committee in
framing a program for combating
the Supreme Courts decision in the
Coronado coal case. which held labor
unions subject to damages under the
Sherman antitrust law.
The committees report is the special
order of business for Wednesday be-
fore the convention, and meanwhile
the committee will confer with coun-
sci, the first meeting coming tonight.
Il. NJ. Jewell. president of the rail-
way employees department of the
federation, heads the committee. and
the Coronado desision is of especial
interest to him because of several
unions in his department are taking
strike votes and openly threatening a
walkout of more than 100000 rail
workers on July l.