The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-06-11
HARMONY PLAN
of GOMPERS
is REJECTED
Effort to Solidify Labor
at Convention Meets
Defeat
ny IAwREScE G; MARrIN

United p,c~- Strff Correspondents
CINCINNATI. Ohio. June a.
samuel Compers' efforts to har-
moniza and aolidify organized
labor met with decisive rebuff
and rehute here today al tho
hands OF Gompers own colleagues
IN the American Federation OF
labor.
By an almost unanimous vote
the convention Of the builHtt..
trades department. American Fed-
Grafton of tabor. rejected hnr-
mony recommendation made 10 n
hy Gompers as means OF bring
ing hack into the department the
brotherhood of carpenters and
ioincrs who refused TO affiliate
because Of a iurisdic;ionai dispute
with the sheet metal workera
Following this. the convention
unanimously endorsed the national
board Of iifrisaictionai awards.
which Gompcrs attacked In con
nection with report that the
Arlc~icnn inrtit''e o. Architects
one ~ whose mcruhcrs IL chairman
OF the hoard hnt declared for the
open shop
Tho re- rf 20 rompers followed
dav of heated fighting during
rfi.h GeWr.rr was accused 10 bis
frre o. fh0 rrnfi1n floor % try
inr % nut .r n smoke -cresn'
and was told that he hHd been im-
nosod upon
Todny'r eciion virtually marked
the end OF Efforts 20 ret the car
1cnters and ioiners tack into the
fold of the buiidinT trades depart
ment
Coming A. 4 did on the very eve
of the American Federation con
tenticns which opens Mondays
action By the building trades was
disturbing TO leaders who have
been si-essing the need tor hAr-
mony with the utmost viEor. tst
Gompers wanted the building
trades to agree 10 the opeaang BY
the iurisdictional bosrd-compos
ed OF three union Representatives
ard six employers--of the dispute
] between the carpenters and the
metal workers. He said N tho
/ jurisdlctional board would not
agree TO that, the department
should 'cvs loose from the whole
dirty concern"
SMOKE screen Charged
p j. Russell chairman of the
hoard IA an architect Gompcra
/ told tho convention the American
institute OF architects had urged
the board to declare FOR the open
shop and assured he would not
blame the carpenters u they re-
fused 20 submit their case 20 the
cd Indication os tribunal on
which aat representative Of the
open shop ideal
]
president OF the BRICK layers union
told GOmprrs he was putting up "a
smoke screen. had been imposed
on and did not know the facts. Ho
said Sussel was a stnunch friend
OF The unions THIS was concurrsd
In by Secretary william J. Spencer
Of that department and other
deleEates spencer was ordered
by the convention 10 find out
whether Il wns the American body
Of architects or merely q ChlcaEo
chapter that took the action ra-
ferr-d TO-
The convention spent houfl,
debating its course Speec hes in
support Of and In opposition 90 the
iuriHdictional hoard s-ere deiiVerad
with great hent In the end. with
out record vote the con. eatieH
stood nV the board which has ra-
fused 10 reopen the case
The executive council OF tho
\ y OF ?. In meeting iate todlp
authorlHsd conclusion In ia report
90 the convention Of critical cQtn-
ment on the Coronado dociHlon NJ
the supreme court Gompers will
write this
A. the convention sunday OF tbs
IN tcrnati ionai labor Press
Matthew Vol, In charge OF ths
labor press. viii present repori
HsSnilinR W. q Foster. radical
leader. Foster. VOLTS report ~.
clarcs. - seeking 70 apply 'rh,
autocracy doctrine to the fuhoi
press that a minority should con.
troll the great siuEsish masses oi
workers, labor should cotnhai
this, Vol said.