Evening star., 1924-08-10
DAVIS REPUD|ATED
BY GOMPERS AGAIN
Denies Claims of Candidate
! for Labor Support-Let-
ters Made Public.
ny the Associated Press.


the reasons why the executive coun-
ell OF the American Federation of
Labor considered John w Davis un-
deserving of labors Endorsement as
a presidential candidate.
The letter TO Wilson today re-
iterates Mr.. Gompers' assertion that
Mr.. Davis was not responsible for the
draft or enactment of the Clayton
law.
Your letter makes reference to
the S-hour law for Government en-
ployes," Mr.. Gompers said. Let me
remind you that the law was first
passed by a Republican Congress"
The labor leader relates again his
version of negotiations which pre-
vented the wartime railway strike,
and again denies that Mr.. Davis or
the Supreme Court earned the
credit"
RAps Republican Party.
MIR. Gompers continues in part:
TT was a Republican Congress
with Abraham Lincoln as President
that abolished human slavery in
America II the reasoning employed
in your letter were to be followed.
II would logically ensue that labor
and the people generally must for
all time follow the Republican party
the party of Coolidge and Dawes
party which has shown itself to be
composed of and tied up with the
sordid interests of the mighty few.
That the Democratic party, with
the martyred Wilson at it's head, en-
acted into a law a fair concept of
human relations and human freedom
can no more bind US forever to that
organization than the emancipatio
proclamation could bind US forever
to the Republican party
But the Democratic party recently
held its national convention for the
purpose of declaring the principles
upon which it now stands Compare
the Democratic platforms Of 1912.
1916 and 1920 with the tumble of the
1924 platform upon which Mr.. Davis
is candidate
Scores Democratic Platform,
Every principle of freedom and
Justice which found expression in the
platforms of 1912, 1916 and 1920 is
CONSPICUOUS by its absence from the
1924 platform, which even fails to
recommend to the people for ratifica-
ton the child labor constitutional
amendment. The trainers of that
platform contented themselves with
taking some JUNCTION to their souls
submission of the amendment in the
House Of Representatives and the
Senate.
Seven years have passed since you
left the cabinet of Woodrow Wilson
and went into another avenue of life
You must. however, somehow be
under the impression that it is Wood
row Wilson who is candidate for
President in 1924 and not John w.
Davis, and that the platform is the
platform of Woodrow Wilson and not
Of John W. Davis and the 1924 Demo-
cratic convention.
BY the way, permit me to add that
we should remember that the war is
over. With you and others / tried to
give service in the war, but l repeat.
the war is over and 1 am willing to
forget and forgive acts of omission
and commission resulting from diff
ferences of opinion during the war.
Confidence In La Toilette.
-As for international policies,
should such good fortune come to the
American people as the election of
Robert NJ. La Toilette to the presi-
dency, l have as much confidence in
him as in any other candidate for the
presidency in grasping and maintain
Ing international good will"
Mr.. Gompers. on behalf of the ex-
ecutive council, also made public the
text of kilograms and letters ex-
changed between him and Mr.. Davis
since the Democratic convention at
New York. He made known. in addi-
ton, the contents of a telegram in
viting him to the notification cere-
monies at Clarksbutg, w. Va, and
his telegram declining to attend
Another development today at the
annual session of the council here
was the refusal of Matthew Wol,
vice president, to retract the councils
attack upon the industrial report of
the Federal Council of Churches of
America. He informed Rev. Felix Z.
Johnson of Philadelphia, who came
here at the instance of the Council
OF Churches to request that the
American Federation of Labor de-
nunciation of the report be with
drawn, that labor's objections to the
report could not be retracted as
long as the report stands in its pres
ent language"
The council elected James Wilson
of Cincinnati, president of the Pattern
Makers League of America, as a vice
president of the council to succeed
Joseph Valentine, president of the
international Molders' Union of
America, who yesterday resigned be-
cause of i'll health.
The Davis -Gompers correspondence
consisted of two letters and two tele-
grams as given out by Mr.. Gompers.
The first was letter written by Mr..
directed to Mr.. Gompers at Brighton
Beach, N. Y.
Davis Sought Interview.
my Dear Mr.. Gompers," this let
ter began, "I am very anxious to
have a personal interview with you
at the earliest opportunity. Am leav-
ing tomorrow night, to be gone some
thing like 10 days, in order to secure
q very much needed rest before the
campaign begins. Would / impose on
your good nature IL l ask you to let me
know when and where it will be pos
sible for me to see you. Believe me,
with kindest regards, your sincerely"
Mr.. Gompers replied with the fol-
lowing letter:
II have the honor TO acknowledge
receipt of your favor of the 18th in
stant, in which you express desire to