The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-06
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 offered an amendment that the matter be referred to the parties involved and let them thresh it out. President O'Meara ruled the amendment out of order.
 The previous question was then
 called for and on being carried the
 motion to refer to the committee was put and carried. Delegate Bennett de
 clared he wanted to be registered as voting No"
 MT. Ornburn then took exception to
 MT. Bennett's remarks about the Fed
 eration dwindling and declared dele
 gates should speak from facts. There
 were never more than 160 delegates present at a convention, instead ot 300 as claimed, and at present there are
 four times as many unions fn good standing in the Federation than there were when the present administration took hold. The C. F. of L. is sound and solid and any dwindling that might have happened was due to business de pression and not to dissatisfaction within the organization and that said dwindling IS being regalned. From 4O unions affiliated when he took hold the Federation now comprises I9O and more. He welcomed all the publicity the labor movement could get and would let the manufacturers, open shoppers and all opponents of Labor know all that was going on. Labor didn't care and he personally didn't care what the opponents learned of their doings as there was nothing to be afraid of.
 Several delegates sought the floor at once and MT. Bennett was recognized T IL i Vi. L I..BA for the opponents of Labor, rre press or the public knowing what Labor was doing but that he did insrst the Fedora tion would founder unless personalities were kept out of it. It had dWindied in representation at the conventions, no matter what the records on the books showed. These arguments are kicked about the floor long enough, he added and 1t was time to get down to business. He didn't hold any political job and wasn't looking for one, he con cluded and moved the regular order of business be resumed.
 Other delegates sought the floor and l President O'Meara ruled that the dis l cussion could go on as long as the dele l gates desired she would taKe no svand | to stop 1t. Delegate Moffatt who had 1 endorsed MT. Bennett's statements as | that he was glad to be corrected as to didn't care either what the papers printed as he had found tnem gen erally fair, down his way at least, and that if the reporters were not organ ized as had been charged 1t probably wasn't their fault but that of the C. F. of L. which should go out and organize them.
 Delegate Potts, Butchers, Stamford, agreed with MT. Moffatt that they | found the papers down their way gave them 100 per cent break on the news and that Labor got square deal.
 Delegate O'Neil1 added that he still |; felt as he did about reporters being excluded but not because he was afraid of anything they might pr1nr or who would be influenced by it as every body knew he wasn't afraid of anyone in the United States. That, ended the It
 President O'Meara then asked Mir. ( Ornburn if he had received the com c from the A. F. of L., asked 1 for by Delegate Dreissens. MT. Orn- burn replied that he had noy. Several ( delegates offered copies Of 1t and dis + cussed the matter MT. Moffatt saying II that the Stamford painters had re- Ii ceived it and accepted it and contri- Ee buted $50 to the cause.
 Secretary Egan then read the min F utes of the first days sess,on and with z asked by Delegate Lang by t adding his name to Resolution No. 1 and correcting one word in the resolu- t ton as offered motion to approve I them as read was made lc
 Delegate Hotchkiss moved that the 1 entire. reference to the statements of ' President O'Meara, be stricken from l the minutes It was seconded and on i being put to vote was carried.