Show II M Wf r M I IS CRITIC III 1 Slandered Labor anion t u Mc tIc Me S Says ns n's iou Federation E bief i f Asserts Sol Solon n H Hid l I chind Rights of Office Rr Br rice Feb L One I. One of the r be bitterest excoriations of a ao ab I b o oi Congress ever er uttered by y I rican citizen is inflicted upon tati c Thomas L. L Blanton t l of Texas in in 1 a letter from Ment Samuel Gompers of the thet t n Federation of Labor to toan an Campbell of the House Hom e committee made public to today ay jr Gompers' Gompers letter was writ written fen in h inI I fr 10 Joa jo a vitriolic attack upon him birn cours course bf Of the testimony before cf c the lC rules t tee in jn the recent hearings hearing'S on Graham bam bill The Thc communication has bas been r of the record of the Kj Aa La a part cs s Revolt Threat frI fee Texas Teus congressman charged that Gompers Gom rs had threatened to cause fiction 1 If U th the work worl or fight order put L Into effect in connection with draft He also asserted lh the federation executive not on only 1 the t e dictator of ot labor laLor but of ot Conas Con Con- I las gas as well ell arid and and was Conto Conito Con- Con ito to approve and permit the adT ad- ad cT T of the overthrow of or the KOVa hOYt KOV- KOV a t en nt of the United States b by force b by 63 preventing pre the enact enact- rot bf of the Granam Graam bill bilt that Representative e Blan- Blan knows not Hot the truth and would t tell It If tf he did Mr Ir Gompers dehls det de- de t hI testimony was and replete with slanderous landerous a and d malicious charges and nf r and d that he H hid behind his t lt May l the good Lord have t himself L N Denied that a commission might i lied ed to Inquire into the tha I congress congress- 1 T the thc labor leader adds J Inc lne gentleman to the tender mercies of oC t membErs J ot of the thc House o ot of and to his misrepresented May the good Lord ha have Yc yon on y his hili soul l Ing that thai his letter lotter be of made mado the record Mr 11 Gompers fr says sas of oC the House lIous UTes of oC has apP appeared ared before beCore the t ee on such luch and indulged him him- extra land ind to o ask asIc the that r I an am mio mi- mi to for Cor an I slanderous false and I I charges maI ma- ma ariton A tou of oC and Texa which has uttered beur be- be P pur ur f committee pember of oC Congress Congress' are re s' s utterances appears privileged but It if lie he th before a Commit Commit- House he Is thore any ny othEr civilian privileged to utter false false- jaDd pad InsInuations and Character the of oC a citizen ot oC the a Verc tre r dUl to sa say a he hc 1 hl hid behind rat HI at u his as a c himself Hc ne to 0 pro- pro e tto to refused to permit examine him cx except Pt mcm- mcm I I alS and the hl high ly nd that h n lo-n on ori l n no ono one could either ncr what hat h I he said or his then t n himself elC cities and nS President Baker Provost Pro Mar Mar- Marl ho to disProve Crowder and nd other orho of- of ed u to the assertion n that cause cause ads da a revolution terns ember surprising ot that n a man who should have on n durinG knowledge the of ot what was to war that h he Would tnt Pent w make such a false I 7 statement nt n II the made by bO this man rules rule o or of Ol t a a. single nur pure M Idea tr n nt that thai he I not a lo uttered d of or truth has ovon n a l Which leh it ho he was was manac preto atho v vo 0 gave Und Under r as a congress congress- h 1 been singled out b by d on pase 2 i GOMPERS SENDS REPLY SENDS TO TEXANS TEXAN'S CHARGES i I I C Continued from Crom Page Pago 1 manton Blanton for attack atack his u underlying motive motho Is to s place an unwarranted stigma on art the lie organized labor t mo ment He lie e knows not the tho truth an and ment would would not nol tell tel It It Ir he Il did labors labor's v 1 But adds Mr Ir Gomper Gomperz honorable and patriotic service and nd record before during and si since co the he war arc re such that millions if 1 f bl bleat t- t ing blatant Blantons and Mi cannot destroy It Il iL In his vicious or unbalanced mind nd unbridled ton tongue ue continues the c chief he lie has not confined Jils la malicious slander upon labor and TIC nc Ho He has not failed to attack atack the character and good work anti and hon honor honorof or of the lie m members of or COn Congress whom he lie has and ancl frequently stigmatized as S cowards and poltroons fe But Bitt Blanton Banton Is c evidently laboring Bunder tinder the impression that that If It hi h. h throws ft mud and throws vs it It often some of or It ma may stick sUck I 1 am wondering whether a com com- lon might not properly be he ap- ap J to inquire Into the sanity of or i. i Meantime 1 I consign th the gen gen- en- en from Texas to the tender nier- nier ties leR of or the lie House or to his r constituents May ay thu tho gOO good goodLord Lord have mercy on his soul |