Show i GARFIELD PLAN CRITICIZED ED BY LABOR LEADER r Industries Should Be Put Put on hour Eight Day Basis Is Gompers' Gompers Opinion J I I I GREATEST TEST HARDSHIP FALLS ON WORKERS i I Tile They Will Vill ViI Remain Loyal Suffering Says i Head of Federation Washington ton an Jan 1 17 i-amu i Samuel l Corn Gora- pr president o of the American F Fede- Fede re- re of ot Labor In a n statement tonight d declared clard that the w workers o of the naIon wUI be bp greatest sufferers from fuel tuel restriction order but that the they the will wi maintain their loyal stand despite their sufferings 8 and sacrifices which the they Ji may be he called upon to 10 o Dear ner I tr Gompers expressed doubt that a Live daY suspension s of Industry was tho the best hest way to i f-i meet the tho situation and suggested sug sug- that a a. wiser and more mor morp practical course 1 would ha have 0 been to place all al industries of ot the country upon an anI hour eight I our ht-our basis workday at least during dur dur- ing tho the war var Mr Gompers said that hat everything e must ho bo done to see that the tho workers are arc not made to suffer surer unnecessarily and expressed the hope that the employers employers em em- er I pl ers would heed Fuel Administrator I appeal to comply with wih the order without shifting the burden to labor a hor lInn Adopted The shutting down of or all aU Industries for five f e continuous days Is on only 1 warranted warranted warranted war war- ranted If 1 based upon Immediate emergency emer- emer gency geney and I have ha e some ome doubt If I I emer-I five rhe c continuous days das Is the best hest measure is said a d d Mr Ir Gompers Gomper It I certainly seems j I aver avery radical measure to meet the i problems o of transportation VI i 1 am In receipt of or a largo large number I of ot telegraphic protests from workers In several parts of or the country countr declaring that tho the effect of oC the orders order will wH throw their men out of or employment that due to the high cost of ot living the they have ha e been unable to Il lay anything aside and that their sufferings durIn during this period I will wll he be very crr Ireat great In In additon addition to this I am nm strongly of ot the opinion that to place the IndU indus Indus- tries of or the countr country upon an hour eight hour basis bula work da day at least feast luring during the war ar arand and as a n war measure would have have been beena a much wiser and more practical course coure than the creation creaton of ot le legal al hol- hol holi holl- days which will wi mean holidays from Saturday t ax afternoon until Tuesday JI morning I ria I Worker t Sufferer The Te The workers the masses of ot tho the people people peo peo- pie will DO bo b the greatest sufferers from this new order Others Other have been or orwill orwill will wi be able to hoard their needs and supplies Of course the working people people peo peo- pie of ot America will 1 maintain their loyal loal stand de despite their suffering and sacrifices sacrifices sac sac- the they mn inn may be called caled upon to bear and yet cl everything e must be bc done to see that the they are arc not made to suffer Burler unnecessarily I UI have just received d a letter from the the the- executive lve secretary of Dr leler Garfield tho the head o of the United States StatEs fuel tuel ad ad- ministration In which he says ss s's I ad-I Ih connection with wih the order clos- clos in Ins In down Industry for tor five the days and Mondays I am nm issuing an appeal appeal to industries concerned asking them not to allow alow labor to 10 suffer b by reason of or the shutdown that thal this Is In a avar war var measure which I confidently ex cx- lect Industry will wil execute without without shifting the burden hurden to labor Jabor I prayerfully hope that our cap cap- aIns of or industry and business how th their lr patriotism b by heeding Dr appeal appeal It I would woul be most unwise did they not not heed It t. t |