Show I i V 11 FOR FOIL LAW President Gompers Addresses House Rue Committee on Labor Lar Washington n April 12 President Gompers of the Federation of Labor made an am a extended argument agn before boe c the house hous committee on n labor lai today toa in hr support of of the te proposed law Mr Gompers Jw said sd the movement ovet had secured some se measure mue of success sc in m the states anti and municipalities and s a it i was wa desired die to have the government a recognize it by the t enactment of the present Dr t measure meare Through Tuh some mysterious mesas means m he said d the te words word upon ripen public works k were wee put into ino the te federal feer law of 1892 thus confining it to ts nar narrow na narrow row rw limits and a robbing it of the value o te that its advocates tat expected e te The Te peas pres present pr ent eat bill bi was w he said sad the result rest of five years of o thought study sudy and effort e rt He urged ure that the reduction of or hours of o labor laor was wa demanded dede by every eV ty in terest teresi tere of a the te government which hc should be as a much concerned in the physical and a mental strength of the tE as in the on i a tonie strength senh of ot the steel stel and armor furnished to it |