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Show I AMERICAN MUSICIANS I OBJECT TO FOREIGNERS WASHINGTON. Dec 2S. Tho president today had a long talk with K. V. Gavcgan. an attorney representing labor Interests in Now York; Joseph N. Weber, president of tho American Federation of Musicians, and Philip Hausor. president of the New Vork Union of Musicians, who claim alien musicians are being brought Into tho country In largo numbers on contract, to j l displace American musicians. The presl-; presl-; dent was told that In Now York city wholo orchestras of aliens have been I brought' to hotels, and that tho same was ; true as to Chicago ond other cltlos. The , presldont also was told that tho foreign- 1 orfi Included many Mexicans, and that If 1 1 tho laws wero Interpreted differently by , tho Immigration service of the depart- 1 I merit of commerce and labor the Invasion I would bo stopped. Not only were Amerl- j I can musicians losing their positions, ho 1 j wns told, but the foreigners were cutting prlrcs. The president gave his visitors a note to Socrolary Straus of tho department depart-ment of commerce and labor, asking that a full report be mado to him aa to tho charges. Until a test case Is brought before him. Secretary Straus of tho department of commerce and labor will not pass upon the quentlon of whether or not alien musicians como within tho provisions of the Hiiti -contract labor law. Following their visit to tho president, when they today laid before him their complaint. Messrs. Gavcgan. YVebor and Ilauser called upon the secretary of commerce com-merce and labor at tho president's suggestion. sug-gestion. Thoy represented to the secretary secre-tary that musicians wero not professional men. but wage-workers, and therefore alien musicians do not come within tho exempted classes of professional men. After being notified by the secretary that he would be prepared to pass upon soma specific case, the committee left with tho determination to bring such n case before I him. |