Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-10 | Page 14 | No Occasion for Spies to Report Federation Meetings

K H j NO OCCASION FOR SPIES TO P REPORT FEDERATION MEETINGS Hi Hj "WASHINGTON. Oct 3. President Hf Samuel Gompers of tho American Fcd- H era t Ion of Labor has made public corro- .'i spondonce received by him relating to H'' tho proposition of the "Corporations Hp Auxiliary company" of the "Chamber of H Commerce building, Cleveland, Ohio," to B m furnish a complete report of tho entire K proceedings of tho convention. Including Hir. "secret sessions." of the Federation of Bn Labor, to be held In Denver In November. E In replying to thoso who forwarded let- Bf! tors from the Corporations Auxiliary H company to Mr. Gompers, ho called at- H ' tcntion to the fact that sessions of the K convention of the American Federation B of Labor arc always open and tho full kI proceedings provided to the press and all uy those desiring them. Pjbf The circular letter from the Corpora-lions Corpora-lions Auxiliary company forwarded to Mr. Brdg Gompers had been received by the A. M. Todd company of Kalamazoo, Mich., and n D. A. Reynold?, president of tho Great n Eastern Telephone company of New York, and were addressed "personal and 8 confidential." In part, the circular letter r "As usual, wc expect to have several ;! delegates present and will be In a posi- i tlon to furnish you, as tho convention proceeds, with a complete report of tho entire proceedings, Including secret sessions. ses-sions. In view of the fact that the A. F. of L. made demands this year upon both the Republican and Democratic nominating nomina-ting conventions and is actively entering Into politics, and has put into the field an increased force of secret organizers, covering almost every branch of trade, this convention will undoubtedly bo tho most important ever held by tho federation." federa-tion." In his letter to D. A. Reynolds, Mr. Gompers says: "For the past few years, about the 1st of October, tho Corporations AuxiHarv company has sent out a letter similar In character to the ono you sent me. It might not be amiss to call your attention to tho fact that the conventions of the American Federation of Labor are always in open session; that facilities aro always provided for tho press representatives; that a number of the largo citv dally papers pa-pers have representatives regularly In attendance at-tendance at the convention, and that the printed official proceedings of each dav's session are given to any one who may care to have them."