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Show PROBE PORTO RICO I LABOR CONDITIONS ( WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. Appointment i of a commission to investigate industrial conditions in Porto Rico has been ap- proved by President Wilson. In a letter to President Gompei3 of tho American I Federation or Labor, made public today, j tho president said he would refer the i question to Secretary of War Baker, with "an expression of hope that the commission commis-sion may be appointed at a very early I date." Complaint of the social, economic and I political conditions of Porto Kican work- i ers was made to the president by Mr. I Gompers and Santiago Igle.-nns, president j of tho Free Federation of Porto Kican i workingmen, who, at the president's sug"- i gestlon, conferred with war department . officials and decided that a commission j should bo named. |