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Show ator's thugs, but by men employed em-ployed by a labor union," he shouted. "We have them beating up our men nigh unto death. Then they proclaim the right of free speech, free press, free assemblage. assem-blage. "We are going to support this fight to bring the mine workers freedom and independence. Come ! what may, we are going on and on until we win the fight." Waving Clenched .Fist Green was waving a clenched fist and his face was flushed and angry when he concluded. The president did not refer to Lewis by name in his letter, ia which he sair "If leaders of organized labor can make and keep the peace between be-tween various opinions and factions fac-tions within the labor group itself, it, .will vastly increase the prestige pres-tige of labor with the country and prevent the reaction which otherwise other-wise is bound to injure the workers work-ers themselves." President Roosevelt regretted he, could not accept the invitation , to speak, but said that "in these critical days. Houston is, for me. a little too far from Washington." The letter was dated Sept. 22, at the time when the recent European Europ-ean unrest threatened to flare into in-to a world conflagration. F. D. R. ASKS FOR PEACE IN CONVENTION HALL, Houston, Texas, Oct. 4 (U.R) President Roosevelt's first public move to .end organized labor's three - year internal struggle today was followed by a new declaration of war by President William Green of the American Federation of Labor against John L. Lewis, rival C. I. O. chieftain. In a letter to Green, the president presi-dent urged that the federation's annual convention, in session here, "leave open every possible door of access to peace and progress in the affairs of organized labor." He warned that continued labor warfare is certain to bring about a reaction which will "injure the workers themselves." Fight Renewed The delegates greeted the communication com-munication with a smattering of applause. Green said it was "a most pleasing and satisfactory" response to his invitation to the president to attend the convention. conven-tion. Later, however, after Joe Ozan-ic, Ozan-ic, head of the Progressive Miners of America, which was chartered by the federation after Lewis' United Mine Workers Union, was expelled, had accused Lewis' agents of beating A. F. of L. organizers or-ganizers in West Virginia, Kn-sas, Kn-sas, and Kentucky, Green again arose. "Here we have violence, assault, attack not employed by oper- |