Show fi WARNS GREEN 1 PRESS AGAINST i c. c G B R Destructive Groups Not Nott t r Connected With A. A F F. F L L. l I He Tells Editors I WASHINGTON April 17 Ed H HEdl l were warned today by William I I Green a against Identifying as movements move move- j ments of organized labor and Impossible ble plans of ot dc i signing people t As president of the American Fe Fed Fed- r of or Labor Green addressed the American Society of or Newspaper Editors He reviewed antagonism organized or or- or- or labor had met In Its efforts to Improve c working conditions and Md said Mid that as Its Alms became better C known It received cd commendation n of or the press Labor he ald said placed a 1 grew great value upon public opinion and stud the UlC power I of or the thc press to mold public opinion Like other great movements which have b been eu made up of sincere earnest ear ear- nest 11 cst and honest men and women organized labor has been misrepresented by designing people who in inthe inthe inthe the name of or labor have organized vi working rk people ople Into movements which are destructive d and impossible bl ble Green said IJ TRESS ESS DECEIVED I The press has been frequently deceived de de- de- de oo because in their news columns and editorials they refer to these there misguided groups as labor or organizations and their representatives CS as labor spokesmen They neither represent represent rep rep- resent labor Jabor nor do they speak for tor labor Those tu uninformed and unacquainted unac unac- unacquainted Quaint however howe with the development development devel devel- of or the organized labor movement move move- movement ment in the United States become come confused and are unable to discriminate nate nata between these there groups STouPS bind and their representatives who m masquerade as friends and advocates of organized labor There Is an eternal conflict constantly constantly con con- go going ng on between organized labor and these destructive unethical cal and impracticable groups many of oC which receive e inspiration and fi financial financial fi- fi support from abroad I Green said there could be no compromise compromise com com- promise between n organized labor and the unethical groups Then turning j to freedom of tho the pr press he said Id PRINCIPLE I INVOLVED OL ED I I am certain that it will be In Information information in- in formation to the representatives es of the tho press when I state that this very cry principle is involved in a It very cry large way In the tho fight ht of ot the American F Federation of or Lab Labor r for the enactment enactment enact enatt- ment of or injunction relief legislation We have regarded the injunction orders of or some equity courts commanding commanding commanding com com- manding labor under penalty of or punishment to refrain from printing and publishing facts concerning industrial in industrial in- in disputes and Ind industrial struggles as as' as a transgression upon tho the exercise of oC the freedom of the press Labor views lews with grave concern the encroachment of equity courts upon the exercise and enjoyment of this thu cardinal fund fundamental am vital ital principle Even the slightest encroachment en encroachment encroachment en- en may prove provo to be a wedge which if unopposed will permit further further fur fur- ther abuse of the restrictive powers powe of or equity courts BUT UT ONE STEP It It is but a ast step p from the sion of or news circulated b by handbills and through the labor press to the hampering and l hindering hinder ing lug of the newspapers in their ex expression ex- ex lon of or news relating to strikes and labor disputes I Tills This Is a a. matter of or very ry vital ital mutual mutual mu mu- interest to the press and to labor Our mutual Interest compels labor and the tho press to stand firmly to together together together to- to gether in support of or the freedom of ot the thc press one great cardinal principle principle principle prin prin- ciple upon which our government rests |