Show I DISCOVER PLOT TO GIVE HUN TWIST II I I TO PROGRAM Gompers s Hopes to Bring German Agents From I Hiding Places I By United Press Prell BUFFALO N. N y V. V Nov XO 17 A 17 A plot to 0 I give nive organized labors labor's o official 1 I war program program pro pro- gram a pro German twist was uncovered at the American Federation of or Labor convention here today tway All that wa was available through President President dent m himself was repetition of the statement that German Cerman spies and Teutonic agents gents honeycomb this consention conven con ven sention Slut Rut from well informed members r. r It was I learned that this pro German attack has taken definite form In efforts to push through Insidious resolutions resolution originating In all parts part of or the country to shape local I labor affairs to their own ends The unusual delay In getting down to concrete business It was learned U is be because because because be- be cause of or the exceptionally careful scrutiny scrutiny scrutiny tiny to which each of the he resolutions i Is being submitted Some of the lie suspected resolutions aim to stir up violent factional quarrels and split the convention Others If adol adopted ted would pave the wa way vs' vs for dl disastrous German German German Ger Ger- man propaganda work In various parts of the e country tr No J eb b blame blanie necessarily attaches to tho the avowed sponsors of the resolutions delegates delegates dele dale gates to tho the convention because all resolutions resolutions reso ruo- appear Innocent enough at first glance and could easily have tie been en engineered engineered engineered engi engi- b by secret and sinister influences placing on local prejudices it was pointed out One resolution has been found which proposes to give local organizations of international unions the right to strike whenever they see fit regardless of what their International officers olcen think Opponents of or this thle re resolution ta say bay that such Buch a a. change would give German agents Just the kind of fruitful local conditions condition they want to work under D By stirring up a strike In one small local union they sa say all the other locals there might be prevailed on to Join on tho the plea that by remaining neutral they were retarding their brothers' brothers strike success Thus It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is claimed entire communities whose Industries Industries in industries In- In arc vital to the tho nation at war might be tied tied up Indefinitely There Is Isa Isa isa a feeling among the rank and file of delegates delegates dele dele- gates that the pro Germans the radicals radical Socialists s and tI the antiwar Wf and d pacifist elements I have e taken a to t the tho tall tint tim bars bers High officials of or the federation know the they have not They are merely camouflaging under cover In verbal bomb- bomb proofs A proposal has been introduced which Is expected to bring them to light in their true colors This resolution Is No 62 It gives unqualified Indorsement to to the war ar program of President Gom Gompers rs and the time executive council The only one remotely resembling an out and out peace resolution Is No which proposes that the federation express express ex ex- press tt its willingness to be represented at any conference on International re relations relations relations re- re lations and terms of oC peace whenever called |