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Show rEDERHTED "UNION IMS -PREACHERS IN AFTER HOT, SPICY DEBHTE . ' . " ' medly of Socialism, trad unionism and religion. Mr. Uttlefleld Anally got th privilege of the floor. "I represent a closed shop," he said, and he was. interrupted with shouts of applause. Then he explained that his closed shop was the ministry, every member of which had to be thoroughly qualified. "I want to say," he continued, "that I am getting a church built, and none but union men will be allowed to finish it." . Mora applause followed and Mr. IJt-tlefleld IJt-tlefleld went on to say that all the ministers min-isters wanted was to get a, chance of investigating labor conditions at the fountain head, and Invited ths delegates dele-gates to send representatives to the meetings of the presbytery. His speech turned the scale, and by a vote of 68 to Vt It was decided to admit the pastors. N,EW YORK, Jan. After a stormy imeetlng the Central Federated union fjesterday passed resolution to admit as fraternal delegates the Rev;' M. 8. inlvfield ar.d the Rev. John B. Devlns. representing the New York presto ytery. It looked at first as if the Socialists who . were up in arms against the admission of the clergymen- would carry the day. Mr. LitUefield. who . sat through the . whole proceedings, turned the tide by a v little speech he, made before the vote was taken. -. The condition under which the two - clergymen were admitted provide that they are to have neither voice nor vote. No lees than twenty-three speakers talked on the subject, most of them against the admission of the clergymen. "We don't want any sky-pilots here," s&ld August Gildmeister of the Atlantic coast seamen's union. "This body has only to do with earthly "things. ' Before we look after our souls we ought to see that our bodies are not starving." Ephratm Kauffmann of the Clothing Cutters' union scored the delegates for their narrowness, as also did former Assemblyman "Prince, .whs represented -, the clgarmarkers. The speeches which followed wero a |