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Show UNION MEN HEED PLEA OF GOMPERS FOR UNITY i ' Plans Arc Formed That Will Lead to Restoration of : . Chanter of Chicago Federation. i CHICAGO, Dec. In an earnest ad- dress President Samuel Gompers of the ! American Federation of Labor pleaded f - '- with the delegates to the Chicago Fede- ,i ration for unity.- Before the meeting .' ended plans1 were announced the execu--' ' tlon of which will lead to the restoration restora-tion to the Chicago Federation of Its c harter, which was revoked November 1. According to these plans the steam v fitters and the Franklin union of press-feeders press-feeders are to withdraw, from the federation. fede-ration. The executive council of the American Federation fwlll try to reconcile recon-cile the rival organizations on a basis calculated to give permanent peace. ' Gompers lauded the .American Federation. Fede-ration. The reasons for its success are to be found, he said, in the large meas. ure of independence enjoyed by the various unions constituting the national body, together with the discipline enforced en-forced by fhe latter. Thus, he pointed out, the strength of the separate organizations organ-izations Is increased and at the same time their .harmonious co-operation Is Insured. |