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Show LABOR FROWNS Oil DUKE'S AID (MM met Pas Ooajr telephone and that England's abdicated ab-dicated king was "looking for ward with all the enthusiasm of a young man to his visit to the United States." Bedaax's statement was issued shortly after William Green, preai- dent of the American federation of Labor, said he approved the action of the Baltimore Federation of Labor La-bor in criticising the duke for bis selection of Bedaux t arrange toe American Itinerary of the duke and ducbesa. ' late Vapleaaaatneaa The spokesman for Bedaux would not comment further on the statement state-ment except to say it was issued because be-cause of the "late unpleasantness" aroused by th Baltimore criticism of Bedaux. Inventor of an industrial indus-trial system which th labor organisation's or-ganisation's resolution characterised character-ised as the "stretchout." Green said he agreed with th resolution. At the time of Its introduction intro-duction Bedaux was called an "arch nemy of labor." Green aaid th warning "fairly represented th attitude of American Amer-ican labor." Deeae rMretchoat' Bafara It. was disclosed he tad talked with the duke, Bedaux aaid th criticism of him was based on a misunderstanding of th affects of his system for measuring human energy, which he aaid waa used in more than 1000 factories. He de-Bled de-Bled it is th aocailed "stretchout." 'We are working with and for so many labor unions In many countries. coun-tries. Including this one, that I regret re-gret that the Baltimore federation has not given the subject time nougb t study it," he said. |