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Show GOMPERS AT ISSUE COURT Declares Decision .on Clay ton Act Blow at Human Hu-man Freedom ST. LOUIS. Jan. I. The decision of the United State supreme court Monday Mon-day relative to the soealled secondary boycott waa attacked In a statement by Samuel Ooropere, president ef the American Federation of Labor, who asserted the court ha "Joined force with -ther antiunion hop movement." The statement characterized the decision de-cision as a "blow at the movement for human freedom and progress,- and declared It la -thoroughly In accord wtth the most ardent wlshea of preda tory greed." . The court held that labor union or their members are accountable uader the antitrust laws where they depart from their "normal and legitimate object ob-ject and engage In an actual combination combi-nation or conspiracy In restraint of trade." Mr. Compere statement aald: "The aupreme court. In rendering He-dssleiew in the ease ef she Impl.s Printing Press company vs. the In-ternatlonal In-ternatlonal Association of Machinists, ha Joined forces with the sntlunlon shop movement, the movement to undermine un-dermine and destroy the only movement move-ment "the -working people have - for their protection. "The majority decision fully Justifies Justi-fies the statement attributed by the press to Justice Brandela, In the minority mi-nority dissenting opinion, that the whole movement of thirty year to place workers and employer on a baala of equality before the law has been nullified. BLOW AT FREEDOM. "I have not read the whole language lan-guage of -the decision, but 1 have seen ufflclent to say that It I in accord with the most ardent wlshe ef predatory preda-tory greed, and ahould be highly satisfactory sat-isfactory to those who exalt profit and deny the aspirations of humanity. "It I a blow at the movement for human freedom and progress. I can only add that the protest of minorities minori-ties of one day have frequently been the decisions of majorities of the next day." President Oomper 1 en route from Washington to Mexico City to attend the Pan-American Federation of Labor La-bor convention. |