Show LABOR GABOR PARTY SENDS PEACE OVERTURE l JO GOMPERS Hint of Surrender to Plan 11 ofA 0 of A. A F F. of L. L Chief in Chicago Letter iV t 4 B By Milred Morris International News Service Staff J 1 Correspondent V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON May 5 The 5 5 The Chigo Chi Chi- ago go Federation of ot Labor chief backer ot the American Labor party has has' as e extended tended the olive branch of fl peace gace ce to i the nonpartisan political campaign committee of the American F fe Labor This and other rice recent cent t developments development lend credence to talk here here that the party will abandon its its' hs' hs program program for for- Independent activities In the coming campaign Joining forces ith with th the American Federation of ot Labor Lapar La- La La La- Four railroad par bor and the Big brotherhoods brotherhoods In order that organized labor bor in what is regarded as the most iUca period in Its history may present a united front at the polls to p downfall f candidates for congress congress s CONVENTION f r The The party may go on with It its II plans t a national convention in Chi Chi- SQ in July but may do nothing more than convene jj t Samuel Gompers has named Mathew Matthew Matthew Mat Mat- thew hew Voll Noll eighth vice president of ot the he American federation and George Perkins gerkins president of the international union peace envoys to treat with similar emissaries of ot the Chicago federation E. E N. N No kels a a. secretary of the Chicago body sug- sug ested this conference in a letter to gompers CONFER WITH GOMPERS 91 John John Fitzpatrick president of the Chicago federation and moving spirit rO in p the Labor party has bas been here Conferring with Gompers and Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Frank Morrison It is known fie he e talked politics with them and jy seemed pleased with the result sult Before his departure for ChiSago Chicago Chicago Chi- Chi Sago cago he declared his party still but today a letter written by to Samuel Gompers was made public confirming reports that the Chicago body backbone of the party as ready to surrender to Gompers' Gompers Gompers' Gompers Gompers' Gompers Gom Gom- pers' pers nonpartisan policies vm I In In this letter declares that ft We Ie C Chicago laborites in advocating an independent political political- party had haddo hado no do o thought of ot destructive tactics K If It we we ve have made err errors rs he writes p p Gompers and we hope we have we Ite e look to you for advice and direct direction t tion on and surely in the past you haVe hale h tf dad d ample ampIe opportunity to advise and suggest but suggest but but not one word from you YOU iou hurl at our heads every ugly thought every disagreeable suggestIon suggestion suggestion tion and put us in the position of ot everyone who ever proved false to labors labor's interests w s in I letter he suggested e peace peace conference Gompers In reply received these peace peace- overtures Cordially o |