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fOR CONDITION N Gompers Says What They Have Is by Choice BAL BALTIMORE IMORE Sept 6 When When th the American pe people elected elected the present national administration m thc they got ex exactly exactly ex- ex what they decided they wanted Samuel Gompers t told lil a large crowd a aa at ata a Labor da day celebration ion hero yester yester- da day Before that election he said I lOr Is Issued Issued Is- Is sued a statement in hi which I stated state tHe Issues Issue that were so fa far r as labor labor la labor la- la bor was as concerned and I said that the p people ople would set Jet what thc they voted for tor They made their choice between the candidates and parties and the they have got bot what the they decided upon A year rear ago toda today there was ly lj a handful of men In this country out of ot employment Now ow there ar aro 3 moie than five lve millions out of ot worle Who will you 1 0 blame Will ill you oU blame m the he f hesh sh shadowy In indefinite detinUe thing of ot which you O l know nothing or will you ou hold TC responsible sible sibio those who are arc in tn commercial industrial In Industrial In- In l. l and political 1 con control rol of ot our country Mr Ir Gompers declared that lot a single bill so far Car as he knew ha had heed been introduced in the present congress ss for fur forthe forthe the benefit of ot the working people that t not a single thing had been done donn to protect tho the workers in their constitutional donal rl rights Mr Gompers char charged e 1 that Jio ho commercial commercial commercial com com- mercial and industrial Int interests r ts are trying to set up an industrial 1 autocracy c cy and in this connection arraigned the he United States chamber of ot commerce He assailed tho the open shop movement movement movement move move- ment and tho the general reduction of wages wag |