Show GOMPERS LEAGUE COVENANT S Says I It t Constitutes Labor Labors s Bill of Rights I W WASHINGTON Oct 2 25 Replying ng to toa to a a. question from William Michaels ae s a Tulsa Okla labor leader as to what effect the league of nations as as ad advocated advocated ad- ad d atin by the American m l federation of Labor would have upon the laborIng laboring labor labor- ing people of of this country Samuel Gompers president of ot the federation last night wired that the labor provisions provisions pro pro- visions of ot the covenant constitute la- la labors labors labor's la labors labor's rights s bors bor's bill of After pointing out that the federation federa tion at its ts 1919 13 convention had unanimously unan nan indorsed the league Mr Gompers Gompers Gompers Gom Gom- pers urged American workers to support support sup sup- port the league because its provisions provis- provis s- s r fons ions would confer lasting I b benefits benefits r upon the wage earners of the world international effort and Is a great reat to forward for those measures that make for the Improvement of ot the standards and health of the Ule people in all alj signatory signatory signatory signa signa- tory nations Mr Gompers' Gompers statement was supplemented supplemented supplemented sup sup- by a statement from n the e political campaign cam cam- federations federation's nonpartisan committee further expressing r slag what was termed the viewpoint of la laI labor la- la bor All opponents of the league the the- I statement declared could be classed either as extreme reactionaries or x x- x former it said sold radicals T The I oppose the lea league ue because the covenant covenant cov cov- provides the best ke check on re reI reaction re- re action while radicals take the ground that it means a stiffening against I change |