Show Labor Misrepresented Declares Gomp Gompers r i By Associated Press NEW YORK March 27 Samuel Samuel Gompers president of at the American Federation of ot Labor L. in a n statement hero here last lost night declared the tho position ot of organized labor In regard to tho the preparations for tor war and und what may bedone bo be i done In war times Umes has hos been deliberate deliberately ate misrepresented In some quarters The position ot of organized labor If said Mr 11 Compers Is this It Is pa patriotic patriotic pa- pa and loyal loal from start to finish h It will do all aU that can be bo done for tor the government and the nation but It will not stand for tor the tho exploitation of at labor for tor tho the benefit of ot army contractors 0 It does not nOl believe o that army anny contractors contractors con con- tractors and und others who vho ma may supply the country countr with Ith its itA needs In times of at war are entitled to or should have ha ex exorbitant exorbitant ex- ex profits either at the expense i of ot the government or of ot the worker Labor expects no praise for being patriotic but It does docs expect that those who employ It shall show some somo patriotism as well There Is no patriotism In selling the government something below the current inflated prices for tor war material but at a profit far tar In excess of ot what would bo ho ex expected ex- ex In normal times Mr Gompers announced that as chairman of tho the section of ot the national council of ot defense charged with handling han ban dUn dUn- labor affairs he had called a conference In Washington next Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day of ot labor men men manufacturers and scientists Invitations he ho said had been extended to men prominent in the three fields Thero There Is much to be he done ho he said to adjust the supply of or labor to the demands that ma may be made upon it to tho the end that mistakes ma may be bo avoided and labor Jabor conserved as much as pod pod- sible |