| Show LEGISLATION MAY NOT SUIT LABOR Seth Low Gompers and anti tho Pres Pros President PresIdent ident Arc Are Not Standing on Common Ground ROOSEVELT AGAINST BOYCOTT U Will I bo be Sill Only If I F Mc II It lx I In I it J IIII In III I n 1 luli to II Court March IS l Details of or the e between Seth liw of at New W York president of the tho Civic CIc Federation and rn president 1 prod o l dent dut 11 of the American Federation I of or La In Labor bor bar which are aro slowly coming c to 55 light Indicate that labor Ji bor Is la not lIot yet rt oil eLI to ut to 1 I Isi l ill god ty ly y President ulong the thu linos by the Th lJ Is IK II a difference of t opinion that threat threatens ens ell cut to overturn urn tho tile program It II learned tonight from roll tin nit source Mr It Low roll Is said to tu have hao ro ru 1 to lo New York much Ho lIe had bait expected to be tt iulo a lu to hurmon Izo the tIle points on which tho the labor lubor In crests ler i by Mr 11 1 to contort conform with thc Site program of or the CiVIC federation HB STANDS Tho Thu of oC the lie AmE A of ot Labor ire are stitch said to Ins ho e withhold withholding ing illg from front tho ho be lie cause tim f t feels Bl that ho In cannot endorse dorso legislation which would legalize trade boycotts by the tha labor unions The TIlL provisions of the tha proposed d bill exempt exemptIng Ing iulg labor organizations from front the tite opera operations lions or of the Sherman law was Ivas the lOIn through which It i t WON wan In lit Intended tended to secure full tull endorsement by bytho I tho tIle American Federation of or Labor At Attile tile tho th nt tIm the th o which Mr Ir it ap up appears pears organized labor h bor was WM In complete accord lI cOld with tho oC of tho tue civic civlo federation later however Mr Gout Gom lollI 1018 conferred with somo of oC his a as In II tile the American Federation lund and the tha consensus of opinion was tho the president in Ills his hi message Io to Coil COIT gross groH grO J should the tle right of ot or labor to withhold Its trade troll from a n concern concert whoso oC of con COLt Its It business was Inimical to or organized organized organized labor laborIs JS Is AGAINST It Is said that tho the president would not agree to lo this and In fact that ho was disposed to urge that boycotts bo ho suppressed by legislation which otherwise va wa fair to lo the SilO labor unions It was Mr roll f I mission in nailing 1 llIn on Air Mr r yesterday to show him that tho ho presidents message If It It was to havo force must bo bu couched In language In lit juxtaposition to the th decisions of ot the supreme court COUI on this question No Xo agreement was wan and In ill fact tact Mr II In that ho would prefer that tho the Sherman antitrust law should con continue continuo to apply to labor unions rather thAn thai consent lm ent to n II program which might effectually stub for tOI all time limo the uso of ot the Site boycott as a lL weapon CHANGED D HIS JUS PLANS In tho the meantime the presidents lents Ideas In regard to the tho message ho hum plans sending lending to Congress outlining re te Hut lie measures according to persons who have hare discussed tho the subject with him have llave undergone a change If It n a 1 mea mes message sage Is la sent to Congress It will not unit bo until after tho the Civlo CIlo Federations bill has been basit Introduced That measure Inus been prepared although tho pro provisions proVIsions provisions visions In It are arc not yet public and It ItIs ItIs itIs Is the plan to have It tt offered In the house early curl next week by Representative tive tio Hepburn of at Iowa Iown President Roose Moose Roosevelt velt elt has hns not found a II senator who ap approves approves proves the tilo measure on Oil whom he ho e Is i will willIng willIng Ing tc te place tile the responsibility of ot chum cham championing the tho In tn tho upper hotly body hod Therefore the tho tit bill will not be he Intro Introduced simultaneously simultaneoUs In both branches of ot Congress It will dupond upon tho the fate of ot the tho bill hill In ill tho tito house whether wh It roaches reaches tho the senate ut lit oil nil That the sup support support support port of ot labor organizations Is necessary SOr SOrto to tf tho success of or the Site program Is the ho be belief hot lief expressed by h of ot tho the leaders of at tho ho house tonight Tim The president was wall tho tile guest this ove uvo ning or of Longworth at ut a dinner thinner which was iuta attended also by b Speaker Cannon It Is not lIot unlikely that tho tue subject of the Civic Federations bill was ns discussed S Numerous conferences a havo hao been held at tho the capitol capital between senate antI hOUf 1 leaders at which tito tho prospects for tor of at a toilet relief bill havo boon been considered Senator Cannon and and Shier Sher Sherman man met tho Site senate loaders lend ls today at Senator committee room Al Although Although 1 though none nono of ot those thol O present hUll hail seen see the ito bill It wan Willi agreed that only such legislation cnn can pass at nl this title session as us with approval among lie Ito publicans en It If as liS has inH boon blOn stated Mated tho the bill Is drastic the tho chances for tor Its Ils en enactment ez are 1110 Tho Thu views of ot the tho lenders seem Io to In ip Indicate that a Il measure might K IX passed panned 1 to exempt labor unions from reIn Ito tho of ot tho the antitrust law If It or organized labor supports I provisions of at tho the bill hili and that tim law might bo tu modified BO so aa its to 1 between tho tue provided I that such CUll can be divorced completely l devices Tho Thu expressions expression In hiLt IIla an Id ru ut lit thc lIre opposed 11 to tn a It abill bill hili ILL at tits this lIne which doul deal with willi of ot corporations or ur nii iii to regulate stock gambling La Ln Labur bur hUI i loaders hoer are I I to tn In connection with Ith a It general rollof bill hili Lii ii such as liS IH Is In mind mill il provision to 10 prohibit tho tite of Injunctions without duo duct notice of tuf tho ho proceedings to lIe person to 10 bo Ill enjoined and 1111 1 also IUSO prohibiting tile the imposition of ot I In ill a which had not been 1 to such Hudi HII II would h rIse 11 to SQ Oil op l I 1 to on tIll any nf or tile the sub subject J H to 10 it b 10 e In lit Iho hue bill 1111 |
