| Show GOMPERS INSISTS ON FREE SPEECH Denies Right of Any Court to En EnJoin EnJoin EnJoin Join Him in Advance From Expressing His Views FIGHT FOR FOn IT lT MUST GO ON Hate lone 01 Too Tar ar In 11 March larch of Hit 11 Hitman man Progress In an IKS he Into I llo Wa to O oat Oot t 18 nt of any 1 K 01 r that butt would attempt to 10 curtail his liN right of Gee CillO speech e ch or the he freedom of ot the tho th pr preen s tent expressed ed here by b Samuel 1 president of tho the American Fe Federation of ot Labor Mr address was Vall the tho cli ell climax climax max or of B a demonstration un arranged by organized d labor In honor of his hla return IlIum Europe The meeting was 1111 s pro ceded by a parade In wilch which union men from ninny parts of this country Canada and Cubit Cuba acted Mr Ir 11 Gompers refused refu cI to allow a 1 company com company pany of ot the state guard of or the District 1 Columbia o IJ to 10 take part jurt The Tho central labor union at n ti meeting last night went Int on record as fie II In favor ra 01 of or tho the guardsmen marching in n the line a al III although though there Ihre wits was A sonic some opposition among mong the delegates on the ground It wits wild said Mid that tine the th organized of the Ih country OU II I r was s used only to shoot down strikers and anti union mon The Tho opponents of the Ih Idea common communicated rated with lIh Mr fr tempers today IOtla and ho promptly derided decided dP the guardsmen should not Im So go they the did not The Tho celebration derived d I added Interest Inter Interest est t from the fiu fact t that this Ihl wan wait the Iii Ih day upon which the court of or appeals aJtal of I the ho District of or Columbia was fIR expected oX to 10 hand down Its 1111 decision In the contempt con contempt tempt proceedings proceeding against Mr Ir Gum Com Compers GomI pens pers I nt and other federation Officials official The decision however lower tailed failed to materialize OF e N Mr 11 declaration of or inde independence m de followed 1 a narrative of hut his abroad during vv h he expressed d his c confidence in the till formation ll of a 11 worldwide world confederation of or all nil labor organisations Referring to 10 the I h jill jail sentence rest reel ing against him on A H charge of con can contempt tempt of or court for tor to the th Huck StO c Range company after being boing warned against action n tf 11 b br the tha th United States court of the District of f Columbia Mr 11 di Il l dared Justice Wright lied had decided the Ihl contempt ease case against him hint because ho he Will Wild 1 against men that thAI work Thore There In is no n man to whom I will bend the Is lIS no un man Ilan to II I will look up UI to unless he hn c the Attributes of or honesty and fair tall deal dettl dettlIng dl dealno l Ing Inre he hl Mill hl his hIli rospert for tor courts in III general Mr Ir said ald saidI aldI I have IU confidence in their no matter what their decision may ma b hI he helot Hut lot I 1 know licit tb t they III am are fI men human beings who ho are ar Ju J just t a nil aM likely to tn err as 8 1 nit any other oilier nun man on Ill earth Mr denied the right of any allY court l lIrt to 10 enjoin him In III advance from expressing his hIP hi views although lIh after he lie hill hed spoken he ho realized that be hI might be br b tried 1111 for tor what he h had soul said If the th court ourt of appeals should against him he lie h declared the fight for free speech h must go on cut until that lint right was nM achieved We cannot stop lop If Ir we want h he said and we do not want to stop We c chave have hae gone gont too far In tho the march mArh of or human progress to be driven back into slavery Several brief addresses of welcome to 10 th the returning president were ell made by his associates fry Kecy I Morison expressed JIM firm belief blIer that Mr Ir visit to Europe I would l result in a worM world Ide federation of lr all labor organizations |
