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Show OPPOSES ANTI-SEDITION BILL Pending Measures are Warmly At-tacked At-tacked by Federation Leaders. AVashington. Formal announcement that the American Fedefation of Labor La-bor would oppose "with whatever power it may possess" the enactment of tle anti-sedition bills now pending in congress was made Saturday in a statement issued by Samuel Gompers, president of the federation. The attack- of organized labor, its chieftain indicated, will be directed impartially against the Sterling bill, recently passed by the senate, and against the Graham measure, based on suggestions of Attorney General Palmer and awaiting action by the house rules committee for a special rule to expedite consideration. Referring to the two measures as one bill, President Gompers declared its enactment "would violate the constitution con-stitution and rob the whole American people of their most cherished and basic guarantees of free government." |