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Show LOYAL TO LABOR MOVE. American Federation Declares tin- faltering Fealty to Movement Throughout Country. t New Orleans, Nov 15 -"Resolved, That we declare our unfaltering feilty tn the trade labor movement of our countrj, devoting our best efforts to the uplifting of the wnse-curners of our country, riving them hope and encouragement en-couragement and appealing to them to unite with orgnnlzed workers, so that the fraternity of man of the world may be achieved at the earliest possible date ' This Is the message sent out by the American Federation nf Labor nn the twentj -first anniversary of Its birth to the laboring men throughout the world The last session of the day was within with-in a few minutes of Its close when President Pres-ident (Tempers announced that he desired de-sired tn lecognlze Delegate Andrew Huruseth for a particular purpose. The litter declared that Tsbvember r. 110J, was Ihe twentj-flrst birthday of the American Federation nf Jibor nnd Ktive a short sketch of Its history and Its amn President Oompers made a brief address ad-dress saying that of all tho delegates present at Ihe foimatlon of tho organization organ-ization In Pittsburg In 1RS1 Mr. Puru-seth Puru-seth was the onlj delegate present Cpon motion of Mr Prlscoll ot Mas sachusetts, he was aprjblnted u committee com-mittee of one In frame on appropriate resolution and the mci?,ii,o given In the result w The committee on resolutions reported report-ed favorably on the motion, declirlng against the subsidy bill nnd the convention con-vention wns about In adopt the icport when William I Ollthorpc of the llioth-rrhnod llioth-rrhnod of Ilollermakers and Iron Hhlp-bullders Hhlp-bullders took the lloor tn speak In Its fnvor He deilirtd th it lis cnaitment Into a law would result In the Ine leased emplojment of skilled labor and enable en-able thW country to construct ships us cheaply ns they can be built In foreign for-eign countries He declared that the American marine required protection, und th it this could bo secured through the passage of the subsidy bill, and he urged that the icport of the resolutions committee be not concurred In When he look his scat u dozen delegates dele-gates were on their feet clamoring for rerocnltlon President Oompers gave tho lloor to James O Council pies-Ident pies-Ident of the Intern illonal A.oilatlon ot Machinists, who delivered a che-ment che-ment address dec I irlng that no greater great-er combination existed In the I'nlted States than that of the greit Hhlpyaiili and the union lnboi had ho moio ic-lentless ic-lentless foe They were opposed to the eight-hour duj, he said nnd had dls. charged union men because they vvtn union men Andrew l'uruseth delegite of the beamen union nn I framei nf the ies-olullon ies-olullon spoke nt great length agaliu 1 Mr (lllthorpeB attitude He declared thit steel and Iron v case's could be built lu this imintrj for as little money ns anywhere In the wnill hnjlng tliut ii member of tin Dim of Cinnp A Sons had so lestllled befoie n Congressional committee On the Until nte the committee com-mittee icsolutlon was adopted Mr (lllthmpe east the sole negative vote The lesolutlon d-i larlng ngalnst the Nicaragua or Panama canal came next and ill this the resolutions committee reported adveis.lj The subjeit was laid on the table number nt other lesolullons were llnallj acted on, |