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Show I , . " : POPE AND LABOR UNIONS. New York labor unions have nvide- public the folloAving letter to the International Society for the Protection of Workmen, from the papal secretary of state, Monsignor Merry Del Yal: "My sublime master, the pontiff, desires me to express to you that, like his predecessor. Pope Leo XilL he is in hearty accord with all movements in tended to benefit Avovkmen. "The pontiff in particular desires it understood that he favors Avith all his heart any lightening of ihe burden of the men and Avomen 'who' work with iheir hands. Work should be so regulated to permit per-mit of the stoppage of fill work on' Sundays. The workmen should be protected against employment, and employers that have no regard for his dignity a a man mid. a 'citizen,, that cifengers his morality and interfere Avith his f,amilyvlit'c' . . |