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Show ORIENTAL LABOR CONSIDERED Japanese and Chinese Workers of West May Form Organization CINCINNATI, Ohio. Approvnl of n proposal to organize Japanese and Chinese workers on the I'uclllc coast nnd Western stntes was wlthlicld here today by tile executive council of the American Federation of Labor. Hecommendatlons that steps be taken tak-en to unionize the oriental workers In tho West hnve been before the council coun-cil for some time It wns said, and plnns nro now being worked out to meet the situation. Labor offlcnls said the council would not give Its npprovnl to this organization or-ganization work until It had made an Investigation nnd decided the proposed plnns would "meet this grnve situation." Tho United Mine "Workers nnd some of the Intemntlonnl unions. It wns snld, nre already tnklng In Chinese nnd Japanese member. This question Is given a conspicuous conspic-uous place In the council's nnnunl report re-port which recommends that stringent government regulations been forced to keep cheap oriental labor from entering enter-ing the country and competing wltli American woikinen. |