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Show J DEFENDS POSITION I ON LABOR QUESTION 1 .v Washington, Sept. 22. The i house lobby committee last Fri- j day heard former Represensta- fij tive Charles E. Littlefield of I Maine, former lobbyist for the I National Association of Man- j ufacturers, testified was one I of the"chief allies of that organi- zation in the house. I Mr. Littlefield testified that, . I beginning with his entrance to j congress in 1899 until he re- l signed in 1908. he found "an I active, energetic and powerful JJJ labor lobby headed by Samuel - . Gompers." When Gompers op- j posed legislation, Mr. Littefield " , j said,, many members of the 1 house 'found it convenient to ' j side with labor. Mr. Littlefield I said he. did not intend to criti- -1 cise members of the house fcr I their position on labor bills. "But," he explained, "when Gompers and the labor people became active the tall timbers were thickly populated and there t vas plenty of space in the k 1 ' open,"' I Mr. Littlefieldfrankly told the 1 I committee that his views on k ) labor legislation coincided with , ; those of the manufacturers and j '. that early in his congressional I r career he gladly accepted the j n aid of the National Association v ; I of Manufacturers through Mar- 1 shall Cushing, then its Washing- ton representative. |
