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Show FARMERS ANDSU-GARJARIFF ANDSU-GARJARIFF In nniifcunclng" the call for a meet-lug meet-lug of the national and International unions allillated with tbo American Federation of Labor which was held Washington on Morrison, secretary or the federation said that tho meeting was for the puipofe nf cnnshlerlng attacks now 'ng rnado on thq trade union move-mena. move-mena. v ' There Is no doubt but that tho un-i Ions aro now under fire as they never I were before. Many employers form-j urly neutral aro now vowedly anti- union, and public sentiment Is by no means strongly supporting labor or-. ganlzutlnnB. The public Is not against untonb ub 'unions but it Is against the idea which radical labor leaders advocate, that a man must belong to union be- fore ho can work and that an em-( pi oyer bo not "allowed to hire a roan unluas ho belongs to a union, In other words, the public Is against the closed shop idea for no man in a frco country should be forced to Join or not to Join a labor union, church a lodge, a political party, -or any other organization as a condition precedent pre-cedent lo getting a Job and ho employer em-ployer should ' be' forced to'hlro a man belonging to a specified organization organi-zation to tho exclusion of other goqd r f ( f " workmen who do not belpng. This Is good square "United States reasoning nnd appeals to theavera'gp cltlznn Who Is against labor la-bor policies dictated' by a few'radl-cal few'radl-cal leaders who enrich themselves by .trouble making ' |