Show LABOR AND LEGION ALLIED Member of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Decries Efforts of Propagandists Declaring that no two American movements are more thoroughly allied Ilan the tile American Legion an and organ- organ d labor Frank a prominent member of ot the Brotherhood of Locomotive tive ye Engineers In Iowa and senior vice commander of the Legion In that state h i p de cried efforts of propagandists to dIthe divert di dI- vert the purposes of the two organized r forces Vice e Commander statement statements was s made during the course of a n Joint meeting of members of the State Federation Fed Fed- Federation of Labor an and of the Legion In Ottumwa Ia la IThe The speaker denounced denounce the efforts of certain Interests to lead labor unions Into to the belief that the Legion men were ere ere willing and would serve as strike strIke- breakers Be He cited recent Incidents In Denver Colo where in face of a threatening neatening strike of street railway announcement was made at that the llie members of the Legion would man the cars In event of a walkout i This Ibis his the Legion men held as false propaganda emanating from capitalists capital lists tits who seek to forestall any alliance between tween labor and the Legion liOn ib On n many questions declared Venis are fe the two organizations allied He referred erred to the prohibition of child chUd labor bor concerning which both the theA American A Federation of at Labor and the Legion Legon announced similar programs by action of national con con- coni i He Be cited the tile policies of the two two bodies as allied on the immigration tion ti tion n question which he said was a n amore amore more more ore serious threat against the national national na na- entity than any other labor seeIng see see- in i Ing i In continued entrance of aliens a aV V possible ssi le system of wage slavery sla and the Legion anticipating a high per percent percent cent cent nt of at people who were willing to live i in the nation but not to fight for It Th endorsement of the adjusted compensation compensation com com- bill by the American Federation Federa Federa- tl tion n of Labor declared clearl showed the sentiments of labor InU in U that nt direction while the mIllionaires millionaires mil made during the war were iI tile the e chief chiet opponents of the bill he hes s said ld i. i |