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Show I oo I WATERFRONT FEDERATION New York, Dec. 26. Officers of the Waterfront Federation, which In-'' In-'' eludes coastwise seamen and other $ marine workers In this city and Its vicinity, are planning today to organize organ-ize the workers in other cities with the object of forming a national organization or-ganization on the same lines as tho Transport Workers' Union Union of : Great Britain. " Henry P. Griffin, president of the I federation, will start soon to confer ( "with local unions of marine workers in Philadelphia, "Mobile, Baltimore. Norfolk and other ports, extending .v. his trip to New Orleans He cxpocts to return to Now York about Jan-1 Jan-1 iirav -1. Ho announced today that he will meet either Ben Tillman or Tom Mann, the English national labor , organizers in regard to getting their co-operation. ' "They nre both willing to assist fin any way possible in the formation tof the proposed national body," said Mr Grlfflu. |