Show s AMERicAN MM FED FEDERATION RATION OF LABOR GROWS CONSERVATIVE r Portland Convention Thus Thiis Th s Far Conveys Impression Im Impression Labor Seeks to Become Partner of of Capital and anci Will Wilf Stand for No NoUn 1 Un Un American Radicalism F BT By C T HOOF HOGE Special Correspondent to The Ther Th Stand Standard Standard Examiner Copyright ht 1928 1923 PORTLAND Ore Or Oct Ot La S-La- La- La LaLor Lor bor the Irresponsible tool fol hU lia been b en metamorphosed Into Inta I labor bor th the partner of capital Labor now es c and business and and- and handles handle the problems problem formerly considered con- con the th dh right rig of or bosses bow Labor has haa up a sort of eelS eelS- ot of o If Its own snapping the tho blacksnake o cr those ho who would Make k the thc toiler toller I a a traitor Such le Is I the th conclusion to be drawn t-oni t speeches beIng delIs delIs- eed d herr here dally daily At t the convention c of the thc American Federation of ot lA-I lA La- La Laior Lat or or arch amalgamatiOn of those tho who toll with their hand Band It Is IsIng t Ing Ins preached In III committee 11 In 1 the th lobby outside the th great Tat reat con con- coni hill hall In the hotels on the floor Furthermore t Is openly whispered that It Is I 1 not e- e ly Iy the th Influence of Gom Gom- Gom Gompers Gomper pers that has hu brought tal about ed id that If It another anther than thun is Ie chosen to ease the th Its lt later travels the th same tame will continue The Thc federation Is growing more morron onsen cn alve lv So f far r durin during the n 95 resolutions hAve been heen Introduced Usually by this a a eon contention ha hill anywhere from 10 to resolutions plied piled on en the th table The Th rule rula Is Js that l consent must be b had tor haibe-tor before rere a a resolution ma may b be pro pre pre after th second div dv of the i convention The Th organization Is so eo thoroughly shot hot through with con con- that no radical move move- ment ma may mav get ret even Ten a bearing under this rule Quite Quit a stir was WIlS cus caused cau d the th other da day by a rumor that a group of CommunIsts had hd appeared In the thc city to try to stampede d the th con con- for torn radical action or orether ether The Th of It other d das S would hate ha ha been no more by the th report than If someone had said ald a another nother delegate dl had nad But the Its let did not appear Singularly absent also niso Is the th I J W tv W Influence For the th most moat part fart no delegates of hue hu ere era er even sent here by the locals huel It If any gained election under f lee false tl colors he be ll ba has not raised his hi voice INor Nor Isor has nas the th one on bill big union Idea Idu gained rained much headway Tto 0 T resoLutIons with a slight trend ere er Intro introduced one oneto oneto onto to permit a further am I of If unions allied In the tho th same am gen gen- general general iren-eral iren eral craft crafts another to allow Q a worker In one on craft to affiliate paying plying Initiatory tory fell fees In InI I noth union whose who members member re- re reQuire r Quire quira Identical training These were ere presented however howver by byom some come om of the th most conservative d delegates Still one on must mut not gain the tho Idea that the th radical influence enc Indu-enc ence Is de dead d It Is Ia 1 till to be in found I I I I lie In the logging camp Amp on the th water In the tita mule mills on Ud eV nn non the tb farina iMn Men flen who push the th or r the th sho shoel ho el l rny may have hav red tard But Rut If It the tb hope ho tto to Rain gain any foothold In the s th con CO- their Intent has ha not de- de d I a j Sonic Some Bora tall talk u aa a heard a week ot or ono MO ago that hat an L I W TO WI 1 demon demon- mon tation was wag to f be b held li ld before the eyes ryu of the th federation fed It was wM to toba I hae ba babe be been som thine like the th demonstration fere here her last lest spring aprin h when hen n tho the hydro electric construction construct construction tion camps and the logging Indue- Indue li i tl tI were tied up for a time by the th Show of Strength But Dut It has haa notI not I appeared yet y t So Bo one on rains game the th born this convention that thit I labor bor as ASan nn an organized cl class ss Is Ie the b best st from capital and mod mod- mod lIng them Into tools tool whereby It Itcan Itcan Itcan can fight Its battles battle and hold what whal ground round It has gained rained It has ha de- de determined determined de determined that hat AmerIcanism lm Is I one tl ci the best of these thes Implements |