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Show J Labor is Ready to Fight For Rights Federation Warns Congress Against Anti-Strike Law, General Call Thoughout Country Would Be Issued By A. F. of L. if Clause in Railroad Bill Goes Through Unions Willing to Go Any Limit to Maintain Rights Organized Labor Has Enjoyed for Twenty Years. WASHINGTON, On 2." Passage by either house of congress of the an:i-strike an:i-strike legislation contained in Mih pending railroad bill would result in a general strike vote throughout the country, officials of the American Federation Fed-eration of Labor said today "We are willing to go to any limit to maintain the rights organised labur has enjoyed for twenty years," said one federation official. William H Johnston, president ol the International Association of Machinists, Ma-chinists, the second largest Interna tional union affiliated with the federation, feder-ation, said be would order a vote of the ?,5n,0n0 members of his associa-ion. associa-ion. He and other officials said there !was not a doubt that similar action would be taken by all of the 112 affiliated af-filiated unions Mr Johnston said there was increas- ! ing tendency on the part of some employers em-ployers to bind their workers with in-dividual in-dividual contracts so as to shut out trade unions This was particularly . true, he said, in the metal trades and j direct action" might be resorted to if all other means oi advancing the interests in-terests of the unions failed It was made- known that the proposed pro-posed anti-strike legislation would be one of the subjects to be discussed at the torthcoming conference hen d union labor chiefs In line with the- call from President Gorupers for financial support of the steel strike, Johnston announced that, I an assessment of $1 a weak on he entire membership of te macinists' association as-sociation "as a defense fund" would1 I be proposed next month |