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Show 'IP! ilabor mm I ''With Hunters of America" j From Palmer Down, Are j Severely Criticized j CLEVELAND. June -J. A labor ' platform was favored by the church and community convention of the ! commission on federations of the fed- oral council of churches of Christ of I America, which closedhere yesterday. 'The platform was Included In the so-Jclal so-Jclal service report, and calls for rec-lognition rec-lognition by the United Churches, of: . Fraternal conferences of labor leaders lead-ers and employers under Christian I auspices. Community free speech forums. The co-operative movement of labor ins a preparation for Industrial democracy. democ-racy. Experiments in sharing In and control con-trol of industries by labor. "There are interests In this countiy 'that would give millions of dollars i to suppress this report," Chairman I". IB. Smith declared. The labor clauses turned the morn-i morn-i ing meeting into a general discussion J of socialism and radical issues. "While i culminating in no action, because the ! convention had no legislative power, the discussion revealed a remarkable (unanimity of opinion that the churches j recognize the fact that labor Is demanding de-manding id worthy of a new station j In civilization. j Col. Raymond Robins and Rev. Harry Har-ry E- Fosdlok of New York addressed I the closing session. I "The witch hunters of America, from the attorney general down, are j doing more for Bolshevism than any soap box orator." Col. Robins said. Rev. Harry E. Fosdlck declared that ithe "administration is displaying 'amazing Ingenuity in discovering more j limits to which Idiocy can go." |