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Show conn of I LABOR FDR 1321 I IG0ESI0DE1ER I j Colorado Capital Wins Over I Birmingham in Vote of t Federation Members J LABOR UNIVERSITY H j ONE THING PROPOSED H (Federation Also Interested in Obtaining Control of Num-ber Num-ber of Newspapers MONTH ISA U Juno 15. Dcnvci. Colo., was selected by tho America ll'oderatlon of Ijibor here today for Its 1021 convention. j Birmingham. Ala., was the onb I rival under dlscusaldn. Denver defeated Birmingham for the convention by S-1,000 to 12.C11 I votes, when on motion of tho south-ru south-ru delegates Denver was declared uuanlniously selected. i W. G. Shon. of the Palntors, Dcco- ratoi-s and Paper Hangers, was unani- mously selected fraternal delegate to jH ;the Canadian Trades and Labor con- 'gross. The federation decided, today it Would flgut "criminal profiteering ' JM and the high cost of living by the oo-operative oo-operative movomqnt. It pledged lt assistance to local and central bodies in forming societies and establishing and operating co-operative ctorea. Co-operation Launched. A levy was approved of $1 on every local union to establish a bureau ot jH co-operation for "promoting and i'd- tM vanclng tho cautfc of true co-opera- VM tlon In the United SUites and Canada The federation also will urge a fed-, fed-, eral law to permit the co-operation oi ( o-opcratlve socletlea organised on tin 1 Rochdale system. IB "Tho workers rcogulzo . cJvarU . jH isald tho ruport approved by the fed- IB ;ratldii., .4'that If thpy establish and tUt&S&VZ tJfclr WtipijetaJ l,jind wholosaU izlng them loyally, they will reduce the cost of living at least to tho d.- VM greo that tho private retail merchant I and middleman have been profiteer- jH ling upon thein. ' I Deploring the "un-American condl- jH tlon" In thf District of Columbia. Hit. IB ( federation pledged support to the resl- IB dents of the national capital in their jH fight. to obtain a voice In the affairs !of our government. The condition of disfranchisement , In the District of Columbia was do- JM ielarcd by the lesolution "Inimical to I the best interests of manhood and vvomanliood." l'i-oteet Union Teachers. i The executive council and Interna-J Interna-J lional unions were instructed to aid (and jirotect union school teachers from being discriminated against 1)-i 1)-i cause of their association with orga-luizcd orga-luizcd labor. Samuel Gompers, president, was an-Uhorlzed an-Uhorlzed lo appoint a commission tc 'investigate the feasibility of establish-ling establish-ling a national labor unlvcrsiiy. Congress was called upon to gn rej)resenlation to residents of the Pan Jam a canal zono in a territorial dele Igate to the nalional government. The executive council also was in- strutted to consider a plan which ul :timately would icsult in labor roeur ' Ing control of a number of dally news-I news-I papers for the purpose of giving 'fair representation in inatters In which ?. , bor is concerned." H The federation adopted a resolution 'calling upon congress to renew lhr H j tn per cent tax on child labor em- H plovi'.n when tlie present law expire H in December and urged the enactment lH oi' "more effective" child labor lcgl |