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Show I PARTY TURNS G. 0. P. Proposes Industrial Enslavement, Report of Gonial Goni-al pcrs and Woll Declares H BROAD HINTS SENT I OUT TO DEMOCRATS Wwr Several Planks in Republican mm Platform Attacked as Un- fflm friendly to Workers MONTUEAL. Juno 12. Amid ' wKpl tremendous iipplnutc the Amerl- Mffel can Federation or Jjiilor al lis mi- Ifttjfl nual convention here today ndopt- Ife&i cd n report condemning tin? lie- I 5&1 publican convention In Chlenpo for "turning 11- back on labor' Mtfl In adopting its plalforni. l$WM During readlne of tin? report. gPK presented by Snmucl Gompers aiul 5ft! Matthew Woll. president and vice MB jresldcnt 'of the federation, uri- fljlfflj ous sections of Republican planks '5rJB criticised by the labor leaders were hissed, while their critics re- Ieclvcd applause, Mr. Gompers announced that the executive council has ilirecled that labor's demands submitted to the Jlcpublicnn convention be presented in identical form to I ho .Democratic national convention. MONTREAL, June 12. The Repub- Iican convention has "turned its backi ' 1 upon labor," and has adopted a plat-j form "defiant In its deter.se of tho. ' enemies of labor and calculated lo se-J aur.forthem -fresh, adAyin,lagtw- and! 'gr&tdr" privileges.'' .Samuel. Uompers' aii'd.'Matthew Woll, president and vice ; president df the American Federation; of Labor, ' declared, hero today in a statement presented at tho red era-1 lion's annual convention. The '"labor declaration of the plat-' form, as adopted, they asserted, "pro-! poses an industrial onslavcmont and-an and-an abrogation of rights-a$ precious asj "While there is in the platform aj certain shrewdness in selection or' language, lan-guage, there Is never any opportunity1 for doubt as to tho true meaning of their provisions relating to labor," they added. The statement vigorously assails the. Republicans foY neglecting anti-prof i-i teeWng legislation recommendations. i l'ro nicer Jg-norcu. 'HI "Tho Republican platform practl-cally practl-cally ignores the protlteer," the state- iVflfi ment added, "anu wmle recognizing tho evils oi currency" inflation, orieiaj no remedy for that condition. Speemc mHI proposals submuted by labor lor re- i'kWA ,i0f LroIU t,,c High COaC f livIn? !Lll(J vYA profiteering are given no place in the IkBm platform." MP The Mexican plank of the platform, Stf'H ' wv the labor leauers charged, "ciearlyj i aims lo undermine tne sovereignty of " the Mexican government jfnd to make: W J the maintenance oi order in Mexico ijXA lnu busthesa of tho government or lhet ' United States. ! fclfl "It proposes tho fulfillment of what! long have been tne Jiopes and aims of j !ft inose whose sole object is tne cxpioi- Ifill j tallon of tlie peopie and bounuiesa. gJill resources or' Mexico," according to tne! ? labor cmeis. jjul ; Demand Repudiated. I oyjl The Republican endoisernciit of the: SI - transportation act oi lyo was ae- ji mured to be a complete denial auaj ' jM repudiation of the demand buoiniticdl JjBi U I moor and is an e.npualie enuoi &.e-! Xmi i.ieut of ttiu krbor provisions oi tne . i Cunimins-iJsch railroad act. ipj'l w atiCt,on 01 tllla l'lnk referring lu .I"-'aCL,lul aruiti-ation on tne wage sffll t dispucea was said to oe "a denial of Kill lne lawful right of the workers to ijaf cense wbrkluif." 5J - "This denial of the right to strike," Jjj. . Die' labor chiefs asserted, "the party j jflr V jiroelahns as one of its greatest H j 'i achievements." HVJ - llints to Democrats.6 H: "Wc hold no brief for tho Demo-Bii Demo-Bii ' cratlc party," continued tho statement H' eOnimentlng on the Republican cou-WWi cou-WWi demnatlon of the Democratic adminls-H adminls-H -j I f stratlon for "failure to enforce the H 1 Jj antl-profitccring laws, but we call at-H at-H I lentlon to the fact that specific pro-H pro-H ' posals on this subject submitted by la-Hi la-Hi bor are Ignored completely r t "The Kepubllcan platform evades Hi' the issue and offers no remedy; k de-BJ de-BJ j' nles the Importance of profiteering as BJjtj;;j iho leading causo of the high cost of H jAu , living and endeavors to put a part HQS J of the responsibility" upon what It HI Mr; falsely calls 'disproportionate wage Hjnif advances.' "We have no knowledge of Hj3& any' substantial or effective antl-profl-Hjfjg teerlng laws passed by tho Republican Hjlijr congress." H1Ln Ijabor's Demands Dcidcd. Nl The plank regarding labor's right to HUH strike "constitutes a denial of labor's HHls demands and contemplates the eroc- HJkl Hon of government machinery for the HK1 coercion of labor and for tho supprca- HHV1 ' sion and limitation of Its proper law- HHSa I ful and normal activities," said the HJII ' statement. HHVI "It proposes to erect government HhHI tribunals vested -with the power to HHHI compel involuntary labor. Tho entire HBI 1 plank is a denial of freodom and m HHI 1 addition Gubvorslvo of iho best inter- HHI I ests of our republic." HJffi" The labor leaders asserted Itopubli- Hyi cans failed to mention in tholr plat- HJT " form labor's demands for a federal HJj f law for tho legal right of "voluntary H i association 0 protect Itself against HJ 1 unwarantabterflasuanco of writs of ln- H ! j unctlpto-'viotous onforce- ment of tho seamen's act and the most liberal Interpretation of its provisions." pro-visions." Proho Is Demanded. A. congressional Investigation into alleged "unspeakable outrages" Inflicted In-flicted upon the mine workers bv the "coal Interests" in West AMrghiia Is demanded In a resolution unanimously adopted here today by the convention of the American Federation- of labor. |