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Show Labor Unions Are In Favor of the League of Nations NEW YORK. prll 17.-The labor bureau of the League to Enforce Peace, in a report made public today, declares that organized labor overwhelmingly over-whelmingly favors the entrance of the United States into h League of Nations. The evidence in the possession posses-sion of the league includes resplutloni or letters from international and national na-tional labor unions with a membership of more than two and a half million and representing every important industry. in-dustry. The League to Enforce Peace already al-ready has received copies pi resolu: lions indorsing the League of N itiODfl movement From 108 of the son cent tl unions of the country. These resolutions resolu-tions were adopted since the pu hi ii tlon of the Paris covenant on February Febru-ary 14. Among the international labor unions which have reported such at Uon are the Bricklayers, .Masons and Plasterers of America, the Switchmen's Switch-men's Union of North America; the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America: and the Swedish Working men's I'nion ni America Formal ui-ldorsemem ui-ldorsemem has come al6o from Qui state federations of Colorado, Kentucky, Ken-tucky, Minnesota, Montana, Utah West Virginia and Porto Rico. The report estimates that at least one thousand addresses in faor of the League of Nations are made every day at labor union meetings in all parts of the country. Five thousand picked labor representatives hae been commissioned by the League to Enforce Peace to carry on this speaking speak-ing campaign among the unions. The report instances the case of an A. F. L organizer living in Mobile, Alabama, who was commissioned as a league speaker. The very next day this man delivered League of Nations speeches before four local labor organizations or-ganizations and as a result all four locals lo-cals adopted resolutions indorsing the league and sent them to their senators in Washington. "Th effort to establish a League ()f Nations," says the report, "is primarily primar-ily a popular movement. The hearty support of union labor is the best possible pos-sible evidence that the league idea appeals ap-peals 10 the mosi Intelligent portion ot the workers of America." Attached to the report is a list ? central labor unions which have reported re-ported to the league the adoption of resolutions "Indorsing the league of nations and calling upon our United States senators, asking their support for such a league of nations when presented pre-sented for consideration by the president presi-dent of the United States, as part of the treaty of peace." The list follows. Central Labor Unions. Arizona Phoenix. Arkansas Little Rock, California Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Barbara. Pasadena, Stockton. Colorado Grand Junction. 1 r.nneelii ul N w 1 .ondon, Middle-town. Middle-town. Waterbury. 1 1. -laware Wilmington. Florida Key West. Georgia Atlanta. Idaho Boise. Illinois Sprl&gfleld, Ilillsboro, Streator. CarllnVllle, Eldorado. Mount I Vernon, Aurora, Jacksonville, Canton, j Alton. Batavia. Indiana Muncie, New Albany, La Payette, Boonvllle, Michigan City. Iowa Tri-City. Kansas Topeka. Kansas City, Coffey Cof-fey vi lie Kentucky Covington. Louisville. Louisiana - Shreveport. Maine Augusta. Maryland - Baltimore. MasachuSetta Boston, Somerville Springfield Chicopfee, Brockton. Michigan Flint, Port Huron, Es-canaba, Es-canaba, Minnesota -St. Paul, Duluth. Montana Billings, Helena. New Jersey Paterson. Elizabeth New York Buffalo. Hudson. Nv Rochelle, Mount Vernon, Rocht Bter, SjracuaQj iungtton. Odvci;o, Aubuiu. Ohio -Mar(bn, Columbus, Bucyrus, Elyrla, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Lorain, Portsmouth, Akrun. Fostoria. Tiffin. North Carolina- Raleigh. Oklahoma Bart lesvllle, Shawnee. Pennsj ivania Punxsutawney, Eas-ton. Eas-ton. Spartansburg, York. Connellsrlllo, Pottsville. Mahanoy City, Scranton, Washington. South Dakota Sioux Falls. Tennessee Chattanooga, Jackson, Knoxville. Texas Thurber, Big Spring, Dallas, Galveston Utah Ogden, Salt Lako City Washington Olympia, Spokane, Ho-quiam. Ho-quiam. Wesl Virginia Huntington. . Wisconsin Rhinelander, Oshkosh. Wyoming Rock Springs. |