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Show I GOMPERS LAUNCHES ATTACK ON HEARST WASHINGTON. March 21 Samuel Gompers has launched an attai . OD William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher, In "The Federationist," official of-ficial organ of the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor- Mr Oompi rs Bald that for years Mr. Hearst 'personally politicals po-liticals and through his newspapers has undertaken to control the labor movement and those who speak for It." Ho asserts that "when Mr Hearst n spired to the pn m .. he sen: a representative to Mr. t.ompirs "with a view to chaining him to his presidential presi-dential chariot." but that Mr Gompers Gomp-ers declined. "When It dawned on him that the people declined to follow the fortunes or misfortunes of Hearst's political aspirations." Mr. Gompers continues, 'he has endeavored to undermine their influence and'destrny them "So he has begun a repetition through his m irspapers of the slanderous sland-erous and contemptible attack on the character and work Of the president of the American Federation of I abor and his associates. His real enmity Is not necessarllv agaln3t those officers offi-cers of the labor movement, but the hop of minimizing or eliminating the American Federation of Labor Itself' |