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Show Wim FLAYS LABOR BOARD Federation to Do All Possible Pos-sible to Help Unions Win WASHINGTON, July 13 The American Am-erican Federation of Labor stanJs squarely behind the striking railway Shopmen Of the country and means to do evcrythirg within tho law and within Its power to assist the various unions whose members arc ' fighting for tm . i ry lit' of their organizations," organiza-tions," Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, said The attitude of the railroad labor board was denounced by Mr. Gom-p Gom-p rn. who declared the board, ever since its en atlon had beon a blot on th 1 1 oslble procedure of things." LOOK TO KOADS Mr Gompers said he was confident confi-dent that if the railway executives and representatives of the railway workers were to meet and discuss their differences among thomsolv. they could reach an agreement to end the strike. He did not look with favor fa-vor on any move by the labor board to adjust tho difference between the rail managers and workers, ho said, because In the creation of the board it was apparent that "politicians were to decide the industrial questions." So long as the state authorities refuse re-fuse to call on thi federal government govern-ment for assistance, he Insisted, tho government has no power within thei law to send federal troops Into any state. SCOUTS IDEA. Mr. Gompers scouted the Idea that the striking shopmen were Interfering Interfer-ing with mall trains. Mr. Gompers also asserted ho had Information that the Interstate commerce com-merce commission was In possession of official data to tho effect that lo-COnrfOtlves lo-COnrfOtlves were being illegally sent out of yards by various railroad companies com-panies unfit for service and dangerous danger-ous to the public on |
