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Show support of misguided philanthropists and women societies who are constantly con-stantly keeping up the agitation. "My policy will be that of Mr. tm Cleave. I do not believe in compromise compro-mise with criminals..It ig better to bring the whole labor uestlon to a pointed Issue instead of temporizing and fooling with .it The only way to deal with this animal Is to take it by the horns till It Is made obedient. obedi-ent. If we had to deal with the 95 per cent of labor men who are for justice and fairness we could settle this wholo labor problem In an instant." in-stant." The convention closed tonight with a banquet at the Waldorf Astoria, addressed ad-dressed by Representative Fowler of New York and Ambassador Von Bern-stoiff. of appreciation of his efforts to "uphold "up-hold individual liberty in the industrial indus-trial life of the country." John Klrby, Jr., who was elected president, also praised Mr. VanCleave and promised to follow his policies. "Mr. Gompcrs," said Mr. Kirby, has said that while Mr. VanCleave would pretend to refuse a re-nomlna-tlon he would in reality bo dropped. If Mr. Gompers could have been present here today when Mr. VanCleave was made the recipient of every mark of -appreciation and respect within the gift of the association and of its members mem-bers individually he would undoubtedly undoubt-edly have amended his judgment of the causes lying at tho bottom of my election. . "Now that I have been chosen to succeed Mr. VanCleave, however, I do not know where Mr. Gompers' consolation con-solation Is to come from. "The life of the American Federation Federa-tion of Labor Is hanging by a thread and there would be no militant organized organ-ized labor today if It were not for the MANUFACTURERS AT ANNUAL MEETING RATIFY NEW OFFICERS CHOSEN BY COMMITTEE. Corporation Committee Recommends Securing of Progressive Scheme of State Legislation. New York. May 19. Ratification of the new .officers chosen by the nominating nom-inating committee and discussion of reports of the committees were on the program of the concluding day of the annual meeting of the National Apsociation of Manufacturers. The report of the committee on Immigration Immigra-tion made today declared that "public sentiment in the United Slates on the whole appears to be In favor. of selection se-lection rather than restriction of Immigration, Im-migration, having no objection to a considerable amount of immigration if of a ' desirable quality." The principle which .is embodied In the present immigration laws was approved by 'the committee. ' Tho committee on national corporation corpora-tion recommended that the matter of securing a progressive schemo of uni form state legislation with resp ct to1 laws affecting manufacturing intf rests be referred to counsel for the asf locia-tlon. locia-tlon. The committee on bank sui erln-tendency erln-tendency presented a resolution asking ask-ing the association to do ail i i Its power to prevent any attempt i o repeal re-peal the national bankruptcy aA't of 190S. 1 The association adopted a resolution resolu-tion recommending" to congress 1 Ibe passage of a bill similar to that I ry foil fo-il uced in the last congress and advocated advo-cated by President Taft, providing Vor sufficient postal compensation to tabllsh a swift and regular service on American built steamships to tho piln" cipal countries of South America at"'1 to ports or Australia, Japan, China the Philippines. I The committee on pure food recon" mended that the association supp'r' the enforcement of tho pure food lar 8 Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, atid the referee board of consulting scklu" tlfic experts of the department of riculture and that the assoclatiJ11 should favor harmony between, stlto and national legislation on food qics" tions. J On behalf of the members, Liiwlg Nissen presented to James W.f an cleave, tho retiring president f2L association, a check for $lo? ' a bronze placque and a ruby stlf p , California members of the rJ att , , Association of Manufacturers loday highly honored J. V. Van CliaTe' rGA' tiring president of the aasoc.13'1,'011;. diamond ring was presenter ? ' VanCleave by J. McKiner' r7. JS? Francisco In behalf of th.f rutin Industrial Association o t .;JEi and the California Jeic-; C a 10 |