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Show hi num.' i.iucuic or s i ions ; is i hi. auvitk or (.oviitiis 4- . l 4.4- 4 WVHIIINCJTON, D C Oct l HeplMnif to a qiitMitlun from William Michaels, a Tulna Okla lahnr leader, an to what efftKt , the leaaus of nations as advo'ut f ed l the American Fedeiailon of Iihor would have upon ihe laboring- people of this tountr. Bamuel Oomiiers. prealdeut of the feclcrutl in tonight wired that the lahor provisions of the eonven- ant constitute labors hill of rlKtus and Is a document for ! hiimanlt) " 4. After pointing out that the federation at Its 1919 convention ! had unanimously imlorwid the leawue Hamper urifed American workeia to support It heeuuse Its proWslon would confer lasting benefit upon the wage earner of the world and Is a great In- ternatlnnat effort to forward thoe measures that make for the Improvement or the htardards and health of tho people In all slKiintnn nation." aompers statement was sup. plemented l a statement from the federation's non paitlsan po. lltlral campaign oommlttee fur- ther expressing what was termed the viewpoint of labor All op- ponents of the league, tho state. ment de lared, could tie classed either as 'extreme reactionaries or extreme radicals " Tho former, It said, oppose the league because the covenant pro. vide the 'best aheok on reac- tlou," while radloals take the ground that It means 'a stiffen- ing against change." |
