Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1907 — Attack on Gompers Renewed. [ARTICLE]

Attack on Gompers Renewed.

American Industries, the organ of the National Manufacturers’ Association, in its issue of NOv. 15 renews its attack on the activities of the American Federation of Labor as directed by President Samuel Qompers. It publishes the report of a firm of public accountants which it had employed to examine tlfi3 monthly reports of the federation, as published in the American Federationist. The findings of these accountants is supposed to reflect weriously on the management of the affairs of the federation, particularly in connection with its organ, the Federationist. At the convention of the federation in Norfolk, Mr. .Gompers, who presided, asked for permission to reply to these attacks on the following day. This was granted.