While the high commands of the two great U. S. labor forces were assembled in simultaneous convention last month A. F. of L. in Denver, C.I.O. in Atlantic Citythey agreed in a sudden exchange of insulting telegrams to hold a formal peace conference. Last week the two delegations met in Washingtonthree men from A. F. of L., ten from C.I.O. From the start the conference seemed doomed. Superstitious reporters noted that the delegates numbered 13. Even the site of the conference, the creaky old Willard Hotel, was inauspicious, for the Willard itself...
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