The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-10-06
FINANCIAL As WELL As
MORAL AID NECESSARY
Officers of American Fedora
tion of Labor Issue Appeal
For Funds.
Money Is Necessary to Con-
duct Political Campaign
Against Enemies.

duct Political Campaign
Against Enemies.
Washington, D. c., Oct. 4.-The
American Federation of Labor is de-
termined to wage it's political war
against the congressman who have
proved themselves to be enemies to
labor legislation. tt is necessary to
have money to do this successfully.
No contributions will be accepted
from candidates, and most of the
money must come from members Of
trade unions. Secretary Frank Morri-
son has sent out this appeal to the
labor organizations of America:
Dear Sirs and Brothers: Every
Wage-earner every member of organ
lied labor, and every sympathizer with
our cause must feel gratified with the
result of Labor's first skirmish in
Maine, where stinging rebuke was
administered to Mr. Littlefield and his
allies.
All the trust forces, all the re-
sources of corporate wealth, all the
prestige of administrative power were
thrown into the fight to save Mr.. Lit
tleield from utter defeat.
Labor, with very slender financial
resources, made a clean-cut, straight
forward contest, purely on the
grounds of securing justice for Labor
and the rights of the common people.
fields majority from 5,419, in 1904, to
L. TO-. ,~%
closed.
Though Mr.. Littlefield slipped in,
the vote was moral victory for our
cause and will have great influence in
the general campaign.
Our problem now is to defeat the
enemies of Labor and elect as many
as possible of our friends and sympa-
thizers all over the country in the No.
vember elections.
There are nominated a number of
stanch trade union men in various
districts and we want to elect every
one of them.
We are grateful for the response
made to our first call for funds, but
the total already contributed falls far
short of what is necessary to carry
on the immense campaign in which
we are involved.
You will understand that in order
that our cause may be adequately pre-
sented and defeated we must have
1nHny tr sdes- niUnTspeakerszS9eiuSs iuSs the
field, we must distribute large guam.
tity of printed matter, and in many
other ways aid the local organizations
in defeating our enemies and electing
cur friends.
The hostile press of the country
and all the resources of trust and cor.
porate power are arrayed against us
in a desperate effort to prejudice the
people of the country against the JUS
tice of our cause and to misrepresent
the issues upon which Labor is max
ing this campaign.
The situation Is such that it is i'm.
perative that we have sufficient funds
with which to meet the appeals which
are daily made to American Fedora
ton of Labor headquarters for assist
ance in carrying on the great work OF
Labor's campaign in all parts of the
country.
We have accomplished much good
preliminary work with the funds
! which were contributed by the unions
| in response to our first call.
But we cannot achieve the results
which you desire no less than we, un
| less there is more general and in
dividual response to our appeal.
We have refused to accept cam.
paign contributions from candidates
You will, therefore, appreciate that
we are entirely dependent upon you
for the funds necessary to carry this
campaign to glorious finish.
We now ask that each and every
trade union member will individually
contribute the sum of 81 to the cam
paign fund. In any event, it must be
understood that we are glad to re
ceive any contribution, and in any
way that the unions desire to assist
but we believe that this personal ap
peal to each union member is justi
fed by the Importance of the cam
paign upon which we have now en-
tered, and we believe the members
will respond.
The time Is short between now anc
the November election. What we car
accomplish depends largely on the
generosity and promptness of your
response.
! The secretary of each local unior
is urgently asked to read this appea
at the first meeting of the union.
| 1t is hoped that the matter will be
taken up at once, the individual con
tributions made, and the amount for
warded.
At the close of the campaign a full
accounting of all receipts and expend