Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-07-24
ORGANIZED LABOR
ENTERS POLITICS
AMERICAN FEDERATION TO
URGE woRKINaMEN TO ACT
AZ UNIT AT POLLS.
CAMPAIGN is MAPPED
OUT BY THE LEADERS
President Gompers and Others will
Speak In Opposition to Congress-
men Deemed Inimical to Cause Of
Trade Unionism.

1TSSIQouI dOWp0TS anu tuS mouU0TH
Of the executive council, is about to
issue a political proclamation to the
workingmen of America, urging them
to act as a unit against the election
of candidates for Office who are un-
friendly or Indifferent to the interests
of organized labor.
The federation has 100000 voters
on its rolls, and working with it are
100000 members Of the railway
unions. Gompers and many other la
Dor leaders will go throughout the
country making speeches in the dis:
tricts of those members Of congress
they will seek to defeat.
Many Marked for Slaughter.
Representative Littlefleld, Maine,
who IL alleged to be hostile to the la
Dor interests, is the first object of the
federation's attack. During the cam
paign Gompers viii make MONDAY
speeches to the factory hands in Lit
tleflelGs district. Among other candir
dates for reelection to congress who
ore on the federation's BLACK list"
are Speaker Cannon, Republican Lead
sr Payne. Representatives Dalzell.
Pennsylvania; Charles Lands, Indi-
ana; Jenkins, Wisconsin, chairman Of
the judiciary committee which killed
the antiiujunction bill; Parker, New
Jersey, chief antagonist Of the anti
injundtion bill In the judiciary COM
nxttee.
IN fact. all Republican members Of
the judiciary committee will be put on
khe list excepting Representatives
rsarce.. Maryland, and Birdsall, Iowa,
VINO voted With the Democrats in the
committee Against postponing report
Of the bill
All Republican members of the Ia.
Dor committee are in the list, except,
ing possibly Chairman Gardner, New
Jersey. The chairman is held in high
sstsem by the labor leaders, but In
Some qrerters they are opposing him
for not bringing the eight-hour law
fsht 70 0 direct Issue with the
speaker.
Gompers Makes Statement.
Gompers is reticent as to the de-
tails Of his plans. The federation's
political policy. however, Is given out
by him In these words:
AS our efforts are conferred against
All forms of Industrial slavery and
econemic wrong. we must also direct
our utmost enepeies to remove all
forms Of political seryitude ana par
" slavery, to the end that the work.
ing people may act es 4 unit at the
POLLS in every election.
1.-THE federation most firmly and ua-
sauivocally favors the Independent
use Of the ballot by trade unionists
and Hpykipgmen. united regardless o.
6sSty, that We nay elect men from
dur own s.aQks to make haw LAYS end
administer them ss,,ong the lines laia
dovn IN the legislative dsmands Of
The federation and at the same time
secure an impartial Judiciary thRtswill
not govern " ny arbitrary INJUNCTION
Of the courts, nor got ~ the plant
tools OF corporate wealth"
Prosecutions 10 Be Started.
Prosecutions for alleged violations
OF the eight-hour law will be started
by the department Of justice within
the next few days.
The department will select case
for the first prosecution which will
serve as potent example to other
contractors. It is understood the first
arrest will be that OF one OF firm
Of contractors engaged in important
work in a>large city.