Evening journal., 1918-11-02
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discussions shall be permitted in any
meeting under any circumstances"
After this action, a committee was
elected 10 go 10 Dover and present the
resolution adopted endorsing Senator
salisbury. It included Harry A. w.
Behen. chairman; James 0'Kane, George
Griffith and others. all Democrats. They
were allowed their expenses and the
amount equal to their days wages on
the trip. This money was paid 10 the
committee by John Saylor, a former
official OF the Central Labor Union, who
is now connected with the United states
Employment Service, as supervisor, at
a salary Of $500, a berth obtained by
the endorsement Of Senator Salisbury.
President William r. Seward. Of the
Central Labor Union, being a Republi-
can, refused % attend the convention
or 10 accompany the delegation, but the
day the committee went to Dover, and
shortly before train time, John Say
lOr went TO Mr.. Seward's place OF bus
mess and asked him 10 sign a paper
which Mr.. Seward says he thought was
an excuse for his not being present
with the committee. He affixed his sig
nature. This paper was. in reality. the
Official endorsement Of the central body,
which had not been signed by the pre-
siding officer Of the union.
on reading the account Of the en-
d0rsement Of the candidacy in the pap
ers from the Central Labor Union, Mr..
Seward discovered that the paper pre-
sented 20 him by Mr.. Saylor was that
endorsing Senator Salisbury and he
was restrained at that time by friends
from giving vent to his feelings in the
matter.
Another political trick which was
tried by the same clique in the Central
Labor Union was on last Tuesday night.
when the matter OF having letters sent
TO all workers urging them TO support
Senator Salisbury. was discussed on
The floor OF the meeting for an hour
or more. This suggestion was also
made by Saylor, who holds a Federal
position TO which he was appointed
on recommendation of Senator Sauls-
bury. His political activities in the
Central Labor Union have been en-
dorsed and furthered by those Of fBehen,
an examiner in the Employment Serv-
ice; James Okane, another Federal en-
1plOye, William Barnes, another exam
iner in the same service, and John II.
1 Hickey, a former president Of the cen
tral body, who has relative employed
! IA The department. over which Saylor
presides as superintendent.
As was pointed out today, the
activities Of these leaders for the
salisbury machine in the ranks OF
the Central Labor Union have placed
that organization in the light of a po-
litical organization, despite the fact that
not one of the thirty-two locals asso-
claicd with the Central Body has for
mally approved the actions OF the Cen
tral Body delegates in endorsing the
candidacy Of any one for a political Of
nce
The action Of these twenty self-con-
slituied political czars in representing
the Central Labor Union, with a mem
hership of 10000. was unwarranted and
against the principals Of the American
: Federation of Labor, which is supposed
~ be free from partisan politics.
That the so-called stand for labor by
Senator Salisbury is not as deeply root
ed as IL appears was tie opinion Of Re
publican members of The Central Body
They referred TO the efforts Of that or
ganization. made sometime ago, to have