Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-10-27
CHARGE POLITICS BASIS
OF LABOR CONFERENCE
Asserted Aim Will Be to Elect Men to
Congress Favorable to
Cause.
oLUNrARY sERvIrupn
Republican Leaders Declare They Sec
In Its Organization Menace Tn
interests and Success OF thn
Party.
ny JUsTIN NrcCnAr,,

-, WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-officers Of
Nuke mae A no romrn, ,medEration of Labor
IN calling n conference OF represenjso
yves OF tho international unions, thn
n nsms p,ootherhoods and the farmers'
ton, December IL.
The PURPOSE liz avowedly po,i,ica,
ORGANIZED labor's plan. the leaders
The n0 makG "a" in,i,smsiyS drive in
Congress friendly TO labor's interes,
The The tendency OF tho present. Con.
tion inimical TO the interests OF labor
ana In some instances, destructive az
what are regarded as labors inaiien-
able rights.
Cummins Railway nil.
The Cummins railway bill. with i,s
antistrike clause, Is regarded by the
cs1Sror leaders !rh,s az being in the latter
has been characterized by Mr.. Goiap.rs
and other Of the labor leaders as dc.
sI aSne to E,r bring about a condition Of
Involuntary GervituIe
While the proposed legislation be-
regards as Injurious to FL; s, wedfa iaoG ir
being promoted. tho labor leaders say
hat the campaign which organized
The support Of the workers viii be be-
thrown to the candidates who declare
IN favor OF their cause.
tends TO profit by the political lessons
to be learned from the success Of the
prohibitionistx.
Republicans Worrying.
Some OF the Republican leaders ON
learning today OF the political program
OF labor saw in il n great menace to
me ime success success Of tho Republican party
after this fashion:
In the Southern States 1T would he
oCTdls' w HlCncScr candidate labor
supports VIII be from that party. un-
h hess hr of eourse the solid South should
The Northern Democrats in Congress
all come from industrial eenters and
with organized labor. 80 they viii not
With the Republicans t, lie entirely
different. The largest OF the Rcpub,i-
can gains made in the last election
were IN the states in whish there arc
n .so sre tssu. Industrial CGnters and the
Nebrnakna Delegation.
THE delegation from Nebraska. for
instance. is solidly Republican. where
as Elk years ago 1t was about evenly
congressman and one Democrat Six
y ns.1 ago half Of the delegation! wero
cation was soiIdly Democratl tie Thc
same situation obtains IN other dele.
Some of the members from these
states are looked upon by organized
labor az unfrtendly. and II the con-
templhted political drive is carried into
eTeet II will strike in these states.
IT labor can. overturn many o. these
states the Republican ma jority will
be wiped out and the Democrats will
gain the control OF Congress"
II the American Federation of Labor
can induce the railway brothcrhoods
intensive political campa len 10 eissi
organized labor on the issues raised
by the Industrial conference aud by
legislation now pending before Con-
gtress. its leaders think they viii he
nearly every Industrial and agricul-
tural ''"'r!ct In the United states.
DepIurc Violence.
All OF the power and influence of tho
present administration OF the Ameri-
can federation will be exercised To
persuade the members OF organized
labor to seek their objects through
noli,iea, decision rather than by at
II the refusal OF the Industrial con-
ference 10 agree upon a declaration In
favor of collective bargaining shall
result In bringing the railway urgani-
cations aud the farmers organizations
into actual alliance with the American
Federatioh. as now seems likely. tho
present leaders of the federation believe
the conservative forces In the fedora
lion Will have their strength aug
mented To an extent that II will mako
IT easy for them TO control the radicals
gani2ed labors ends by direct action
rather than by the slower hut saner
method of political persuasion.