Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-27
COX FRIENDLY TO
LABOR WHILE GOVERNOR
Leaders Say He is Almost Sure to
Get Solid Union Vote in
Ohio.


Special To New toFk NoIu.
DAYTON. July 27.-lnterviews which
the World correspondent has had with
representative labor leaders show that
beyond doubt the bulk of the organized
labor vote Of Ohio will be cast for Cox.
Officially these men can take no position
because the Federation Ct Labor I'm the
state has indicated that its only part
IN the campaign will be the distribution
az the labor records Of the candidates.
I-nofficially they say the record of
Harding is 50 bad and that of Cox so
good that Ohio workers will go to the polls
and vote for Cox just as they did In the
1916 and 1918 elections when he was
running for governor.
The Congressional record of Harding
has already been distributed to the
Ohio unions As The World has told tins
record shows seven votes IN Congress
favorable TO labor, ten uniavorable,
eight measures CT interest to labor IN
which he failed to vote, and one IN winch
he was paired unfavorably. Included
is unfavorable action on the tsch-
Cummins BILL which has alienated the
majority of the railroad men.
II IS understood that the Cox Con
prcssional labor record has been prepared
nv the American Federation of Labor,
hut IL has not vet reached the Ohio
distribution points. While this Is said
to show four or five matters OF interest
~ unions on which Cox failed to vote,
il IS Cox's record as governor that IS
heing counted on to swing the union vote
into his column.
This record will be compiled by the
Ohio Federation of Labor and will show,
.o the World correspondent was informed
TODAY. over hundred measures on which,
as governor. Cox acted favorably either
hv approving bills after they had been
passcd or by actually going out and
forcing labor measures through the
Legislature.
In indication OF what may be expected
j. found in the reports Of Thomas }.
Donncllv. legislative agent of the Ohio
Federation for 1917 and 19l9-1920, the
reports for other wears not being avail
able. The 1917 record shows that Cox
approved twenty-three bills and
onr resolution which were favor
able 10 or in the interest of labor, and
that he vetoed two.
D,iring the 1919 session he signed
fifteen bills directly affecting labor,
twenty ''of interest TO labor, four
measures pertaining to the school svs-
tenn which labor had Endorsed, and
railroad full-crcw bill. The records for
these two wears take no account OF the
fight he made in 1913 which brought about
an uphCaval IN the State industrial system
So far rs the safeguards assured to workers
are concerned.
Onc of the most significant things
that has happened as indicating the
attitude Ohio labor will take Is found IN
the course OF this weeks Labor Review
m coming out actively in opposition to
III, mo
az the most influential labor papers in
the state. \ large majority of its stock
ownership Is vested in twelve labor
unions. the remainder being held by
labor men. Explaining its opposition
tn the Republican candidate, the Labor
Review SAYS:
The record Of Senator Harding sent
out hv the A. L. of l.. has not been chal-
lenged. Therefore the conclusion must
be drawn that Mr. Harding is opposed
To those things which the wage earners
approve. Harding is Objectionable be-.
cause Of his record The Republican
platform Is objectionable because 1t
seeks to compel involuntary labor.
Another labor Endorsement has Just
been formally made by the branch OF
the Typographical Union which COM
prises the shop OF the Dayton Daily
News.
The things that will stand out in the
State labor record of Cox when published
are his fight for the Workmen's Compensa-
ton Law. his Mothers Pension Bill his
Mine Screen Bill. which enabled miners
to collect pay for the coal that went
through the screen as well as for that
which did not his Model School Law for
the rural districts, and his general mea-
sures for womens and children s welfare.