The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-07-31

lis this true. There is no labor voteC
to be delivered and there is no labor
partisanship to any political party.
There Is, however. a vote of working
men and women and Of those citizens
generally who are forward looking
and who are determined to guard the
principles of freedom and justice, who
will vote more unitedly than ever
before for the retirement of those
who have betrayed the trust placed
in them and for the election of those
whose principles and records indicate
that they may be trusted to uphold
the rights Of the people in public Of
flee:
= THE interest that has been mani
Tested in labor's non-partisan cam
pfaign surpasses anything ever known
i'm an American political effort. In
response to suggestions from the ma
tional campaign committee local
unions, central bodies and state feder-
ations throughout the country have
appointed campaign committees and
these in turn have formed compact
central organizations through which
the efforts of all might be organized
and! CO. -ordinated for the purpose of
securing the most favorable results.
Work in Local Fields.
It has recently been requested that
local labor campaign committees hold
conEressional-district meetings for
the purpose of more effectively or
ganfzing the work in each congress-
ionaI district. Out of close co-opera-
ton of this character much good is
certain to result
In. order to further increase the
enthusiasm and the effectiveness of
- the campaign work the national cam
paign committee has requested that
the executive councils Of all state fed
eratiP Pns Of labor be called together in
special sessions at an early date. The
PURPOSE Of these meetings is to make
clean the. program in each state and
to harmonic and organize all efforts
witt1 one object in view.
The} staff which has been organized
by hthe national campaign committee
at 1the A. F. of l.. headquarters In
Washington is giving every possible
assistance to local campaign commit
tefes, and there should be no hesttancy
OIL the part of any local committee in
asking for such counsel and assistance
al may be deemed necessary. One Of
I'll e most encouraging features of the
entire work of the campaign thus far
has been the tremendous demand for
literature published by our national
committee. It has been impossible to
keep abreast Of this demand, largely
owing to difficulty in securing suffi-
cient quantities Of white paper. but
- avery effort is being made to meet
as fully az possible the needs in this
direction.
The forces Of greed and plunder,
tho. profiteers and the autocrats of
our political and industrial life leave
no doubt as to what they desire and
1neFe they will mass their support.
The challenge Of these forces to
the citizenship of the nation Is brazen
and blunt. That the right-thinking
rnyn and women Of our republic can
afford to allow this challenge to reap
al harvest Of political power in the
coming election Is unthinkable. More
Than in any political contest since the
days Of the civil war the issue is
- CLEARLY. drawn between reaction and
p11ogress. The wish Of the enemies of
labor and Of the people generally. is
n It merely to stand pat for what is;
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