The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-08-30
LABOR CONTRASTS
LEADERS RECORD
NEEDS OF MASSES BETTER
UNDERSTOOD BY COX-DEM.
OcRATIC PLATFORM ALSO
MAKES MEASURE OF PRO.
GREss FOR WoRKMEN-
HARDING VOTES GIVEN.

Washington, Aug. 29.-Organized
zed labor's non-partisan politica,
campaign committee, co":::aring
the public records of the Republi'
can and Democratic presidential
nominee, declared in a report made
public today that Governor Cox had
":shown himself possessed of a full
er understanding of the needs OF
the working people"
The report, signed by Samuel
Gompers, president; Matthew Woll,
vice president; and Frank Morrison,
secretary of the American Fedora
tion of Labor, is the first ever made
on presidential candidates by fed
Grafton. committee.
Taking up the senatorial record
of Senator Harding, the committee
declared that on 18 measures deal
ing with labor his score stood: Fa-
vorable z, unfavorable 10, paired
unfavorable l.
. The Republican nominees vote on
labor issues during his term in the
state senate of Ohio, as reported by
the committee, stood: Favorable 6,
unfavorable 0. In this connection
the report said:
Senator Harding's record in
Washington affords a better oppor-
tunity for analysis of his legislative
views than does his record ssfn the
Ohio senate by reason Of the fact
that his term of service extended
for longer period of time, during
which he was called upon to con-
slider wider variety of measures. I"
No Adverse Action
Reviewing Governor Cox's record
the report said that while governor
of Ohio he had "acted upon SO
measures of interest to labor with
out acting on single one adversely
to labor" AS member of the 62nd
congress, the governor was record
ed as voting Favorable" to labor on
two measures, the only ones listed.
After reviewing and quoting at
length from the utterances Of the
candidates on labor issues in their
speeches of acceptance the commit
tee summarized its findings in this
language:
"There can be but one conclusion
hased upon a careful and impartial
survey of the actions and declara-
tions of the candidates. Governor
Cox has shown himself possessed of
a fuller understanding of the needs
of the working people, a reader re-
sponse to their needs and to their
proposals and a broader statesman
ship in his public discussion of the
problems of the industrial world.
''In addition to his superior un-
derstanding, Governor Cox is the
candidate on a platform which labor
has declared marks a measure of
progress not found in the Republi-
can platform Of human rights than
do the planks found in the Republi-
can platform.
''Not only in the specific utter
ances relating directly to questions
held paramount by labor in the
comparison favorable to Governor
Cox. His progressive and construc-
tive viewpoint holds throughout his
declaration of public questions,
though he slips at times into that
ambiguity which unfortunately has
marked to a greater or less degree
the platforms of both parties and
the utterances of both candidates.
'eIt must be Texasperating to the
whole American public that politi'
cal parties bidding for the suffrage
of the whole citizenship can not
state in definite terms what are
their pledges. The same exaspera'
ton must be felt regarding many OF
the utterances Of candidates. How
ever, the viewpoint Of Governor
Cox is, we find, more clearly ex
pressed and less open to the criti