Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-27
BOTH PARTIES
PLAN BIG LURE
FOR LABOR VOTE
Managers Scent Danger in Of
fensive Begun on Enemies
of Working Man.
CLOSE ELECTION SEEN
By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIAIMs.
News Service STAFF Cor
respondent.

By WILLIAM PHILLIP sDEMs.
international News Service STAFF Cor
respondent.
WASHINGTON. July 27-The smash
ing offensive begun by President sam
ueI Gompers and the American Fedora
lions affiliated with the national organ
the working man, threatens TO give the
labor group the balance of power in the
November elections.
Seeming danger, campaign managers
Of both democratic and republican parties
are planning to go after the labor vote
as they have never gone after any vote
before.
A week from next Sunday the executive
councils of the forty eight state fedora
ton affiliated with the national organ
ization will hold special meetings for
getting together with the national
campaign committee of the American
Federation Of Labor sitting at Washing
ton.
At these conferences the records of all
senators and congressman up for re-
election this fall will be gone into thor
oughly and passed on al favorable or I'M
favorable to the worker. Labor's national
political campaign viii then be CO.
ordinated through the committee here
and from that time blossom into full
force and vigOr.
The November election viii be close,
the two big parties now agree.
LITTLE WEIGHT
TO SMALL TALK.
They deprecays all such talk as "a
yellow dog on the\ republican ticket this
year. and nowhere are responsible
democrats claiming a walkover.
Leaders of both parties say the fight
will be bitter and that the winner. when
Il Is over, Will know he has been in
mans size scrap.
Labor's vote, all agree, viii be ex-
tremeIy important this year, II not vital
It stands to be the biggest ever east
by organized working en, and in an
election which experts forecast as close.
Roughly. there are 10000 local organ
izations throughout the United States.
grouped about 900 central bodies and
forty-eight state declarations.
Labor officials estimate their member
ship at 100000. with a voting strength
OF close on to 100000.
President Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor declares that this
vote Is non-partisan.
That Is, II Is neither republican nor
democratic, bat will be cast be says,
for those men who, IN congress or back
home in their respective states, have
been most friendly toward labor.
ONLY SMALL
PERCENTAGE OUT.
small percentage of the labor vote
Only was behind the Chicago labor
convention held this month. according
TO officials of the American Federation
here
President Gompers himself is on rec-
ord as opposing a labor party, as such,
preferring 4 nonpartisan attitude, lcav-
ing labor free to cast its vote for its
friends" republicans here, democrats
there, according to the legislative rec
Ords OF each particular candidate.
More than fifteen primary elections. ac-
ccrding to members OF tie federation's
campaign committee, have been won by
Ia Dor by following these tactics.
Labor, they point out, by remainir9
Honpartisan as a national policy. but
casting It's vote In BLOCK for its
friends" regardless Of party. had thus
proved the balance Of power.
Twenty-three primaries remain TO be
held IN the states.
Politicians are wondering whether Ia