Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-10
$4,000 ]OCAMPA|GN
WAGED BY LABOR
Federation Claims Sixty 0p-
ponents Kept Out of Con-
gress by Non-Partisans.

Approximately $4,000 was spent by
the American Federation of Labor in
its national non-partisan political
campaign, according to figures COM
piled by statisticians at the organiza-
tion's headquarters, which will be in
cluded in the statement to be sub
mitted to the clerk of the House of
Representatives under the law gov
ern1ng accounting of campaign funds.
The statement will be in the hands
of the clerk Of the House within the
next forty-eight hours, it is expected.
1t Is complete resume Of the actiy-
tiles of the nom partisan political or
ganization, including the literature
published, the management of the
in preseiiting to labor the attitude OF
Representatives and senator's on labor
measures.
1000 sfsAf speakers.
According to officials of the Arneri.
can Federation OF Labor more than
1000 volunteers went on the stump
for the organization throughout the
country. Five editions of campaie en
literature, comprising 25O.00O pam
phlets, were distributed by the organi-
zat.on to central labor unions and indi-
vidual organizations throughout the
country.
The records of each representa- tive
and Senator on a list of measures
considered as affecting Organized
labor were compiled and distributed
tricts by the organization
The campaign was conducted from
the headquarters of the American
Federation OF Labor, where an or
ganiZation of less than a dozen eye
cutives handled the high spots of the
twenty clerks and assistants.
Began Fight in Primarie..
What is considered as the greatest
work of the organization was NOT at
the. polls for the final balIoting. but
during the primaries. when. it is
claimed. more than thirty-f1ve repre-
sentatives and senator's holding rec
ords hostile to labor were defeated
An additional twenty-five, it is
claimed, were defeated during the final
elections at the polls.
The result of the work of the COM
mlttee, ofhcials declare. is that APP
were viewed as unfavorable to labor
will not take seats in the new Con
gress. and fifty whose records were
in accordance with the American
reueration OF LaborS idea of labor
fairness in legislation will take un
their positions on Capitol Hill.
Four hundred thousand comics of
"Labors Political Banner Unfurled. !"
which met with great demand amonp
the labor unions and organizers. were
printed as campaign literature. These
were circulated throughout the coun-
try. They. contained the virtual plat
form demanded by labor for candi-
dates for political Offices.
Another pamphlet, entitled "For+v
Years of Action" a resume of the
stand taken by the Federation ~
Labor during the past forty wears
also met with demand, and 100 0oc
copies were distributed as camnaipn
literature. :"
The money used in the campaipn
was obtained through volunteer con
tributions The committee suggested
that voluntary Offering of one cent
per member be made by oreaniza-
tiorfs The membership of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor at present
Is claimed to be over 100000.
The penny-a-head contribution
averaged up to expectations, it was
stated, losses in some sections being
made up by gains in contributors
In other sections. and the goal set was
reached.