The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-01
WORKERS
URGED TO
VOTE FOR
HARDING
Union Labor Heads Resent
Effort To Deliver the
Vote of Workers.


President Samuel Gompers Of tire
American Federation Of Labor, to use
his office 10 deliver the labor vote o
( Governor Cox, thity-nine union lead
ers prominent throughout the country
have signed an appeal 10 their fellow
workers TO elect Harding and He-
publican majority IN the Senate and
House Of Representatives.
The appeal contains scathing dc
nunciation of the Wilson administra-
tion and its attitude toward labor. on
poses the League OF Nations covenant
as submitted by the President, indorses
the Republican record in putting into
law the provision that labor IS not a
commodity or article of commerce, and
pleads for protective tariff.
sIGNERs OF STATEMENT.
Among the signers are James =.
Short, ex-president of the building
trades department OF the American
Federation of Labor. William Brims.
president Carpenters District Council
Of Chicago; Harry L. F'idlcr. ex-secre-
tary-treasurer general committee lr
adjustment, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers, Pennsylvania Lines
West OF Pittsburgh; Earl II. Morton.
president order of Railway Station
Agents; Robert Osborne. former mem
bcr Illinois executive board United
Mine Workers or America; James \.
Culp, chairman Legislative committee.
Brotherhood Of Railway Conductors.
Jacob T.. Taylor, secretary Nationa,
Labor Publicity Association; Frank A
Fetridge. secrctary-treasurer state
Council of Lathers and member Of ex
ecutive board, New Jersey building
Ion ~ Tnb
ganizer American Federation OF La
Dor. John Draney. vice-president Lack
awanna Railway Veterans Association:
Charles Higgins, delegate American
Federation oil Labor, Wheeling, ".
Va; Daniel s. Jacobs. president ana
delegate. Local No. Is Cigar Makers
Union New York; John j. Smith. pres
idcnt Painters Union No. 81. New York
Arthur Stevens. delegate District
Council OF Painters; Mahlon NJ. Car
land, ex-presidcnt Amaig gamated Asso-
citation of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers
and vice president American Fedora
, tion Of Labor; Daniel G. Smith, general
chairman Rock Island Lines Switch
mems Union James I. Day, secretary
treasurer Indiana State Council OF Car
penters; II. T. Sims. secretary National
Brotherhood Workers Of America;
Henry Dabier secretary Indiana state
Building Trades, Arthur f. Schultz. Il.
l. L. secretary League for Industrial
Justice; James A. O'Conncu, ex-presi-
dent building trades department, Amer
lean Federation Of Labor; James }.
McGovern, ex-president Local No. 90.
National Brotherhood of Pottery Work
crs: Y. Jacob Schott president Chcmi-
cal Workers of America; J. Ritenour.
Paterson. n. j.: Richard Powers, ca
president Lake Seamen's Unioni Daniel
A. Austin. ex-prcsidcnt District Coun-
ell No. 20. Brotherhood OF Painters and
Decorators of America; L. j. Miller.
vice president Union County N. j.
Central Federated Union; NJ =.
Wooley. ex-general chairman Order or
Railway Telegraphcrs; William Wep-
ner. chairman state conference board.
State Railway Electric Employees OF
America. Willard L. Small, editor Tn
ion Labor Bulletin; Edward l. L. Boil
ton, ex-secretary Bridge and Struc-
tural Iron Workers Local No. 5s, New
York; Frank Warholick, secretary
treasurer Ne wJersey State Council Of
Sheet Metal workers; G. Francis Eden.
member national executive board Ma
chine Printers and Color Mixers Asso-
ciatfon Bernard Nolan president New
York Printing Pressmens Union. NJ.
81; Michael Chenis, secretary, New
York Printing Pressmen's Onion, No.
81: Ashrim Andoniam. ex-president OF
New York Photo Engravcr's Union, NJ.
l, Edward Neways. ex-secretary Print
ing Pressmens Union, No. 81 New
York: Albert Hutloff business agent.
Electrical workers >ew Jersey; J. J
Jersey; Joseph DEM, business agent.
Bricklayers Union. New Jersey
TEXT or STATEMENT.
The statement follows.
In order that not only all ranks af
labor. but the country as a whole, may
be benchtted we urge upon our fellow
wage -carners everywhere that they
vote for Warren G. Harding for Presj-
dent or the United States and for L
publican majority in bo,h natiop.A'
House and Senate.
we submit as seif-evidcntly nec~S-
sary a complete reversal OF the policies
and personnel of the present Demo-
cratic administration. which ten years
ago entered upon control with the
promise that it would bring the cost
Of the daily market basket down g.
the lGNei OIL inc average tt4A-t a.
which four years ago regained power
by a specious plea that il would keep
us out Of war; which nevertheless
doubled the cost of living and plunged
US into war without preparation;
which has perpctrated every extrava
gance and waste; " which has faIled ="
enforce laws enabling it to punsn
profteering and even connived at ST.
gar and other extortions; which per
mitted Postmaster General Burleson -
persistently deny collective bargaining
and otherwise to faunt himself IS tn
most reactionary Of employers; whieh
gave the director general of railroads
the privilege Of denying tho sans
right and also Of prohibiting railway
employees from serving as members or
officers Of political committees anu
from holding appointive or elective Of
fee; W hich contrary to the specif
guarantees in the Clayton act. sane
toned the abuse on the part Of Attop-
nev General Palmer OF tho power ~
injunction by stretching the Lever fuei
and food law. enacted for war pur-
poses and not repealed because Pres
dent Wilson kept us out OF peace;
which disregarded the refusal Of the
bituminous coal operators to abide ~
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