New-York tribune., 1922-10-27
IA. +. l.. Attack
! Is lsDemagogic,
SayRepublicans
Unions 'OwnRecortIsIn Indorse
IL Laws in Last Congress,
Asserts Adams, National
Committees Ch a irman N
Points to High Wages
Declares Harding Regime in
20 Months Has Placed
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Bitterly
denouncing the recent appeal of the
political committee OF the American
Federation of Labor as demagogic
John /. Adams, chairman of the Re.
publican National Committee, to-day
declared the attempt to swing labo,
votes against the Republican candi-
/, dates this fall would fail. The Re-
publican chairman denied the charge
that the Republican Congress had
tailed to pass labor legislation and
cited the report of the Federation's
legislative committee at the last con-
! Vention, which declared seventeen laws
favorable to labor had been passed.
I'm every campaign" Mr.. Adams
said, "a few demagogues and political
takers issue. alleged partisan ap-
peals for wage earners to vote against
the Republican party. These appeals
are issued by those who are interested
in exp citing labor rather than promot-
ing its best interests. This biennial
attempt to deliver labor has always
failed. 1t will fail this year.
Denies Enmity to Labor
"One may search the record in vain
to find anywhere the charge sustained
that this Republican Congress has been
inimical to the interests Of the wage
Garner. The report of the proceedings
of the forty-second annual convention
Of the American Federation of Labor
held at Cincinnati in June, this year
contains statement of the iegisla-
tive committee of that Federation.
enacted seventeen laws which the COM
mittee classified as favorable to labor
Nowhere in the report is there any
charge that this Congress enacted a
single law which was detrimental to
the interests of the wage earners.
"No one will attempt to deny that
the condition of wage earners, individ
ual!y and collectively, is immeasurably
better to-day than it was twenty
months age, when the Republican party
came into full control of the govern.
n.ent. This remarkable improvement
has not been accidental. Neither has
it been brought about by ass legis
lation or appeals to class prejudice
1t is largely due to the cumulative
effects of the policies of the Repub
lican party, as written into law by. the
Republican Congress and practiced by
the Republican Administration.
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! Briefly, this Administration in twenty
! months has turned an army of $1,000,
900 id.e ,1age Gamers into an army o
wage earners profitably employed. By
an immigration act iC has restricted
the inpouring of competitive foreign
labor. BY a protective tariff it has
restricted the inpouring of products
of. cheap fsreign labor. 1t has reduced
taxes which weighed heavily upon the
wage-earning class. 1t has drast .cally
cut the expenses of the government
which in the last analysis are paid by
wage earners.
During the war millions purchased
Liberty bonds at great sell acrifce
During the Democratic Adm, nistratior
these bonds deprecated to IS or lower
They are distributed among the wage
! earners of the United States The rec.
! ords show there are to-day $4,000 ,OOC
holders of Liberty bonds. During the
twenty months Of this Administration
these bonds increased to par, which
means ca IN increase of $4,000 OO0. .O0(
to the holders.
although applications for all other
departments of the government were
reduced by this Congress, it increased
the appropriations for the Labor De.
partment 20 per cent in order thai
the laws for the betterment of con,
ditions under which wage earners worl
might be enforced.
"This is consistent with +ba ronor,