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s.ni1ed labor IN Illinois has been
syen credit for the election OF
seeht congressmen In the recent
factions ard the defeat Of another
4 the spring primary BY the re-
MT Just issued here in the name
e the national non-partisan cam
raign committee, an organization
Sthered by the American Fedora
AD, Of Labor, which worked extern
syely in Illinois and other states
during September and October.
The report was signed by Sam
mel Gompers. president Of the
American Federation of Labor;
frank Morrison, its secretary, and
lanes OConnell. These three act
A as the executive committee for
Inc political effort Of organized la
bor. Their initial work for the
campaign, they revealed, was done
early last spring.
Among the victories claimed for
the new organization were the cleo
ton to congress of John W. Rainey.
Democrat. and Adolph ]. Sabbath,
Democrat, Chicago; Frank X.
Reid, Republican, Aurora; Edward
J. King, Republican. Galesburg;
william f. Hull. Republican, Pc
oria; Henry r. Rainey, Democrat,
Carrollton; Thomas S. Williams.
Republican, Louisville, and Edward
f. Dennison. REPUBLICAN,, Marion.
Some of these, according to the re-
mort, were elected because organ
lied labor in their districts fought
their opponents rather than sup
ported them.
Opposed Coplcy.
Tracing the acativity Of the COM
mittee in Illinois, the report tells
Of work done IN the primary CAM
paign against Representative Ira
Copley of Aurora, who was defeat
ed by Frank r. Reid Copley is de
scribed as IAN anti-labor member
Of congress-
The efforts OF the committee were
conferred in support OF congresslon-
Al cardidates who opposed injunc-
tons against labor unions. COM
pulsory labor legislation and who
favored laws against child labor.
To this end thousands of pamphlets
were sent into every district in IL
linols where a fight was on and
hundreds of labor union organic
ers in the state lent their aid ii
distributing them.
The federation leaders displayed
bitterness in their report against
the publicity bdreau of the Repub-
lican nationa! committee, which
was accused Of distributing propa
ganda ininical to labor through
out the campaign.
They believed that any attack
on labor would discred.t III sc
whom labor supported" said the
executive committee statement
Instead, the propaganda aroGs
the wage earners to the dangers O.
re-electing the present members q
congress"
Scanned Records.
Individual records were pre-
pared of members of congress iitm
downstate who were cancidates foi
reelection, showing their votes On
pieces Of legislation affecting labol
during the 67tl congress. Most q
these were favorable.
The national bipartisan com
mittee has declared its intention
keeping up its fight on the lie" Ii
linois constitution TO be voted Cr
Dec. IL. Pamphlets attacking il
have been distributed over the en-
tire state in the same manner that
the industrial court was attacked
in Kansas.
The principal objection stated
against the document is that -
would disenfranchise thousands
voters in Cook county by lim'tir
their representation in the ligi5la
turp''