The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-06-08
TO CONCENTRATE
LABOR CAMPAIGN .
ON POLITICIANS
All Chosen Leaders United on Theory
That Labor should Make lts
Greatest Gesture at Eleo-
tlons This Fall.
CLAIMING CREDIT FOR
BRO0KHARTS VICTORY
Plan to Call Political Activity Chiefs
Together After Meeting: Non
Partisan Plan Up; May Have
Labor Ticket.
lunItod Press slalt correapondent.l

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demonstration Of organized labora
political power was In tho MAKING
here today.
With all OF iabor's chosen leaders
united on the fundamental idea that
labor should make the most aggres.
sivo political gesture In It's history
In this years congressional cam.
palgns. the question most engaging
their attention was the method by
which the workers political power
could most effectively be exerted.
Tho desire and purpose OF the
leaders. which was clearly reflected
by individual delegates to the Amer.
lean Federation of Labor convention.
was summoned up by William John
son. president OF tho Machlnista'
union. who said:
what We did In Iowa, we will do
In many other places. The nomina-
tion OF Brookhart In Iowa was a
clear.cut demonstration OF labor's
power. for II was accomplished by
organized workers In cooperation
with the farmers"
The convention of the American
Federation of Labor meeting here
next week, will be asked TO sanction
some method for obtaining the re.
suit labor leaders are determined
on-the election to congress Of men
who In the opinion OF the workers.
better represent them than those
now sitting.
In this connection the advisability
of calling an early meeting of the
conference for political activity
which under the leadership OF John
son and others met some weeks ago
In Chicago. has been put up TO
Johnson. Some OF his colleagues IN
that effort to unite organized labor.
the farmers and all the forces hold
ing grievances against the present
order of things have suggested to
Johnson that instead of waiting un-
I'll next December when tho next
meeting of the conference Ia sched-
uled, he call 1t together Immediately
after the federation convention ends.
The purpose would be to plan Inn
mediately for the most aggressive
and widespread congressional cam
paign possible, with intensive or
ganization of the workers every
where. Johnson said today he had
not yet decided about It and prob
ably would not until the federation
convention ended.
"Wo may go on as we have, hand
ling each state separately, with such
organization as we may be able to
effect" said Johnson. What we did
In Iowa was done without the In
tensive organization we would have
liked. 1t naturally spurs us on to
better efforts. 1t was demonstra-
tlon to the country OF what we can
and will do"
The federation convention will be
asked to adopt one of these meth
DDS of political action for this years
campaign:
IA non-partisan campaign under
by Samuel Gompers.
"A joint farmer-laborer commit
tee, not controlled nor directed by
the federation.
3-Thorough organization Of la
Dor party.
James O'Connell, head Of the metal
trades workers, who with Gompers
and Secretary Morrison of the
American Federation of Labor, form
the federation campaign committee,
declared the convention should en-
dorse the non-partisan campaign, ito
secure election of men liberal and
broad to deal impartially with legis-
lation for the interests Of the hui
man being rather than the dollar
gatherer. We want men to safe
guard labors interests against the
sordid desires of the moneyed in
terests and the employing classes of
our country"
The wage cuts ordered by the
railway labor board and the Coro
nado coal decision by the supreme
court have intensified the political
feeling among the delegates. They
feel, too, that the national admins
tration and narticuIarly congress
have been remiss in looking after
the workers. Unemployment of the
past few months. coupled with high
cost of living about which, the work
ers point out, congress has done
nothing, have made them more az
gressive politically than any set of
labor delegates ever assembled In
this country.