Evening star., 1922-02-26
Antagonistic Attitude Toward
Labor of Republicans and
Democrats Denounced.
SOLUTION OF JOBLESS
ISSUE TO GUIDE POLICY
Discharge of Navy Yard Workers
Scored-Campaign Plans Laid
at Quarterly Meeting.

Pursuing the policy instituted in
1920 the American Federation of La
Dor. through its non-partisan po-
litical campaign committee, will enter
the congressional primaries and cleo
tions this fall with the object Of OBJ
tanning the nomination and election
of candidates favorable to organized
labor.
This decision was announced last
night by Samuel Gompers, president
of the federation, at the conclusion
of the quarterly meeting of the fed
erations executive council.
1T is proposed to go into the pri-
mary elections everywhere to make
certain that candidates favorable TO
the rights and interests of the work
ers are nominated" said the an
nouncement. Labor will place such
candidates in the field wherever nee
essary. ." 1t need occasion no
surprise if there are in many dis
tricts candidates placed in the field
by labor as a direct result of an
tagonistic attitudes on the part Of
candidates in both republican and
democratic parties. In the opinion
of labor. the present political and
economic situation makes imperative
the most energetic political action"
Unemployed to Have Influence.
Mr.. Gompers declared the campaign
committee doubtless would be guided
in it's work 10y the issues involved
in the unemployment situation and
the possible methods of alleviation
which the government might adopt,
in the use of court injunctions in
labor disputes. in the elimination of
tax systems which remove the bur-
dens from the rich and predatory
and place them on the shoulders of
the poor,' and in the general field OF
labor legislation. In this connection
he declared Congress was lin the
midst of an amazing kind of mud
ding with tax and tariff questions,
where little regard is had for the
interests sof the great masses Of our
people," and was mo more con-
structive in dealing with transporta-
ton than it has been in other fields"
State labor organizations were said
by Mr.. Gompers to be already pre-
pairing details of the campaign, and
the standing campaign committee
was authorized by the executive
council to take up and cooperate in
the work.
Before concluding its quarterly ses-
sion the council also adopted a res
olution opposing the National Wom-
ans Party constitutional amendment,
which would remove all legal in
equalities between men and women.
President Gompers said the step was
taken because of the danger to legis-
lation guaranteeing working women
and minors special consideration.
Navy Yard Lny-On Scored.
President Gompers. in discussing the
issues that doubtless would be taken
into consideration by the campaign
committee, touched upon the recent
discharge of navy yard workers in
the general curtailment of such work
resulting from the arms conference.
Ten thousand navy yard workers"
the statement said. have been thrown
out of work in heartless and unneces-
sary manner on an assumption that
certain contingencies would develop.
with no effort to make the readiust-
ment gradual and with a careless dis
regard on the part of the government
of the moral obligation which rests