The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-31
LABOR TO AVOID PARTISAN ISSUES
 AYERS GOMPERS
Support Men With
 Records, Leader Declares
lRY Associated Press. !


 ssATLANTIC CITY, July 30.-Only one thing can be sure as to the polit- ieal policy as to the American Fedora tion of Labor in the coming campaign, its president, Samuel GOmpers de- clared today, and that is that i've shall commit ourselves to no political party as partisans to a party"
 MT. Gompers' assertion was in a statement issued on the eve of the meeting here of the federation's execu- tive council in which he discussed the political problems now confronting leaders of organized labor and added i: Neither or any other person can say what will be the result of the delibera- tipn of our executive council until the deliberations have matured."
 On Service Basis
 Though the statement did not touch upon the efforts to procure the indorse- ment of the federation of Senators La Toilette aud Wheeler, the president and vice presidential candidates, respective ly, of the third ticket organization, Mir. Gompers agreed that particular inter- est attached to the session. The fed eration would proceed to consider men and platforms on the basis of their service, past and promised, to the wage earners and the great masses of the people of our country" he said and promised vigorous campaign before the electorate for the candidate found suitable.
 Our great movement is firmly con- vinced as a result of long practice that the one hope for wage earners on the political field lies in being partisan to principles and not to political or ganizations."
 Mir. Gompers said that in the last campaign i've supported candidates representing four political parties. We supported these candidates on their records. As a result of that support which we were able to give, and the result of the support which the friends of labor were able to give, there were elected to the last house of representa- tives ITO progressive members, the great majority of whom have since justified the faith repOsed in them by service rendered. That was a trump hant vindication of the tremendous ad- vantage of nOn-partisan action adding it's great weight to the long chain of evidence as to the value of the policy which the American Federation of La Dor has for so many years pursued.
 A1S SAkuALlOu dI- Lue present moment is extremely critical and those who seek to bring about re- suits most advantageous to all our people will be required to exercise their most careful judgment. We are meeting at a time fortunate for that purpose. All of the political conven- tions have been held, cadidates nom mated, and their platforms completed The convention atmosphere has been cleared away and we are in that period of comparative, quiet between cOnven- tion time and the time of the actual opening of campaign work.
 We shall seek to take into account all of the facts and to advise the wage earners of our country fairly and intel ligently. What final form our action will take in the way of formulating ex- nressions of opinion I am unable to say. That cannot be said until the action has been taken. 'I may add that, however, careful and painstaking may be our study of the situation, our campaign effort, after our course has been determined, will be as vigorous as possible"