Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-07

en- his independent candidacy fo1
president by the federation's execuI
tive council.
"The importance of the support by!
the American Federation of Labod
for the progressive ticket cannot Id
over-estimated," he said.
The telegram, sent to Mr.. Gompera
at Atlantic City, follows:
Il desire to express my deep apI
pr eciation for the action taken bJ
the executive council of the Amer
lean Fedora ton of Labor in indors|
ing the independent candidacy oI
Senator Wheeler and myself. lii
taxing this step after deliberate
ju lgment the American Federation
of Labor has adhered to it's tradl
ticnal non partisan policy. The im|
portance Of the support by the Amer
lean Federation of Labor for thu
progressive ticket cannot be overj
estimated
Your executive committee III
stating the American Federation
political purposes says: ORGANIZED
labor owes allegiance to no political
party or group. 1t is not partisan
to any political party or group. II
is partisan to principles-the prinj
ciples of freedom, justice and demod|
racy.' 1t seems to me that in thiI
brief paragraph you have set fort
creed of citizenship which if ad
cepted and acted upon by the greaI
body of common citizens would rar n
idly make the government of ouI
country what it was intended to BID
the peoples own instrument of sersI
ice.
Il have in my public record al
tested my accord with the aspira
tons of American wage earners al
represented by the American Fed
GRAFTON of Labor. 1 welcome thi|
Endorsement.
ITO break the combined power d
selfish interests upon government j
the paramount issue of this CAM
paign and with the support of OF
ganized labor, the farmer, business
cratic members of labor unions cal
vote for it and still retain a seni
blance at least of their old party al
fliations
The Republicans and the Demo
Gratis, meantime, aree going forwar|
with their plans to ~"capture" TIL
labor vote by the usual time hori
ored formulas. Special bureaus an
being organized to conduct the CAM
paign among the workers.
LABOR TURNS ATTENTION
TO CAMPAIGN PLAN
ATLANTIC CITY. N. j.. Aug. A.
(By the Associated ress.)-Politici
again today claimed the right of wal
or the schedule of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor's executive cou~ ell
in annual session here since LIST Fri
day
Having Endorsed the La. Toilette
Wheeler candidacios and platform
the council will sidetracE all otheI
matters and under Ike to make III
it's entire 1924 campaign program
national, state and local.
man, professional men and all othe|
men and women whose sole interesj
in government is that of good citI
zenship. L feel confident we shat
win"
ohO 4NOl In
LA TOILETTE ENDORSEMENT
PORTSMOUTH, Va, Aug. 4.-Th|
Brotherhood Of Railroad TrainmelI
as a national organization, did nd
join the American Federation of Id
Dor in indorsing the presidential can
didacy of Senator La Toilette. arI
almost certainly will not do SO, w
G. Lee, grand president of the Of
ganization, declared here today.
ticket in 1912. Labor, it is insisted
has a rally point this year. Mos
OF the time it has had what the II
Toilette followers call a choice d
evils" as between the Republican AM
Democrats tickets and in such Gil
cumstances it was natural for lablJ
to divide along more or less partisaI
lines. The Progressive ticket haI
been indorsed as combination of
Progressive Independent Republic
an and a Progressive Independent
Democrat" Therefore, it is argued
that both Republican and Demd