The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-03
LABOR TO ENTER, NATIONALDRIVE
 WOLL REVEALS
Complete System Of Cam paign Machinery To Be
 Put In Operation
By MATTHEW wOLL Yiye President. American Federation
 Of Labor
(Copyright, 1924.)

(COpyright, 1924.)
 ATLANTIC QITY, N. J., Aug. 2.- One of the most important political dis cussions of the year has been in prog ress all day today. It concerned the po- sition winch the American Federation of Labor, commanding the allegiance of four million wage earners, is to take in this political campaign.
 The report of that deliberation will be made known through other channels, but I think it fair to clear the air of at least one general misapprehension. The action which our council takes will be by vote and that vote will be de- cisive.
 It has been said generally that Pres ident Gompers was either neutral in his attitude toward indorsement of presi- dential candidates or shat he was defi- nitely, opposed to the indorsemert, of Senator La Toilette. Mir. Gompers. has sought to correct that impression by saying that he was not leading any such opposition and would not do so.
 No Other Course
 Perhaps I can go further and say that fiom the very first Mfr. Gompers had declared that there is no other course. have concurred in that view. l believe that fact should be made known. Neither has there been any in- fluence of any kind brought to bear and our decision. when announced will be our free decision reached on the facts in the case.
 When the deliberations are finished here the work of actually getting a great national effort under way will begin at once. Campaign organizations will be brought into being in every com munity. In most localities there is the nucleus of a campaign organization, kept intact since the last presidential campaign.
 When the work is fully under way there will be a complete system of cam paign machinery, running from local committees up through district and state committees to the national non- partisan political campaign committee in Washington.
 Up To Washington
 Our campaign work, carried out through this great network of organizs- tions, will consist of speaking, the dis tribution of literature and the general worb common to political campaigns. The chief difference between this and other campaign efforts will lie in the fact. tha: practically all of our work will be done volunteers-perhaps a mill lion dollars of work will be done with out expense to auy one save those wha give their time.
 Our calApaigners will work not only for the national candidates whose sup port may seem warranted, but they will give equal importance to the state off cers and candidates for congress. Labor always regards congress as of para mount impoI tance. A good congress will not pass bad laws and if we can prevent enactment of these we can regard the situation as quite satisfactory.
 If anything needs to be added at this time to comment upon our internal af- fairs regarding the campaign, it is that there has been no "split" in our non partisan political campaign committee. There is and has been unanimity of view. This should dispose of a great many rumors that have been circulated not. out of i'll will but out of lack of in- formation.