The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01

Tn the following may not agree Wi read to wit:
 The Democratic National Labor Committee, advisory to the National Committee, has been established under the chairmanship of Major George L. Berry, president of the International Printing Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America and candi- date for vice president before the Democratic, convention at New York, and for every State "a chairman of the State Committee has been appointed for the purpose of co-ordinating their influence and efforts with the State Democratic Committee. Therefore, the National Committee and the vari- ous state committees are now in com p1ete concord with the Democratic National Committee and S,the State Democratic Committees, seeking to further the interest of both the ma tioria1, state, county and municipal nominees of the Democratic party.
 "The organized and unorganized, workers. of America fully appreciate their responsibilities of citizenship and their rights under the constitution to exercise their franchise as they elect. Moreover they appreciate the fact, that no authority, either within the or ganized Labor movement of America or outside of if, has any right-by act of office or otherwise-to direct as to how they shall cast their votes in this or any other election The most that can be accredited to such efforts that may be made upon the part of leaders i'll or ganized labor Is purely persuasiv
 'We have organized in the hope of John w. Davis, the Democratic party's candidate for the Presidency, but like wise to rededicate ourselves to the proposition of directing attention to the party when in control of the govern ment and under the leadership of Woodrow Wilson.
 There is no act in the official life of John w Davis that could by the farthest possible stretch of imagination be construed as being antagonistic or unfriendly in the slightest degree to the principles of organized labor. E Ii is true that. John w. Davis has not been so bombastic -in his advocacy as many, but John w. Davis is not bonn bastic He seeks the presidency as the nominee of the Democratic party to represent all of the people ot our coun try. He has demonstrated his sound, ness, his capacity and his progress iveness by act and not by so much talk; and as the state chairman chal- the official life of John w. Davis, from the day of his entry in the Legislature of West Virginia until he retired as Solicitor General of the Republic, that excessively constructive and in hasmony with the normal, natural and progress sive thought of the working men and women and other fofWard looking citi-
 
 him in the category as being unfriend1y to labor is an indictment that is with out justification or fact It is a smoke screen calculated to arouse antagonism in America to satisfy the political van ity of those who do much talk when with hopeless minority and are ex- ceedingly quiet upon crucial occasions, when action would speak louder than words.
 "A member of organized labor who has voted the Democratic ticket and supports the Independent candidate for president, is, actually contributing as the result of one-half of one vote to the candidacy of President Coolidge.
 There may be ample justification for discord among Republicans as to the
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