The Connecticut labor news., 1924-11-01
Federation Head Sends Letter to Every Union in Fairfield County Urging Election of Democratic Nominee.

cratic ticket in the Fourth District, of Connecticut, was wired to M S. Treat secretary of the Bridgeport Central
 Labor Union by Samuel Gompers as i chairman of the American Federation of Labor National Non Partisan Poli-
 tica1 Campaign Committee.
 The committee, of which Mr Com l pers IS chairman, consists of six mem bers and is the committee designated l by the American Federation of Labor to conduct Labor's national campaign, | Mir. Gompers' telegram follows: M. $. Treat, Secretary, Central Labor. ! Union, Bridgeport, Conn. 4 Answering your telegram we can fail to endorse William English Wall i ling. as candidate for Congress. His labor record i'll all respects Is perfect
 and he has made tremendous sacri- J fees of time and money for our com. mon cause always without thought of 1 return or remuneration We have few { such loyal, devoted friends among men
 in public life and your attitude is be
 yond explanation to us. Regarding your reference to his attitude on Vol
 stead Act, permit us to say we under stand his position perfectly Further
 more. those actively engaged III com piling records on that question find
 his record perfectly satisfactory. As
 sociation Against the Prohibition Amendment says, None ef the Repub lican or Democratic candidates Gin
 Connectieut) are prohibitionists and
 the situation is highly satisfactory to tus Of the three candidates III your
 district, Mr. Mailing is the only sat
 isfactory candidate and we trust your ! position will be changed to accord with I the fact and with sthe best interests ! of the masses of the people in your dis
 trict and of the country
 : (Signed),
 National Non Partisan Political Cam
 paign Committee, American Fed l eration of Labor,
 SAMUEL GOMPERS, Chairman 1 In addition to this and prior there 1 to, Mir. Gompers, as president of the American Federation of Labor, sent a letter to every labor union Ill the Fourth district, endorsing MT, Walling and giving his record and the record of his Republican opponent. Mir Com pers points out that MT Waliing has rendered notable public service throughout a long and active career and that he enjoyed and merited the confidence of President Woodrow Will son. Tn the letter to all unions in the Fourth district MT. Gompers said: Dear Sir and Brother:
 Enclosed you will find the legisla- tive record of Representative Schuyler Merritt of the Fourth Congressional District of Connecticut, who IS seek ing reelection; also record of William English Walling, the Democratic can didate for Congress from the same dis, trict, who is running in opposition to Representative Merritt
 You will note that out of IS calls on measures that were introduced to
 
 Representative Merritt only voted fa- vorab1y four times, and in the last ses- sion of Congress, he did not vote favorably once on measures that were l drafted. in behalf of the people and those who have to toll for a liveli- hood
 His record shows that he has ar> ways been on the side of the reaction Eary vested interests as against the wei fare fthe people. For instance, he who were crippled in industry, chance for new start in life by giving them vocational rehabilitation.
 "He voted in favor of putting stop 1 watch over the workers in our Navy | Yards and Arsenais.
 ''He voted on a measure to deny the 1 Government workers an old age pen sion if they were members of organ ized Labor.
 'He voted against giving the workers of the District of Columbia, who might be injured in industry, the right to be protected under a workmen's compen- sation law. h
 'He voted against the Child Labor which would abolish child slavery in America. ;
 "The above is only brief record of his reactionary attitude, but should be enough to convince every citizen i'll $ your district, man or woman, who be- ( station, that Congressman Merritt ( should be defeated. He is prejudiced a