Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-01
NEW YORK UNIONS
QUIT IA Toilette
To SUPPORT DAVIS
Labor Council, Representing
100000 Members, Falls
Into Democratic Ranks


executive council of the Central
Trades and Labor council Of Great
err New York, and the delivery by
him of three speeches in Long Is
land districts on Thursday.
Announcement of the labor action
was made public by the eastern
Democratic headquarters and was
hailed by officials there as a revolt
in American Federation of Labor
ranks which assured Mr.. Davis ''the
support of approximately 100000
union workers in the greater city"
1t was pointed out also in state
ment signed by eleven members Of
the executive council that they had
voted to withdraw the endorsement
previously given Senator La Toilette
because we have been requested by
our membership to place ourselves
squarelyl on record for the election
of John w. Davis for president and
Alfred E. Smith for governor OF
New York.
The statement contained a recon-
mendation "to the entire membership
and to all interested in the cause
Of labor, to vote and work for the
election of Davis
Many Trades Represented
1t was signed by John Sullivan,
president, central trades and labor
council; John p. Coughlin, secre-.
tary, central trades and labor coun-
Gil; James F. Costello, delegate, met
al polishers and buffers; Thomas s.
Walsh delegate, bridge and struc-
tural iron workers; Jerome B. Keat-
ing, delegate, iron moulders; P. r.
Quinn, delegate, coppersmitbs;
Thomas j. Curtis, delegate, tunnel
and subway workers; Edward Nc
Caffrey, delegate, transfers and
chauffeurs; Peter J. Quigley, dele
gate, brotherhood or carpenters and
joiners; Ralph M. Behling, delegate,
theatrical stage employees and Jo-
seph Basil, delegate, horseshoers'
union.
The statement by Mr.. Sullivan was
incorporated as a part of the an
nouncement from the Democratic
headquarters, which follows in part:
1.-THE members of the executive
council of the central trades and la
Dor council of greater New York,
representing one fifth of the entire
membership of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, yesterday withdrew
the Endorsement of Senator La Fol
lette, voted in September. and In.
dorsed John w. Davis.
This action, taken In conjunc-
ton with the previous declaration
! for Davis by the powerful building
/ trades council, of New York, Long
Island and vicinity, assures Mr.
/ Davis the support of approximately
700,0 union workers in the great.
er city.
Members Demand Davis
The Endorsement of Senator La
Toilette was made at the request
OF Samuel Gompers and his asso-
clates in the executive council OF
the American Federation of Labor.
Yesterdays action, President John
Sullivan and his associates declared,
followed the inSistent demands Of
the membership.
1.-THE statement of President Sui
Ivan and his associates in the cen
trail trades and labor councils
we, the members Of the execu
tive committee of the central trades
and labor council of greater New
York and vicinity, representing 70e,.
600 members, after deliberate con.
sideration, take the following action
in conjunction with the building
trades council of New York, Long
Island and vicinity.
1--WE hereby indorse John w.
Davis for president Of the United
States. We recommend to our en-.
tire membership, and to all inter-
ested in the cause of labor, to vote
and work for the election of Davis.
In September meeting we
Endorsed the candidacy OF Senator
La Toilette. We now realize that
Mr.. La Toilette has no chance OF
being elected president and thak 4
vote cast for him in this state, OF
anywhere in the east is a vote cast
for the enemies of labor-Coolidge
and Dawes.
No clear thinking man or WON.
an can compare Davis and Coolidge
and their records, without coming
TO the inevitable conclusion that in
every way Davis is the better candi-
date, not only for the laboring man
and woman, but for every citizen OF
the country who is not interested
in special privilege
Find Davis Record Clean
We have studied with great care
the record of John w. Davis while
a member of the legislature of the
state Of West Virginia, and while a
member Of congress, and while solicit
tor general Of the United States, and
that record has been consistent in
the advocacy of progressive meas.
ures.
We have been led to this study
by the utterances of John w. Davis
and the courageous position taken
by him on the vital issues In this
campaign.
In congress he not only wrote
the labor provisions of the CLAYTON
antitrust act, but argued on July
y 1917, the constitutionality Of that
portion of the act, providing for trial
by jury in contempt cases, where
the contempt is committed in the
presence of the court. His Repub,i
lican opponents then argued thai
this was unconstitutional. Davis
showed upon that occasion his great
ability as a lawyer in not only draft.
ing. but arguing for this measure.
and he has only within the week
been sustained by the supreme court
of the United States. This act is
the magma charta of labor, and Ia
Dor owes to John w. Davis an ever.
lasting sense of gratitude.
Combine this decision with Mr..
Davis utterance on the abuse of
the injunctions in labor union labor
disputes, and labor has achieved
victory that could only have been
accomplished through the great in
tellectual forces Of man like Davis.
Heretofore, a man charged with
violation Of an injunction was tried
by the judge granting the injunc-
ton, constituting in that judge all
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