Evening star., 1924-08-22
REPUBLICANS OPEN FIGHT
TO CAPTURE LABOR VOTE
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great powers, but did not give them
the right to deliver your vote"
Mr. O'Connor remembered that he
carried union card when it was
mighty unpopular" He still carries
1t, but, he said, a union card is now
IAN emblem Of strength" Labor has
and Mr.. OConnor pointed
to the general improvement in work
ing conditions and wages. He sug-
Eested that others than Senator La
Toilette had had something to do
with this progress.
.In Massachusetts," he said, "in
Texas, in New York. in California and
many other States We have laws favor
able to the people working within the
Of those States. Mr.. La
Toilette had nothing to do with the
passage Of those laws, but they are
In force and effect without the aid
of Robert La Toilette or Morris Hill
quit. While the former wore the Re-
publican label and the latter the So
cialist label. each now is seeking to
use the union label after its popular
ity has been established La Toilette,
HiIlquit and Victor Berger, the
Three Musketeers' of politics, hav-
ing no organization of their own, are
now trying to change an industrial
organization into q political army.
again the Republicans are seeking
to pin Socialism on the third ticket
MI OConnor praised the labor rec
ord of President Coolidge in Mass
achusetts, and continued:
Patience, together with our own
efforts, has secured for US all we
have today. A get-rich-quick scheme
has never appealed to us, and 1t
never will, regardless of how at
Mr. Tnl1offA nd his n.
sociates may present it.
Warns OF Promises.
"It consumes months to construct
q building which an earthquake could
demolish in few minutes and, COM
paratively speaking, a political earth
quake could do an equal amount OF
damage and in just as short a time.
and instead of a pot Of gold being
placed on your doorstep. as is prom
ised by Mr.. La Toilette, you are more
apt to fnd yourself and your family
buried under the ruins of your own
house.
I'VE have nothing to fear from the
election Of President Coolidge. You
have heard the record of his acts as
they AFFECT you, your family. and
your various organizations. You have,
doubtless, also read Mr.. La Follette's
promises. President Coolidge, by his
onhcial acts. has hhown himself to be
your friend, and we feel assured that
the President will continue to be
friendly to our purposes. Also, he
believes that labor can and should at
tain its just desires by collective bar
gaining. The President is fair to
labor, and will continue to be fair,
and that is all that labor wants.
Sees Labtf Leaders.
Among the labor leaders who at
tended the Chicago conference with
Mr.. O'Connor were the following:
J. r. Neal. Local No. IL. Interna-
more; ]. A. Madsen, Local No. 3S, In
ternational Longshoremen's Associa-
tion, Portland, Greg; George F.
Organization, Sandusky; Charles J.
Grady, Allied Printing Trades Coun-
Gil, West Orange, N. j.; James P.
Ryan, first vice president, Interna-
tional Longshoremen's Association,
New York; Lawrence T. Henry, Local
No. 7S1, International Longshoremen's q
Association, New York: T. B.. Healy,
Local No. 50, Marine Engineers Bene-
hcial Association, New York; w. ].
and George Dolan, Inter-
national Union Stationary Engineers.
Chicago: e. NJ. Foley. president, In
transitional Dredgemen's Union, Chi
caGo; J. ]. O'Connor, secretary-treas-
urer, Brotherhood Railroad Freight
Handlers, Chicago; j. ]. Farnnan,
former vice president, international
Brotherhood Maintenance OF Way
Employees, Chicago.