The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1928-08-03
Reports on Questionnaires Submitted to Candidates
For the Legislature and State Senate
}. Lowrey Miller, Former Senator, Has Bad Labor
Record and is Declared Enemy of Organized
WOrkers-Fathered State Police Bill in
1925-ShOuld Be Defeated

legislature state this district The
port IS self-explanatory However, just this: it will be
noticed that all candidates for representative legsa
ture lure are considered fair to labor though the committee
feels that those who have been tried and found
ing should be given preference to those untried And
which is good logic.
In it's report the committee declares that W. NJ Good
wln present representative has record labor that
stands 100 per cent not only representative but also
as employer of labor and that he is member Bill
Posters Union Mr. Goodwin is asking for second term
For state senator Of the three republican candidates.
ony one MARK Aston is declared favorable to labor The
other two, Fred Edgngton and j. Lowrey Miller are con
sldered enemies of labor Edgngton former member of
the legislature always stood against labor And Miller
WELL there needn't be much said about him. In 1925 he
tahered bill for state police and in other ways conducted
clare him "an ENEMY OF LABOR and dangerous person
to have as a member of the state legislature.
The report follows:
Hamilton, Ohio July 81 1928
10 the Affiliated Local Unions of the Cooperative
and Labor Council
Greetings
We your non-partisan political campaign committee.
appointed to inquire into the the several candi
dates for legislative office submit your guidance and
information the following findings of the committee
Questionnares mailed to all candidates for the
general assembly and received from all but
one, namely Lowrey Miller, candidate the republican
ticket for state Second Fourth district This dis
trlc consists OF Butler Warren Brown Cermont coun-
The following the names of the candidates the
party affiliated with and their attitude labor as the
committee finds it:
Candidates for State Senator
David H. DeAmond, candidate for state senator
democrat member OF the legislature since 1923. Labor
record, GOOD Mr. DeArmond supported all measures
and particularly active in the support of senate
bill No. 30 lr. Rebman) to declare null void yellow
dog contracts We can recommend Mr. DeAmond a true
and tried friend of labor
Mr. Edw r. Rosencrans democrat candidate for state
senator (wthdrawn).
Mr. Fred Edgngon republican, candidate for state
desires Member of legislature l92i-923 Labor record
kH EAD RoR oRed 2v for so9stabuary m bill in 1921 and
OF the general assembly We consider Mr. Edgington as
being UNFRIENDIY to LABOR.
Mr. Mark Aston Hamilton, republican, candidate for
state senator 1as labor record signed the question
mare as labor desires, is considered being FAIR TO
J. Lowrey Miller Mddeown republican, candidate for
state senator. LABOR RECORD VERY BAD Refuses
to sign questionnaire As member Of the legislature
1925 he introduced senate bill No 258 establish state
consabulary Labor defeated this bill after bitter fight
During the last political campaign the local non-partisan
political campaign committee eXerted every effort to
defeat Mr. Miller and succeeded despite the fact that Mil
We consider Mr. Miller as an ENEMY OF IABOP and >
dangerous to have member of state egisla
AGAINST HIM r'0'' ''''' '''' ''' ''''S WIZ
Candidates for the Legislature
Mr. w M. (Bily) Goodwin democrat candidate for
legislature QLabor record VERY GOOD) AS a member
of the last general assembly Mr. Goodwin supported labor in
all and voted with labor ALL bills that labor was
interested in Mr. Goodwin is member Of the Bill Posters
Union and an employer of union labor in his business Of
The w. M. Goodwin Poster Advertising Co. and Miami
Sign Co. We can recommend Mr. Goodwin a friend of
I labor
John Martin Middetown democrat business man
No labor record) Has signed QUESTIONABLE labor
sres. We consider him being fair to labor
Mr. John F. Heath, Hamilton attorneys law demo-
crat (No labor record) Has signed QUESTIONABLE as
labor desires. We consider him as being fair to labor
Mr. o. P Mccormick farmer Fairfield township re-
publican (No labor record Has signed the QUESTIONABLE
as labor desires. We consider him as fair to labor.
Mr. Arthur A. Phillips, republican, MddIetown mem
ber of R. r. Teegraphers Union Division No No labor
record) Mr. Phillips has many qualifications
him candidate for the general assembly would no
doubt be OF much to the labor movement We
mend Mr. Phillips friend of labor and deserving Of
support
The committee has gone through the records of those
candidates who have held public office also endeavored
to be nonpartsan possible in the matter of making
such recommendations will be found in this report hav-
ing in mind that where candidate who has held office
has been friendly to labor deserving of the support
preference to others who still to be tried
The committee trust that the affiliated local unions
will endeavor to educate their members to lay aside all
party affiliations that they have and the
friends of labor and reward them for their frendness
and to vote against the enemies and defeat them
Fraternaly yours,
NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL
CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
Cooperative Trades and Labor Council.
Stanley Ogg, Secretary
EdW Sims, President.