Evening star., 1936-04-02
LEADERSOF A.E.L.
BACK ROOSEVELT
1abor's Non-Partisan' Unit
Formed-Borah, Landon
File in Jersey.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Powerful union leaders within the
American Federation Of Labor swung
into action today to support President
Roosevelt and fight his foes in the
election campaign.
The formation of "Labor's Nom
Partisan League" and the start of its
drive came in the thick of Republican
activity, including the important New
York primary, the Maine convention
and the filing of petitions for both
Senator Borah of Idaho and Gov. ALI
M Landon of Kansas in the New Jersey
presidential preference primary.
Creation of the new league was an
nounced by George L. Berry, president
of the printing pressmen. His asso-
ciates are John L. Lewis, president of
the United Mine Workers, and Sidney
Hillman, president Of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers.
Refers to League Attacks.
Berry. head of the Presidents Coun-
Gil for Industrial Progress. referred
apparently to the American Liberty
Leagues attacks on the New Deal
when he declared his groups move
was prompted by the actions of "other
leagues, which had as their purpose
the defeat of the President and his
policies"
Berry agreed that his league would
be a medium for A. F. L. support for
Mr.. Roosevelt. Only once has the
federation indorsed presidential can
didate-in the case of Robert M. La
Toilette in 1924.
One of the first of the strategic
moves designed to line up labor be-
hind the administration was Berry's
dispatch of several Thousand letters
to union leaders.
Berry said special attention will be
given to the campaigns in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and illinois, al
though he said he did not regard the
States as doubtful.
Labor Appreciation Seen.
"It is my impression Berry de-
clared, that labor throughout the
Nation fully appreciates and COM
mends the efforts and the accomplish
reconstruction of our economic system,
which contemplates the development
of an orderly, constructive reform in
industry and finance, to the end that
unemployment and distress shall be
reduced to the extreme minimum-if
not eliminated-in our country. ."
Senator Borah's hackers, after a
vigorous campaign, awaited results to-
day Of efforts to get support from
among the 80 national convention
delegates to be picked in New York.
Filing Of Borah and Landon petit
tions in New Jersey puts both Repub-
licans definitely in one State race for
the first time. The Landon movement
still without the Kansan's active
fndorsement-claims considerable sup
port in New Jersey. The county chair
men recently indorsed him and all
four leaders chosen to run as delegates
at large support Landon.
Hoffman a Delegate.
They are Gov. Harold G. Hoffman,
Edward D. Duf1eld, president Of the
Prudential Insurance Co.; former
Ambassador Walter E. Edge, and Mrs.
Edna B. Conklin, national committee
woman.
In Kansas City, John D. M. Hamil-
ton, national organizer for the Landon
supporters, said the Governor had
taken no affirmative action, nor had
he tried to discourage the entry Of
his name in New Jersey.
In the Maine G. o. P. convention
today it was expected that an unin-
structed delegation, partial to the
nomination of Col Frank Knox of
Chicago would be selected.
Mrs. Robert Lincoln Hoyal, director
OF the women's division of the Repub-
Gcan National Committee, attacked
the New Deal in her address, pre-
pared for delivery before the conven-
tion at Bangor.
Farmers, Business Suffer"
Our farmers, business men and
consumers have suffered, and are suf-
fering," she said, due to New Deal
regulation, regimentation, controls and
experiments.
. THE pity of it all is that with hun
ger and want stalking the land, food
should be destroyed and production
curtailed, our foreign markets lost, and
our home markets filled with foreign
grown products. = = =
Billions of dollars waster, three
precious years gone," she said, "and
the problem of the unemployed re-
mains untouched and unsolved; saw
tngs and securities rendered worthless
go. We cannot retrieve the money
spent or the years lost, but by our
work and our votes we can stop this
Wanton waste and amateur expert |
mentation.'