The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1936-10-30
Beyond Expectation Vote
Lays Foundation for Per-
nanent Powerful Labor
Party in United States
ELECT CONGRESSMAN
Played Big Part in Carry
ing New York State for
Roosevelt and Lehman
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Special to Producers News
NEW YORK CITY, Forward
to 1897" is the slogan of the
American Labor party which ar
rived on the political scene in
New York state as a. powerful
force with its tall 20 fapproxi-
mately 100000 votes under it's
own labor party emblem.
The close of the campaign scar
cyel diminished the activity at
state headquarters as the leaders
turned Immediately to the task of
building the machinery for future
elections in every district in the
city and every county in the state.
Not only do close political obseR-
vers consider the work of the.
American Labor party a decisive
factor in swinging the states AZ
electoral votes into the Roosevelt
column but its vote is thought to
have definitely assured Governor
Herbert H. Lehman's reelection.
With two such proud accom-
plishments already to its credit,
swell as the record of electing
several upstate candidates for
Congress and the local legislative
bodies, the new Labor party can
be said to have made a stirringly.
successful debut.
HELPED TO ELECT
ROOSEVELT
It's contribution to the Roose4
Welt landslide is seen in the pre-
valent belief that at least double
It's own recorded vote was induced
by the American Labor party
campaign to vote for Roosevelt.
Hundreds of thousands of voters,
unable to locate the cogwheeI en-
blem on the voting machines and
ballots, or unwilling to split their
tickets, are known to have given
their support directly ii the Dem
ocratlc party.
For each of these votes in
our column" Gilmore M. Her
rick, State Campaign Direc-
tor commented in this regard.
I'VE feel justified in asserting
that several others, who went
over to those candidates re-
corded their votes under the
Democratic emblem"
The Labor party, it will be re-
called, did not offer any local can
dldates for election in Greater
New York, where its best showing
was made. Upstate, it Jointly |
nominated few.
Most significant in the bio
showing made by the American
Labor party is the fact that a
number of upstate counties, which
are additionally Republican, were
carried for the first time bv
Roosevelt this year. They includ-
ed, Monroe, Erie, Schenectady.
Rockland and Oneonta. In each Of
them the new party waged an
intensive drive for votes, and. ac-
cordlng to Mrs. Herrick, the mar
row margin by which thew were
won by President Roosevelt was
strongly indicative of how valu-
able was the labor backing.
BIG VOTE SHOWS
LABOR PARTY SENTIMENT !
Party leaders were frankly IN
ollant over their showing The
10000 votes made in New York
City, and the $4,000 secured else
where IN the state were regarded
by them as a true indication If
now deeply the Empire State
'rades union members and pro-
yresslves wished for a political
'arty of their own.
They called it ga mandate. from
ne labor, liberal and progressive
dement's in New York to continue
ne task of building a powerful
Independent party" !
With this in mind, Mrs. Her
lex declared that the Arno,.;,.,,,