Montana labor news., 1936-09-03

Of Workers Solidarity.
In a proclamation received here.
Labor's Non-Partisan League calls
on all League state chairmen to ar
range a series of mass demonstra-
tons in support of President
Roosevelt on Labor Day. Plans al
ready are under way here through
out the state for a statewide re-
spouse to the call from Washington.
1t is planned that there shall be
one principal demonstration in each
state, to be attended by the state
chairman and all of the vice chair
men in the state and that there shall
be other demonstrations in as many
cities and towns as possible through
out the state.
If the plans r carried through
and it is evident they will be-La-
Dor Day will witness the greatest
demonstration of American labor
political solidarity ever recorded in
all of III national history.
Major Berry has asked all state
chairmen to plan these meetings at
once and to let nothing stand in the
way of their success.
In each meeting a declaration of
support of President Roosevelt will
be adopted.
State chairmen have been asked
to arrange local radio facilities
wherever possible.
Il believe we can say it is al
ready assured that there will be
Non-Partisan League Labor Day
mass meetings in every state in the
union, united by a single purpose,
marking in dramatic fashion the up
rising of the workers in support of
the President" said Major in writ
ing to state chairmen. "And there
will be hundreds of smaller meet
ings throughout the states. l look
for the greatest political spectacle
of our time and I feel confident we
shall not be disappointed"
At the same time Major Berry an
nounced formation of a Woman's
Division of Labor's Non-Partisan
League. All state chairmen have
been asked to begin the building of
a women's division Immediately and
to enlist in each state the leading
women, including those who are
friends and sympathizers of labor
as well as those who belong to la
Dor organizations. Major Berry
pointed out that there are fully two
million women now organized in
women's a%uxilliaries of unions. "It
is a fact beyond doubt that the
overwhelming majority of these or
gained women and their friends
favor the reelection of President
Roosevelt and will want to share ac-
lively in the triumph from those of
the men who make up the labor
movement. Added to the women
who are in auxilliaries there are
thousands who are active members
of unions. We can count on the
support of at least three million wo-
men for reelection of President
Roosevelt"
Major Berry expressed himself as
more confident than ever of the
success of the campaign. mot only
are we assured of success in
achievement of our immediate OBJ
j%ective, but we shall 60 on from
there with the building of a strong
permanent organization reaching
into every Congressional district in
the United States.
"The case of the opposition re-
veals its weakness every day. The
banding together of the great ex.
plotting interests of the nation in
the opposition camp is impressing
upon labor with fresh emphasis the
vital necessity of uniting solidly in
support of the President. No
amount of Republican oratory can
conceal or distort the issues. The
forces that drove the nation to the
very brink of ruin are supporting
Governor Landon and he welcomes
their support, making his cause one
with theirs. Our task is to mete
out overwhelming defeat to that
menace to everything that American
labor values, preserving liberty and
the fundamental democracy of our
country. Labor's Non-Partisan
League is in action everywhere with
that single objective as u task for
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