Evening star., 1936-10-28
Right to Organize and Bar.
gain Needs to Be Ap-
piled, He Says.
PROBLEMS FAMILIAR,
NOMINEE DECLARES
mo One Can Deliver Labor Vote
to Any One Political Party"
Jersey Told.
(Tert OF Landon's Pittsburgh Speech,
As. Tert OF NetDdrk Speech, A-4/
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. j., October 2s.-
Gov. ALI M. Landon said today that
labor's right to organize and bargain
collectively needs to be emphasized
and applied" and pledged, if elected,
enforcement of Federal laws for the
protection of workers"
For many years I have believed
in the necessity for organization as
q means of advancing the fortunes
of the individual worker, raising his
standard of living and giving him the
position in the world to which he is
entitled" the Republican presiden-
tial nominee told a New Jersey audi.
ence.
He spoke in the Mosque Theater
during a four hour pause of his cam
paign special, bound for New York
City and the wind-up of his Eastern
campaign for electoral votes.
The Kansan said the Supreme Court
recognizes the right Of organized
labor through peaceful methods to
extend organization to labor that IL
unorganized' and "the right Of peace.
full picketing"
Generally, Landon said. "the law
is on the side of those who, as work.
ers, are eager to promote their own
fortunes and those of their fellow
workers in the same or other indus
tries"
Promises Enforcement.
l. H.
that labor has the right 10 organize
and bargain collectively through rep.
resentatives Of its own choosing with
out interference by employers.
But, like many an old story, 1t
needs to be emphasized and applied.
When I am President I will see to is
that Federal laws for the protection
of workers are enforced"
Declaring national prosperity de.
pends on labor's receiving an in.
creasing share of the value of every
thing we produce" Landon named
the father of the American Fedora
ton of Labor, Samuel Gompers,"
as one of the first sponsors of that
principle which "has become the con-
yiction of every progressive citizen"
THE labor union, as public
opinion recognizes, is an instrument
of economic progress and national
weil-being," the candidate said, add
ing:
II would like the workers of Amer.
lea, whether they are organized or
unorganized, to. understand clearly
that their problems are familiar to
me; that I myself have worked with
my own hands; that I have earned
wages, and that I am in deep SYM
pathy with the point of view of the
working men and working women
and eager to cooperate with them"
Again referring to Gompers, Landon
said: Labor in this country has pro-
gressed by following the Gompers
| policy of keeping free from entangle-
ment with any political group.
That policy, more than anything
else. is responsible for the steady ad-
vance it has made"
The candidate told his audience
that I'VE are witnessing in this coun-
try today an effort to introduce into
the camp Of American labor the
European system of political alliances
which invariably victimize labor"
mo one can deliver the labor vote
Of America to any one political party"
the KanSan said, because there are
no classes in America.
ANY one who claims to be able to
deliver. or strives to deliver, any part
of the American people to a political
master is betraying the creed Of
America. Such person is sowing the
seeds of destruction for all of US. He
(See LANDON, Page A-5)