Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-11-01
LABOR HEADS PUSH
ROOSEVELT FIGHT
Leaders, to Continue Talks
in Presidents Behalf
y Until Tuesday.
BY JOHN C. HENRY.


rels and all other issues to that of
the Nationwide election Tuesday,
key officials of organized labor are
continuing to the last minute their
vigorous espousal of the Roosevelt adj
ninistration.
Representing labor's Non-Partisan
League, which has applied its non
partisanship exclusively on behalf Of
Roosevelt's reelection, Maj. George
L. Berry, president, is climaXing his
speaking campaign in his home State
of Tennessee. Last night he spoke at
Rogersville and tomorrow he appears
at Sneedville.
John L. Lewis, in whom are vested
Democratic hopes of carrying the i'm
portant State of Pennsylvania, is back
in Washington after two weeks of
vigorous campaign in that State.
In the field his United Mine Work
ers are to continue their efforts right
through the voting hours of Tuesday
and back here the sharp tongued
leader is expected to provide rebuttal
for any closing Republican appeal to
labor.
olOIley VIII Will LEWIS
ana Berry guides the leagues pol
1cies, is scheduled for one or two
cleanup" appearances.
Advance Publication Date.
From Lewis own union, the semi
monthly Mine Workers Journal adj
vanced its publication date day or
two in order to reach its readers with
an editorial asserting that IF Roose-
welt should happen to be defeated the
Nation would go back into the hands
of the big bankers, big employers, big
Spectators and anti-union corpora
tions that would soon destroy every
thing labor has won with the help of
Roosevelt. They would cut wages and
lengthen the work day. They would
wipe out the improved working condi-
tons. They would kill the right to
organize. They would refuse collective
bargaining. Defeat of Roosevelt would
mean complete return to the old
days Of industrial slavery"
And from the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, which is John Lewis
In yet another form, was issued yes
terday an editorial" attack on indus
try's pay roll discussion" of the social
security act. The following is an ex-
cerpt:
When a foreman says to a worker,
It'll be better for you if you don't
join the union. the worker doesn't
have to be mind reader to know the
boss is threatening his livelihood. And
pay-enevolpe propaganda is hardy a
degree more subtle"
The American Federation of Labor,
hon-partisan as an organization, is
making no closing appeal to sway its
members, but its well-circulated an
alysis of the labor records of both
presidential candidates showed fac
tual credit for the present admins
tration. In addition, the federation
has defended the social security act
against the inspired at
tscks.
Federation Business Survey.
Released at an effective moment was
the federation's monthly survey of
business, declaring that activity in
general is at least Is per cent above
last year and citing corporation profits
approaching pre-depression levels"
President William Green has de-
clared himself personally for Roose-
welt.
Representing the only appreciate
labor effort on behalf Of Gov. Alfred
M. Landon is the Republican party.s
labor division under William L.
Hutcheson. president of the Carpen-
ters' Union, who resigned from the
Executive Council of the A. F. of l..
just before its campaign analysis was
issued. Hutchinson is a long time Re-
publican.
Meanwhile, nothing in the way of
reconciliation between the c. I. o. and
the A. F. L. has developed since the
appointment of a special peace"
committee by the Federation council.
With the federation convention sched-
uled to begin in Tampa on November
Is, 1t becomes increasingly likely that
the suspension of 10 member unions
Of the C. I. o. will continue in force
until that date and that they will be
denied admission to the convention.
Expulsion May Result.
Outright expulsion then may result
II council leaders feel themselves LII
sufficient control Of the convention
delegates.
Leaders of the c. I. O., insisting
they are more concerned with their
attempts to organize the steel indus
try than with the factional strife,
have called a meeting of the COM
n1ittee and of their organizing leaders
IN Pittsburgh next weekend. At that
time, it IS expected some decision will
be made about attempts to gain ad-
mission to the Tampa convention with
the expectation now that the indi-
vidual unions will be left free to do
as they please about seeking repre-
sentation.