Evening star., 1936-07-06
PARTY CH|EFTA|NS
TO HOLD PARLEYS
Action Due in Campaign as
Roosevelt and Landon
Talk With Aides.
BY the Associated Press.

6y TIE hssOClaLed fIebe.
Amid indications of fast-moving
political action, the standard bearers
Of both major parties returned to
their desks today.
President Roosevelt sailed home on
the yacht Potomac after his Virginia
speaking trip and planned a confer
ence with Postmaster General Farley.
Gov. ALI NJ. Landon of Kansas,
back at Topeka after a vacation i'll
the Colorado mountains. planned
meetings with Representative Joseph
W. Martin. jr., the Republican East
ern campaign manager, and former
Gov. Frank o. Lowden of Illinois.
Farm problems, a subject expected
to be emphasized in the Kansan's
acceptance speech at the Republican
notification ceremonies at Topeka
July %, were to be discussed at the
Landon-Lowden parley Thursday.
Landon's schedule tomorrow in
cludes an address before joint session
of the Legislature, which meets to
initiate an amendment to the State
Constitution to permit participation
in the Federal social security program
Campaign TO Be Pushed.
Activities of both Mr.. Roosevelt and
Gov. Landon indicated to observers
that, far from entering Summer
doldruns, the campaign in prepara-
tion for November was likely to con-
tinue with little abatement.
Fast and continuous activity also
was indicated by the setting up of
opposing campaign headquarters in
New York.
The Democrats are moving their
national Offices to two floors in the
Biltmore Hotel on Thursday, while in
the next block the Republicans will
set up Offices to direct their campaign
in 20 Eastern States.
Both Farley and John D. NJ Ham
ilton, Republican chairman, were ex-
pected to start work in New York
this week. Farley is both State and
National Democratic chairman.
CoughIin Enters New Jersey.
The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin. De-
troit radio priest and supporter of
Representative William Lemkes
Union party presidential campaign,
entered New Jersey yesterday to make
an unannounced address to officials
of his National Union for Social Jus
tice.
The session in Trenton, closed to
press and public, was attended by l.
300 officers Of the units of the Ma
tional Union in Jersey.
Father Coughlin later said he was
visiting various States to meet lead
ers Of his movement. He urged Off
cials to elect congressional candidates
bearing the unions Endorsement. and
continued his attack against Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
Roosevelt has placed a s35o00.-
100000 burden on you," he said TO
his followers. and it has to be paid
back by your labor"
Another week end political develop
ment vas a statement by George L.
Berry, president of labor's Non-par-
tisan League, in which he said union
leaders representing 100000 voters
had been enrolled to work for Mr..
Roosevelts reelection.
Cites Astonishing Enrolment"
Considering the brief period within
which the league has been organized"
he said, this is an astonishing enroll
ment and attests pointedly the en-
thusiasm of labor for the cause TO
which We are pledged"
The labor league was organized
last April to put the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor on the record" for
Mr.. Roosevelt's reelection. Besides
Berry, John L. Lewis, president Of the
United Mine Workers, and Sidney
Eillman, president of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers, helped with its
organization.
Already we have received the
pledges of a large percentage of the
State Federations of Labor" Berry
said in statement. IN addition, ac-
ceptances have arrived from officers OF
national and international unions
constituting majority of the votes in
the American Federation of Labor"
Berry said the league would be
thorougnly pracucal ana cohesive
as political organization and that its
principles and objectives have the
added force of simplicity"
mo one can misunderstood them"
he said Our platform has only one
plank"
Berry said he expected a Nation
wide set-up embracing 48 State labor
league organizations. would be COM
pleted by July Is.