Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-10-25
AFL Tedmsters
Back Jeffries
Labor Record


Brennan. chairman Of IT'S politics
action committee. the Detro
Transfers Union Joint council Il
day made a further breach In IN
united front Of organized labor h
endorsing Mayor JcffricS for n
election over the labor candidate
frank FitzGcrald
The statement followed a rad
broadcast over radio static
WY last night in which
teamSter spokesman lauded III
liberal labor policy Of the mayo
and urged his reelection.
The teamSter'S endorsement
the second ALL endorsement fo
Jeffries in less than a weel
Members Of Local 344 GAIL
comprising members of the Dc
tIoit fire department. endorse
him last Friday.
TRANSFERS PRAISE RECoRI
There IL a campaign under
way to represent Mayor Jeffries
as a bitter enemy OF labor. -
Breunan's statement said. You
are being asked 60 tnseat our
present mayor by coalition
claiming 10 speak for all organ
he'd labor In this area. Let's get
the record straight.
THE TesmSterS Union mem
bership IL the largest In the
ALL and the feamsters def
nltely endorse Mayor Jeffries
for reelection on the strength
of the record he has made.
Under the administration of
Mayor Jeffries, the wage scale
nj city employees is the highest
In the United States. Jeffries IA
not q labor batter nor Is he
anti-isbor. He has always In
Structed his department heads
TO recognize the rights OF all
employees TO organize tn labor
unions.
You members Of organized
labor should remember the dark
days from April, 1884, TO jan
usry, 1910. Have you forgotten
the Federsi-Mogul. American
Brass, Federal Screw. Detroit
Steel Products and other strikes
Of that period?
ANTI-LABoR DAYS CITED
Those were the days when it
was open season on union pick
cts. A broken head WAS the
least penalty for sticking up
for the rights of labor. Union
members were held in jail, with
out charges, for As long AS ~
hours. They were switched
around by the police depart
rnent from one police station IN
another so their friends could
not find them.
"Since Jeffries became mayor.
this situation has changed.
Union members are not dubbed
now by members OF the police
department. Their lawful right
of peaceful picketing Is re-
spected. This you owe 10 Jeff
ries.
As we see IL, Jeffries is en-
titled to reelection ON the basis
of his past performance. We
would rather trust q man who,
for the past 80 years, has
studied the labor movement.
than TO take a chance on his
opponent who has no labor ex-
perience whatever.
while we are union men, we
also take q good deal Of pride
In our city. Our members are
home owners, fathers Of fami-
lies and taxpayers. We are in
terested in everything that AZ
fects the lives OF our members
and the citizens Of Detroit rs a
whole
EXPERIENCE Is NEEDED
I'VE do not think II Is In la
boris best interest, nor In the
interest OF good government,
for a mayor 10 owe his election
10 any particular group. We
prefer a mayor who shoots
straight with everybody and f.
mayor Of the whole city and all
It's people.
Maybe the other candidate
could do As well as Jeffries, hut
we do not believe he knows
how. Most anybody can drive n
passenger car, but II takes skill,
strength and experience 60 high
ball a five-tOn tractor and
trailer over the road. safely
and on time.
You just don't give Jobs a.
important "a the mayor OF the
city Of Detroit 10 a green man,
any more than you would send
green man out with n valu-
able truckioad of merchandise.
The Teamsters Union does
not want anything better than
= fair deal for labor, and II is
convinced that. with the re-
election 81 Mayor Jeffries, the
fair policies Of the present ad-
ninistratlOn will ne continued.
We do not ask for more"