The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1944-04-20
Urges Every Union Member
TO QuolifY And Vote In
Coming Elections

Nashville. Tenn (FP). - Plans for
all-out registration of voters in ma
chine-r ridden Tennessee were underway
following Il state convention here of
800 delegates and visitors representing
the Go. railroad brotherh0ods and
National Farmers Union.
A resolution terming it the solemn
duty of every union member To qualify
and vote in the coming elections" WAS
adopted at the meeting. called by the
Federated Labor Committee for Poll
teal Action in Tennessee.
While the convention did not take
formal action on the issue of Il fourth
term for President Roosevelt. every
reference to the chief executive brought
tremendous applause. Vice President
Van A. Bittner of United SteelworkerS
WIOD, vice chairman of the CIO Poll
tical Action Committee, warned
There are many men in the L. S.
congress who are more interested in
defeating Franklin u. Roosevelt than
they are in defeating Adolf Hitler"
Declaring that the 1914 elections
will be the most important in his
tory Bittner praised the L. $. Su
preme Court for outIawing the white
primary in the south and pledged con
tinued cooperation of the tIo in abol-
ishing the polllaX aS Il qualification for
voting.
Bitlner called for unity of all work
happens in the 1914 election may mean
not only what happens to you, but
what happens to your childrcn'S chill
dren and all the peoples of the world.
lou can't hurt II CIO man or his
family without hurting IN AFL man
and his family and vice versa"
Enthusiasm for Roosevelt reached
another high peak when Tom Davis,
former Farmpr-LabOr party member
of the Minnesota legislature and now
attorney for the brotherhood of Rail
read Trainmen (unafliIat"D, said the
Presidents record ought to make any
laborng man ashamed not to support
him
The democracy of the nation must
demand that President Roosevelt run
for reelection" he said "Thp democ-
racy of the nation must see that he is
reelected. We must uphold the princi-
pies of President Roosevelt for which
our boys are dying in Italy, the
SolOmnns and all over the world"
The convention adopted II 13-pont
program embodying the main princi-
pies put forth by the Roosevelt ad-
miniStration. 1t included pOllaX re-
peal, expansion of federal and state
social security laws, more effective
price control, farm price Stabilization,
protection of family farm ownership,
cooperation with plans to rehabilitate
war veterans and guarantee of full
postwar employment through an cX
panded public works program.
Other speakers were Regional CIO
Director Paul Il. Christopher and Or
ganiZatiOn Director Aubrey Williams
of the National Farmers Union. EXecu-
tive chairman of the Federated Labor
Committee is Hollis v Reid, IcgiSla-
tive representative of the brotherhood
W is'''ii''iN' ~
(unatIilialcD.
The AI'L and brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers (unailiiated) were
represented officially on the committee
and had planned 10 b" represented at
the convention. About two weeks be
tive board withdrew its Endorsement,
following pressure from AI'L national
headquarters. Similar pressure was
used by BILE national officials to com
pei Withdrawal of the BILE state or
ganizati0n.