Evening star., 1944-09-19
Dewey Will Discuss
indispensable Man
In Portland Tonight
White House Is Blamed
For Wartime Strikes in
Address at Seattle
(TeTt of Gop. DeUeys Seattle
address on Page 49,
BY ]. A. O'LEARY,
Star Staff CnrHasnonda


ON DEWEY TRAIN EN- ROUTE
TO PORTLAND, Greg, Sept.
l9.-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, who
made a supreme effort in Seattle
last night to lure the labor vote
away from the New Deal, will
turn his guns on the fourth term
issue in Portland tonight by an
swering the question rs there
an indispensable MANI"
The Republican nominee, address
ing . crowd Of nearly 1000 in the
Seattle Civic Auditorium, began
hts indictment Of the New Deals
labor policy by charging It has bred
class division. hate and insecurity, >
that it has been one of delays
bungling and Incompetence; 1t has
put untold obstacles In the way OF
labor's effort to avoid wartime
strikes, it has fostered strife between
one labor group and another, be-
tween labor and business and be-
tweeE both and government"
Gov. Dewey placed the blame for
most Of the serious wartime strikes
on the doorstep of the White House
because Of War Labor Board delay
in deciding cases.
He pictured the rights of workers
as having been "smothered under
a welter of agencies, boards, COM
missions and bureaus"
Offers Program.
But he did not stop after listing
what he believes to be the mistakes
Of the administration. He also laid
before the country his own program
for labor. If elected.
High lights of that program are:
Government by law, under a Sec
retary of Labor from the ranks of
labor.
Restore the Labor Department to
the position it once occupied SO
workers will no longer have to
knock on door after door" at other
agencies to find out what their
rights are.
Abolish many of the competing
agencies filled with men quarrel
ing for jurisdiction.
Establish equality between busi-
ness, labor and agriculture, with
full employment at a high wage
level"
Protect the individual from loss
of earning power through no fault
of his own, and protection against
the hazards of old age.
Urges Higher Standards.
Eve must have these things with
in the framework of free-and I
mean free - collective bargaining, !"
the Republican nominee declared.
ITO reach these goals we must in
crease, not decrease, our standard
OF living. We must increase, not
decrease, our production"
The large crowd listened atten-
lively and frequently recorded its
of his labor views. There
were hearty laughs when he recited
the list of different alphabetical
agencies that have a hand in the
administration of labor problems
There was another outburst when he
referred to Secretary of Labor Per-
kins as "an estimable lady who has
been Secretary of Labor in name
only"
Gov. Dewey's Seattle speech may
prove to be the most important ut
terance he will make In this cam
paign, because he was appealing in
the most convincing terms to the
millions of organized workers who
have been the backbone of Presi-
dent Roosevelt's strength for IL
years.
His chance of election well may
depend on whether he succeeded in
persuading them that all groups of
labor will fare better under his ad-
ministration.
Backs Collective Bargaining.
He gave unqualified Endorsement
to collective bargaining and warned
those who would turn back from
that principle they are doomed to
disappointment.
Gov. Dewey did not mention the
CIO, whose leaders are in the fore
front Of the Roosevelt campaign,
through the Political Action Com
mittee, or the American Federation
Of Labor, which leaves political in
dorsements to its State or regional
But the whole theme Of his ad-
dress was . promise to the rank and
file OF all unions Of equitable treat
f~~"tin"ed on Poe A-A, ,Co'"---, !