Evening star., 1948-09-02
Truman Accepts Aid
'0f New York Liberals
For Presidential Ticket

PRESIDENT truman CO0dy accepted
the nomination voted for the Tru-
-Barkley ticket last night by
the New York Liberal Party when
he signed the acceptance brought
10 the White House by Adolf A..
Berle, jr., party chairman, and Alex
Rose, vice chairman.
!. The two party chiefs told report
ers they believed the Liberal Party
Endorsement will swing New York's
Al electoral votes to the Democratic
ticket. They declared they expect
that party will cast about 100000
votes in November.
Mr.. Berle said the Liberal Party
Endorsement reconstructed the
grouping Of non COMMUNIST 1iber-
ais" which in 1914 carried the State
for the Roosevelt Truman ticket.
Mr.. Rose said he told Mr.. Tru-
man that he cannot win without
labor but labor cannot win without
Truman"
G. o. p. Claims Support.
Another White House visitor today
was Edward j. Flynn of the Bronx,
Democratic national committeeman
from New York. who said President
Truman would definitely" carry
New York State.
Meanwhile, Republicans claimed
substantial" labor support as CIO
and AFL leaders rallied in increas-
ing numbers to the Truman Barkley
ticket.
The COP claim was advanced by
Herbert Brownell, jr., DeWey-Warren
campaign manager. in announcing
that Barak T. Mattingly of Mis-
souri,, President Truman's home
State, will direct the partys labor
campaign activities.
Without mentioning the indorse-
ments which the national Demo-
cratic ticket has received in the last
few days from the big labor groups,
Mr.. Brownell said the Mattingly
choice was made because of "the
mutual respect and confidence exist
ing between him and representative
leaders of the American labor move
ment."
Truman Receives Pledges.
The Republican move for the labor
vote was staged as President Truman
received new promises of backing
from CIO and AFL chiefs who called
at the White House to pledge vigor-
Gus campaigns and to forecast vic
tory.
Mr.. Truman, who is opening his
campaign in Michigan swing Mon
day, at the same time made new
bid for labor backing, with a Labor
Day statement calling for repeal of
the Hartley Act, and describing
better labor-management relations
as an absolute necessity"
He also reiterated his proposals
for higher minimum wage, expand
ed social security coverage, national
health insurance and IAN integrated
Department of Labor provided with
adequate staff and adequate funds. "
Urges All to Vote.
The President linked in q get
out-the-vote" appeal his statement,
saying:
1T is to be hoped that every
eligible voter-not just the custom
ary minority of those eligible-will
60 to the polls and register an
opinion on what course the United
States should take in the days
ahead"
The new promise of Democratic
support from the CIO came from its
Political Action Committee, which
fell in line with the C1O Executive
Committee behind the Truman
Barley ticket.
On the AFL side, George Harri-
son, president of the Railway
Clerks, who is heading the new
organization Of AFL union presi-
dents formed to work for the Demo-
Gratis, said after White House visit
that he had told Mr.. Truman he
now has the support of leaders of
unions with a membership of T.
600 000.