The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1949-07-28
AFL Drive To Gust Taft,
Donnell, Others In Election

Washington (LPA) - Organized
labor's campaign to drive its Con-
gressional enemies from office in
next years elections began to take
definite shape last week when
Labor's League for Political Edu-
cation, the AFL's political arm,
held a two-day meeting here of
delegates from state federations,
AFL municipal bodies and AFL in
ternational unions.
In "A conference with the press at
the end of the meeting, Joseph d.
keenan, said that labor would con-
centrate its heaviest fire on Sen
atorial contests in Ohio, Indiana,
Missouri and Colorado to defeat
Senators Robert A. Taft, Homer
Capehart, Forrest Donnell and
Eugene d. Milliken, all Republi-
cans. Mr.. keenan, said flatly that
he felt labor had a good chance to
win the elections against these
anti-labor diehards. At the same
time, he thought that labor had at
least an even chance to eliminate
Republican aiti-labor S n Or s
Bourke B. Hickenlooper of Iowa,
Alexander Wiley of Wisconsin and
Milton R. Young of North Dakota,
who are also up for reelection.
A substantial part of labor's eff
fort in the 1850 Senatorial elections
must be directed toward keeping
men in office wha have demonstrat-
ed their sympathy with labor, Mr..
keenan, declared. Specifically he
mentioned Democratic S e n o rs
Carl Hayden of Arizon, Lister Hill
of Alabama, Olin ID. Johnston of
South Carolina, Brien Mcmahon of
Connecticut, Warren G. Magnuson
of Washington, Francis j. Myers
of Pennsylvania, Claude Pepper of
Florida, Ebert D. Thomas of Utah
and Republican Senator Wayne
Morse of Oregon.
A strong effort must also be
made to keep a number of Repre-
sentatives in office whose posts are
jeopardized by tightly organized
reactionary opposition, the LLPE
director said. He specifically cited
Representative Dayton E. Phillips,
Tennessee Republican, whose seat
will be contested by Carroll Reece,
one-time chairman of the Republi-
can National Committee.
The fight will be in the primar-
les in many instances, MIR. keenan,
said, notably in the southern
states and in Oregon where Sen
ator Morse may meet strong oppo-
sition from reactionary interests.
Mr.. keenan, cited the organiza-
tional work the AFL already has
done through LLPE in Pennsy-
lvania as a good example of how
labor's campaign will shape up. In
the Keystone State where a power
full effort must be made to return
Senator Myers, he said that the
AFL already is politically organ
lied at a district-by-district level.
In Pennsylvania and other states,
the Federation through LLPE is
aiming at a precinct-by-precinct or
ganization which will first press to
get all potential voters registered
and then to get those voters to the
polls. Mr.. keenan, said that LLPE
was especially interested in reach
ing women voters with the AFL's
program for a higher wage min
imum, wider social security and
health coverage and increased aid
TO education.
Nevertheless, LLPE's, campaign
must be financed, he declared, and
said that the delegates to the con-
ference here had agreed to a plan
each member of an AFL
lnion and his friends should be
asked to contribute two dollars to
he drive. Of the two dollars one
iollar would be retained by the ma
,ional office of LLPE and the
,ther dollar would go to the state
Mr.. keenan, warned
hat reporters should not do any
multiplying" on the basis of the
AFL's 100000 members, how
ever, since estimates of the amount
hat will be raised would be way
,ff. LLPE's Administrative Com
nittee is expected to approve the
financial plan at meeting in Tor
INTO next month.
The LLPE director said: "We !!