Montana labor news., 1950-02-09

TN farm ana furai fOitf, VINO are
showing Increasing sympathy for la
bors poin, OF view on federal leg
i,lation tor labor farmer and small
business
! Made the primary political Job
auc of getting voters registered
Demanded lumedia,cd congre,-
,ianal action 10 repeal federal eS-
else taxes imposed during the var
on many consumer items.
The council laid plan, ior the
lpSo political campaign couiiden,
hat the farm rev1l, will help US"
Joseph y Keenan,. director oi La
bar, League Tor Political Educa-
ton said many member, OF Con
gre, 3ho voted Tor the Taft Hart
les Af' we're seeking removal oi or
duminuiiou u iarm price support
legislation He asserted that the
Democrat, favored price support
lli, oMn conclusion. fortified by ire
4ueut visits 70 rural areas. were
that farmers werc turning away
from the Republican party in some
laeaiilics.
Mr. keenan, also ,aid tina, while
national and state farm organiza-
'ion leaders appeared lukewarm to-
ward cooperating with labor on the
political ilcld. we are getting CO.
operation from farm leaders and
farmer, on the county level"
We cNpee, this cooperation to
increase As time goes on and the
farmers src ,ha, they have much in
common with labor" he added
In 4 tour OF the South Just com
pletcd, Mr. Keenan, formed the i'm
preston tha, labor farmer ooopera-
ton could succeed in elee,ing six to
ninr friendly Representatives from
tha, area
Excerpt, from his report 10 the
administrative committee Of l.abor's
Ieaguc follow
1850 lind, organized labor need
ing 5 additional L. ) Senators and
Is additional members OF the House
Who are friendly to labor
The chief political problem OF
the 1850 oii-ycar as lar as labor is
concerned IS 10 register the vote
and 10 get the vote out.
The second most important prob
lem is to make sure that the friends
Of labor that won in the 1913 victory
are reelected. In 1913 labor had so
lew friends thai the campaign was
largely devoted to getting the 'ins'
out In 1850 labor has to fight
more defensive battle because in an
ai year il must hold It's friends and
must show that il can defend its
friends who have supported labor in
the House and the Senate For ex-
ample. OF the p Democratic Sena
tors up ior election in 1850. l8 are
friend, oi labor and only are anti
labor OF the l5 Republican SEN
a,ors up ior election. three aiken.
At. Morse. Ore and Iobey. y H)
are friends oi labor and 10 are
anti labor Thus oil the s. Sena-
tors up. l. are friend, and ~ are
anti labor
The dangerous Byrd Tait- Dixie
rat COP bloc in the Senate can be
smashed in 1880 ii labor can de-
ieat Capehart Of Ind, Donnell, Mo.
iliekcnloopcr Iowa Milllken, Colo.
TAFT. Ohio Wiley. Mise In addition
mere is lair chance that II the
Anpaign IS we'll handled that Cur
he, OF 5. y. could be defeated. The
nut one OF these particular Senate
races depends on what IS the most
important issue in the 1880 election
the farm issue At present there
IS more political activity and dis
cu> ion in rural areas than there IS
IN urban area,-becau,e oi the farm
i>sue
The farmer i, active politically
because he i, worried Farm income
dropped about per cent in 1919
imd another 10 per cent III Ivy.
4 further drop II about 10 per cent
# indicated in 1850. Meanwhile.
the price oi things the farmers buy
have only dropped ) per cent In
addition, the farmer is worried farm
,urolu.e, and when the 1880 election
,ab +, place un Nos one more
s,a / crop vii be added TO the farm
III. troubles and il will help 70
Il en,ratc further his interest in
Poi tics
Labor, primary job is registra-
non and getting out the vote in the
urban areas where. At present there
il yers considerable apathy.
The lac, that labor Will benefit
IN 1850 from the farm revolt against
Republican Senator's in farm states
where such Senators happen to be
labor's chiel enemies makes IT all
the more importan, for labor 10 per
form i,s part in the urban areas BY
earryine on a bigger and better and
more effective registration drive and
4 cct.out the-yote drive than ever