The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1950-02-09
Labor Spokesmen
Pledge Aid At
Democratic ParIey

Raleigh, n. c. (LPA) - Two
hundred Democratic leaders from
Ia southern states who assembled
here, Jan. 81 to renew their party
faith at a regional conference,
heard that labor is squarely behind
the Fair Deal and that the nations
economic picture is bright.
"We are for the Fair Deal pro-
gram and for the spirit of progress
sive and liberal government that
it expresses" declared Jack Kroll,
director Of the Political Action
Committee.
A pledge of 100 per cent for the
Truman program came from Joseph
keenan,, director of the AFL
Labor's League for Political Edu-
cation. Warning against section
alism, he said 1--WE must live as a
nation. That's labor principle.
That's what we've fought for"
Said c. T. Anderson, secretary
of the Railway Labor Political Lea
que: "You may not like everything
the Democratic party stands for,
but you at least know what it
stands for and what the price is.
The Republican party since 1882
hasn't yet told the people what it
stands for. In my experience,
they've been for nothing since the
Panama Canal. The people know
what you stand for and what you
are proposing"
No hint of civil rights discord
arose during the all-day conference,
which was closely shepherded by
North Cardinals Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman, Jonathan
Daniels, who had charge of ar
rangements.
Vice-President Alben Barkley
was the featured speaker at the
North Carolina Jefferson-Jackson
Day Dinner, which came at the
close Of the regional conference.
The dinner, most successful in the
States history, raised more than
$4,000 for the party's war chest.
Other speakers at the conference
included Secretary of the Treasury
John Snyder Secretary of Agricul-
ture Charles F. Brannan, National
Democratic Chairman VILLA m
Boyle, Secretary of the Army Cor
dan Gray, Undersecretary Of State
James Webb, Budget Director
Frank Pace, and Leon Keyserling,
acting chairman of President Tru-
mans Council of Economic Advis-
ors, Mrs. Charles w. Tillett, vice
chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, and Mrs. Dorothy
Vredengurgh, secretary of the
Democratic National Committee.
Governors Kerr Scott of North
Carolina, Sidney McMath of Ark
ansas and James Z. Folsom Of
Alabama took turns presiding.
Treasury Secretary Snyder in
sisted that the nations economy is
"still sound, and Budget Director
Pace contended President Truman
has mapped sound, economical
program to balance the budget in
the near future.
Predicting the value of goods
and services produced annually in
the United States could rise to $3.50
billion in the 10 years head, COM
pared with $258 billion in 1949,
Keyserling, acting chairman of
President Truman's Council of
Economic Advisors, said the pro-
gress depends upon keeping faith
in America"
There are many things that must
be done to insure national progress
toward the 1859 production goal
of $3.50, 0,0C0,C00,000, he said, and
one of these is "ever improved vol
untary cooperation between man
agement and labor, so that price
and wage policies may be worked
out which will allow enough capital
accumulation to expand our pro-
iuctive facilities, and at the same
time provide enough purchasing
power to buy the full product"
Government, Keyserling said,
should not intervene in the labor
management relationships, "but it
.an provide a favorable environ
nent in which management and
abor will learn even better how to
work together for the interests Of
ILL.,"