Evening star., 1960-07-19

Delay III VoClng Cne lnQor
some key union leaders are 1
Senator Johnson for Vice
President and, to a lesser
degree, Senator Kennedy for
President.
Postponement of the in
dorsement also would be CAL
culated to increase pressure
on the Democrats to deliver
on their pro-labor platform
pledges.
Seeks Later Date
Mr.. Meany last night dis
patched kilograms to the 29-
member AFL-CIO Executive
Council suggesting postpone
Iment Of the general board
meeting scheduled for August
II in Chicago. The general
board - consisting of council
members and chief officers of
all AFL-CIO afiliates - had
been scheduled to decide on in
dorsing presidential and vice
presidential candidates in be-
half of the labor federation.
Executive Council members
were asked to reply to the poll
by telegram. Mr.. Meany pro-
posed that the eight-member
AFL-CIO Executive Committee
be authorized to reschedule the
general board meeting at an
unSpecified later date.
| Mr.. Meany said the August
III date might be inconvenient
because union officers will be
busy pushing legislation in the
August session of Congress
But there are no plans for
poStponing the Executive Coun-
Gil meeting scheduled for Au-
gust is in Chicago.
Other Considerations
Although the press of legis-
lative business is a factor in
the proposal TO postpone the
general board meeting, several
sources laid greater emphasis
on other considerations.
Al j. Hayes, president of the
international Association OF
Machinists, said he favors post
ponement of the general board
meeting because its too early
to determine if it's advisable
to make an Endorsement"
"AS matters stand now" he
said, the MachinistS Nom
partisan Political League (his
unions political ARM would
not indorSe' either the Demo-
cratic or. Republican national
ticket. Although there is no
chance that the league will in
dorse the Republican nominees,
he continued, changing condi-
tions may result ultimately in
Endorsement of the Democratic
! ticket.
! The MachinistS have in
dorSed the Democratic ticket
in all recent presidential elec-
tionS except in 1914.
Platform Pledges
! Mr.. Hayes said the Machin-
lists and the AFL-CIO should
wait and see whether "the
Democrats, and especially the
ticket, are sincere about carry
ing out the pledges and the
commitments in the platform. u
I'VE want some definite as
suranceS that both nominees
will do everything in theil
power to carry out the plat
form commitments" Mr.. Hayes
said. These assurances, he
added, could take the form OF
action during the August ses-
sion of Congress and other
moves that would demonstrate
Senator Kennedy's and Sena-
tor Johnson's Sincerity"
Organized labor hopes for
favorable congressional action
next month in several fields
including liberalization of the
minimum wage law, medical
care for the aged and Federal
aid to education.
Mr.. Hayes, an influential
leader of the AFL-CIO, has
criticized Senator Kennedy for
his role in enacting last years
labor reform law. He said to-
day that his views on that issue
have not changed.
Most other top unionists ap-
parently have absolved Senator
Kennedy of blame for stringent
provisions of the reform law,
and labor'S delegates at last
weeks Democratic convention
helped round up votes for him.
The official AFL-CIO line
is more favorable to Senator