Evening Star Newspaper, November 1, 1936, Page 20

A—20 LABOR HEADS PUSH ROOSEVELT ~ FIGHT Leaders to Continue Talks in President’s Behalf 1} Until Tuesday. BY JOHN C. HENRY. Subordinating their “family” quar- rels and all other issues to that of the ation-wide election Tuesday, key officials of organized labor are continuing to the last minute their wvigorous espousal of the Roosevelt ad- ministration. Representing labor’s Non-Partisan League, which has applied its non- partisanship exclusively on behalf of Roosevelt's re-election, Maj. George L. Berry, president, is climaxing his speaking campaign in his home State of Tennessee. Last night he spoke at Rogersville and tomorrow he appears at Sneedville. John L. Lewis, in whom are vested | Democratic hopes of carrying the im- | portant State of Pennsylvania, is back | in Washington after two weeks of | vigorous campaign in that State. | In the field his United Mine Work- | ers are to continue their efforts right | through the voting hours of Tuesday .and back here the sharp-tongued | leader s expected to provide rebuttal for any closing Republican appeal to| labor. | Sidney Hillman, who with Lewis | and Berry guides the league's pol-| icies, is scheduled for one or two | *clean-up” appearances. Advance Publication Date. From Lewis' own union, the semi- | monthly Mine Workers' Journal ad- vanced its publication date a day or | two in order to reach its readers with | an editorial asserting that “if Roose- | velt should happen to be defeated the | Nation would go back into the hands of the big bankers, big employers, big | speculators and anti-union corpora- | tions that would soon destroy every- thing labor has won with the help of Roosevelt, They would cut wages and lengthen the work day. They would wipe out the improved working condi- ; tions. They would kill the right to organize. They would refuse collective | bargaining. Defeat of Roosevelt would | mean a complete return to the old days of industrial slavery | And from the Committee for Indus- trial Organization, which is John Lewis in yet another form, was issued yes- terday an “editorial” attack on indus- | try’s pay roll “discussion” of the social | security act. The following is an ex- | cerpt: | “When a foreman says to a worker, ‘Il be better for you if you don't Join the union,’ the worker doesn’t have to be a mind reader to know the boss is threatening his livelihood. And pay-enevolpe propaganda is hardly a degree more subtle.” | The American Federation of Labor, | non-partisan as an organization, is making no closing appeal to sway its members, but its well-circulated an- alysis of the labor records of both presidential candidates showed a fac- | tual credit for the present adminis- | tration. In addition, the federation | has defended the social security act | against the Republican-inspired at- | ks, Federation Business Survey. Released at an effective moment was | e federation’s monthly survey of | usiness, declaring that activity in | general is at least 15 per cent above last year and citing corporation profits *“approaching pre-depression levels.” President William Green has de- clared himself personally for Roose- velt. Representing the only appreciable labor effort on behalf of Gov. Alfred | M. Landon is the Republican party's labor division under William L. Hutcheson, president of the Carpen- ters’ Union, who resigned from tne Executive Council of the A. F. of L. Just before its campaign analysis was issued. Hutcheson is a long-time Re- publican. Meanwhile, nothing in the way of reconciliation between the C. I. O. and the A. F. L. has developed since the appointment of a special “peace” committee by the Federation council. ‘With the federation convention sched- uled to begin in Tampa on November 16, it becomes increasingly likely that the suspension of 10 member unions of the C. I. O. will continue in force until that date and that they will be denied admission to the convention. Expulsion May Result, Outright expulsion then may result i council leaders feel themselves i sufficient control of the convention delegates. Leaders of the C. I. O, insisting they are more concerned with their attempts to organize the steel indus- try than with the factional strife, have called a meeting of the com- mittee and of their organizing leaders in Pittsburgh next week-end. At that time, it is expected some decision will be made about attempts to gain ad- mission to the Tampa convention with the expectation now that the indi- vidual unions will be left free to do as they please about seeking repre- sentation. A CARDINAL PACELLI ENDS 6,500-MILE AIR TRIP Calls Boulder Dam and Niagara Falls Highlights of U. 8. Tour. BS the Associated Press. NEW YORK, October 31.—Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, papal secretary of state, arrived at Roosevelt Field in a special plane today, completing a 6,500-mile air tour of the United Btates. The ranking authority of the Ro- man Catholic Church next to the Pope took four hours four minutes to make the last leg from Cincin- nati, partly owing to his request to be flown over Niagara Falls on his way here. ‘The cardinal said he enjoyed his tour, on which he averaged more than 1,000 miles a day during & week of traveling. He named Boulder, Dam and Niagara Falls as highlights of the trip. ‘Tomorrow an honorary degree of doctor of laws will be conferred on Cardinal Pacelll in ceremonies at Fordham University. PLAN NEW YORK TRIP Federal Employes to Take Tour Next Week End. District of Columbia locals of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes will hold an all-expense trip to New York over the next week end. For the three-day tour—Friday to Sunday—the cost will be $13.80; for Saturday-Sunday, $11.80. % Henry G. Nolda, at District head= quarters, 710 Fourteenth street, is in charge. g A BENEFIT PARTY TODAY Roy M. Perry last night was named chairman of the special Contribu- tions Committee to arrange for the tenth anniversary pound party of the Little Sisters of the Poor today from 2 to 4 pm: at Second and H streets northeast. Contributions of cash or groceries may be sent there or to the Knights of Columbus headquarters, 918 Tenth street. The organization does not share in contributions to the Com- munity Chest. THE dern suige, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 1, 1936—PART ONE. —_—— RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. WILKINS Active for Years in Social and Re- ligious Work in George- town. Mrs. Minnie Gaston Otey Wikins, widow of the late Herbert Claiborne Wilkins, died yesterday afterncon at her home, 1519 Twenty-eighth street, after an extended iliness. Funeral 9roup ins This valuable 52. Piece Dinip g R.oo m Group given FREE with the purchase of any Dining Room Suite during this sale! 3.PC. OUTFIT! - 31895 Consists of a Jenny Lind Bed, comfortable Mattress and a guaranteed Spring. 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