Summit County Labor News

Labor's League Drive for $$$ Rolls Ahead

Labor's League for Political Education has already mailed
more than 2,000,000 receipts to local unions for contributions of
$2 or more from each American Federation of Labor member to
help win a liberal Congress in 1950.
The receipts in booklets of 25 each are going out of league
headquarters at the rate of 28 U. S. mail bags per day.
Bundles of the booklets are addressed to the financial secre-
tary of each local union who has been designated as the league
collector for the campaign. They are being sent on the basis of
address lists furnished by each international union.
The league said that 35 international unions have already
furnished these lists of local unions but that 38 are still to be
heard from. Headquarters hopes to have the big job completed by
January 1 and will if the delayed lists arrive.
Some contributions have already begun to roll into league
headquarters from local secretaries who have completed their
canvasses of membership rolls. The goal is $2 from every mem-
ber with one-half of the money to be returned to the
state and local leagues.
The league's national committee meeting at St. Paul last
October said that repeal of the Taft-Hartley law and passage of
legislation to advance the interests of all the people can only be
realized through a comprehensive program of political action.
"The vital importance of the drive for voluntary contributions
cannot be overemphasized," the league said. "The ultimate success
of this drive for campaign contributions will depend entirely on
the participation and contributions of our membership."
The whole 1950 campaign must be conducted with voluntary
contributions because of the Taft-Hartley amendments to the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act. Union funds cannot be used.
Every contributor receives a blue button with the letters
"LLPE" printed in white.