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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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The AFL targets 19 anti-labor U.S. Senators for defeat in 1952 elections, blaming them for the Taft-Hartley bill. AFL's Joseph D. Keenan speaks at San Francisco convention, urging victory for a Senate majority.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24—(A)—The American Federation of Labor has named nineteen U.S. Senators it considers chief Congressional targets in the 1952 elections.
Joseph D. Keenan, retiring director of labor's league for political education, in a speech to convention delegates, described the Senators as "short-sighted and anti-labor."
Describing the Senators as "the men who gave you the Taft-Hartley bill," Keenan urged the defeat among others, of:
Senators Brewster (R-Maine); Flanders (R-Vt). Martin, (R-Penn). Smith (R-NJ). Williams (R-Del), O'Conor, (D-Md), and Harry Byrd (D-Va). whom he described as "Dean of all Dixiecrats" and Cain (R-Wash).
Keenan declared there was "an excellent chance" of defeating several of them." A net gain of nine seats "is all we need for a friendly Senate majority," he said.
"The Taft-Hartley law is a time bomb," the AFL speaker told the convention. "When they want to explode it, they can destroy the labor movement."
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The American Federation of Labor names 19 U.S. Senators as targets for defeat in the 1952 elections, describing them as anti-labor and responsible for the Taft-Hartley bill. Joseph D. Keenan urges their defeat, highlighting several including Brewster (R-Maine), Flanders (R-Vt.), Martin (R-Penn.), Smith (R-NJ), Williams (R-Del.), O'Conor (D-Md.), Harry Byrd (D-Va.), and Cain (R-Wash.), and states a net gain of nine seats is needed for a friendly Senate majority.