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The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
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The AFL's 15-man Executive Council met in Miami on Jan. 26 to discuss deep involvement in national politics, aiming to repeal the Taft-Hartley Act. President William Green plans to raise $8 million for political activities and possibly endorse a presidential candidate, with a larger strategy group meeting on February 4.
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AFL Leadership Meeting in Miami—Prime Objective Is Announced
(BY HAROLD WARD)
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 26.—(AP)—The AFL leadership assembled today to take the deepest plunge into national politics it ever has attempted, with repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act as its prime announced objective.
The 15-man Executive Council went into mid-winter session, to be climaxed February 4 with a meeting of the Federation's full-dress political strategy group of 30 members.
President William Green, who hopes to raise $8,000,000 in voluntary contributions from Federation members to finance the AFL's political activities, says the newly-formed "labor's political education league" may even go so far as to endorse a Presidential candidate this time.
In other years the AFL has scarcely dipped its toes in the swirling current of a presidential contest.
Principally, however, the AFL and CIO both will concentrate on Congress.
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Miami, Fla.
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Jan. 26
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plans to repeal taft-hartley act, raise $8,000,000 for political activities, possible endorsement of presidential candidate; focus on congress by afl and cio.
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AFL's 15-man Executive Council assembled in Miami for a mid-winter session on national politics, with repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act as prime objective. Session to climax February 4 with 30-member political strategy group meeting. Newly-formed labor's political education league to finance activities via voluntary contributions.