Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-08-01 | Page 7 | Lewis Assails Landon Policy

LEWIS ASSAILS ASSAilS' LANDON POLICY V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Aug 1 UP UP- UP John ohn L. L Lewis United Mine Workers Workers' Work- Work ers era president vigorously assailed Governor Alt Alf M. M Landon's labor policy pol- pol icy cy today Y as u designed to isolate workmen from the trade union movement He said Governor Landon's am- am of ot his labor philosophy made nade in a letter to Socialist Presidential Presidential Candidate Norman Thomas till still is unsatisfactory to organized labor abor Major George L L. L Berry head of labors labor's Nonpartisan n league joined Lewis In declaring Landon's explanatory explanatory atory tory letter is Is' more of ot a liability than ban an asset to his presidential candidacy Lewis in a statement and B rry at a press conference revealed plans for Cor or a union of ot millions of farmers trade rade unionists and white collar workers fighting f for r reelection of Pr resident President Roosevelt Berry left Jelt for tor the middle West to seek eek recruits recruits' among farmers am and white collar workers rs for his his' Non Non- Nonpartisan partisan league He predicted the members of ot the American federation of ot Labor would support I Mr Roosevelt Lewis' Lewis and nd Berrys Berry remarks were regarded as opening opening- labors labor's campaign campaign cam- cam aign for reelection of ot President Roosevelt They marked the first firs deviation In a generation from labors labor's la- la bars bors traditional nonpartisan policy