Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-10-19 | Page 7 | Bricker Charges Vote Coercion

Bricker Charges Vole Coercion BAKERSFIELD Cal Oct 19 UP Ri Gov John W. W Bricker Brinker said Bald Thu Thursday day he had been informed that agents of the political action committee had launched a campaign campaign campaign cam of at threats and intimidation to line Une up labor voters for the new deal Tho The Implication of all this said the Republican candidate for I Ivice Ivice vice president is that if those workers do not vote for Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt they will lose los their Jobs jobs or or orwill will tall fall to get t better jobs jobs or or willbe will willbe willbe be let out first when war production product I t lion tion n ends ends or or will not be bo able to ge get peace peacetime jobs The Ohio governor winding up upa a six-day six campaign for California's 25 electoral votes electoral votes after atter an unprecedented d dented demonstrations by supporters support support- ers era at Los Angeles said no voter should allow himself to be dated To those workers and any others who have been approached in this manner he added In a prepared speech released by his campaign staff I want to give this assurance V WJ W. still have a secret ballot in this country When you enter the voting booth you enter it alone There is no possible way for anybody to know how you vote without committing an an election election elec elec- tion fraud or crime You are not ot required to tell anybody how you vote vote and and no one can compel you to do so The Ohio governor said sald reports of or the purported intimidation had been r received Ived by him as he toured California To be specific he added it has been reported that men and women in industrial plants have been told by Sidney Hillmans Hillman's P PAC A C agents ag that they must vote for the new deal that deal that means are available for knowing how v they vote vote and and that If they dont don't vote right they will be taken care of Bricker remarked that it is not surprising to learn of at thi this campaign campaign campaign cam cam- of threats and Intimidation One of at the most serious Indictments Indictments indictments indict Indict- ments of at the new deal Is the charge that it has thwarted free voting in this country