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Show LABOR REPORT FAVORS COX Democratic Candidate Listed as Having Voted Right on Workers' Bills WASHINGTON. Aujr. 29. (By Th Associated Press Organized labor's non-partisan polUic.-il campaign committee, com-mittee, composing the public record of the Repuhllcnn and Democrnllo pit ildential nominee, declared In n report re-port made public today that Governor Cox has 1 shown himself possessed of ii fuller understanding of his need.! of th working people.' The report, signed by Samuel Gomp-ers. Gomp-ers. president; Mathewi Woll. vice-president vice-president and Frank Morrison, secre tary of the American Moderation of Iabor. is the first ever made on presidential presi-dential candidates by a federation committee com-mittee Tnking up the senatorial record of Senator Harding, the committee declared de-clared that on eighteen measure dealing deal-ing with labor his score stood Favorable Favor-able 7; unfavorable, 10; paired unfavorably, unfav-orably, 1 The Republican nominee's vote on labor Issues during his term In the state senate of Ohio, as reported by the committee, stood: Favorable. 6; unfavorable, 0. In this connection the report said HARDING'S RECORD, Senator Harding's record In Washington Wash-ington affords a better opportunity for analysis of his legislative views than does his record in the Ohio senate b reason of the fart that hl tr-rm of st-rklco extended for a long period of lime. Muring which he was called upon to consider a wider variety of measures." mea-sures." Reviewing Governor Cox's record tho report said that while Governor of Ohio, he had "acted upon 39 measures mea-sures of Interest to labor without acting act-ing on a single one adversely to labor" As a member of the 6 2ml congress, the governor was recorded as voting "favorable," to labor on two measures, the only ones listed FINDINGS Sf MMARIZED. The committee summarized its finding find-ing in this language. 'There can be but one conclusion based upon a careful and Impartial BUrvej of the actions and declarations of th" oandldatee. Governor Cox has shown himself possessed of a fuller understanding un-derstanding of the needs of tho working work-ing people, a readier response to their needs and to their proposals and a broader statesmanship In hli public discussions of the problems of the industrial in-dustrial world. "In addition to his superior understanding. under-standing. Governor Cox is the candidate candi-date on a platform which labor has declared "m rks a measure of progress not found In the Republican platform ." .and the planks of which 'more nearl) approximate the dealred declaration of human rights, than do the planks found in the Republican platform." relating directly to question! held paramount par-amount by labor Is the comparison favorable fa-vorable to Governor Cox His progressive, progres-sive, and constructive viewpoint holds throughout his declaration of public questions, though he slips at times Into that ambiguity which unfortunately has marked to a greater or less degree the platforms of both parties and the utterances of both candidates PUBLIC EX -SPBRATESD. "It must be exasperating to the whole American public that political parties bidding for the suffrage of the whole citizenship can not state In definite defi-nite terms what are their proposals and what are their pledges. The sumo exusporatlon must be left regarding many of tli utterances of candidates. However, the viewpoint of Governor Cox Is, we find, more clearly expressed and less open to the criticism of lack of clarity. "The American labor movement asks from no man or woman a pledge of political conduct It seeks to dictate to none ts field is limited, nnd properly BO to furnishing to the rank and file the information upon which It may hni conel iisluns ' There Is no intention to depart bote from that rule which binds the officers Individually ns well as collective collec-tive in serving the great lnhor movement move-ment But It would be a sad and un-forgetable un-forgetable remissness of duty In this crucial hour were the facts not pre-ented pre-ented with the utmost freedom and completeness. With the workers of America rets the right of deciding for which candidate can-didate they shall VOtfl As they vote they will determine to a large degree de-gree the welfare and progress of the working people of our Republic In the ears lust ahead." FAVORABLE TO HARDING The senate measures on which Senator Sen-ator Harding was given a "favorable" rating were. Passage of Immigration restriction bill and Its rep.issage over the president's presi-dent's vote; war risk insurance; civil rights' bill, woman suffrage, motion to increase appropriation for bureau of conciliation, department of labor and his vote on an amendment to tho I retirement bill, prohibiting affiliation of federal employes with organized labor. Among his "unfavorable." votes the committee's report included these Motion to strike labor charter from league of nations; motion to extend federal control of railroads for two sears, final passage of railroad law, making strikes unlawful. Borland amendment increasing hours of government gov-ernment employes nnd his senate pair on accepting the railroad bill conference confer-ence report Among the ."9 measures the committee commit-tee listed as those Governor Cox had acted upon favorably ' while governor, gover-nor, were bills providing for an eight hour day on public works, regulating iii' hours of employment of women, workmen's compensation act, prohibiting prohibit-ing the employers of labor from Interfering In-terfering with political activities of their employes; relating to safety appliances ap-pliances upon railway iocomotlves and cars providing for the creation of an Industrial commission to have supervision super-vision over all state departments relating re-lating to labor |