IKE HAILS U.S. LABOR AS FOE OF SLAVE LANDS

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• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 65
• Publication Date: September 2, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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IKE NAILS UIS(
LABOR..ASFOE
OF SLAVE LANDS
C IY L+ER TROIIAN
Washington, Sept. 1-Presi-I
ent Eisenhower today made,
strong hid for labor support
i the 1956 campaign by hall.
i i g American labor .as " the
reatest enemy of enslaved
I1 bor in any corner of thel
rth."
Mr. Eisenhower got the
j imp, in paying tribute to
merican -labor, on Adlal
. tevenson, Democratic Presi-
c gntial candidate, in an infor-
al speech against the back-
round of the rose garden on
lie White House lawn. He
1 raised labor for efforts to
i prove the conditions of
orking men and for its con-
t ibution to the cause of peace.
Stevenson will make a major
I hor day address Monday in
adillac square in detroit. He
as accused the President of
I
"deaf ear to labor"
.ruing a
Meant'' Also Speaks
The President spoke after Postmaster General Sum-
George Meany, president of, nice field unveiled a large copy
the AFL-CIO, expressed ap-Iof the stamp which was taken
preciation for the labor stamp. from a mural in the new AFL-
enjoy the " highest real
Secretary Hagerty said he ex
wages " in history.
pacts Mr. Eisenbower.w111 con-
.Mr. Eisenhower cautioned
tact Stevenson next week to
make " to pro.
do other things to show that
vide the foreign affairs intel-
their duties as American citi-
zcr.', " to make certain free-
i doin grows -stronger as the
years go on." Tl'1Is was the
closest he came to an open
political statement.
-Labor like all o t h e r
Americans wants peace," he
said " It needs peace. It re-
quires peace. it must be ready
to ,%ork for peace.. . . Amer-
ica is fortunate in its labor
force, which I like.to believe
is all of us.".
I+hor Secretary Mitchell
presided at the brief cere-
mony.
l'nvells Copy of Stamp
nd is expected to pitch hisf-,uany naiu lliai rvci~iuWLg It .l? -ill ucaualuaiLcia III nW"atl5-
the final analysis " comes from ton. ton. Across the top of the
lea for labor
E euhowe s at - work-from labor" and notedlstamp are the words "Labor
t eking Mr. Eisenhower s rec-
rd toward labor, that one of the things that dis- D,iy-" The center is a working
,._ toward labor.
tinguishes the American union, man, woman and child. Below
While the President's few
mutes of informal remarks ance of the labor stamp is reading, " Labor is life." The
id not constitute a Cadillae symbolic of the nation's re- stamp is blue.
'
quare
address to- labor is spect for the " hearts, minds
ny sense of camplslgninlg-?the and hands " of labor in devel-
id make an appgai for48bo oping all the wealth of Amcr-
upport in ceremony mark- tea." lie said American labor
ng the issuance of. a special is " free " and represents a
The
tam
t
'
b
d
s
p.
ay pos
age
or
,a
form of life based on human
eremonics were attended by marks, the President stepped
dignity with the right to work over to meet his sspecial abinet members and labo p guest
at a job, to worship, and to, _-Joann McGuire Dougherty,
ciders. think for the benefit of the 12' of Camden N. J. She is the
inc White House later re entire nation. I i
Baled that Mr. Eisenhower' lie added that freedom and igreat granddaughter of Peter' lans to offer Stevenson"eon- i pf Labor
idential intelligence briefings its " priceless privilet,es " day NIc(,u1rC$he, had founder invited him to'
foreign affairs during the were not gained without ef- the Camden ceremonies Mon-
n foreign Similar briefings fort and cannot be retained day in McGtfire's honor.
without effort."
Thank you very much [for'
.ere 'given Mr. Eisenhower' E'rce+;+;i,t will he ours if!
ry former President Truman we ii.,c it," lie saint the invitation], I hope you
n the 1952 campaign. ' hit '-; this will substitute," the
Mr. Eisenhower -squinted' Ili hevt Real 11 a rti ! I're~ ~dcnt said, grasping the
nto the hot morning sun as lIe a,kr 1. why irar t'.rl hand
re said Anierica's economy labor is (t(,(: itiru iw' Ix lt, ~l " Planned " Briefings
rod productivity, based ogfree iworld aid then g,:vc !hi an A I'd if the had ever been
abor, " are the terror of any swer as the fact tliat th~rc !,. ne 1~"lute House before, .
,I,o would be our enemies." are t t~ nu,:liioit persons eni " 10- oh it's real big."
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Afore than 130 government
officials, letter carriers; labor
leaders, and reporters at-
tended.
At the conclusion of his re-