6 WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 2nd Issue Oct., 1960 U.S Scene Election Could Hinge On Way Labour Votes AFL-CIO unions in the United States have big plans to put Kennedy in the White House and the Democrats in Congress on Noy. 8th. In a close race between the President- jal candidates, a trade union bloc vote might easily be the deciding factor. The major political activity is that directed by COPE,—The Committee On Political Education. This includes five projects. © The registration of new voters in the expectation that the majority of them will be - Democrats. © Distribution of the voting records of all members of Congress on issues of import- ance to labour. © Distribution of five million leaflets showing Kennedy’s voting record on trade union union issues to be ‘91.6% right” and Nixon’s to be “76.6% wrong.” © Raising funds to support friendly candidates, nearly all of whom are Democrats. © Getting out the vote on election day. It is predicted that if the labour vote gets to the polls, the Democrats will benefit. Registration Featured In addition to the regular COPE staff, the AFL-CIO has a special committee to direct registration in 14 key states. For the drive in these key centres the AFL-CIO asked each of its affiliates to do- nate 5 cents per member. It ex- pects to spend from $500,000 to $600,000 on this project. The cost of printing the leaf- lets is financed out of the general union funds, and is described as for political education. For actual contributions to a candidate’s campaign fund, the organization draws on the voluntary political fund of COPE, to which each member is expected to donate $1. All these activities will come to a head on election day. Lists of eligible voters will be checked. Wives will “baby-sit” for voters. Shop stewards will check their lists to see that all vote. 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