The Pittsburgh Press (October 27, 1944)
Hillman tactics called disturbing
Washington (UP) –
Labor, weekly publication of 15 railway brotherhoods, predicted today that “the largest labor vote in the history of America” would be cast Nov. 7.
Claiming that the brotherhoods started the voter registration drive more than a year ago and that other labor groups followed their lead, Labor said:
There is just one disturbing factor. The unfortunate tactics of Sidney Hillman and his Communist-controlled CIO committee have aroused an immense amount of resentment particularly among residents of the rural districts. Democratic and Republican leaders are agreed on that.
Labor said President Roosevelt will receive “80 percent of the labor vote and progressive candidates for the House and Senate in industrial areas will probably get record-breaking majorities.”