WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:11.420 And a final question of any special region or group. 2 00:00:12.600 --> 00:00:18.380 Permit me to further explain that the AFL-CIO is committed to a strictly nonpartisan political 3 00:00:18.380 --> 00:00:18.840 policy. 4 00:00:19.660 --> 00:00:26.240 We will not become a part of any political party, nor attempt to dominate any political 5 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:26.600 party. 6 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:31.860 On the other hand, we will not permit any political party to dominate us. 7 00:00:32.580 --> 00:00:39.040 The American trade union movement has a long history of active interest in political affairs. 8 00:00:39.680 --> 00:00:44.320 We intend to intensify that activity this year and in the future. 9 00:00:45.680 --> 00:00:49.480 Our political action program will be directed along these lines. 10 00:00:50.080 --> 00:00:55.280 We will do our utmost to persuade union members and their families and friends to register 11 00:00:55.280 --> 00:00:56.100 and to vote. 12 00:00:57.000 --> 00:01:03.360 We will distribute as widely as we can factual information on the candidates and the issues. 13 00:01:03.960 --> 00:01:09.820 And we will endorse candidates for public office on the basis of their record and platform, 14 00:01:10.560 --> 00:01:13.240 regardless of political affiliation. 15 00:01:16.260 --> 00:01:18.440 Foreign policy and national defense. 16 00:01:19.440 --> 00:01:22.540 The hazardous situation in international affairs. 17 00:01:23.360 --> 00:01:31.180 Labor squarely faces the fact that the threat to peace and freedom today stems from one 18 00:01:31.180 --> 00:01:33.180 source, Soviet Russia. 19 00:01:34.040 --> 00:01:40.400 We are not deluded for one moment by the new faces the leaders of the Kremlin put on and 20 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:47.060 take off like masks to fool the gullible into forgetting that the communist conspiracy still 21 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:53.680 is aimed at world domination by any means, including war, and that the communists will 22 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:55.380 never be satisfied with less. 23 00:01:56.420 --> 00:02:01.940 In the continuing struggle between freedom and slavery, the American trade union movement 24 00:02:01.940 --> 00:02:04.360 can never and will never be neutral. 25 00:02:05.580 --> 00:02:12.000 Therefore, we call for a stronger and more effective foreign policy toward these ends. 26 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:17.900 One, to unite the free peoples of the world in common language to this year's platform. 27 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:19.680 Civil rights. 28 00:02:20.920 --> 00:02:27.680 Discrimination or segregation based on race, color, creed, or national origin manifestly 29 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:33.480 subverts our basic democratic principles as well as the constitution of our country itself. 30 00:02:34.340 --> 00:02:40.800 Specifically, the efforts of certain individuals, groups, and even states to thwart the Supreme 31 00:02:40.800 --> 00:02:46.220 Court decision prohibiting racial segregation in the public schools must not be permitted 32 00:02:46.220 --> 00:02:47.920 to go untallant. 33 00:02:52.880 --> 00:02:58.860 It is the clear responsibility of the federal government to see to it that the Supreme Court's 34 00:02:58.860 --> 00:03:04.600 ruling that segregation in the schools must be eliminated with all deliberate speed is 35 00:03:04.600 --> 00:03:07.840 complied with in every state and community in this country. 36 00:03:12.120 --> 00:03:18.600 Failure on the part of this convention to specifically support this historic decision 37 00:03:18.600 --> 00:03:25.580 of the United States Supreme Court by direct reference would, in labor's opinion, be an 38 00:03:25.580 --> 00:03:27.560 evasion of this vital issue. 39 00:03:33.400 --> 00:03:38.060 It is also up to the federal government to assure every citizen the right to register 40 00:03:38.060 --> 00:03:43.560 and to vote, the right to protection from mob violence, and the right to free access 41 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:47.080 to the courts for enforcement of constitutional guarantees. 42 00:03:49.720 --> 00:03:55.560 Labor urges both parties to give unequivocal support and opportunity to our own citizens 43 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:56.480 here at home. 44 00:03:57.540 --> 00:04:03.420 In the matter of civil liberties, we feel that effective measures can be taken to safeguard 45 00:04:03.420 --> 00:04:09.940 our nation against espionage and subversion without weakening in the slightest the fundamental 46 00:04:09.940 --> 00:04:13.460 individual freedoms inherent in the American way of life. 47 00:04:14.380 --> 00:04:18.020 Security programs should lean over backward to protect the innocent. 48 00:04:18.820 --> 00:04:23.300 Congress should prevent harsh and tyrannical treatment of witnesses before its committees. 49 00:04:24.020 --> 00:04:29.880 In addition, steps should be taken to improve the operation of industrial security programs 50 00:04:30.520 --> 00:04:35.240 and to prevent employers from using them as anti-labor instrumentalities. 51 00:04:36.340 --> 00:04:39.200 I have set forth here Mr. Chairman and some right... 52 00:06:10.220 --> 00:06:12.520 What's the matter with my friend George Harrison here? 53 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:19.140 We're getting this too. 54 00:06:22.360 --> 00:06:23.240 Hi Governor. 55 00:06:24.280 --> 00:06:25.440 Governor, we want to see you. 56 00:06:25.440 --> 00:06:26.180 We want to see you. 57 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:27.920 We want a picture of you and the President if you please. 58 00:06:28.180 --> 00:06:29.240 We've got a picture right here. 59 00:06:30.580 --> 00:06:32.220 Right out both of you right here. 60 00:06:32.220 --> 00:06:33.580 Here, Harry. 61 00:06:34.200 --> 00:06:35.060 This is great to see you. 62 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:41.560 How's that? 63 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:42.420 Got a man now? 64 00:06:43.180 --> 00:06:43.620 Got a man. 65 00:06:45.280 --> 00:06:46.500 There's several more. 66 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:48.660 Several more, sir? 67 00:06:49.520 --> 00:06:50.880 Candidates we never heard about? 68 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:52.820 Oh no, they're all in the picture. 69 00:06:55.160 --> 00:06:57.560 Mr. President, do you think it'd be safe to... 70 00:06:59.920 --> 00:07:00.420 Yes. 71 00:07:01.300 --> 00:07:04.980 Mr. President, would it be safe to say we've been trying to get a little hint from you 72 00:07:04.980 --> 00:07:05.820 now for two days? 73 00:07:05.940 --> 00:07:10.160 Do you think it would be narrowed down between Governor Herrmann and Governor Stevenson? 74 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.080 You can guess anything you like.