The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, October 24, 1996            TAG: 9610240001
SECTION: FRONT                   PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                            LENGTH:   21 lines

WHY DOES LABOR SUPPORT DEMOCRATS?

Labor unions across the country are pouring in millions of dollars in an attempt to regain the House of Representatives for the Democratic Party. This makes no sense to me whatsoever.

Labor unions are supposed to represent the working people of this country, yet they are filling the coffers of those who would pay thousands and thousands of people who do nothing at all. Isn't this a slap in the face to the members who work so hard for what they get?

A vote for any Democrat is a vote in support of nonproductive, healthy people who refuse to go to work, paid for out of the pockets of the working class by their union bosses.

BOB LOCKE

Portsmouth, Oct. 16, 1996 by CNB