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Green Calls on A. F. of L.
To Oppose Activities Of
Labor's Non-Partisan League
Miami (ILNS)—Vigorous opposi
tion to Labor's Non-Partisan League
by the American Federation of La
bor was urged by President William
Green, of the federation, in a state
ment recommending that the executive
council, in session here, order all fed
eration affiliates to withdraw from the
league, cease to contribute to its sup
port and fight all political candidates
endorsed by the league if they lack
proper qualification for public office.
Green declared that assumption by
John L. Lewis of the chairmanship of
the league following the resignation
of George L. Berry had resulted in
the organization becoming devoted to
independent political action, in direct
controversion of the traditional non
partisan political policy of the A. F.
of L. He went on to say:
"When the American Federation of
Labor came out in opposition to the
hodgepodge wage and hours bill,
with its myriad, ill-considered amend
ments, with its inequitable differen
tials, with its dangerous delegation
of sweeping powers to a single ad
ministrator, the league started a mil
itant campaign for that bill.
League Fought A. F. of L. Bill
'When the American Federation of
Labor put forward a model wage and
hour bill providing equal and fair
treatment for workers in oppressed
industries in every section of the
country, the league exerted all the
pressure at its command to induce
members of the house of represen
tatives to defeat that bill.
"Careful investigation of the rec
ord of Labor's Non-Partisan League
leads to these inevitable conclusions:
"1. The league is nothing more
than a CIO agency, a ventriloquist's
dummy for the CIO leaders. When
the league speaks it is with the Voice
of the CIO leaders. When it acts, it
is the CIO leaders who pull the
strings.
"2. It is opposed to the best inter
ests of American labor, and therefore
should be opposed by the American
Federation of Labor.
"3. It is devoted chiefly to promot
ing the personal political ambitions
of CIO leaders.
Courses of Action Asked
"Therefore, I recommend:
"1. That ail state federations of la
bor, city central bodies and local or
ganizations affiliated with the Amer
ican Federation of Labor be directed
to withdraw from association with
Labor's Non-Partisan League.
"2. That all organizations affiliated
with the American Federation of La
bor and their individual members are
urged to cease contributing to the
financial support of Labor's Non
Partisan League.
"3. That co-ordinated efforts be un
Garments Workers
Urge Labor Peace
Scranton, Pa. (ILNS)—A four state
convention of the International La
dies' Garment Workers' Union—203
delegates from New York, Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey and Delaware
adopted a resolution urging early
peace in the labor movement.
'The whole labor movement will
suffer tremendously unless the rift
between the two organizations is
healed quickly," said the resolution
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dertaken by the officers of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and all its
affiliated bodies to examine carefully
into the qualifications of all candi
dates for public office nominated or
indorsed by* Labor's Non-Partisan
League and any of its subsidiary
groups to the end that effective op
position may be marshaled against
any of such candidates found lacking
the proper qualifications for public
office."
President Green rejected the peace
proposal made before the United Mine
Workers' convention at Washington
by Father Francis J. Haas, saying
that the A. F. of L. had a high re
gard for Father Haas but that his
proposals were impractical.
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Communists and
Green Tried
Wasington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
United Mine Workers, in convention
in this city, have voted to cut from
their constitution all reference to the
A. F. of L., to try William Green on
charges of "treason" to the U. M. W.
—of which he is a member, and to
strengthen their statement of opposi
tion to communism.
Green is to be tried by the Interna
tional Executive Board, and, if found
guilty, expelled from the mine work
ers. The resolution was adopted by
a unanimous vote of the 2,019 dele
gates.
The deletion of the A. F. of L. and
the strengthening of the opposition
to communism was accomplished by
rewriting a section of the constitution
to read as follows:
'Any member accepting member
ship in the Industrial Workers of the
World, the Working Class Union, the
One Big Union, or any other dual
organization not affiliated with the
committee for industrial organization,
or membership in the National Cham
ber of Commerce, or the Ku Klux
Klan, or the communist party, shall be
expelled from the United Mine Work
ers of America, and is permanently
disbarred from holding office in the
United Mine Workers of America, and
no member of any such organization
shall be permitted to have member
ship in our union unless they forfeit
their membership in the dual organi
zation immediately upon securing
membership in the United Mine Work
ers of America."
Racine Engineers Win
Wage Increase Strike
Racine, Wisconsin (AFLNS)—A
15-day strike by Local Union No. 309,
International Union of Operating En
gineers, brought a smashing victory
due to the determination of the mem
bership and the effective support of
other A. F. of L. unions.
The new contract won by the union
brought increased wag^s and shorter
hours for a large number of workers
Another valuable concession which the
engineers won from their employers
was an additional week's vacation
bringing the vacation period for union
members up to two weeks' annual
vacation with pay.
Chicago Blend
Coffee 15c
Flour—
10 lbs 37c
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THE BUTLER COUNTY PRESS.
VOL. XXXVII. No. 45 HAMILTON, OHIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1938 ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR
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Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—Wash
ington knows now, if it didn't before,
that organized labor strongly opposes
a boycott of silk.
Labor's boycott stand was impress
ed on the capital, official and other
wise, in a colorful "Save Our Jobs"
parade of union hosiery workers that
moved from Union Station to the
White House and beyond.
Along the route, delegations of at
tractive girl workers left the parade
to present memorials to the presi
dent, Assistant Secretary of State
Sayre, Secretary of Labor Perkins
and members of congress.
Girl marchers were a fine looking
lot and displayed silk stockings to
good advantage.
"Use Silk and Save Our Jobs" said
the banner leading the parade, made
up of members of the American Fed
eration of Hosiery Workers from
Philadelphia and Reading.
Come in Special Train
More than three hundred strong,
the marchers arrived at Union Sta
tion in a special B. & 0. train. About
75 per cent were girls. Forming in
line shortly after noon, the parade
was soon on its way. Headed by a
band and with a big escort of motor
cycle police, the marchers circled
Union Station plaza, and turned to
ward Constitution avenue.
Dozens of banners told the story
of labor's fight against a boycott of
silk.
Banners Tell Story
"If You Boycott, 250,000 of Us
Are Jobless," "Marching to Protest
Silk Stocking Boycott," "Why Make
Us Victims of Foreign War?" and
"AFofL and CIO Oppose Boycott
of Silk Products Made in U. S." were
some of the banners telling the story
of the union workers' defense of the
silk industry as American and de
serving the support of Americans.
On broad Constitution avenue, fast
rivaling Pennsylvania avenue as the
scene of Washington parades, silk
stockings gleamed in the bright Jan
uary sun as the girls set a steady
Boycott "Silly Folderol,"
Says Congressman Walton
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—.
Rep. Ira Walton Drew told a
delegation of hosiery workers,
hene to parade in protest against
a boycott of silk, that such anti
Japanese action would be "a
futile, quixotic gesture" causing
several thousand workers to lose
their jobs.
The boycott, he declared, is
"a lot of silly folderol engi
neered by certain political-mind
ed women."
Drew said raw silk exports are
only 16 per cent of Japan's to
tal exports.
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pace that soon covered the long route
and kept them warm in the keen air.
The girls waved gaily to spectators
and to reporters, press photograph
ers and sound picture men whose
work told the story of the demon
stration to all Washington and to the
nation a short time later.
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At the White House, a delegation
of five girls left a memorial with
President Roosevelt's secretary, Mar
vin H. Mclntyre. The memorial, ad
dressed to the president, criticied
the boycott of raw silk and said:
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HOUSING BILL
Minus Prevailing Rate Of
Pay Provision
Washington, D. C. (ILNS)—The
conference report on the housing bill
passed the senate by a vote of 42 to
40, after one of the bitterest debates
in the past year.
This debate centered entirely on the
fact that the conference report left
out the prevailing wage clause put
into the senate bill by the, Lodge
amendment. William Green, at Miami,
Florida, sent the following telegram
to Senator Wagner, author of the bill:
"The executive council, A. F. of L.,
now meeting in this city, directed me
to protest against elimination of the
prevailing rate qf wage section. We
urge that the conference report be
rejected and the senate insist on the
adoption of the senate bill with pre
vailing rate of wage section included."
When this produced no effect, Mr.
Green wired again, calling on the
senate to appoint another conference
committee. This did no good either,
and the conference report went
through as made.
Senator Wagner stated in the de
bate that he wanted the yearly wages
of the building trades increased, felt
that this could be done by an agree
ment on lower hourly rates with a
guaranteed period of work for the
year, and that the prevailing wage
section, introduced by Senator Lodge,
of Massachusetts, would make this
impossible.
The bill does not authorize or ap
propriate a dollar of public money
for actual construction. It simply en
deavors to encourage private capital
to enter the field by low interest and
liberal guarantee provisions, amend
ing the national housing act to bring
this about.
Kirkland Lake, Canada (AFLNS)—
The Canadian Trades and Labor Con
gress has issued a new charter to of
fice workers and store employes here,
following a successful organization
drive.
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