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(By •.
V. otJi. Weekly Vetra Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—Strong opposition
to the growing tendency to appoint
naval and military officials to admin
istrative positions outside of arsenals
and navy yards was expressed by the
delegates to the annual convention of
the American Federation of Labor-.
The matter came before the con
vention in a resolution introduced by
Delegate Kenneth I. Taylor of the
Massachusetts State Federation of
Labor. The resolution deplored "the
trend at the present time to appoint
in administrative positions officers of
the armed forces of the United States,
in control of purely civil activities of
our government," which "is contrary
to all principles of government by the
people," and declared that this mili
tary and naval domination of "civilian
activity is detrimental to the rights
and continued liberties of the organ
ized as well as the unorganized
workers."
A. F. of L. Opposes Control
Of Civilian Activities By
Army And Navy Officers
In addition, the Massachusetts ie»o
lution urged the American Federa
tion of Labor to "seek legislation
which will prevent army or navy of
ficials being placed in control or su
pervision of any government activity
performed by civilian workers."
Cincinnati Convention Condemns Domination Of Labor
Law Administration By Military And Naval Discipline
"Where Civilian Control Alone Should Exist."
In acting on the resolution sub
mitted by Delegate Taylor, the reso
lutions committee of the convention
submitted a report, which the con
vention adopted, decrying the prac
tices complained of and asked the
convention to refer the matter to the
A. F. of L. executive council with
instructions to take any necessary
action to prevent, the supervision of
civilian workers by persons who are
not civilians.
The text of the resolutions com
mittee report which the convention
adopted follows:
"This resolution
refers
to the con­
trol and supervision of civilian labor
W. F. A. WORKERS
MUST SHOW NEED
Check-Up Will Be Made Every Six
Months Beginning Oct. 1, In Ac
cordance With Work Relief Act.
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Every one of the hundreds of thou
sands of workers refused employment
by private industry and temporarily
employed on relief jobs under the
Works Projects Administration will
hereafter be required to show their
need for W. P. A. employment every
six months. A decree setting forth
this new policy was issued by the
Works Projects Administration in ac
cordance with the provision of the
revised relief act stipulating that
periodic inquiries regarding the need
of W. P. A. workers be made.
Col. F. C. Harrington, W. P. A. com
missioner, said the first nations-wide
check-up of the economic conditions of
those employed on relief projects
Would be well started by October 1
Although information would be ob
tained from the W, P. A. workers
themselves, Col, Harrington said he
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by Commissioned Officers of the Army
and the Navy.
"Your Committee is advised that
there is upon the statute books a
provision that Army and Navy Of
ficers shall be limited in their super
vision and control of civilian labor,
particularly in the naval and marine
establishments, such as navy yards
and arsenals.
"Your Committee is further in
formed that there has been a definite
tendency in recent years on the part
of naval and military officers in con
trol of arsenals and navy yards, to
ignore this law, and to place Com
missioned Officers in charge of labor
direction and control which should
properly, and under the law, be con
fined to civilians.
"Your Committee further finds
from information brought to it that
there is a steady tendency for this
supervision and control of labor by
Army and Naval Officers to extend
itself to civilian labor outside of navy
yards and arsenals.
"Your Committee notes that in con
nection with public works and the
administration of labor legislation
that more and more Commissioned
Officers of the Army and Navy are
being appointed to executive and
supervisory positions, bringing the
atmosphere of military discipline,
military orders and military control
where civilian control alone should
exist.
"So that this growingly serious sit
uation may be adequately handled,
your Committee recommends that the
resolution be referred to the execu
tive council with instructions to makt
such study and take such steps as are
necessary to prevent any develop
ment of supervision and direction of
civilian labor other than by civilians.
"Your Committee approves of the
purpose and principles of the reso
lution and therefore recommends
adoption of the committee's report."
did not propose to rely exclusively on
their statements, but, in addition,
would seek information from former
employers, social agencies and other
agencies to determine whether there
had been changes in the W. P. A. em
ployes eligibility for work relief. He
added that those found not in need
would be dismissed.
407c Of U. S. Workers
In D. Of C. Are Women
Washington, D. C. (AFLWNS).—
Forty per cent of the employes of the
federal government in the District of
Columbia are women, but men far
outnumber them elsewhere in the
United States.
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This information is contained in the
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which showed that on June 30 there
were 49,312 women employed here
and 74,052 men, the respective per
centages being 40 and 60. In the field
the respective figures were 123,421
and 673,525 the percentages, 15.5 and
84.5, In the service as a whole, with
a total of 920,310 positions, 81.2 were
occupied by men and 18.8 by women
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F. of L. Reaffirms
(By A. V. of I». Weekly News Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—The annual con
vention of the American Federation of
Labor reaffirmed its demand for major
amendments to the National Labor
Relations Board instead of the pres
ent three-man board.
In affirming the necessity for the
amendments to the Labor Relations
Act proposed by the A. F. of L., the
report said:
"Your committee again emphasizes
the fact that the American Federa
tion of Labor was the original spon
sor of the National Labor Relations
Act. The basic principles of the Na
tional Labor Relations Act, guaran
teeing* to workers the rights of self
organization, self-determination, free
dom of choice in designating repre
sentatives and imposing on employers
the duty to bargain collectively with
representatives of workers are sound
The American Federation of Labor
will support these principles with all
the vigor at its command. It will
defend these basic principles of the
act from attack by any forces an
tagonistic to them.
Right of Workers Destroyed
"Because of a perverted construc
tion of provisions in the act and an
improper administration of it by the
board, the fundamental rights re
ferred to have been weakened and in
some respects destroyed. Because of
bias on the part of certain members
of the board and its personnel, the
American Federation of Labor and its
affiliates have been
made the victims
of maladministration,
"Recognizing this, the Houston
convention by unanimous action di
rected submission to Congress of
amendments to the act, These were
carefully prepared and submitted soon
after Congress went into session in
1939. Extended hearings were held
before the labor committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives,
Victim of Might
Cincinnati Convention Urges That Present Three-Man
National Labor Relations Board Be Abolished—Frey
Accuses Board As Friendly To Communist Views.
The action of the convention was
taken following consideration of the
report by the resolutions committee
which indorsed the statement regard
ing the Labor Relations Act and the
Labor Relations Board made by the
A. F. of L. executive council in their
report.
John P. Frey, president of the Metal
Trades Department of the A. F. of L.
and secretary of the resolutions com
mittee, in favoring the report on the
National Labor Relations Act, which
was later adopted by an overwhelm
ing vote, expressed the opinion that
90 per cent of the Labor Relations
Board and its various advisers, trial
examiners, counsel and other employes
were either Communists or influenced
by the Communist party.
Its
For Labor Relations Act Ch
ocate Five-Man Board Set-Up
but because of the delay in starting
the hearings, no action was taken on
these amendments at the last session
of Congress."
"Nothing could have been more
dangerous to the American Federa
tion of Labor," the report concluded,
than to permit decisions to go un
challenged which, in substance, de
clared that the American Federation
of Labor did not stand equal before
the law with any other labor organi
zation, or that the National Labor
Relations Act authorized the board
to reshape the form and structure of
the American trade union movement.
"The dilatory tactics in the com
mencement of hearings before Con
gress eventuated in the adoption of a
resolution to investigate the National
Labor Relations Board by a committee
of the House. The resolution was
adopted by an overwhelming vote.
Responsibility on Board
"If the result of this investigation
should materially impair the act, the
responsibility must rest upon the
shoulders of the National Labor Re
lations Board and its adamant refusal
to yield to reasonable amendments
before the resolution was proposed,
and must be charged to opposition
groups who, by vicious propaganda
and other reprehensible means, en
deavored to prevent the adoption of
constructive amendments to the act.
"When testifying before the com
mittee of the House, President Green
admonished the committee that if ac
tion were not taken by Congress be
fore 1940, it was more than likely
that the whole subject would be made
a political issue in the 1940 campaign.
Only through the adoption of rea
sonable amendments by the coming
session of Congress can this be
averted.
"Your committee therefor recom
mends that the position of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor remain un
changed and in all respects be af
firmed that the officers and executive
council of the American Federation
of Labor be directed to continue its
efforts to amend the National Labor
Relations Act in accordance with the
amendments sponsored by the Amer
ican Federation of Labor which are
now pending before Congress.
"Your committee further recom
mends that emphasis be placed on
that amendment which provides for
the creation of a new board with
membership of five, and which pro
vides further for a complete over
hauling of the present personnel em
ployed by the board.
"With these recommendations your
committee moves the adoption of the
executive council's report."
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ANTI-LABOR LAWS
(By A. F. of Xi. Weekly Hews Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio.—The delegates to
the American Federation of Labor
adopted with enthusiasm the recom
mendation of the committee on state
organizations that all affiliated units
co-operate to prevent the enactment
of reactionary state laws affecting
labor.
The subject was brought to the at
tention of the convention by the re
port of the executive council that "a
repetition of the landslide of good
labor laws enacted in 1937 was per
haps not to be expected in every long
legislative year, but the output of the
44 legislatures that met this year
was meager if not downright reac
tionary."
To meet this emergency the con
vention urged "that all organizations
co-operate with the State Federations
of Labor in their continued effort to
combat all reactionary legislation hav
ing for its object the restriction of
the normal functions of trade unions,
and press for the enactment of re
medial and protective legislation for
all wage earners."
A. F. L. Contracts Cover
Distillery Workers
(By A. P. of Ii. Weekly News Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio. Approximately
complete saturation of the distillery
industry by unions affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor was
reported by the A. F. of L. executive
council to the annual convention of
the federation, in session here. In
their account of the progress made
among distillery workers the council
said:
"Organization activities in this field
are carried on by organizers who
work directly through the national
council which was organized some
time ago.
"These organizers have negotiated
agreements covering practically all of
the workers in the industry.
"We are happy to report that we
have made good progress in this field."
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