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New Orleans (ILNS).—Pledging
aggressive legal war against state
antiunion laws, Joseph A. Padway,
general counsel of the American Fed
eration of Labor, warned here that
Florida and Arkansas, which adopted
anti-closed shop legislation at the
Nov. 7 election, face labor boycotts.
A similar warning was sounded
eftrlier by President William Green of
the federation.
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Florida and Arkansas Seen Facing Baycott As Result
Of November 7 Election
Speaking at the annual AFL con
vention, Padway said:
"If Arkansas and Florida attempt
to enforce open-shop laws, our answer
will be that the printers will not print,
the bricklayers will not lay brick and
members of the other trades will lay
down their tools rather than work
with scabs."
AFL Suits Filed
Padway announced that AFL law
yers have filed suits with the U. S.
Supreme Court questioning the con
stitutionality of what he repeatedly
referred to as "anti-union laws adopt
ed by a number of states," adding
that the high court previously had
upheld the "union member's constitu
tional rights not to work with non
union men."
FDR Hails Labor's Production Feats
Asks Extra Push to Shorten War
New Orleans—President Roosevelt,
in a message to the 64th annual con
vention of the AFL, declared Ameri
can workers "have done a production
job the like of which the world has
never seen before" and called upon
labor to "stay unceasingly at the pro
duction job so as to shorten the war."
His message, addressed to AFL
President Green, follows:
"Thank you very much for your sin
cere and cordial invitation to attend
Mid address the sixty-fourth annual
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor. I regret exceedingly
that I cannot be with you in New
Orleans, but the job of going ahead
Urges American Workers, Employers and Farmers To
Leave Nothing Undone To Hasten Victory
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AFL to Press War on Anti-Union Laws
Joseph A. Padway Assures Convention
Assuring convention delegates that
closed shop contracts in Arkansas and
Florida war plants "are entirely safe"
because "the moment there is a dis
pute the War Labor Board will take
jurisdiction and tell the states to keep
hands off," Padway warned that the
situation might become "serious" in
peacetime if states attempted to en
force laws prohibiting closed shops.
Colorado Act "Most Vicious"
Other states named by Padway as
having in effect laws "opposed by
the AFL" were Colorado—which he
branded "the most vicious of all"
South Dakota and Idaho.
He added that California recently
defeated "overwhelmingly" a proposed
open-shop amendment.
Padway reported that laws "un
friendly to labor" have been passed
"in some form in 12 states."
Lists Restrictive Provisions
He said that these laws generally
take the form of required registration
of unions, their officials and their or
ganizers publication of detailed un
ion financial reports state regulation
of unions' "internal affairs, sometimes
including the fixing of dues," and
restriction against picketing and
strikes.
with the war makes it impossible
for me to do so at this time.
"This war job is of first import
ance and concern to all of us, to
American soldiers, sailors and marines
who are winning it on land and sea
and in the skies all over the world
to American workers, to American
employers and to American farmers
It is the task of us at home to leave
nothing undone so that our fighting
men may continue gaining their glor
ious victories on every front.
"We have been discharging that
high duty in a very full measure
American working men and women
have done a production job the like
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ers with the finest weapons in record
of which the world has never seen
quantities, weapons with which they
are beating the enemy and with which
they will keep on beating him every
where they meet.
"American employers with their
ingenuity and drive and American
farmers with their industry and pat
ience have shared with American
working men and women in getting
done so well the job of producing the
weapons, materials and supplies need
ed by American fighting men. We
have all worked to that end and it has
paid off in victories and the saving
of lives. We can and we must stay
unceasingly at the production job so
that to shorten the war.
"I know there will be no" letdown
in this task by any group of patriotic
Americans and I know that such co
operation will continue after the war
is won, so that we can win a peace
for the world which will be just and
lasting and in the interest of safety,
protection and well-being of genera
tions yet unborn.
"Please extend my greetings and
best wishes for a successful meeting
to those attending your annual con
vention.
Very sincerely yours,
Franklin D. Roosevelt.'
AFL CONVENTION
ASKS REPEAL OF
ANTI-STRIKE ACT
New Orleans (ILNS).—The 64th
annual convention of the American
Federation of Labor declared for rc
peal of the Smith-Conally War Labor
Disputes (anti-strike) Act, in approv
ing without a dissenting vote a num
ber of resolutions recommended by the
legislative committee.
The convention also declared for es
tablishment of the 30-hour week after
the war, wage increases for postal
employes and overtime pay for gov
ernment workers.
Other convention declarations plac
ed the AFL on record as:
Reaffirming its opposition to the
poll tax as a prerequisite of voting.
Proposing creation of an insular
economic board for Puerto Rico
carry out and develop such economic
and social policies as are desirable
better the social and economic condi
tions" of the islanders.
The legislative committee declined
to act directly on other resolutions
which favored repeal of the Hatch
Act, prohibiting political activity by
federal employes and advocating full
citizenship rights under civil service
regulations for Filipinos.
These resolutions were shelved for
the time being by referring them to
the executive council.
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