.^Y v- •a -^.i^ r"f is k V" *& k&L (WNU8ervtee) 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. s rgr* Mobilizing His Force* 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 $ 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 David Webb & Sons FUNERAL HOME PHONBS 48-78 ROSS AT "D' W. 1 -v„ ,.y- J^ fe CN&S ii*. jo*?f' •. before. They have supplied our fight 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. 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