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Washington, .C.—With opposi
tion crystallizing from many sources,
president Roosevelt's recommendation
for immediate enactment of compul
sory national service legislation ap
peared doomed to defeat by Congress.
AFL President William Green led
the attack on the proposal, declaring
results have proved that free labor,
operating under the American volun
tary system, can and will outproduce,
the enemy's slave labor methods.
Mr. Green insisted that every effort
lie made to improve utilization of
available manpower by cooperation
between management and labor be
fore compulsion is exerted by the Gov
ernment.
Spokesmen for industry and agri
culture agreed wholeheartedly with
labor's position. In the first AFL
radio program of the year, "America
United," representatives of the Unit
ed States Chamber of Commerce*and
the National Farmers Union demand
ed that hoarding and wastage of la
bor be eliminated before recourse is
taken to extreme methods.
In the face of this united opposition
to compulsory service, members of
Congress were dubious that the law
refeommended by the President could
be passed and they were inclined to go
ahead with other portions of his man
power program before tackling nat
ional service legislation. Thus the
prospects appeared to be that action
would be delayed and the measure
finally defeated, especially if the war
situation improves in the next few
weeks.
Meanwhile, the AFL pushed ahead
tvith its own program for transferring
needed workers from non-essential in
dustries to war plants making crit
ically needed supplies.
Lewis G. Hines, in charge of this
program, declared reports from the
field have been "very encouraging
He said the War Department had sub
mitted a list of eighty-four plants ur
gently requiring 45,000 workers. More
than a third of these workers, he es
timated, already have been assigned
by affiliated unions and are working
on the new jobs,
President Harry Stevenson of the
JVIolder's Union reported to Hines that
two of the plants on the list had been
tied up by local strikes and that he
had successfully negotiated settle­
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ments. With production resumed,
Stevenson came to Washington to con
fer with War Department and War
Labor Board officials regarding new
wage regulations which are designed
to encourage more workers to take
jobs in foundries.
President H. A. Braddey of the
Chemical Workers International
Union, informed Hines that he had
rushed more than 1,100 workers into
plants and laboratories designated as
"critical" by the War Department.
He declared that the union was ready
and willing to fulfill all assignments
of this nature.
The Metal Polishers Union also an
nounced a clean slate on its portion of
the program, having sent a group of
workers at the War Department's
request to a plant at Belleville, N. J.
The International Association of
Machinists and the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers re
ceived the heaviest calls for more help
and are facing the toughest job in
finding workers, Hines disclosed.
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Watt Flying to London to Attend
1L0 Parley on lnt'1 Labor Issues
Washington, D. C.—Robert J. Watt,
International Representative of the
AFL, left by trans-Atlantic plane for
London, to attend an important meet
ing of the governing body of the In
ternational Labor Organization, on
which he represents American work
ers.
The decisions of the ILO governing
body may have a far-reachirg effect
upon the labor policies to be estab
lished in the liberated countries of
Europe.
Decisions May Have Far Reaching Effect On Labor
Policies Of Liberated Countries
While in London, Mr. Watt is also
expected to push for the early con
vening of a world trade union confer
ence under the auspices of the Intei
national Federation of Trade Unions,
as recommended by the recent AFL
convention.
United States members of a joint
maritime commission of the ILO ateo
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While hesitant about national serv
ice legislation, Congress jumped into
action immediately on the President's
request for "work-or-fight" legisla
tion affecting 4-F draft registrants.
Immediate hearings were scheduled
on a bill introduced by Chairman May
of the House Military Affairs Com
mittee requiring 4-F's to take jobs in
vital war industries or face induction
into the armed forces and compulsory
assignment to such jobs.
Newspapers reported greatly in
creased applications for jobs in war
plants following the President's ap
peal. If this movement is sustained,
the manpower crisis may be alleviated
by mere cracking of the whip. Ob
servers in the Capital were inclined to
believe the President anticipated this
effect and hoped to get results from
the threat of punitive action, even if
no legislation is adopted. It was re
called that the President linked his
national service proposal a year ago to
an economic and post-war program
considered unpalatable to Congres
sional majorities and the impression is
that he didn't expect it to be approved
There are some members of Congress
who don't believe he expects the bill
to be adopted at this session either.
left for London to discuss a proposed
international seamen's charter which
would set minimum wage rates for the
world's mercantile fleets.
Adoption of the suggested rates in
other countries would, it has been
pointed out, have the result of rais
ing seamen's pay on vessels of foreign
registry to levels more closely ap
proximating the wages in the Ameri
can merchant shipping industry, and
would thus improve the competitive
position of United States shipping.
The commission is composed of nine
representatives of seamen's organiza
tions, nine representatives of ship
owners' organizations and two mem
bers of the governing body of the ILO
one representing the employers' and
the other the workers' groups.
Morris Weisberger, vice-president
of the Seafarers' International Union
of North America, affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, will
be a labor delegate. John Hawke,
vice-president of the same union, will
accompany Mr. Weisberger as an as
sistant. The CIO will not be repre
sented at the meeting.
The minimum wages to be proposed
for all seamen are based on rates of
18 pounds sterling a month for an able
seaman, 22 pounds and 10 shillings for
a third mate or fourth engineer, and
16 pounds for an assistant radio offi­
cer. The British pound is pegged at
$4.03, United States currency.
A comparative analysis of maritime
wage rates in various countries, pub
lished in November by the War Ship
ping Administration, reveals that
United States rates for the above rat
ings are respectively $100, $202 and
$165. and are well in advance of those
paid on all foreign merchant shipping.
These rates do not include war
bonuses.
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