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Miami.—Evidence of widespread
waste of labor, exaggerated estimates
of manpower needs and failure of
government procurement agencies to
work out a program for full use of
facilities already in operation, was
presented to the AFL Executive
Council meeting here.
These facts were gathered by the
AFL research staff in support of la
bor's contention that compulsory labor
draft legislation is unnecessary and
that civilian agencies should be re
tained to direct manpower mobiliza
tion.
As an example of manpower waste,
a report from an AFL representative
in Los Angeles charged that carpen
ters and other skilled workers in ship
yards in that area were being kept in
enforced idleness. The report added:
"Management refuses to release
them although shortage of skilled
carpenters in nearby crating yards de
lays the crating of munitions for ship
ment to the Pacafic war fronts.
"Airplane parts and equipment of
all kinds are piling up, waiting to be
crated, while skilled carpenters in
shipyards are told by management to
hide themselves and are not allowed
to do the work they ask permission
to do."
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Proof Of Manpower Waste And Hoarding Submitted
To Council
The AFL research service declared
that similar conditions exist in navy
yards and in many plants working on
a cost-plus basis.
The Executive Council was inform
ed that the Taft Bill, offered as a
substitute for the May-Bailey Bill in
Congress, would correct these condi
tions by empowering the Manpower
Commission to investigate and elimi
nate wastage and hoarding of labor.
Investigation by AFL representa
tives also showed that scores of com
panies have exaggerated their man
power requirements. In a few cases,
it was found that firms have been lay
ing off higher paid workers while
Claiming manpower shortages
To prove that the armed services do
pot plan contract awards so as to use
production facilities fully, the AFL
research service reported:
"In awarding their contracts, the
Urmed services frequently permit a
Veil-equipped plant with skilled man
power to close down for lack of con
•tracts, while work which the plant
could do is awarded in a tight labor
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AFL Council Urges Congress to Adopt
Voluntary Plan to End Labor Waste
market, creating a labor shortage.
An example is the 9 shops which have
been forced to release 70,000 men,
thousands highly skilled, because the
landing craft program is completed
and the procurement services have not
awarded new work to these plants.
The plants are equipped to make
fuses, casings, ordnance and do a
wide variety of war work requiring
modern machine shops. Such work is
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Labor Wins Initial Fight in Senate
When Action on May Bill is Delayed
Washington, D. C.—Labor won the
initial round in the Senate fight on
forced labor legislation when the Mil
itary Affairs Committee decided to
hold hearings, which may last more
than a week, before acting upon the
House-approved May bill.
Advocates of compulsory labor, who
sought to stampede the committee in
to an immediate favorable report on
the May bill, received a jolt when the
Senate group decided to call in labor
and industry representatives, along
with military leaders, to express their
views on the legislatipn. It is ex
pected that at least three representa
tives of the AFL will be invited to
testify.
Labor and Industry Representatives Called In To Express
Their Views On The Legislation
Senator Joseph C. O'Mahoney, who
insisted new hearings be held, de
clared that the entire war picture has
changed since the latest drive fox
compulsory labor legislation was initi
ated. He said:
"At that time, the Russian drive
had not begun. Now the Russians
are at the gates of Berlin."
Other Senators, developing the
same theme, indicated that if the com
pulsory labor bill were passed, the
war in Europe might end before ma
chinery could be organized to put it
into effect. They pointed out that the
defeat of Germany would result in
sharp reduction of war production in
this country and the creation of labor
surpluses, instead of shortages. They
said they felt more than reluctant to
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now being awarded in tight labor
markets."
Among plants laying off men cited
in the report were Dravo Corp., Ne
ville Island, Pa., 12,500 Missouri Val
ley Bridge & Iron Co., Evansville,
Ind., 26,000 Chicago Bridge & Iron
Co., Seneca, 111., 9,000 American
Bridge Co., Ambridge, Pa., 6,500
Bethlehem Steel Co., near Boston,
7,000 Zenith Dredge Co., Duluth, 700
Jefferson Boat & Machine Co.,
Jefferson, Ind., 9,000 and Island Dock
Co. & Hildebrand Yards, Kingston, N.
Y., 1,500.
vote for legislation which would en
slave labor after the need for man
power controls had vanished.
Meanwhile, Senator Edwin C. John
son exposed undercover attempts by
War Department officials to sing one
tune in public and an entirely differ
ent one in secret. While the War De
partment went along with other Gov
ernment agencies in asking the Senate
Military Affairs Commission to place
administration of the May bill under
the War Manpower Commission in
stead of the Selective Service system,
Senator Johnson charged that private
telephone calls were made by high
War Department officials resisting
the charge.
Hearings before the Senate commit
tee will be in executive session and
the public will not be admitted.
Labor forces, having lost their fight
in the House by a mere 6 votes, were
marshalling their forces for a sterner
effort in the Senate with the prospect
of better success. If the Senate adopts
the Taft substitute, favored by the
AFL, it was believed certain that the
House will agree to go along.
AFL leaders charged that sabotage
from Communist-controlled CIO un
ions hurt labor's efforts to defeat the
May bill in the House. Several Con
gressmen who were unwilling to vote
for the May bill in the face of united
labor opposition switched at the last
minute when the ClO-Communists
came out in favor of the May bill
Their action followed endorsement of
the bill by the Daily Worker. This
development was cited as another in
stance of the betrayal of labor's free
doms by the Communists, who are
more interested in obeying Moscow's
orders than protecting the rights of
workers.
Guard: "Ten prisoners have broken
out."
Warden: "Have jroui given the
alarm?"
Guard: "I sent for the doctor. I
think it is the meaalea."
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