Safeguard for Labor
Rights in Defense
Program Demanded
C. I. 0. Board Goes on
Record Against Any
Subversive Movement
Placing itself on record as op
posed "to any movement or ac
tivity of subversive character,
Trojan horses, or fifth columns
aimed against our Nation and Gov
ernment,'’ the C. I. O. Executive
Board in a statement issued yes
terday declared that labor's right
must be preserved in carrying out
the emergency national defense
program.
At a press conference, President
John L. Lewis said the C. I. O.’s
declaraiion against subversive ele
ments was unequivocal, and included
Fascism, Communism and Nazi-ism.
In a tone bordering or anger
Mr. Lewis emphasized the C. I. O.
stand in response to repeated re
quests for comment on charges
heard during Dies Committee hear
ings that the labor group harbored
Communists.
Exonerated by Dies.
“I am not a Communist and I
am not in sympathy with Com
munists," Mr. Lewis said. "I am
one of the few men in the country
who has been publicly exonerated
by Mr. Dies."
The board's statement listed
three specific rights it seeks to
preserve: First, the right of wage
earners to organize into unions of
their own choosing; second, the
right of organized wage earners to
bargain collectively with employers,
and. third, the right of wage
earners to freedom of speech, as
sembly, action and worship.
"This declaration of labor's rights
Is designed to stabilize industrial
relations, and promote industrial
peace," the board said. "It does
not contemplate industrial strife.
It seeks to improve the relationship
between wage earners and then
employers: to increase the produc
tive efficiency of industry; to main
tain labor's existing wage and hour
standards, and to improve these I
standards with changing economic |
conditions. Any national defense
program must contemplate this kind
of co-operation.”
Survey of labor Needs 1'rged.
To assure the effective use of
the available labor supply in the
national defense program, the board
urged an immediate survey of the
need of labor, according to type of
skill, industry and location, and a
full inventory of all workers listed
by the United States Employment
Service.
The board also asked that Federal [
funds be made available for the
transportation of workers to areas
where thev are needed, and urged
that special attention be given to the
training of young people and ap
prentices.
"When war orders stop, as stop I
they will," the board said, "millions
who will have been employed in the
armament and related industries
will be east out of their jobs. For
them, their families, and for mil
lions of oth^r like them, provision
must be made."
Bridges Deportation Bill Opposed.
The board approved two resolu
tions yesterday. One declared the
opposition of the C. I. O. to the bill
now before Congress to deport Harry
Bridges, West Coast C. I. O. leader.
The other urged the Senate Com
mittee on Naval Affairs to delete
a section of a bill to expedite the |
construction of naval ships that the j
C. I. O. said would nullify the Lloyd- j
La Follette Act of 1912, giving Fed
eral workers the right to organize.
Congressional approval of the sec
tion. the resolution said, would deny
Federal workers concerned their
civil and organizational rights. The
section in question is designed to
facilitate removal of "fifth column”
suspects from Government service.
Japan Launches Warship
TOKIO, June 5 </P).—1The Jap
anese Navy launched a new war
ship. the Tsugaru, today at the
Yokosuka naval base. The type and
size of the ship were not disclosed.
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TORMENTS
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