Evening star., 1932-09-09
AF,L.|SATTACKED
BYU. S. EMPLOYEES
PAPER AS HOSTILE
Everything Done Against
Group After Vancouver Con-
vention, Article Says.
GRANTING OF CHARTER
"PREMATURELY" SCORED
Contemplate Efforts to Bore From
Within Withdrawing 0rganiza-
ton, Is Charge.

The American Federation of Labor,
since its convention last year in Van
couver, has shown an utter disregard
of the welfare of all Federal employees
and President William Green Of the
Federation has done almost everything
possible to bring disunion and dis
harmony into the ranks of the National
Federation of Federal Employees" it was
charged in statement made public
last night by Luther Steward. president,
and Gertrude McNally, secretary of the
Federal employees organization.
The statement was made public as
the lead article in THE Federal En-
ploye," organ of the National Federation
of Federal Employees.
The premature" granting of a
charter to the group which seeded
from the National Federation of Federal
Employees also was criticized in the
statement.
The National Federation of Federal
Employees withdrew its affiliation with
the A. F. of L. shortly after the Van
couver convention following con-
troversy between the parent body and
the Federal employees over personnel
Classification action.
Efforts Called Contemplate.
Following the referendum, taken in
complete and absolute conformity with
the statutes of the National Federation
of Federal Employees, which resulted in
the decision to withdraw from the
A. F. of L., various contemplate efforts
we're made to bore from within the
organization" the Steward statement
said.
1T was then that the whole broad
matter came out into the light of day.
1t then was made Enthusiastically plain
that the executives of the American
Federation of Labor, thwarted in their
endeavor to rule, were determined to
ruin.
since an outright policy of destruc-
tiveness had failed, due to courage of
the national officers and executive
council of the National Federation. and
the intelligence and loyalty Of the great
bulk of the membership. another tack
was taken by the leadership of the
A. F. of L.
Through the use of former employees |
discharged for cause and of a small |
group of disgruntled members acting |
as stool pigeons, continued efforts were |
made to weaken the structure of the |
National Federation.
These efforts, so unfair to the best |
interests of the whole body of Govern !
ment workers, eliminated in suit in
equity, financed by the American Fed
Grafton of Labor. in an attempt to set
aside the will of the majority and to
compel the return Of the National Fed
Grafton of Federal Employees to affilia-
ton with the American Federation Of
Labor.
Failure Held Complete.
This attempt met with complete fail
ure. 1t met with the kind of failure
that could have been foretold readily by
any intelligent person in any degree
familiar with the case.
Not content with these destructive
and subversive tactics, the officers of
the American Federation OF Labor have
6e1ed all the time-honored concepts
upon which that organization was
founded by granting charter to n
nebulous organization of seeding and
suspended members Of the National
Federation before the 1882 convention
CT the A. F. of L. has had a chance to
meet and rectify the wrong done at
Vancouver.
This organization has aped the
name Of the National Federation of
Federal Employees. being designated as
the American Federation of Govern
ment Employees President Green has
seen fit to honor this organization by
granting a charter of affiliation prior
to its convention, prior to the develop
ment of effective local unions, prior TO
the setting up of anything except
shadow a palpable and obvious straw
man, a weak. inept counterfeit useful
only to save the face of the leadership
OF the American Federation of Labor"