Evening star., 1932-11-26
A. F. OF |. SEEKING
WAY TO CUT WEEK
Convention Also Takes Up
Problem of Racketeering.
lob Insurance Studied.
BY the Associate Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, November 26.-
One plan rejected. the American Feder-
alton of Labor turned today to other
proposals for shortening the work week
A resolution that the federation agi-
tate for Federal constitutional amend
nent requiring a six-hour day and f1ve-
day week was voted down almost unan-
imously yesterday.
We're for the shorter work week. I"
President william Green explained,
but a constitutional amendment isn't
the proper means"
Other Groups at Work.
How the desired reduction is to be
sought, he said, will mot be determined
until the proper time, when other COM
mittees, also considering the question
in different lights, make their reports. 7"
Repercussions of an. anti-racketeer-
ing stand by the United Brewery
Workers Union, in separate session
here, sounded in the federation's con-
vention yesterday.
For the present." Green said, 81 am
content to say merely that the fedora
ton is strongly behind and effort to
Joseph Obergfell, secretary of the
Brewery Workers Union, said his group
was united in the determination to
keep the brewing industry out Of the
clutches of the gangsters and rack
eteers"
Meeting this morning, the convention
found no committees ready to report, so
it adjourned until Monday.
The convention yesterday expressed
opposition to a sales tax, denied wom-
ems auXiliaries a representative, reaf-
firmed the A. F. Of LIS stand for equal
ity among workers regardless of race
or color, voted to unionize chain store
employees and to accelerate activity to-
ward enlisting laundry workers.
Women labor auxiliaries will have
to wait at least another year for repre-
sentation in conventions of the A. F. of L.
Wives and sweethearts of the dele
gates knocked yesterday at the door OF
the convention hall and the answer
was:
I'VE doubt our ability to control
women If they got in here"
Feminine Gallery GIares.
While large feminine gallery glared
| the convention voted almost unani-
mously not to recognize fraternal dele
gate from the Federation of Women's
Trade Union Auxiliaries next year.
They may get in year after next, how
ever. A resolution on the matter was
referred to the Executive Council and
will be reported at the 1888 parley.
Three women are official delegates at
the convention, but they spoke not a
word on the floor for their auxiliaries.
The galleryites had a male champion,
though. John P. O'Connell Of the
United Textile Workers Of America said
Women control IS per cent of the
purchasing power in this country. We
should give the auxiliaries repre-
sentation so as to get them sold on the
idea of buying union label goods"
But Frank x. Martell of Detroit, rep
resenting the Typographical Union,
couldn't see it so. He foresaw more
women being admitted as fraternal dele
gates from auxiliary groups If one was
allowed"
Arthur o. Wharton of Chicago, presi-
dent of the International Association OF
Machinists, said
Somebody said the other day that an
optimist Is a bartender who kept on
paying bartenders' union dues after
prohibition. Well. I think an optimist
is one who thinks he can control the
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