Evening star., 1932-08-03
LABOR BODY PLANS
CONGRESS FIGHT.
ON ECONOMY LAW
Federation Backs Central
Union in Opposing Inequi-
ties, Says Dickson.
FIRST OF SEVERAL
REPORTS CONSIDERED
Restriction of Leave, Impounding
Of Funds and Furlough
Methods Attacked.

The Central Labor Union. backed by
the American Federation of Labor, is
proposing to go before the next session
OF Congress with recommendations for
removal of inequitieS in the new
economy law, 1t was said today by r. A.
Dickson, president of Central Labor
Union.
Mr.. Dicksons statement was made in
connection with the publication of a
report made to the Central Labor Union
by its Legislative Committee, headed by
W. w. Keeler, hitting the restriction of
leave. the impounding of funds saved
by the furlough plan instead of using
the money to spread employment, and
the method by which the administrative
furlough is applied.
Report One of Group.
The report is one of a group the
committee will formulate covering vari-
Gus phases of the economy law to
which there is objection, the whole
being combined In one program, to bt
presented to Congress by labor.
While the great bulk of Federal work
ers are not identified with the American
Federation of Labor, Of which the
Central Labor Union is affiliate, because
of the withdrawal from the A. F. of l.
of the National Federation of Federal
Employees. Mr. Dickson said that the
fight would be made in behalf of all
workers.
Touches Five-Day Week.
The text OF the Legislative Commit
Your committee held its initial
meeting to consider the so-called econ
omy bill. 1t was decided that first we
should re-enunciate certain definite
fundamental principles which are in
volved in this legislation and that in
the meetings that are to follow each
specific point involved Is to be taken
up, and In light Of the avowed policy
of the Central Labor Union, and the
decisions which have been made on this
act by Mr.. McCarl, that we develop a
definite program Of action to meet with
each specific problem created by the
act.
your committee therefore at this
time submits to you the report of the
progress Of its study to date.
I'VE are happy that the f1ve-day week
Is achieving recognition in private in
dustry and in the Government service.
1t is unfortunate that in the process
of getting recognition, the shortening of
the work week should be accompanied
by a reduction in weekly income for the
wage earnerS.
Urges New Legislation.
Increase in employment opportuni-
ties-When the furlough plan was an
nounced it was said that by the loss OF
wages and salaries on the part of full
time workers, 1t would be possible to
retain in the Government large num-
Der Of workers who would otherwise
have to be let out. We deplore the fact
that in practice this has not been the
case The money taken from the
workers is not affording any further
employment opportunities. We there
fore urge that legislation be enacted
making possible this use of the money
taken from our workers.
The administrative furlough-We
deplore the method in which admins
trative furlough is applied. The per-
sonal equation plays all too important
part in this. We urge, therefore, the
immediate adoption of a regulation call
ing for the distribution of the admins
trative furlough when and where 1t is
deemed necessary.
Annual leave of 80 days-As a
matter of business efficiency and as q
matter of humane industrial policy, we
demand the return to the workers of
the 80 days annual leave, of which
this gesture of pseudo-economy has
robbed them"