Evening star., 1933-10-14
Call for German Boycott,
Code Revision Cited as
Accomplishments.
STRIKE RIGHT DEFENDED;
DOMINATION REJECTED
Green Says Federation Refuses to
Approve N. R. A. Mistakes.
Council Considers Plans.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The American Federation Of Labor
set out today upon a more militant
campaign than ever in its
campaign that its just con-
cluded f1fty-third annual convention
held necessary to effectuate the recov-
cry act.
That, plus demands for N r. A. code
revisions and greater speed in the pub
lie works program along with continued
insistence upon the right to strike, stood
out in the minds of the officials as the
biggest accomplishment of the two-week
meeting.
Today, President William Green, re-
elected and victorious in a number Of
brushes that tried the strength of the
conservative against the more liberal
element, called the Executive Council
into session to plan for the future.
Their problems included everything
from agitation for a boycott of German
goods and services to a general revision
OF N. r. A. codes so as to provide higher
minimum wages and a 30-hour week
for all workers.
Labor Keeps Reins.
Green's analysis of the convention
was this:
I'VE have shown our own capacity
and determination to run our own af-
fairs. There are plenty who would
guide our destinieS if We would but let
them. They would plunge us into one
fanciful scheme after another, but we
have avoided that. We remain masters
OF our own movement.
We have voted full support to the
Recovery Administration. but We have
refused to extend that approval to its
mistakes. We have criticized as freely
as We have espoused, and therein lies
the great value Of our support. It Is
not the support of yes man move
ment."
He reiterated labor's insistence upon
the right to strike, although Hugh S.
Johnson. N. R. A. administrator. in a
speech to the convention called strikes
economic sabotage
"As long as there Is freedom in
America the right to strike must be
maintained inviolate and inviola ble,"
Green said. urging again that arbitra-
ton be tried before strikes.
Representation Sought,
Green planned to press soon for the
equal labor representation on all N. r.
A. organizations that the convention
demanded.
I'VE have demanded a rightful rep
resentation on all Of the boards, com
mittees and commissions of the Re
covery Administration" he said. 1T
must be representation of our own
choosing, not of the choosing of others.
We want. and demand, real represent
fo bat he
like it."
And as he turned to the new jobs
outlined for him by the convention, he
added:
I'VE shall strive on for a better
life and a better America. If we are
practical in our methods, We shall the
sooner achieve our aims"
BY official Interpretation, the con-
vention late yesterday was informed
that it had voted to boycott goods
only from Germany instead of from
Italy, Russia and China also.
Green Explains Boycott.
Just before the convention took .
recess preliminary to night session,
President Green referred ito the boycott
resolution approved earlier and men,
tioning the four countries.
Then he added:
The boycott declared by this con-
vention is to apply only to goods from
Germany and German services. It in
no way is intended to affect any other
country"
In its closing sessions, the fedora
ton voted to protest to the administra-
ton against some officials of the
N. r. A." who ARE attempting to
undermine living standards under the
cloak of an argument that such action
would stimulate building construction
1t blamed delay in the public works
program upon the apparent laxity OF
local and State public officials in pre-
senting authorization and plans for
local public works" and added an ap-
peal to President Roosevelt, the Pub
lie Works Administration and State and
local officials to expedite the work.
1t said, too, that violations of the
codes in the textile industry are be-
coming more pronounced" and asked
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