The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-09-04
BITTER BATTLE
WILL RACE ON
UNION RIGHTS
National c. of c. Head Hits
at Clause in NRA
Agreements.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-Workers
observed their annual holiday to-
day in the midst of stirring develop
ments affecting their part in the
governments recovery drive.
For Labor day, the effort to put
the Blue Eagle over all industry
and trade paused, but the lines Of
battle we're drawn for further Strug-
gle over the rights under the re-
covery act of employers and OF
labor.
Henry I. Hartman, president OF
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, questioned the wis
dom and legality" of the unioniza-
ton section of the act, and counseled
members of the chamber to insist
on inclusion in their codes OF clauses
giving employers the right to hire,
advance and discharge workers re-
gardless of union affiliations.
Approved in Auto Code
This tempering clause was ap-
proved in code for the automobile
industry, and is sought by nonunion
operators for the coal code.
It has been opposed by the NRA
labor advisory board, and strenuously
fought at code hearings by repre-
sentatives of union labor.
THE proposition that no employe,
and no person seeking employment,
may be required as a condition Of
employment to join a company
union or to refrain from joining a
labor organization of his own
choosing is a prohibition, the wis
dom and legality of which we'll may
be disputed" declared Hartman.
ANY industry is well within its
rights in expressing in its code such
a language as appears in the auto
mobile CODE"
The automobile code becomes
effective Tuesday.
Ford Expected to Balk
Henry Ford, only individual in
dustrialist to hold out against the
NRA, will refuse to sign certlt1-
cate of compliance, reports from
his vacation haunt indicated.
What the administration course
would be in that event was not dis
closed. and it was felt that the
matter would be among the first
to be considered by President
Roosevelt upon his return from his
vacation.
Whether the Hartman statement
would have the effect of stiffening
the attitude of coal operators in
their insistence On a qualified labor
clause remained to be seen. Coal
code negotiations between the
operators and leaders of the United
Mine Workers will be resumed at
2 D. m. Tuesday.
Secretary Of Labor Frances Per-
kins pleaded for settlement OF the
code disputes, in a Labor day state
ment.
Secretary Voices Plea
Never" she said, "have we been
faced by a condition calling for
such united efforts by wage earners,
employers, and consumers to help
solve the problems which have been
so pressing for the last few years.
Only by concerted action can we
rout the forces which have brought
want, despair, and misery to SO
many homes.
Let us dedicate this Labor day
to pledging ourselves without res
ervation to unite in the drive, so
that by this time next year we
again shall have jobs and economic
security, with the doors OF OPP
portunity open to those willing and
able to work"
President William Green OF the
American Federation of Labor
sounded call for intensified efforts
to organize workers, ito prevent ex-
pIoitation."
Our greatest responsibility in the
immediate future is to carry the
message of unionism to all who
work" Green declared.