Evening star., 1933-10-13
AT. Of |. BOYCOTTS
NATIONS OPPOSING
FREE TRADE UNIONS
Germany, Italy, Russia,
China and Others Put
Under Ban.
ACTION TAKEN AGAINST
GOODS AND SERVICES
Convention Nears End With Pledge
of Full Support of Roosevelt
Recovery Program.
Nv the Associate | Press.

lean Federation OF Labor conVenllon
today against goods and services sup
plied by Germany, Italy Russia, China,
pr ANY other country which 1orolos
free trade unionization.
The Executive Council had recon-
mended simply boycott of German
made goods and services, the boycott
10 continue until working people were
allowed to organize and the "persecu-
ton of Jewish people" ceased.
But the Resolutions Committees re,
bort, adopted by the convention: SAID
that to boycott one nation without
mentioning others might bring accusd-
tons that the convention was uh-
friendly to particular natloaallIy,
The bovcott. the convention agreed
.is not intended to be restricted to use
against the unfair and cruel practlces
of the German government only, but
also against any other government un-
Ger similar circumstances.
The report added that the conVen-
tion should adopt similar poilcy
against the governments and com
mercial interests of other countries
wherein the workers are being denied
the right of free trade union organlza-
ton, or where any people are being
prosecuted because Of race, religious be-
lief or political affiliations"
Speaking in behalf of the resolution
Miss Selma Borchardt, teacher IN
Roosevelt High School here, who is the
delegate from the American Federation
of Teachers, told of evidences of Hit
lerite persecution which were brought
to her attention in tour of Germany
this past Summer.
Text of Report.
The report continued:
These are problems involving the
governments of Italy, with its Fas-
cism, and Russia, with its Commu-
nism. and China, with its chaos, all
presenting a condition under which
free trade union organization Is I'M
possible There are other countries.
too, which present problems OF the
same sort"
The convention emphasized. however,
that it had no intention of being un-
fair to nationals of the countries men-
toned who are in the United States.
Adoption of the committee report
followed an urgent appeal by Presi-
dent William Green for a ringing
protest against the German govern
ment that will carry cheer to our peo-
pie over there"
Matthew Woll. vice president of the
federation also warned the convention
that organizations were being set up
in our own country to prosecute the
Jews"
Cooperation Pledged.
Shortly before approving the boycott,
the convention heard Edward A Hayes,
new president OF the American Legion.
exchange with Green a pledge that the
two ORGANIZATIONS would work tCgether
for the objectives they both seek. =.
Among these were listed human"
disqualification policy. continued restrlc-
ton of immigration, opposition to Com
munistic tendencies, and demands for 2
sound and stable currency.
Green added that the federation also
would continue its opposition to the
recognition OF Soviet Russia un1l ~
disavoWs the Third internationally and
ceases its efforts to stir up revolution
in the United States
The federation reached the conclud-
ing sessions of its fifty-thlrd annual
convention today, agreeing to support
President Roosevelt's recovery program,
but fully determined to continue the
workers fight for greater Dement'S un-
der it.
This was the campaign challenge OF
President Green after his unanimous re-
election yesterday to his tenth year as
president of the more than 3,OOO,O0O
organized workers:
I'm going to lead this army of or
panized labor forward until all OF us en-
ioy the rights and privileges to which
we are entitled
With overwhelming votes behind
them for shorter hours and higher
wages under NJ R. A. codes and against
unregulated currency imitation, lew
major questions remained to be disposed
of by the nearly 600 delegates.
Other Election Results.
The election was held late yesterday
and. along with Green, the eight vice
presidents, the secretary, Frank Nor
rison, and the treasurer, Martin Francis
Ryan, also were returned to otnce.
Green was placed in nomination by
John L. Lewis president Of the United
Mine Workers. who had sponsored an
unsuccessful movement in the conven-
ton to increase the size of the Executive
Council-a move strongly fought by the
administration.
: The vice presidents are Frank Duffy,
carpenters; T. A. Rickert, garment
workers; Matthew Woll, photo en-
eravers; James Wilson, patternmakers;
John Coefeld, plumbers; Arthur o.
Wharton. machinists; Joseph N. Weber,
musicians, and G. M. Bugniazet. elec-
trical workers.
J. P McCurdy of Baltimore, president
of the Maryland-District OF Columbia
Federation of Labor, was elected fra
ternal delegate to the Canadian Trades
and Labor Congress. while Edward P.
Flore of the hotel and restaurant
workers and M. J. Colleran of the
yates to the British Labor Congress.
San Francisco was chosen for the
1894 convention over St. Louis and At
lantic City.
More Relief Funds Urged.
In driving through the program out
lined in resolutions coming from its
constituent units, the Federation re-
uueSted that Congress be asked to ap-
propriate more relief funds this Winter;
repeated its opposition to relaxation
of immigration laws and asked more
strict enforcement of these at border
ports of entry
It protested vehemently against the
unreasonable uneconomic and brutal
determinations because of age against
men and women of As years, and in
many cases only 35."
In this connection it attributed to
insurance companies new form of
blacklisting that the COM
panies refused to grant group insurance
to plants that hired employees over that
age.