Evening star., 1933-09-18
REACTION AWAITED
0NA.F. OF |. DRIVE
Green Announces Unioniza.
ton of All Workers as Aim
of Organization.
BY the Associated Press.


BY the Associated Press.
Oficials Of the American Federation
Of Labcr were on the alert today for
reverberations among business and In
6ustrial leaders from the declaration of
their president. William Green, that
the American Federation of Labor in
tends to organize all workers and that
there Is no room in the United States
for any other lab-r movement"
Green made the assertion in formal
statement describing the outlook for the
national labor convention. which will
open here October 2 He promised i'm
portant revelations" then
The Executive C-uncil, he continued,
has prepared its annual report. which
will make clear that the American
Federation of Labor is going to organize
the unocganized.
1T is not going to be stopped in its
energetic and sweeping campaign to
bring workers into unions throughout
the Nation" he added.
Objective Summed Up.
1T is going to continue to be. as it
has been for more than half a century,
the recognized. al-embracing spokesman
for American labor That means there
is no room in the United States for
any other labor movement"
Announcing that the voice Of label
Will be heard on every vital public ISSUE"
Green summed up the objectives of
the convention as follows:
Our main attention will be centered
upon the recovery act in an effort to
strengthen its operation so as to pro-
duce more employment and more pur-
chasing power. We shall BE- able to
secure a better measure of results by
the time our convention opens, because
We shall have reports through code
authorities not now available.
We have no unduly optimistic pic
ture of the benefits of the recovery act
in terms of new employment up to this
time, but it is clear that the recovery
act Is sound in principle, that it has
started the Nation on the upward
swing and that it must succeed, for
the reason that its failure means a
chaos that the Nation cannot stand.
Adequate Voice Demanded.
mot only are we concerned as to
reduction of work-hours per week to
far fixed IN codes, both temporary and
permanent, and as to higher wage
levels than the average thus far estab-
llshed, but we are concerned about the
question of adequate representation of
labor in machinery created under
codes. Our convention may be ex-
pected to express itself emphatically
on this question of representation and
to demand that in all of the new ma
chinery of industrial government labor
be represented by men of its own choos-
ing, as a matter of right and not as
matter of privilege. This is one of the
fundamental issues Of the whole pres
ent situation and one which cannot be
regarded as settled unless it is settled
right
In the matter of the creation of
proper industrial government, we are
now about where the American colonies
were in the creation of political gov
ernment in 1778 But just as surely
as Cur political government became
responsive to the will of the people
through the creation of democratic
machinery and universal franchise. so
this present contest will be settled in
favor of the masses of the people.
America then will be able to loo1 FOR
ward to permanent well-beinA IND
continuous progress. We shall AVE
pulled the teeth of special privilege
and our convention undoubtedly will
lay down the lines of battle"