The Washington times., 1933-11-20
FARLEY To LIST.
DEMANDS To
CONGRESS
Call by Green Will Assemble
Groups Affiliated With
A. F. of l. Shortly
BY DUNCAN FORSYTH

Organizations of Federal EN-.
ployeS affiliated with the Amer
lean Federation of Labor will
meet shortly in a joint con-
ference to map out a legislative
program for presentation at the
next session of Congress, it was
learned today.
Opposition to a projected SEIZED
ule of budget cuts which will re-
duce the ordinary budget of the
Federal Government by 80 per
cent, and make only $1,700 ,000, 900
available for normal governmental
operations, is expected to be con-
Solidated through this meeting,
plans for which were made, how
ever, before the budget situation
became known.
Federal employees are mysJjfied
BY the new budget proposals. They
do not see how the budget Can be
cut further without numerous dis
missals or new furloughs, and
they are anxiously ava ling
further details.
Hearings Begin Soon
House hearings on the budget
will begin the first week in De-
cember. It is expected that the
independent offices bill, which last
year constituted the most drastic
economy legislation, will be first
under consideration of all the sup
ply bills, and that the energies of
Federal workers will be concen-
&rated on it.
A call for the conference was ex-
pected to be issued by William
Green, president of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor today, but
Green postponed it because he
found that some leaders would not
be able to attend. Postponement
for a week or more, it was said
ct A. F.. of L. headquarters, will be
necessary. Elimination of the Is
per cent pay cut in Federal sal
aries is among the most vital and
immediate topics to be discussed.
The call for the conference
was expected as long ago as
last month, but the convention of
the American Federation of La
Dor in this city brought about
q meetings of representatives of
these unions which, for all prac-
teal purposes, constituted just
such a joint conference as had
been projected. From these meet
ings developed resolutions which
were presented to the federation
and favorably acted upon.
Presumably these resolutions
will form the backbone of the
legislative program to be drawn
up. The conference will include
representatives of the American
Federation of Government En-
ployes, the six large postal
unions, the metal trades, build
ing trades and union label
trades, and probably also Of sew
eeral mechanical trades, as well
rs the District and Maryland
State Federations of Labor. The
conference is expected to be
held at the American Federation
of Labor building.
The conference is not con-
nected in any way with the
National Legislative Council re-
Gently formed by nonaffiliates OF
the American Federation OF
Labor, comprising the National
Federation of Federal Employees
and a. number Of other groups.
They are developing a legislative
program of their own and, al
though the rivalry between the
N. F. F. E. and A. F. G. E. is
keen, the programs will prob
ably, in their essentials, be much
the same.
Advantage in Two Unions
Neutral observers have ex-
pressed the opinion that in one
respect it is probably an advan-
tage to have two organizations
in the field to work on Con-
gress, inasmuch as those mem
bers who are favorably disposed
toward the American Federation
Of Labor will listen sympathetic
ally to the desires of the A. F.
q. E., whereas certain other
members who might not be very
favorable to organized labor
could perhaps be influenced
favorably by representatives Of
Federal employees as such.