The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-06-16
Green Seeks to Spike Steel Strike;
Urges Workers to Delay Ten Days
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emergency, LnaU A. a. is IN deep
distress, and grave emergency
- eonfronts steel workers and entire
= labor movement indirectly"
Green. himself a member Of the
Labor Board stood sduarely on N.
f. A. and Section IA under which
= Johnson last week proposed q COM
pany union plan He said in at
= tacking2 steel companies, they have
little regard for the public interest
for Section Ia of the n. L r. A.
@ You men have been forced to SUI
: fer persecution because you accept
IA literally Thus Green tries to
show some differences between N.
p r. A. and steel companies and
s claimed steel workers fight fight
!. Cor N r. A.
Plan Like JOhnson's
He based the whole platform Of
the steel workers on the N. r. A.,
asking, rs it a crime to follow the
- spiret and letter Of LAVE" meaning
la.
? Knowing the spirit of a large
number Of delegates is for strike
Green cloaked his anti-strike, COM
= pany union proposal with praise of
: the steel union for rejecting John
sons plan, Of which his own is a
newly-worded duplicate.
He also tried to give the impress
sion that his proposal is a militant
action. Send this plan to Roose-
welt as an ultimatum of conven-
ton, he said. He repeatedly stated
that his plan is counter proposal
to Johnsons plan"
Green pleaded for delay Of strike.
eve cannot permit the steel COM
panies to choose our battlefield or
hour" he said. We cannot afford
to play into their hands. We must
use strategy. I am apprehensive of
the situation as it is. The wise man
bides his time. In my Judgment
the time will come when these
wrongs will be righted but do
not believe the time is here at this
moment.
You are in the midst of a grave
emergency" he repeated in intro
ducing his plan.
Praises Impartial" Roosevelt
Green, after introducing the plan,
praised Roosevelt and said with a
flourish. He will selevct an i'm
partial board that will command the
respect and support Of men and
women Of labor, of the public" He
stated Roosevelt can be trusted to
select IAN impartial board not con-
nected with the employing interests
Of the nation.
There was no applause during
this section Of the speech on Roose-
welt and the impartial board, which
concluded, Make this counter pro-
posal and rely on the sympathy and
power Of the President Of the
United States and Congress, which
is now in session, and on public
opinion. which will force the steel
companies to accept this proposal. D
He then emphasized the desire Of
. the A. F. of L. executive board not
to have the steel strike. "Our policy
is to call strikes only after every
avenue of peaceful settlement has
been explored-ssS- a tlast resort" he
declared. He said that If his plan
is not accepted, the right to strike
is not surrendered.
Kills Right to Strike
The plan itself takes from the
workers the right to strike. To adopt
his plan instead OF strike now,
Green said, would be "a patriotic
action to promote the cause of in
dustrial peace"
Green praised the original Wag-
= ner bill saying the new measure Of
Roosevelt, while it does not go far
enough, that if passed, you have in
that some power and opportunity to
obtain right to organize and bar
gain collectively and hold govern
ment supervised elections" Green
said If steel companies won't listen
to Roosevelt, Congress will pass a
law forcing such arbitration plan
Green concluded with an appeal
not to strike, wait for day and
time when the opportunity is
here Don't risk your all in con-
fict when the odds are against
YOU "A strike would set you
back" AS President of the A. {.
of L., insist upon your acting
favorabIy on this proposal"
This morning before the speech
= Green conferred with Tighe, and
"A. International officials and with
Charles Wyzanski, Jr., solicitor for
US. Department Of Labor who
= came from Washington with Green,
and with two state conciliators.
About q dozen conciliators in all are
here now.
Reporters were admitted to hear
Green's speech and then requested
to leave. Several delegates objected
on convention floor to reporters
presence on grounds that they have
been printing a lot of lies" but
Tighe announced Green had in
vited the reporters.
After Green's speech delegates
asked Green questions in executive
session. Most Of these questions
showed dissatisfaction with Green's
proposals Several questions we're in
regard to whether blacklisted and
laid of workers would be allowed to
vote in elections held under Roose-
velt appointed board Green an
swered he supposed they would be.