, 1934-12-05
The World
At Glance
~ LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press staff Writer

Ny LESLIE EICHEL
Central Press staff Writer
PITTSBURGH, Dec. ). HI- All
tine power CT the administration Will
be needed to maintain peace in the
chief industrial region OF the ma
ton.
interpretations Of the muCh-dls-
puted Section IA by administration
spokesman DO not please either in
dustry OF labor.
The matter will end III Congress,
not in the courts. Corporations are
forcing the matter into the courts.
Labor III forcing Ii into congress.
From every indication tas was
said yesterday, labor viii win that
contention. Congress In All proba-
bility viii clarity Section TIA In
such a manner that the corpora
tons will wish they had abided by
decisions of the labor relations
boards.
The courts. too, are sustaining the
administration more than has beer
publicized. The United states court
of appeals decided recently III Chi
cagO that Railroad Co-ordinator
Eastman had the authority To forbic
u railroad from terminating a con-
tract with a connecting line anc
making All agreement with a com
PetitiVe system instead.
The administration has br0aC
powers under the New Deal laws.
LabOrS complaint is that those laws
are not enforced when III comes To
labor.
Steel
Steel LS the focus Of CaDital-labor
Steel remains the basic American
industry.
Tied with steel is the auto indus
try and with the auto industry tic
tire industry and the parts and tool
industries.
The region covered chiefly extends
from Buffalo and Baltimore OH the
cast tO Chicago on the Yves. and De-
trCit ON the north The hub Ky that
particular region extending from
Pittsburgh up through YOUNGSTOWN,
Akron Cleveland and Toledo to De-
trCit.
That E the real theatre of action
III - Showdown" between capital
and labor.
Here are the greatest Industrial
investments here Az the chief battle
front M labor.
Whatever victory is gained here.
ts gained f0r all the land.
Recognition
Recognition and collective bar
gaining with an American Fedora
ton Oi Labor union is thc basis.
That union In the Amalgamnted
Iron Steel and Tin Workers.
For n half century steel has held
out against unlOuiZatiOn. For half w
century company police have barred
all entrances Oi steel and allied
mills t0 union organizers. For half
\ century steel has dominated THE
local governments.
III : not easy to surrender such
power.
The union still charge that lts Or-
ganizers are intimidated I'll charges
mCre-that some ol its organizers
not only have been beaten but have
been sent to insane asvlums
Imagine, then, the tense situation
when the national steel labor rela-
tons board has steel employers and
union leaders sit down at the same
table. That, IN itself. Is AL achieve
ment.
But what X they decide u rise and
flight LIN out"
Then workers NAV turn COM
munistlc, push aside regular union
leaders. and the government may wv
forced tO natiOnallZC the steel in
duStry in self defense.
That hangs over The head OI THO
conireres and sobers them.
Surmises
The Pittsburgh un-Telegraph ex-
plains.
The steel companies virtually
have agreed t0 proportioned recog-
milton. that is. 70 recognize repre-
sentatives duly elected hy their en-
plOyes. But they have not said they
viii recognize them as representa-
ties ot the AmalEamated ass0cIa-
ton - merely a. representatives oI
the men.
The union stands pat Oh full
recognition.
tilt might conceivably accent nre-
portiOnal representation provided
that ~ meant recognition WI their
elected representatives as rcpresen-
lnE the Amalgamated.
Perhaps the whole business NAV
land I'D the courts with the steel
corporations fighting unionism to
the last ditch ..."
But President Roosevelt IN likely
NJ call corporation heads In wash
ington first and change their minds.
Virtually ai steel business w TODAY
is cone with government money, in
one form or another.