Evening star., 1934-06-25
GUSTS S|LVERMAN
IN LABOR DISPUTE
DR.. Peck Acts After EmpIoye
Attacks HiIlman's
Efforts.
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American Federation OF Government
Employees. He authorizes me to add
that the union is in no way involved
In this purely personal action by DIR,
Silverman."
When the statistician reported for
work today, he was called into DR..
Peck's of1ce and informed of his sus-
pension. He left Immediately and
could not be reached for a statement,
DR.. Silverman was suspended"
said DR.. Peck. who is acting chairman
OF the Labor Advisory Board. linden
nitely until the board can determine
Just what to do.
He was suspended for violating nv
oroers, the orders of the Labor Ad-
vlsory Board and the orders of Gen.
Johnson, in going directly to the press
WIN statement without having it
pass through the head of his depart
ment. He knew the rule against a
subordinate employe taking any such
action. ou'n
don't know just when the hoard
Will meet to take up the case. hut ~
Is clear case of INSTRUMENTATION arJ
violation of rules" -N
Inc statement that led to Silver.
man suspension was issued in an
s. sWer 10 an assertion by DR.. Peck that
Siiverman had prepared a report on
tne cotton textile industry that he
(Peck) had to 'rewrite in toto be-
cause it was lousy"
Says Report Was Dictated.
The truth is" Silvermans state
ment said, that what was accurate in
DR.. Peck's revision was in almost every
instance taken from the ANALYSIS pre-
pared IN my section, and that the
actual difficulty between Is Law in the
fact we could not agree with certain
OF the findings DR.. Peck wished us to
make.
In order to understand the sudden
charge of inef1ciency, it is necessary
to know something Of the background.
did not fully realize Mr.. Hillman's
interests as president of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, a member of
the code authority and acting for the
Labor Advisory Board in the cotton
garment code revision, made it mad
Vlsable for an economist in the employ
OF the N. R. A. to investigate the
matter, unless he was prepared TO pro-
mote Mr. Hillman's personal ends in
the situation and TO share his views
of what is good for American labor.
Ignorant of the intrigues involved
in the situation, took 1t as a pleas
antry when a deputy indicated ]
would get into trouble if my report
was not good Evidently I miscal-
culated the mood of these people. the
statement was in earnest.
Attacks 10 and 10 Plan.
ITO the Hillman group, at present
dominating the Labor Advisory Board,
disagreement with their narrow in
terests means fneficiency' DR.. Peck
has asserted that he considered those
who would not serve Hillmans pur-
poses inefficient. The inefficient Mr.
Donovan and led in the staff oppo-
sition to the 10 and TO- proposal
which Mr.. Hillman insisted be adopted
as a labor policy. 1t is signifi-
cant that it was Mr.. Donovan and
myself who recently led the fight in
side the Labor Advisory Board to have
the board take action against the ad-
miniStrative order which radically
reduced the Labor and Consumers
Advisory Boards powers and func-
tionS.
In the light of Mr.. Donovans
expulsion for presenting the case of
union worker and the present accu-
sations. it is clear that what is OBJ
F; noxious to the Hillman-Peck group,
now dominant, is not inefnciency, but
too much concern with the real in
terest of labor, particularly the guar
antee in section (a) of the national
industrial recovery act
Intellectual integrity on the part
of staff members looms as a most
dangerous kind of inefhciency"
Called Mere Clerk"
Before suspending DR.. Silverman.
DR.. Peck characterized the statement
| as 'unsubStsntiated charges of a mere
clerk against Mr. Hillman, who is one
of the most responsible figures in the
labor world
Babcock, national president of the
! American Federation of Government
Employees, today began selection of
the members of an impartial board
to investigate the facts in the Dono-
| van case.
He does not plan to take up the
| Silverman suspension, since the statis-
tician is not affiliated with the union
| organiza ton.
Secretary Perkins, who was asked
to head the Board of Inquiry, had
! not replied TO the invitation. but Bab-
cock said he would proceed with the
selection of other members, regardless
of her acceptance or refusal.