Evening star., 1934-06-09
STEEL MEN SCORE
JOHNS0N'S SPEECH
Workers Request Garment
Union to Denounce His
"InsuIts."
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board OF three neutrals at the urging
of the administration.
N. r. A. officials have said they were
confused as to where rested the bal
ance Of power In the union.
Both Tighe and frank and file"
leaders stoutly denied there was any
rift In their leadership. However, one
Of thr committee, who would not be
quoted, was asked:
What Is the situation between your
group and the international ofdcers?"
"Oh, the international officers have
their ideas about what should be done
and the rank and file have theirs" he
replied.
'Is there a spHt?"
"Oh. no, no." said the union man.
"Quite the contrary. There's COM
plete harmony"
Reiterates Relations Peaceful.
Tighe added his reiteration that re-
lations with the Rank and File"
Committee were peaceful.
II have said time and again there
is no split" he declared. There is
no friction between us. They the
rank and file) are fighting for a
cardinal principle Of the trade union
movement and there's no one in the
world who can say word against
them for that"
Tighe refused to comment on the
message sent by the committee to
johnson last night.
Does 1t represent the view Of the
entire union and do you approve of
1t, he was asked.
I'm not saying word about 1t.
II those men sent it, It must be their
opinion and they have a right to ex-
press it."
johnson and the insurgents whaled
away at each other yesterday-using
such phrases as hell and blufi" and
"damnable."
Answers Immature Leaders"
Recently, q group Of leaders Of local
unions-declared by President Tighe
to be without authority to speak for
the international-suggested johnson
could learn something by walking up
to an open hearth furnace and get
ting his Summer pants scorched.
johnson, in q radio speech last
night, answered what he called these
immature leaders"
LAS for hardship and scorching
pants" he said, "I have had mine
scorched by months of exposure to an
Equatorial sun, and to paraphrase an
Indian-fghting colonel Of my early
service, old Greaser Hughes:
at have worn enough skin OF the
part of me that fits into a saddle Cor
used to) riding over the fat lands Of
Texas and the hills Of Arizona, to
make q half f-dozen such critics as
they"
Score Sign Counterblast.
Enraged. a score Of leaders issued a
counterblast. which said:
We, the undersigned steel workers,
who have just listened to your refined
speech full of hell and bluff, denounce
you for making such a damnable
statement over the radio, using your
Government position and the nation
al radio to call us steel workers who
criticize your schemes Just so much
skin of saddle.
Done With You and Board"
I'VE are done with you and your
Iron and Steel Institute Board.
Tomorrow we go to the President
to place before him an honest,
straightforward plan for q settlement.
Having seen the President. who
| saw the steel magnates earlier this
week, we shall go home to our lodges
preferred to fight for that pure recog-
+, nition' Of the right Of collective bar.
gaining that you scorned"
The list Of names attached was
headed by Mr.. Forbeck and Will,
liam j. Spang, called rank and file"
leaders.
The proposed labor board would
consist of three men to be named by
President Roosevelt, one represent
ing "employe interest" another the
employer interest" and the third
the public interest" Steel employers
and labor leaders would be barred
/ from serving on it.
and Steel Institute, the organization
1 OF steel masters, was announced In
a letter to- johnson. 1t was signed
by Eugene Grace, president Of Bethle-
hem; William A. Irwin, president Of
/ United States Steel, and L. e. Block,
president Of Inland.
Specific Agreements.
All questions of employe representa-
ton for collective bargaining-core Of
/ the dispute-and all complaints Of
discrimination against unions-would
be adjudicated by the board.
Specifically, industry leaders agreed
the companies would:
Abide by the boards findings on
| any charge Of discrimination.
Let the board supervise company
union elections or elections to amend
the unions structure on demand Of O
substantial number Of workers.
Accept Finding As Final.
Accept as final its findings as to
who are the chosen representatives Of
the employees.
Accept its arbitration in any jointly
submitted case.
Give it all payroIls or other needed
records.
Allow it freedom to order new elec-
tions If any held since the first Of
the year are found to have been
under employer restraint.
johnson maintained this left the
! door open for the Amalgamated to
take control Of the collective bargain.
Ing machinery wherever it command
ed majority, voting its own officers
in as representatives.
Uncertain ON Agreement.
The Amalgamated officials, from
Tighe down, frankly looked askance
at the steel companies insistence on
perpetuation Of "employe representa-
ton plans"-which the Amalgamated
calls company unions.
So contrary does this run to all
American Federation Of Labor prin-
ciples that johnson had no idea
whether he could persuade the men
to agree. He said fatty last night
he would not ask the workers to call
on the strike, tentatively set for
June 16.
II don't believe have the right to
ask any one who has the inviolate
RIGHT Tn striko mt In strike % laa aotd