The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-11-24
By CARL REEVE

With the approach of the new
session Of Congress the anti-union
campaign Of the employers and the
federal government is gaining mo-
mentum every day. Almost over
night the Labor Relations Board
Of the N. R. A. made a ruling for
the rubber industry, protecting
company unions, Donald Richberg
made a speech for the open" shop
and for company unions) and the
National Association of Manufac-
turers issued its program for re-
organizing the N. r. A. along anti
labor lines. At the same time, ne
gotiations have been going on in
Washington to prevent strikes in
the steel industry through recogni-
ton Of the company unions. Presi-
dent Green and the A. F. Of L. ma
tional leadership are taking part in
these anti-labor moves.
The shsrpened attacks of the
Roosevelt government on the trade
unions are along the lines of Roose-
velts speech of Sept, 80, in which
Roosevelt spoke against strikes and
called for reorganization of the
N. r. A. The ruling this week Of
the Labor Relations Board for the
rubber industry shows along which
lines Roosevelt is 're-organizing"
the N. r. A. The Labor Relations
Board ruled in the case of the Fire
stone and Goodrich tire plants in
Akron that only in extreme cases
should the name Of company
union be excluded from the ballot
in an industrial election" The New
York Tribune of Thursday declares
of this decision: THE ruling was
regarded by observers here as
clear indication that the board does
not intend to bind itself to the
American Federation Of Labor's
allegation that company unions are
necessarily bad, in many cases il
legal, and should be abolished alto
gether."
Green PLEASED"
William Green, it should be add
ed. declared himself pleased" with
this decision which favors the COM
pany union. The N. r. A, in this
decision, dismissed the United Rub
Der Workers Union "a. F. of L.
motion that the employees confer
enee plan" (the company union)
be excluded from the ballot The
N. r. A. board ordered the election
at the Goodrich and Firestone to
proceed with the company union
legalized and It's name printed on
the ballot, thus allowing an "elec-
ton whereby the companies can
use the blacklist threat in order to
enforce the company union.
This is Green's idea of a "fair
election" He declares: 1.-THE Aneri-
can Federation of Labor will abide
by the results of the election and is
willing to be governed by the will of
the majority" The N. r. A. board
ruling legalizes employer dictated
elections.
4he negotiations now going on
be.veen the Roosevelt government
officials, the representative of the
steel corporations, and Green and
Michael Tighe, A F. of L. leaders,
show once more that the Roosevelt
government is moving rapidly to
strengthen fascist company unions.
Myron Taylor, chairman of the
board of the United States Steel
Corporation, put forward a truce"
plan which called for the A. F. of
J.. leaders to agree that no con-
tract will be required by the
steel union of the A. F. of L.,
and that tine company unions
collective bargaining" would be
protected. Edward McGrady, as
sistsnt secretary of labor, was one
government official who was promi-
nent in the negotiations.
These negotiations make crystal
clear what President Roosevelt
meant when he called for an "in-
dustrial truce" The conferences
are admittedly to work out a truce
along the lines of the general truce
proposed by President Roosevelt
last month";" as the New York Times
states.
In these conferences, the propos-
ais of the steel corporations and the
government were the same. Pres
sure from administration quarters
was brought to bear on the union
to accept the terms of the proposals
made by the Steel Corporation on
the grounds that they meant 'recog-
milton in the general sense" says
Thursdays New York Times.
william Green did not conclude
the truce" as yet because of his
fear OF the rank and file in the
Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin Workers "a. F. Of L. f.,