Evening star., 1935-02-01
Green Tells Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee Act Has
Failed and Forces Unlim-
tied Hours.
CONNECTIONS SEVERED
WITH AUTO LABOR BOARD
Need for Compulsory 30-Hour
Week Declared at Hand-Ad-
ministration Points to Recent
Detroit Elections Showing Few
Allied With Unions.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, an
mot accept the automobile code,
which had been extended until June
is. by President Roosevelt last night.
Green made the statement before a
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee con-
sidering the Black 30-hour week bill
in these words:
We protest against this code. We
will not accept it, not recognize it,
not yield on it.
Green said the code had "abSo-
lutely failed" to spread work because
under it the workers are compelled
or required to work almost unlimited
hours at the discretion of the auto
mobile manufacturers"
Many Declared Not Affiliated.
A recent ballot conducted among
automobile workers by the National
Automobile Labor Board showed 80
per cent of workers voting in nine
plants recorded themselves as not afil-
lated with any labor organization
and slightly more than per cent
affiliated with American Federation
Of Labor. Votes cast numbered 46,211.
Green said from time to time labor
had sought amendments to the code,
but each time it had been renewed
without such amendments. Finally
he said, labor thought it would be
better to have no code at all
The renewal last night, he said, was
worse than ever because it incorpor-
ated the Automobile Labor Board as
the settlement agency instead of the
National Labor Relations Board.
Labor Sewers Connections.
He told the Judiciary group that
labor. on the advice of its attorneys,
had severed all connections with the
Auto Labor Board. believing it had a
legal right to do so.
Green mentioned the auto code as
an illustration of the necessity of a
compulsory 30-hour week to bring
about spread of employment and in
creased purchasing power of the
masses.
Green cited the auto industry as
one which has given us notable
record of improved return on in
veStment.
General Motors. he said. had re-
ported met of $94,769, 900 in 1884
against s83,2l3O00 in 1888"
Yet" he added, they say either
renew this Objectionable code in its
present form or there will be no code
at all, and after the peak season is
over, these noble men recruited from
every section and serving in the ir-
dustry are cast aside just as you
would machine which had COM
pleted its purpose.
And cities like Detroit are feeding
these people who, having worked in
the peak season, are now cast-of
: human units.
Expired Last Night.
After a conference with Donald
Richberg, N. r. A. officials and lead
ers of the industry, President Roose-
welt acted last night just a short
time before the auto code was due
to expire at midnight. He extended
it to June Is, with two changes. One
provided for the introduction of new
car models in the Fall, instead of
January. The other calls for time
and-half pay for overtime worked in
excess of 48 hours week.
Both are devices to spread en-
ployment. BY helping iron out peaks
of production, officials said the earlier
Introduction of models aims to give
workers three months additional en-
ployment year.
When informed the code had been
renewed without the changes desired
\ by the A. F. of L. Green said "aban-
donment of hearings is highly OBJ
jectionable to labor"
The federation's demands for era
sure OF the merit clause" which
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