Evening star., 1935-10-13
A. FL. FACTIONS
STRIP FOR BATTLE
Industrial Union Issue Pro-
vokes Week End Arming
for Fray.
By the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated FIeSS.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., October IL.
A weekend respite from convention
oratory gave American Federation Of
Labor chieftains an opportunity today
to line up their forces for next weeks s
big fight on the industrial union issue
Should the federation take an un-
qualified stand that all the employees
in mass production industry. such as
automobiles, should be organized into
one big union?
That is the question that promises
to provide one Of the most bitter con-
vention fights in the federation's his
tory.
John L. Lewis. scrappy president Of
the United Mine Workers, says the
answer is yes" With him are allied
such well-known figures in the labor
movement as Sidney Hillman. presi-
dent of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers: David Dubinsky. president
Of the international Ladies' Garment
Workers, and George L. Berry, presi-
dent Of the Printing Pressmen.
Others Are Included.
With Lewis also are the brewery
workers, the oil field and refinery
workers, the Western metal miners.
many delegates from the newly organ
lied Automobile and Rubber Work
ers' Union, several other interna-
tional organizations and most Of the
delegates from the Federal" unions
"catch-al" organizations set up in
factories which are not under the
Jurisdiction of now established unions.
On the other side are the fedora
tion's old guard. led by John Frey Of
the Metal Trades Department and
Arthur Wharton. president Of the
Machinists' Union.
They deny Lewis contention that
industrial unions would give labor
greater strength than would organiza-
ton by craft. What IS more. they
have been counting noses and pri-
vately say that the federation's tradi-
tional craft policy will be maintained.
Other Matters Impend.
Other moves expected next week:
% Strong condemnation Of the
Fascist and Nazi forms Of govern
ment, and Endorsement Of President
William Green's stand that the United
States must stay out Of any Euro
pean war.
(2) Defeat Of the dozen resolutions
calling for the federation to form
an independent labor party, despite
support for a labor party from the
Ladies' Garment Workers, the United
Textile Workers and many others.
go A new move to purge the fed
Grafton of Communists.
a. Adoption Of legislative pro-
gram calling, among other things, for
q continued fight for the 30-hour
work week, and minimum wage and
maximum hour laws that will comply
with the Federal Constitution.
(5) Continued efforts to settle the
building trades department row.
Most Of the speech making has been
finished. The convention will start
consideration of committee reports.
These are the basis for the scraps.
Before the executive council, auto
mobile unionists aired further their
complaint against President Green's
appointment Of their temporary OH
GERS. The council reached no decision
and will meet again at the presi-
dents call.
The automobile workers have intro
duced a resolution and may carry
their protest before the convention.
In the building trades depart
ment dispute, oficials continued ne
gotiations but came to no agreement.
They will make further efforts to-
morrow.