The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-02-01

Nashville, Tenn. (ILNS)-The or
ganization drive throughout the
South must be extended and strike
to action, if need be, will be resorted
to by the vast new membership of the
American Federation of Labor unions,
numbering between 100000 and mil
lion workers enrolled since NRA, to
force bor-hating Southern employ
ers and their political tools to cease
warfare against the union move
ment.
This was the vital resolve adopted
by the emergency conference here, at
tended by over 400 delegates from the
ID Southern States, called by Presi-
dent Green through his Southern rep
resentative, George L. Googe.
The labor conference was primar-
lily called to have unionist delegates
attend the social security meet which
Secretary Of Labor Frances Perkins
arranged here with the governors of
the Southern States to adopt a uni
form program of social security and
protective labor legislation in this
area.
Militant Action Backed
More than forty trade union Off
cials attended Miss Perkins confer
ence as official delegates represent
ing the governors Of their respective
states, and over 400 in all attended
both meetings.
Highlights of the conference called
by Organizer Googe was the adop-
tion of plans for militant action to
win labor's rights in the South, but
at the same time the labor groups
undertook to throw their full weight
and force back of drive for round
ed program of security legislation to
be pushed in congress and in the sew
eral state Legislatures. The majority
of legislatures in Southern States
are in session at this time and as 9
result of the political activities Of the
neWly-organiZed workers IN the No
vember election, the attitude OF sew
eral. of the governors and legislatures
now going into office is very much
more favorable towards labor's legis
lative program than has ever been the
case in the past In West Virginia
thrifty three unionists, rs Of whom
were miners, were elected to the leg.
islature and five unionists to the state
senate, it was reported.
The labor conference adopted for
NAL resolutions In which the admins
tration was solemnly warned in care
fully phrased language that unless
employers are compelled by lega
means to obey Section IA of the re
covery act, that widespread strikes
are bound to take place in the South
Use of Militia Hit
In vigorous terms the delegates
demanded legislation by the Unitet
States congress that will make 1t diff
fcult or impossible for reactionar.
Southern governors acting as agents
for anti-union manufacturers, to u.s.
militia as strikebreaking forces
vile, Ga, came to the conference ant
Richmond hosiery strikers from Ross
told of the barbarous treatment the.
had undergone at the hands of Georgi;
National Guards to the detention
camps in Rossville and Atlanta. Cir
strikers told of indecent suggestion
made to them by guard officers. Boy
who had been thrown in the bull pei
told how they had been tricked b.
guard officers into signing paper
which delayed efforts of counsel 70
the Georgia State Federation of La
Dor in bringing habeas corpus pro
ceedings before the U. S. Distric
court in Atlanta.
District presidents of the Unite
Mine Workers in telling dramati
story of continued "gun rule" an
murderous attacks on union organic
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