Evening star., 1935-10-10
A. F. Of |. RIVALS
DELAY SHOWDOWN
Bitter Fight Waged Over
Seating of Trades Union
Delegates.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., october 10.
"A showdown in the fight between
rival factions of the American Fedora
ton Of Labor Building Trades Union
was deferred today by the federation
convention.
Two groups of trades unions have
been engaged for more than a year in
a fight for control of machinery to
settle jurisdictional disputes.
Each group claims to make up the
legitimate building trades department.
In one group are the big three"
unions-carpenters, bricklayers and
electricians-andf four smaller unions.
In the other are the plumbers, plaster
ers and 10 others.
Committee Backs Williams.
The dispute reached the convention
floor when both ]. w. Williams, presi-
dent Of the department recognized by
the federation's Executive Council, and
M. J. McDonough, president of the
other department, presented credentials
as a delegate.
The conventions Credentials Com
mittee recommended seating Williams
after last-minute conciliation efforts
came to naught.
Speakers for both sides reviewed the
story of the scrap at leangth this
morning.
Felix knight of the carmen pro-
posed, however, that vote be de-
ferred until the Committee on the Ex-
ecutive Councils report was submit
ted The council, in its report, rec
commended continued conciliation ef-
forts.
After Philip Murray, vice president
of the United Mine Workers, made a
fervid plea for delay. William Green.
federation president, called for voice
vote.
1902 for Delay.
Green's opinion was that the dele
gates opposing delay won, but a roll
call showed the opposite. The vote
was 18,09212 for delay, 10,603 against.
The McDonough group, informally.
expressed belief it could hold its ad-
vantage when the final vote on ac-
ceptance or rejection of the opposi-
tons delegate, Williams, came. They
pointed out that most of the :nterna-
tional unions, controlling the large
voting blocks. showed an alignment
today which would not change
Among the McDonough supporters
were the United Mine Workers,
headed by John L. Lewis, with their
1000 votes.
Two British delegates outlined eco
nomic and labor problems in Europe
before the convention assembly.
Andrew Naesmith, fraternal dele
gate from the British Trades Union
Congress, said the British worker SUI
fered acutely throughout the post
war period and realized war neither
pays victors nor vanquished.
Sees Dictatorships Waning.
"The dislocation of the world eco
nomic system brought about largely
by the war and other influences has
seriously affected the position Of
Britain in the world export trades"
he declared.
Dictatorship In Europe sis begin
ming to lose its grip on its victims,
NJ A. Conley asserted
Conley condemned destruction of
working class organization" and said:
starvation and restitution have
been kept at bay by our system Of
social insurance. system which owes
its origin to British trade unionism."
246 Resolutions Presented.
The deadline for introduction Of
resolutions disclosed 246 presented,
the largest number in recent years.
Included were condemnation Of the
italian advance into Ethiopia; feder-
alton recognition Of industrial unions
in mass production industries; estab-
lishment of a labor party; demand
that the Associated Press be denied
labor news for hostility to unioniza-
ton of its telegraphers" criticism of
Father Charles z. Coughlin for ef-
forts to unionize the automobile In
dustry outside A. F. of L. jurisdic-
ton; proposals to re-establish indus
trial codes, to restrict the Supreme
Courts authority to rule on labor
welfare Legislation, and to provide
congressional investigation Of anti