The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-11-09
PRESIDENT HAS
 HIS LABOR PLANS
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 ington this large and representative gathering of state officials and rep. resentatiVes of organized labor.
 "The sessions of the national conference or labor legislation in 1884 and lts5 formulated a pro- gram for the levelling upwards Of labor standards which commands my wholehearted sympathy and approval and that of my adminis- tration.
 Nation Has Spoken
 "Furthermore, I believe the couns try has this last week given Q mandate In uninistakable terms to It's legislators and executives to pro. ceed along these lines until work. ing people throughout the nation and in every state are assured dc. cent working conditions. including safe and heaithful places of work, adequate care and support when incapacitated by reason of accis dents, industrial disease, unemploy. ment, or old age; reasonably short working hours, adequate annual ia' comes, proper housing, and eliinina. ton of child labor. =.
 T hope that your conference will give serious consideration as to how the cbjectives may be achieved and that when you return to your states you will assume the leader ship In your communities for put. ting the necessary legislation on the statute books.
 Government to Do Its Part
 q assure you that the federal government iS willing to do It's part in making these standards effective, and in supplementing the efforts of the states when problems as. sume interstate or national char. acter.
 "Th!s coming year should be an outstanding one in the annals Of labor legislation.
 T am indeed sorry that I can. not personally attend your sessions, but I assure you that I shall fol. low the outcome with Q great deal of interest"
 Labor Split Worse Pittsburgh, Nov. 0.--(UP)-lt will be up to the American Federa- ton of Labor convention which convenes one week from today ct Tampa, Els, to decide whether there will be peace or war In the ranks of trade unionisri.
 The committee for industrial or. ganization, which has just ended It's first annual meeting here, will not be represented, although 1t Is composed of i6 suspended A. P. of l.. unions with Q membership ap- preaching two million, almost as many as the A. P. of L. unions left in good standing.
 Added significance was given tho Tampa convention, which is certain to become ono of the landmarks of American labor history, when Wil- liam Green, A. Y. of l.. president, and John L. Lewis, head of tho CIO, refused to meet for Q peace conference.
 Green sent word that he would be glad to meet with Lewis but that he would lack authority to change the action of the A. F. of L. executive council on September 6 in suspending the CIO unions.
 "Under such circumstances" Lewis said, "any attempt at recon- ciliation now would be futile. When the A. P. of L. decides to reverse hnd rectify its outrageous act of suspension and is ready to concede the right of complete industrial or ganization of unorganized indus tries, 1t will be time to discuss de- tails of . re.established relation. ship"
 It was plainly evident that the breach between the two labor or- ganizations had wioened to Q point where compromise would be ex. tremely difficult, if possible.
 "The program of organizing the workers us the mass production in. dustries, (rubber, steel, automobiles) into the industrial type of organiza- kfa aasasas.k hA aesNs4gSNassafaaff aV1yfn