Evening star., 1936-11-10
GARMENT TRADE
N. R. A. PARLEY|S
| SOUGHT BY UNION
Executive Board of Workers
Urges Conference of
Entire Industry.
SUGGESTION FOLLOWS
PLAN FOR AMENDMENT
$500, 900 Appropriated for Drive
to Unionize 10000 Non.
Organized Employees.

BACKGROUND
No1D year old is the bitter fac
ttondl split in the ranks of or
gdnized labor between William
Green, president of the American
Federation of Labor and advocate
OF conservative organizing, and
John L. LetDis, father of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization,
uhose more rigorous methods
brought suspension by the A. r. of
L. of the 10 unions affiliated Dith
him.
Le1ois' chief strength has been
the garment industry unions of
Dduid Dubtnsky. Green hopes they
iDiH quit LeUis and return to the
fold. Which uould be body blow
to c. i. o. prestige and strength.
By the Associated Press.
A conference of all elements Of the
women's garment industry to devise
means of obtaining for it a one-in-
dustry N. r. A. was proposed today
by the executive board of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers.
The boards proposal followed its
advocacy yesterday Of constitutional
amendment permitting Congress to
"legislate for the protection and ad-
vancement Of the wage-earning
masses" and its appropriation Of
s500,000 for a drive to unionize
10000 non-union garment workers.
In the announcement today the
board said it would issue a call Ito
all the factors in the women's gar
Matchmaking industry to meet in
conference at the earliest possible
date"
Both employers and employees would
be asked to discuss the legislative pro-
gram. A board spokesman said the
leaders had in mind something SINH.
lar to the Guf1ey coal act.
Greater Stability Aim.
THE conference" q statement by
the board said. should have as its
prime purpose the lining up Of all the
constructive forces in this industry
for the adoption of legislative meas
ures that would tend to bring about
uniform hours and minimum wages
for the various branches of our in.
dustry. greater stability and com.
petitive uniformity in work condo
tions, elimination of unfair trade
practices and equitable employer
employe relationships based on uni.
versal application Of genuine collec.
tive bargaining.
The experience which our indus.
tries have gained under the national
industrial recovery act has shown that
it could achieve valuable results from
a system of interindustry regulation
and interindustry safeguards through
cooperation of all the constructive
factors which compose it.
The general executive board Is
convinced that the hour is now ripe
to unite all the forces in the industry
behind a collective effort for national
legislation similar to the national re-
covery act that would restore to our
industries and to the workers en-
ployed therein the safeguard and the
advantages which obtained under that
law prior to its invalidation."
Drive Led by Dubinsky.
The unionization drive for the in
dustry was placed in the hands OF
their president, David Dubinsky, who
said it would center around field ON
ces in st. Louis, Kansas City, Penn
sylvania and upstate New York.
From the president Of the United
Textile Workers, Thomas F. Mcmahon.
came a proclamation urging all tex
tile workers ito organize their forces
in the demand for wage increase, re-
duction of hours and improved con-
ditions of employment.
The garment workers are affiliated
with the John L. Lewis Committee
for Industrial Organization, which is
now seeking to unionize steel. The
leaders of the American Federation
Of Labor, who suspended the c. I. o.
unions from the federation after q
family quarrel" have been hope
full that the garment workers are
ready to leave the Lewis ranks and
60 back to the federation.
No action on this question was taken
at . meeting Of the garment workers
Executive Board yesterday, but Pres
ident Dubinsky made known that the
family quarrel" was on today's
agenda for discussion.
Federation Of Labor leaders have
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