Evening star., 1936-11-26
BY JOHN C. HENRY,
Stan Correspondent of Tne Star.

TAMPA, Fla, November 26.-
Prodded by several speakers during
the last 10 days, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor tomorrow will place
itself on record on the controversial
issue of curbing the Supreme Court
or enacting a. constitutional amend
ment to give Congress law-makins
jurisdiction over working standards.
Already prepared for presentation
to the convention is the report OF the
Resolutions Committee on the ques.
ton. As usual, such reports are care
fully guarded until being submitted
to the floor. but one influential men,
Der of the committee Is known to IA
vor Congress specifying in social
legislation that it is not subject to
review by the lesser courts.
Such restriction, he contends, Is
within power Of Congress. and would
materially decrease the frequency
tested in the courts.
AS q basis for the committee &C.
tion there are several resolutions
pertaining to the question and offer
ing a variety of solutions. In most
cases usurpation of powers Is charged
against the Supreme Court and the
suggestion made that Congress under
take the task Of curbing the tribunal
Smith Makes Appeal.
Thus far the strongest appeal to
the convention to support action
which assures protection for social
legislation has come from Edwin s.
Smith of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board, who warned the dele
gates that temporarily liberal mood
by the court would afford no assur-
ance Of lasting protection for such
legislation. Congress. he said, should
be privileged to enact such laws with
out danger Of their being invalidated
George L. Berry, Federal co-ordi-
nator of industrial cooperation, also
declared a way must be found to pro-
tect social legislation If the courts
persist in ruling it unconstitutional.
With no session scheduled for today,
most Of the delegates Travelled to the
resort spots along the Gulf Coast; q
few stayed in Tampa to finish up re-
ports for presentation tomorrow. Some
even remained in their hotels where
they felt safely out Of range of the
local police, whose anti-labor zeal
reached the point yesterday Of picking
up persons who were distributing
labor literature on the steps of the
convention han.
Meets Cold Reception.
Latest development in the bitter
factional fight, the threat of Charles
P. Howard, president Of the Interna-
tional Typographical Union and Sec
retary Of the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, that he will play
the role Of Moses in leading some of
the remaining big unions out Of the
A. F. Of L., met cool reception from
quarters actually friendly to the @. I. o.
A. A. Myrup, president of the Bak-
cry and Confectionery Workers, who
delivered 261 convention votes against
approval Of the suspension of the
c. I. o. unions, declared that he would
oppose any effort to draw his union
out Of the federation.
II am in absolute disagreement
with policy Of rule by coercion such
as the federation leadership is now
attempting, Myrup said, but I'll
fight it from within, not from with
out, the federation"
Even the delegates from Howard's
own union were cool to the idea.
w. R. Trotter, who has been spokes-
man for the I. T. U. group on several
occasions. said any such action by
that union could come only after Q
referendum Of its members.
Were more anxious for . recon-
cilation with these factions than We
are for further splits" he said.