The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-07-27

HpUL QUttlHhhVB bNS AAVAA lAaS "sSs the old A. ?. of L. will disinte- grate:
 ,fD,,t.s sss
 Court Battle Likely
 No early overt moves by the Lewis group are to be expected, however, aside from it's organization campaigns in mass production i1s dustri0s. If the council says It's y unions are suspended, the O. I. O. Is expected to insist that they are not suspended, but still member unions in good standing.
 This phase of the struggle IS like- iy to 20 into the courts. But in any event 1t seems certain there will be constant warfare from now on.
 Latest development Is refusal Of
 the 0. '. o. group Co appear be.
 fore the council Aug. 3 Co stand
 trial for ''lnsuFrectlon." ThlS ace
 tlon, was taken, It's leaders say,
 after the council had failed to
 make any offer of cOTnpromlsc,
 although various unsasIsfactcry
 suggestions were made by indlvid'
 uais who had no mandate from
 the council
 Each side has niScalculated on ct least one important point since the council first ordered the o. l. o. to disband last January.
 Surnriaa f0r q. l., o.
 The 0. I. O., for its part didn't believe the council would start gus. pension proceedings prior to the iederatIon,s annual convention next January. It believed and still In. sists that the A. ?. of L. constitu- ton provides for suspension or OK. pubion only by two.thirds vote of the convention.
 Since the industrial unionistS con. trolled slight more than 3b per cent of the vote ct the last convention, they felt such punitive action would be impossible.
 If HgugpenSlon" comes now, the craft union heads undoubtedly VIII triy to follow up by barring the delegates of the i2 unions through convention machinery which they will control.
 A two.thlrd convention vote Of expulsion wO"Id then be easy to get. All of which indicates the probable breakup Of labor into two separate movements.
 The council ,0n the other hand, seems to have figured that it could scare most of the eight original member unions out of the c. I, o. and then deal harshIy with Lewis of the United Mine Workers and Sidney Hillman of the AmaIgamated Clothing Work. erS, the two ringIeaders.
 But the eight stood firm and late. ly have been joined by the DO. tentiaily powerful steel, automo' bile, and rubber unions, @ well as tke flat glaSS workers.
 F. R. Worries Green
 Recent postponement of council action, ct least until Aug. 3. was the result of A. ?. Of L. President Bill Greens last visit to the White House Green complained that the impression was getting around that Roosevelt was backing Lewis and the c. I. o. movement.
 Roosevelt replied with some questions indicating ct least . knowledge 0 fthe industrial union Issue. Hadn't the federation con. ventlOn declared for organization of the mass production industries? Hadn't the federation recognized and endorsed the industrial form of union In certain industries? Hadn't the mine workers done very well with it7 Well, why not tho steel?
 Green is said to have been Sor1e- what disturbed. The prospect of having both Roosevelt and Lewis lined up agaiE;t him wasn't attrac- tive.
 Lewis, for that matter, hasn't rel- ished the prospect of having to fight the craft unions along with the steel, automobile, and other inc dustries. He feels he has been forced into that position.
 But his firm policy appears to be bolstered by Q confidence that effective opposition from the old- line labor leaders can soon be battered down.
 (COpyrlght, 1036, NEA Service, Incl