The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-06-30

(Continued from Page 1.) tries, as Lewis favors, or by crafts, as sponsored by the A. r. of L.
 Lewis committee for industrial organization recently won out over
 federation in @ fight over the
 nalgamated Association of Iron,
 eel & Tin Workers, which voted allow the c. I. O. to conduct It's @ Tanization campaign on an indus
 al basis.
 Indications that the program light lead to widespread conflict gre foreseen when the iron and
 eel industry announced 1t would light to the utmost to maintain the traditionally open-shop character Of its factories.
 Steel Cos. Defiant
 The defiant attitude of the steel companies brought from Green Q plea for unified action by the craft and industrial union factions.
 Lewis declared today, however, that there could be no such unity unless the organization drive is carried out on the basis of his in- dustrial unionization plans.
 Tn answer to questions as to whe- ther he would try to heal the breach between his industrial unions and the A. F. of L. Lewis squared his jaw and said:
 You go tell MT. Green that you spoke to MT. Lewis, and that the question is entirely up to him."
 Charges, Counter Charges
 Pittsburgh, June 30 - (UP) - Charges and counter charges were made today by spokesmen for unions and steel companies as the bitter conflict over organization of steel workers moved toward show down.
 Clinton s. Golden, labor organizer and one Of John L. Lewis chief lieutenants on the committee for industrial organization, now en- gagged in an intensive drive to O- ganize the steel workers, charged that employees at the Aliquippa, Pa, plant of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Company have been discharged for participating in the unionization campaign.
 The Steel Company officials de- cllned to comment on Golden'S charge. But counsel for the com- pany, Earl r. Reed, speaking in be- half of another client, the Wheel ing Steel Corporation, charged that "trained agitators" were engaged in campaign that may result in a general strike of American labor unions.
 Reed DenOunces
 Reed, who led the Weirton Steel Corporations successful fight against NESA and its controversial section 7-A, denounced the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin workers for it's conduct of the strike at tho Wheeling Corporations plant at Portsmouth, o. He charged that "26 or 30' men on strike duty were "guilty of being accessories to mur- der" in connection with the death of q worker there.
 "A group of radicals has taken complete charge of Portsmouth without interference from either state or local officials" Reed de- clared.
 Trained agitators are being sent to scores of our now peaceful com nnunities and will create the same situation and a general sympathetic walkout by other unions unless the people awaken"
 Golden said that "the only seri- 0us reports" that employees were dis charged for participating in the c. I. O.'s organization campaign came from Aliquippa.
 Get Many Reports
 we have received widespread re- ports, however" he added, that plant officials have warned com pany union representatives to have nothing to do with the movement. And that seems to substantiate the charge often made that represen- tation plans and company unions nre not collective bargaining agen- cies as contemplated by federal iaw.
 ~The only reports of dismissals ns weapon of intimidation eman-