The daily independent., 1937-04-19
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Bill Green Enters Musicians Un-
ion To Keep Federation Stand
ing; Miners Will Gust Him
When He Moves For COnven-
ton To ExpeI CIO; Glenn Mar
tin Planning To Bid For Trans
Atlantic Airmail Subsidy; Man
ufacturers Point For Amend
ments Hedging Scope OF Wag-
ner Act.
Washington - William Green
has quietly become a member of a
musicians union.
No one had ever heard the Pre-
Sident of the A. F.. and L., playing
an inStrument-not even a Jews
harp. But he now carries a card
in a Chicago musicians union just
the same.
1t was a case of "a stitch in
time" for Bill.
Some months ago, in retaliation
for his attacks on the c. l. o., the
United Mine Workers, Of which
Green has been a member for 25
years and fomerly an officer, SuS-
pended him and ordered him to
show why he should not be per-
manently expelled.
Since then the fight between
Green and John l.. Lewis has be-
come an irreconCilable vendatta.
Green is planning shortly to call
special A. F. of L., convention
to oust the insurgent unions.
Knowing that the moment he
does this. his fate as a miner Is
sealed, Bill had a friendly A. F..
of L.. musicians union in Chica-
20 enroll him in its ranks. This
card squares him with the Fed
eration'S constitution, which bars
an expelled union member from
holding office.
1t is amusing 10 note that
Green's new affiIiatiOn bears out
humorous prediction made b.
Lewis. During one o. their hot eX-
changes last year, Green told re-
porterS that he did not fear eX-
pulsion from the Mine Workers,
To which Lewis shot back:
We'll. being an accomplished
warbler I suppose he'll join a
musicians union
Rivalry
Hot underCover rivalry IS de-
veloping in the new transatlantic
airline industry.
Until recently. it appeared that
Pan-American AirWayS, tied UP
with British Imperial AirWays
would be the sole bidder for U. S
/ airmail contracts over this route
These subsidies are essential tc
meet the heavy overhead costs OF
the proposed new service.
! Now. however, poSta. authorl-
ties learn confdentia!ly that
! Glenn Martin of Baltimore. pro-
ducer of Pan-AmeriCan'S famed
Clipper ships, is planning to en-
/ ter bids.
According to the inside tips
Martin. WHO also manufactures
many of the Governments biggest
bombers. has organized a Syndl-
cate and proposes to give Pan
American real competition for q
transatlantic airline.
The Post Office Department eX-
, poets to ask for bids in June. an
ticipating that plane service across
the Atlantic will be started early
in the summer.
Next Move
Tucked away in one Of the SCor-
cs of press handouts daily pour
ing across the desks Of Washing
ton correspondents, was the tip
off on the next move against lAe
Wagon Labor Disputes Act.
The release emanated from the
National Association of Manu-
facturcrs just one day after the
Supreme Courts sweeping Valida-
ton of the law.
The NAM did not attack the
decision. On the contrary, it de-
clared that ii has always stood fol
submission TO the dictates Of the
Court and that the Labor Ac de-
cision is no exception. However
and this was the clue TO the next
move against the law-the A23o-
citation added:
while labor under this law Is
not compelled to assume any re-
sponsibility. satisfactory working
arrangements must be based up
on the voluntary assumption OF
genuine responsibility for its acts
! Where there are rights there must
| be corresponding duties"
Which means Just this: That
the Manufacturer Association ano
other interests which fought ths
act will now seek to hedge it