Evening star., 1937-09-26
BY JOHN C., HENRY,

Much of the fireworks incident to
the annual convention of the Ameri-
can Federation Of Labor, opening Oc-
tober in Denver, probably will de-
velop during the coming week, it was
indicated yesterday as delegates left
to attend the pre-convention sessions
of the Metal Trades Department, pow
erful unit of the A. F. of L. They
will hold several conferences this week.
Feuding bitterly with both the Com
mittee for Industrial Organization
and the National Labor Relations
Board, the metal trades group is ex-
pected to give considerable thought to
resolutions censuring the Federal
agency for alleged c. I. 0. PARTISAN
ship and condemning the practices
and policies OF the Lewis labor faction.
Whatever action is taken on either
of these propositions will be sub
mitted to the full A. F. of l.. conven-
ton for Endorsement. with John P.
Frey, department president and bitter
foe of John L. Lewis, sure to lead a
drive for federation approval.
MAIDEN 10 SPEAK.
Both the labor board and the c. /.
o. will have their defenders within
the federation assembly, however, with
Board Chairman j. Warren Madden
scheduled to appear as a convention
speaker and delegates of the Interna-
tional Typographical, a "half-afili-
ated' c. 1. o. union, still entitled to
seats of the convention floor.
Madden's acceptance OF the invita-
tion to address the convention was
disclosed yesterday. although the exact
day of his appearance has not been
designated.
Affiliated with the Metal Trades De-
partment. both the International
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
and the International Association of
Machinists have felt themselves par
ticularly aggrieved by rulings of the
labor board in cases where G. /. o.
unions and the federation bodies were
in direct conflict.
Madden's appearance at the A. F..
OF L. convention, however. may have
the effect of stilling criticism before
that assembly.
Domination Of League.
With the issue of C. /. o. rivalry
backgrounding virtually all its busi-
ness, federation delegates also are ex-
pected to do some talking about the
suspected C. I. o. domination of
Labor's Nom Partisan League, an issue
which was raised at the last meeting
OF the A. F. OF L. Council. Indorse-
ment of legislative restriction of child
labor and reelection of William
Green to its presidency are relatively
routine tasks facing the convention.
Concurrent with the last half of
the Denver session will be a week.
long meeting of c. I. o. leaders in At
lantic City. beginning on october IL.
Purposely staged as a counter-attrac-
tion in so far as news appeal is con-
cerned, the c. I. o. conference prob
ably will produce some declaration of
future policy of the Lewis group, to-
gether with rounding up Of accom-
plishments thus far.
Meanwhile, the Department of La
Dor and administration advisers fret
over the delicate problem Of naming
a successor to Edward F. McGrady as
Assistant Secretary Of Labor. Thus
far no candidate has been found who
can command enthusiastic approval
Of both labor factions. Eventually, it
is expected, the appointee will be
picked from a list of dark horses
whose first qualification probably will
be that Of not having offended either
the c. I. o. or the A. F. of l..