Evening star., 1937-09-07

echoed today keynote of a greater
voice in government for him in the
future.
Donald r Richberg, former N. r. A
administrator, told a Duluth, Mimi,
audience that labor was on the way tc
control of the Government.
Labor is on the march in Amer
lea" he said, mot to a control of the
Government in the interest of any
one class of people, but to the con-
troll of Government and industry in
the interest of all the people.
Il believe today, as I have believed
all my life, that in order to preserve
our democracy and to distribute fairly
the rewards of work, there must be a
practically universal organization of
labor, which includes the organization
of farmers, small business men. and
the white collar workers, Just as
much as the organization of wage
earners.'
Talk of realignment of political
parties in 1910 also was revived in the
speechmaking to labor's warning forces
kIcdtcI III uuIHOSr imam ever before.
Division by 1910.
Gov. Philip La Toilette of wiscon-
sin, speaking at Omaha, said this re-
alignment already has begun.
"The development will continue un-
til reactionaries are in one camp and
the progressives in another" he said.
by next year in many States, and by
1910 in the Nation, the old guard of
both parties will be on one side and
the progressives on the other"
La Toilette is titular head of Wis
consin's Progressive party. Some have
speculated that it might be the nu-
cleus for National Labor party in
1e40, perhaps with the Governors
brother, Senator Robert M. La Fol-
lette. as its candidate for President.
John L. Lewis, stocky, militant
leader OF the C. 1. o., largely avoided
politics in speeches at Pittsburgh and
Leechburg, Pa, but he told a cheering
throng that for the welfare of the
country as whole labor must become
strong enough to take its proper
place at the council tables of industry
and Of the Nation"
z50,000 Heard Him.
Philip Murray, leader of the G. I.
O.s campaign to organize the steel
industry estimated 25o,o00 heard
Lewis Pittsburgh speech. He said
this was the country's largest Labor
day gathering.
Lewis was boomed for President by
Judge M. A. Musmanno Of Allegheny
County pittsburgh at the Pittsburgh
mass meeting.
I'VE shall all work to change the
title OF Our honored guest to John L.
Lewis. President Of the United States" :"
said Judge Musmanno.
The United Electrical, Radio and
Machine Workers of America, meet
ing at Philadelphia, pledged them
selves to aid in consolidation of labor's
political power for greater economic
security, political freedom and the
greater unity of labor"
But while c. I. o. and other speakers
predicted greater assertion of labor's
political power, William Green. A. F..
OF l.. president, reaflrmed at Dallas.
Tex, the federations lone-standine
non-partisan policy. He recognized
talk Of new labor party, but said:
'Dictators."
Nothing has occurred thus far
which would cause the American Fed
Grafton Of Labor to change its policy"
Green denounced political motives
he attributed to c. I. o. leaders and
made a general attack on the Lewis
organization.
Federation leaders, he said. ARE not
moved by a consuming ambition to
establish themselves as political die
tators."
At Fort Worth, Tex, Harvey C.
Fremming. president of the c. I. o.
Affiliated Oil Workers International
Union, told Labor day meeting:
I've Just heard Mr. Green charge
us with communism. If they want to
assist the anti-Fascists and the Liberty
League in making such charges against
the G. I. o it is all right with us
because the A F. L. accomplishments
the past year are so little that they
have nothing else to talk about"
Secretary Perkins, speaking by
radio from Washington, reported that
some 100000 more wage earners
have jobs in regular agricultural
employment this Labor day than a
year ago, with approximately 1000 600
OF these being employed in the fac
tories all over this broad land"
Miss Perkins dwelt at length upon
what she called the problem of the
older workers" asserting that the dis
position OF industry to employ only
younger men had become "a menace
and a terror Of thousands" of workers.
Madden Speaks on Forum.
Also speaking from Washington
was J. Warren Madden, chairman OF
the National Labor Relations Board
as guest on the National Radio Forum
sponsored by The Evening Star and
the National Broadcasting Co. The
text of his address will be found or
page AT.
Despite the warfare between c. l. o
and Federation, members of each or
eanl1SJlon co-operated IN many cities
IN Labor day parades.
Masked marchers in Detroit carried
signs identifying themselves as Forc
Motor Co. employees and saying. III
we unnnssk now we will be fred"
Most of unionism's two great fac
tons In San Francisco co-operatec
gingerly IN Labor day parade o.
$4,000 and then retired to separate
camps to await the climax of the A
r. OF L. teamsters' finish fight
against G. I. o. longshoremen anc
warehousemen.
An estimated 10000 marched ir
Transbsy Oaklands A. F. of L. pa.
rade, after which worknen removed
the federation's decorations from tn,
streets in preparation for a parad,
of G, T. O. units