The daily independent., 1937-06-02
By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN
Reas1tPn

talked with him say he is getting
tougher and more hard-boiled. he
has refused to give ground an
inch, insisting on The whole Ao-
ministraton program or nothlne'
If he is tough enough ana ao-
roit enough, he may get 1t
though this time II isn't going TO
be so easy.
A. F. of l.. Raiders
One grudge which Bill Green S
A. F. of L. has against the c. l. o.,
is that the industrial unioniteS
are encroaching on the preserves
of established craft unions. Yet
at this very moment three of the
biggest A. F.. of L., affiliates are
conducting aggressive raids IN
territory long claimed by the
Railroad BrCSherhoods.
One of the A. F. OF L. foragerS
| is the Longshoreman's Unlon'
which is trying to Wrest water
front freight handlers employed
by railroads away from the
Brotherhood Clerks. Seaports in
every part of the country are in
volved in this row. 1t is 50 bitter
that Roosevelt recently stepped
board under the Railway Labor
ACS.
in and named a special mediation
Most ironic sidelight is that
George M. Harrison, head OF the
railroad clerks, is a member or
the A. F. of L., Executive Council
which ouSIed the c. I. O. unions.
Second ruckus IS between the
Brotherhood of Maintenance-of II
Way Men and the Carpenters
Union biggest craft unit in the
A. F.. of l.. The latter organization,
headed by Bully Bill HutcheSon,
whom John L. Lewis floored at
The 1885 A. F.. of L. convention, is
trying to grab off railroad carp
enters who do structural work on
rights of way. The Brotherhood
union claims jurisdiction over
these workers and the battling is
fierce and vengeful.
The third feud also involves
the Maintenance OF Way BrUSh-
erhood. 1t is trying to beat off a
raid from another A. F.. Of l..
quarter-the Machinists Union,
boSSed by sWarthy Arthur Whar-
ton, who acted as prosecutor in
the trial chat preceded the eX-
pulsion of the C. l. o. The mach
inists are seeking to enroll water
pump and other mechanics en-
ployed by the railroads.
The c. l. O. is taking no part
in SheSe bitter ScrapS-but it is
enjoying them hugely. Reason is
that Labor, weekly newspaper
of the BrotherhoodS, has been
very cauStic about the G. l. o.,
denouncing il as a destroyer Of
worker-un and fomenter Of
diSSenSion.
Merry GO-ROund
The next issue of commemOra-
tive stamps is likely to be in hon.
or of the American Indian. Post
master General Farley is consid
ering a request for such an issue
from the Indian Bureau. Since
1847, when the firsS was issued,
there have ben 26 stamps n hon
or of the Redman. The PreSi-
dent is a lot luckier in the leaders
handling his new labor bill than
he was in the pilots of his court
measure. Chairman Hugo Black
of The Senate Labor Committee
is one of the ableSt and most re-
Sourceful leaders in Congress, and
Chairman Bill Connery Of the
House Labor Committee, while
not as effective, is conscientious.
hard working and sincerely for
legislation. Wisconsin Pro-
gressives took sharp note of the
fact that Representative Tom
OMallery was one of the Demo-
Gratis who voted for the unsuccess-
full amendment TO bar aliens from
federal relief rolls. O'Malley
comes from Milwaukee. which has
very large fore:gn-born popula-
ton, and the Progressives intend
to see that his position on the re-
lief issue is widely publicized
among them.