Evening star., 1937-10-12

VVV,OUO HCTcuSc III 1OOTkeTS' tCQQeS
as C. /. o. talking point.
By the Associated Press
DENVER, october 12.-The Amer
ican Federation Of Labor today ex-
tended to Its unions which have Joined
John L. Lewis c. 1. o. their choice Of
the olive branch Of peaceful return or
the club Of expulsion.
The A. F. Of L. Executive Council
will meet at the close of the fedora
tion's convention here. probably to-
morrow night or Thursday, but there
was little indication 1t will attempt to
WELD Immediately the power to expel,
conferred yesterday by 25-616-to-
1927 vote of the convention.
The door is open," William Green,
federation president. told the conven-
ton before it voted the power he and
others of the council had requested.
THE hand Of the A. F. of L. is ex-
tended. The voice of the A. F.. of l..
says please come back home If any
one of these &C. I. o. organizations
comes to the door we'll be there
to welcome them and embrace them"
Issues Warning.
Green simultaneously warned the
convention that the council will WELD
its expulsion powers against "ob-
stinate" unions.
Il say to those who want to 60 (to
the c. I. o., get out and leave US
alone" he shouted.
With the matter of c. I. o. union
expulsion, q burning issue for two
years, disposed Of for the time, dele
gates turned their attention to an
allied controversy-a challenge of the
right to a convention seat Of Charles
P. Howard, C. 1. o. secretary and
president of the A. F. Of L.-afiliated
Typographical Union.
The conventions Credentials Com
mittee, charged last week with giving
Howard and his fellow printer dele
gates a run around" by delaying
action on the case until the meeting
was near an end, held a hearing
last night.
The challenge of Howard's right to
seat was based on the carpenters
union complaint he signed q c. I.
0. charter for a rival organization
OF Pacific Coast lumber workers.
Report Is Ready.
A report Of the Resolutions Com
mittee on various proposals recon-
mendlng q curb on the powers of
the National Labor Relations Board
also was ready for convention action.
The heavy vote favoring authors
zation Of the Executive Council to
expel unions which fail to renounce
the c. I. o. came on adoption of a
Resolutions Committee report which
also provided for:
/. Continuation of peace overtures
with Lewis and the C. I. o. through a
committee.
z. Broadening of the federation's
policy OF "non-partisan political ac-
tlvities" to battle Government officials
or candidates who would in any
way encourage or support the c. 10"
3. A call for political leaders and
employers to decide whether to sub
NIT themselves to the evils of a die
tatorship which is no less repugnant
because it springs from leaders of
labor who have forsaken their trust
Green pleaded with delegates, before
they voted, to consider that the re-
port called for continuation of peace
overtures.
Chance to Return.
When obstinate" unions A. F.. of
l.. charters have been revoked, Green
said, the rank and file of the C.
l.. y. who want to come back to
the American Federation of Labor
Will be given an opportunity to do So"
He hayed critics of the report for
suggesting what he considered a policy
OF surrender to a minority"
His attack was directed particularly
against the Teachers Union. whose
l54 votes went against the report.
Responding to criticisms that the A.
F. OF l. had wasted many years with
out organizing more workers, he told
delegates from the teachers group
that, although their union was char
tered many years ago, "only a small
traction OF the school teachers are Or
ganized."
The debate brought sharp attacks
against and stout defense of the C.I.O.
Arnold S. zander, delegate from the
State, County and Municipal Employees
Union, urged adoption of the report,
contending the c. I. o. and its unions
are "a rowing band Of pirates so far as
our organization is concerned"
Must Be Organized.
Joseph Gladski of the Shenandoah,
Pa, Central Labor Union, countered
with the assertion, "if American Fed
Grafton Of Labor leaders sit back in
their easy chairs and refuse to organize
the unemployed, I don't care who
comes in and organizes them. They
must be organized"
The vote conferring expulsion power
on the Executive Council, which sus-
pended 10 unions for c. I. o. afilia-
ton September S, 1886, brought split
among the five voting delegates from
Howard's Typographical Union.
Frank Morrison, A. F. of L. secre-
tary and one of the printers delegates,
and Frank K. Martel of Detroit sup
ported the action, with the three other
delegates opposing it. AS result the
typographical Unions 755 votes were
divided, 302 for the report, 453
against it.