Evening star., 1937-10-16
EAB0R PEACE Talk
SEEMS !. ! ASSURED
c. |. o. Repeats Ten-Man
Parley Offer, with or
Without Commitments"
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., October 16
The G. I. o. again asked the A. F.
Of L. today to send 10 representatives
to a peace conference in Washington
October rs with or without commit
ments." and the parley appeared vir-
tually assured.
And IN Denver, George Harrison,
chairman Of the American Federation
OF Labor Peace Committee, said well
be there" when told of the new c. I.
o. proposal
Philip Murray, chairman Of a spe-
cial committee named to arrange the
meeting and confer with federation
representatives, sent this telegram to-
day to Frank Morrison, secretary-
treasurer of the federation, at Denver.
:s"Our committee will meet your
committee Willard Hotel Washing
ton October 25 with or without COM
mitments as you prefer.
~ II you decide to cease quibbling
and attend conference advise me
Pittsburgh"
John L. Lewis. chairman of the
Committee for Industrial Orzaniza-
ton, declined to comment on this
latest move in maneuvering which
many labor leaders hoped would lead
TO united labor movement.
The decision Of Lewis and his lead
ers came today after they had studied
Tor several hours telegram late last
night from the federation's Executive
Council meeting at Denver.
Although none attempted to in
terpet the telegram, it appeared to
most observers that the c. I. O. had
decided to recede from its announced
decision not to compromise Its own
industrial union principles and to
reach settlement on its own terms.
John L. Lewis, c. l. o. chairman,
ended five days of strategy conferences
with leaders of bis unions yesterday by
exhorting them to renew their cam
paign for improvement of working
conditions for American labor built
around c. I. o. principles of Industrial
unioniSn.
His chieftains Immediately took up
the cry and expressed determination
to report more progress at a national
convention they authorized the c. l. O.
Executive Council to call at any time.
They reported this week almast
100000 members, total expenditures
OF S1,758,000 in 16 months, and
claimed their unions were thriving.
To Meet October Is.
The conference unanimously ap-
proved resolution pledging the C.
I. o. to Cooperate with companies
which signed collective bargaining
agreements with it, criticized some ac-
tions of the administration, Congress
and two Government departments
and condemned Japan for its unde-
clared war with China.
But, in all the discussions there was
prime interest in maneuvers with the
A. F. Of L. for reconciliation OF their
clashing organizational theories 20
their reported combined total Of s.
100000 members could be fused.
They declined to comment on frag-
mc1llAIy IcpOltS O4 tA1c AcucIAtAOu .
most recent attitude in q week Of
maneuvering to avoid blame for not
ending labor's war.
Might Be Good Chance"
But privately they expressed the
lopinion there still might be "a pretty
good chance that we will get together"
Throughout the conference here they
insisted peace was their aim.
Lewis appeared to have expressed
the general sense of the C. I. o. atti-
tude when he said:
you may be assured that in the
conferences your representatives will
do nothing that will in any way cir
.cumscribe or limit the influence or the
trend Of our movement.
. If the A. F. of L. chooses to lay
aside its prejudices and join the c. I.
o. in working out a program of unity
It's well. If not, the responsibility will
be upon their own shoulders"
PEACE BASIS LACKING.