Evening star., 1937-03-10
A.F.OF FL.MAY GUST
clio. UNIONS NEAR
OWN FEDERATION
Complete Divorcement Be-
IieVed Near as Lewis
Issues "Charters."
EXPULSION POWERS
GRANTED AT TAMPA
Green's Executive Committee Is
Able to 1nfict Sweeping Pun
ishment if It Wishes.
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

William Green, president of tht
American Federation of Labor, pre-
pared today to confer with other fed
GRAFTON leaders on the advisa ability Of
outright expulsion of all unions at
filiated with the Committee for In
dustrial Organization. Ten of these
unions already are under suspension.
with five other later afiliates not yet
under discipline" by the A. F. of L.
Possibility of this complete division
in the two great factions of the Amer
ican labor movement arises out of
yesterdays decision of the C. I. O. to
issue certificates of affiliation to ma
tional. international State. regional,
city central bodies and local groups
whenever it is deemed such action is
advisable"
BY authority voted at the fedora
tion's convention in Tampa last No
vember the Executive Council of the
A. F. Of L. is empowered to take the
expulsive action prior to placing the
issue before the entire membership
of the federation.
Explaining the decision of yester-
day, John L. Lewis, chairman of the
c. l. O., declared the plan to issue
the certificates of affliation is pri-
marily a protective" measure made
necessary by the punitive action of
the federation. First such charters,
he admitted, probably will go to c. 1.
o. local units in the Maryland Dis
trict of Columbia area, where the
State federation, at request of Green,
has ordered expulsion Of such c. l.
O. units.
Similar action by federation units
already has been taken in Columbus
and Cleveland, Ohio.
New Federation Indicated.
Regardless of this protective" guise,
however, the plan amounts more
nearly to establishing the foundation
Of 6 permanent and integrated new
labor federation. No definite arrange
ment for dues and financing has been
completed as yet, Lewis said.
The c. l. o. has caught the tmag-
ination of the workers." Lewis said in
discussing the movement to make It
more permanent in nature. Its
achievements of the past few months
have demonstrated its effectiveness and
made workers realize the degree of
protection available to them under its
auspices"
Ranking in immediate Importance
with these plans to establish more
firmly the structure of new labor
organization were announced plans for
intensive C. I. o. organization drives
in the textile, oil and shipbuilding in
duStries
| With potential goal of one and one
quarter million workers in the loosely
| integrated textile industry, organizing
procedure there will follow the pattern
so successful in the steel industry, it
was announced.
Hiliman and Aides Chosen
To this end Lewis named Sidney
Hillman, president of the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, as chairman
OF the Organizing Committee, with the
| following aides: Thomas Kennedy of
| the United Mine Workers, Francis }.
| German and Emil Rive of the United
| Textile Workers, Charles Weinstein of
the clothing workers, T. F. Burns of
the United Rubber Workers and an
additional member, not yet selected,
from the Ladies' Garment Workers.
Funds of the United Textile Work.
ers, OF which German is president, are
to be turned over to the Organizing
Committee, with additional sums from
the c. I. O. Ample finances" will
be available. Lewis said with head
| quarters in New York and organizing
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