Montana labor news., 1937-06-24
Some A. oil. Leaders
Bitter towards t.. |. O.;
Others Are + ewarm

ment, found j divided on the
policy to take fard unions affili-
ated with the nmittee for Indus
trial Organic 4.
Pres. Wi Green, in mis- i'm
passion opening speech, attacked
Charles P. Howard, president of the
Init. Typographical Union and sec
rotary of the C. l. o., and others, for
"treachery." Howard vas present at
the time. His union has not formal
ly been suspended from the A. F. of
L., as the federation's executive
council ruled that Howard was serv-
ing the C. l. o. in an individual
capacity.
The morning session May "a was
devoted to complaints about the c.
I. o. and the offering of a motion
by Sec. /. M. Ornburn of the Label
Trades Department. The motion
proposed; y voluntary doubling of
per capita (from lie to &c per mem
Der per month"; effective June l, to
become compulsory by the next con-
%vention; q an organizational cam
paign by all internationals.... 81 rec
ommending that all i~nternationals
require locals to affiliate with state
and city central bodies; and A. that
all C. l. o. locals be dropped from
central bodies. 1t brands the C. I. o.
as a dual, rival union"
The meeting convened to the echo
of strife and controversy in the labor
world outside the portals. The
American Newspaper Guilds execu-
tive board, meeting here, had just
refused to send a delegate to the
A. F. of l.. parley and had voted
to recommend c. L. o. utilization to
its convention meeting in st. Louis
in June. The Progressive Miners of
America, which became an indie
pendent Illinois union after a break
with the United Mine Workers OF
America several years ago, an
nounced it would seek A. F. of L.
utilization, in line with a referendum
vote of its membership. Pres. Jo-
seph P. Ryan of the Init. L~ongshore
mems Assn, leaving for Cincinnati
had announced at New York that he
would urge all A. F. of L. bodies
handling water-borne freight, from
teamsters to seamen, to form a ma
tional council to combat rival labor
groups.
While some A. F. of L. leaders
called for a flight to the finish
against the c. /. o., others expressed
little interest when questioned on
their views. F. H. Fljozdal of he
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employees said; "The maintenance
men are attending as a courtesy,
since railroad unions don't really
need the A. F. of L." William c.
Birthright of the Journeymen Bar
bers Init. Union said: There are
barber members also in the auto
workers, but the c. I. o. doesn't
interfere with our work" Howard
said he did not expect to attend all
the sessions.
Green said he looked for a 2-day
conference to be followed by ar
executive council session of a week.
duration. He declined to common
on the newspaper guilds charge tina
the A. F. of L. is "chartering com
pany unions and mobsters," melting
anti-C. l. o. riots in Cleveland anc
conspiring with the company agains
a union of Consolidated Edison EN-
ployes at New York, except to com
ment that the guild "has been will
the c. l.. o. in heart and spirit al
the time"
Green bitterly attacked the c. 1. o
for admitting radio telegraphists anC
others as ian indication of the rea
and true purpose of the organiza
ton as a dual and rival labo
movement"