Evening star., 1937-08-01

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forts. And though he does not ac-
cuse John l.. Lewis of being a Com
munist, he condemns him for allow
ing Communists to run away with"
ties in attempting to annex inde-
pendent steel.
No movement" he said, "and es-
pecially no labor movement, can hope
for success whose power depends upon
lawlessness and which must resort
to terrorism to maintain this power ="
A. F. Of l.. Method.
Well, how would the A. F. Of l..
have gone about such an organiza-
ton program? What is the differ
ence in tactics?
First of all MIR. Green said, our
organization is different. Our men
are organized into lodges. with local
unions organized individually and as
sociated with the parent grade lodge,
so to speak. which issues the orders.
The c. I. O-in steel. for instance
organizes by having the worker sign
card authorizing the c. l. O. to rep
resent him. That, to our mind, is
not organization"
necessary to call a strike, and how
are their methods different?
1T is not the policy of the Fedora
ton OF Labor to call the man you are
asking to bargain with a murderer,
monomaniac and a madman. We
engage in negotiations in good faith,
basing our conclusions on the facts
which develop The C. I. O., on the
contrary, seems to proceed on the
theory Of force to compel the accept
ance Of a predetermined program.
Neither John Lewis nor his organiza-
ton has any regard whatever for
facts"
Do you consider that the C. I. o.
is unrelia BILE. irresponsible?
Not as Much Progress.
DO not the facts speak for them
selves? There again is the differ
ence between the c. I. o. and the
A. F. of L. In observance of con-
tracts, We regard their maintenance
as fundamental. And we see to 1t
that the individual unions keep their
contracts.
The only policy the c. l. o. has.
seemingly, is to force employers to
accept the c. l. O. AS the bargaining
unit-and Lewis is not particular as
to the means adopted to bring this
about.
What progress did Mr.. Green believe
the G. I, o. has made with it's strikes?
4 do not believe that the c. I. o.
has made nearly as much progress,
by far, as would have been made by
lawful measures, if the C. I. o. had
remained as part Of the Federation
OF Labor and under its jurisdiction. In
addition. regardless Of what Lewis
says, the checkoff, which provides
that the company deduct union dues
from the mems pay envelopes. is over
Whelmlngly part of the c. 1. O.
program. They could not collect dues
otherwise. In the A. F.. Of l.. an
overwhelming majority is made up of
a membership which voluntarily paws
its dues"
Now a Radical.
Asked his opinion as to whether
John l.. Lewis is a Communist, Mr..
Green shakes his head and states. a
little regretfully, that he does not
know.
John Lewis is a different person
today from what he was a few years
ago. In 1920 he supported Harding.
In 1924 he worked for Coolidge and
in 1928 and 1882 he was still in the
ranks of loyal Republicans, still q
conservative, working with Hoover.
Now, look at John Lewis today.
He has swung to the extreme left. He
has Communist radicals and jailbirds
on the c. 1. o. pay roll He condones,
at least, If he does not sponsor, ter
rorism and unlawful acts of violence
in order to gain what little progress
his organization has made. Far from
criticizing him, all the Communist
papers now praise him as their out
standing leader No longer does John
Lewis associate with the conservative
who were his friends He lives with
the radicals. He has become radical
himself"