Evening star., 1938-10-09
Az. Of |. IS COOL
ON c. |. 0. PEACE
Convention Leaders Likely
to Ask Wait Until
Lewis Acts.
ny the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
HOUSTON, Tex Oct. s.-American
Federation of Labor leaders, appar-
entity resisting strong pressure within
their ranks for immediate renewal OF
peace talks with the C. I. o., were
reported ready tonight to ask the
A. F. L. Convention Monday to uphold
o policy of waiting for John L. Lewis
TO make the next peace move.
Standing between the leadership and
O ratification vote, however, was
Daniel J. Tobin, one of the Fedora
tion's vice presidents, who wants the
A. F. L. to do something more than
merely hold open the door to labor
peace.
After a meeting of the Executive
Council earlier in the day which de-
bated Mr.. Tobin's urgent peace plea
to the convention Friday and Presi-
dent Roosevelt expressed hope that
labor leaders would make and keep
the peace Tobin told reporters:
my Interpretation is that the Presi-
dent is extremely anxious as friend
of labor, to bring about unity in the
family of labor in the interest, not
only of the workers, but of the public"
Green Takes Another View.
The possibility that Mr. Roosevelt
might be drawn into the situation as
a mediator or arbitrator was consid-
n Iiy,oY, aI O nf
l. President William Green and the
council finished their extraordinary
session.
Mr.. Green told reporters the coun-
Gil interpreted the White House mes
sage on peace in the labor movement
to mean he did not want the conven-
ton to close the door to peace and
that labor leaders should avoid juris-
dictional disputes which result in a
stoppage of work
I'VE are unwilling" Mr. Green said,
"to submit fundamental and vital
questions of administrative control
to some one else for final adjust
ment"
Green said Tobin's plea for immedi-
ate peace negotiations was before the
convention and there was nothing
the council could do about it at this
time.
Council to Make Report.
The councils own report on the
c. l. o. situation, he said, would
be delivered to the convention by the
Resolutions Committee
With note of finality, Green
added:
The convention will take official
action. The convention Is the su-
preme authority
The convention, however, will not
have chance to vote on two resolu-
tions bearing directly on the A. r. Of
L.-C. I. o. conflict.
John P. Frey, secretary of the
Resolutions Committee, said the dele
gates from the Stove Mounters' Union
and the Hotel and Restaurant EN-
ployes' Alliance, requested their reso-
lutionS for peace with the c. I. o.
be withdrawn and expunged from the
record
The alliance resolution called for a
renewal of the unity negotiations. Ed
"atu riOlc, PicSIucIlI Oi LIE dIldQC6,
said his union had not approved 1t.
Lewis Refusal Claimed
MIR. Green said he informed Mr..
Tobin that while he was abroad
last summer, C. I. o. Chairman Lewis
had rejected proposal that peace
negotiations be resumed where they
broke off last December.
The Federation, Green said, stood
ready to name committee to meet
the C. I. O. with the understanding
that negotiations would begin where
they broke off without commitments
or stipulations of any kind"
Lewis was not agreeable to the re-
newal Of negotiations, Green said he
told Tobin, unless all c. 1. o. unions
were taken back into the A.. F.. of
L. and an understanding reached
that their charters would not be re-
voked even if conferences failed to
settle jurisdictional conflicts.