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nels Of publicity to make Its mem
hership and friends aware OF the
dangers to labor involved In any
changes In an act which has truly
proved itself the charter Of labor's
collective bargaining right"
Developing on the sidelines Of the
major engagement over National
Labor Relations Act amendment Is a
dispute over Senate confirmation
Of Donald Wakefield Smiths re-
nomination as q labor board mem
Der. The Federation adopted a res
olution against his confirmation ana
undertook to poll Senators and
senatorial candidates on the matter
before the election. Smith Is alleged
to have favored the CIO at the ex-
pense Of the Federation.
May Oppose Smith
Il is possible that Senate con-
servatives might make common
cause with the Federation against
Smith when his nomination comes
I'D. A combination Of anti-New
Deal voters and pro-Federation votes
In the Senate might sink him.
Green was careful in proposing
Labor Relations Act amendment to
avoid any appearance OF combina.
ton between Senate conservatives
and the Federation toward that end.
I'VE will cooperate fully with Presi-
dent Roosevelt and hope that he will
cooperate with U.S." Green told the
convention. 'The employer classes
cannot look to US, can get no sym.
pathy from us, In any movement
which has Is Its objective destruc-
ton Of the fundamental principles
Of the Wagner Act.
II want to make 1t clear that the
Federation believes In the Wagner
act. All we are asking is a square
deal. We expect and demand that q
governmental agency In the admin
istration Of a law which touches on
the economic and social lives OF
millions Of workers, act fairy,
suuarely and honestly"
Federation Plans Fight
Houston, Texas, october II. ~
(UP) - The high command OF the
American Federation OF Labor.
armed with o convention mandate
to fight the Committee for Indus
trial Organization until 1t seeks
peace, turns It's fire on the Wage
hour law today.
The resolutions committee Is ex-
pected to attack the wide discretion
airy powers given by Congress to
the wage hour administrator. The
metal trades department passed q
resolution which declared that this
authority threatens TO impose COM
misar control" over industrial life.
Labors Non Partisan League,
political arm of the CTO, will be
attacked with q renewed command
that Federation followers withdraw,
Leaders said most controversial
problems had been handled and they
were jubilant over the overwhelm-
ing approval by the delegates yes
terday OF the resolutions committees
attack on John L. Lewis, Clo chief
tain and his associates.
Lewis Resignation Or Custer
The report which held that Lewis
resignation or custer was the only
hope for restoration OF peace, was
passed with only one dissenting
vote. The report stated a renewal
OF the Federation's open door"
peace policy but demanded that the
next move come from the "Febels"'
II also warned that the A. I. OF l..
will not make terms with dictator
ship or communistic leadership" ana
called upon the convention to In
struct the executive council TO carry
ON the fight with new v.gor.
The dissenter was Daniel ]. Tobin.
head of the Teamsters union who
threw the convention into an uproar
by sharply criticizing the language
Of the report. He threatened 10 pull
his 100000 members out OF the red.
Grafton unless new peace moves are
begun. As head Of the organiEations
largest union. delegates listened IN.
tently while Tobin said that "the
Transfers want and demand peace,
ana II W. cannot live within .
united house Of labor, We Will build
our own house"
Eariier in the convention Tobin
demanded that the Federation name
committee to confer with the
cIo. he proposed that points on
which committees were unable 70
agree be left to q group Of outside,
iinprejudiced nediAtprs.
! Rank ana File Tired
Tubin, o friend Of President
Roosevelt, was believed to have
sounded cut ounlyentiOn sentiment
upon Presidential mediation OF the
three-yaar international struggle.
The white haired ruler OF the
teamstsrs shOuted that the rank