Evening star., 1938-11-17
C.|. 0. Farley Asked
To |ndorse New Deal
And Third Term
Dies Name Is Booed;
Vote for District
Is Backed

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov 1.-THE
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton Convention, grinding out a
policy program for liberal labor leg
islation, indicated today it would
take action on proposals indorsing
the New Deal and calling for third
term for President Roosevelt.
0ebrge Bucher of Philadelphia, a
delegate of the United Furniture
Workers Union, endeavored to OBJ
tain passage under suspension of
rules of a resolution lauding the
New Deals program and putting the
c. I. o. convention on record for a
third term for the Roosevelt admin
istration.
C.I. o. General Counsel Lee Press
man interrupted Mr. Bucher's mo-
zion to suspend the rules with the
explanation that the Resolutions
Committee still had under consider
alton several resolutions calling for
blanket Endorsement of the Roose-
welt administration and third
term for the White House incum-
bent. At Mr. Press1nan'S request,
Mr.. Bucher deferred his motion un-
til the Resolutions Committee brings
in its report.
The 500 delegates a few minutes
later went on record as approving a
social security program which Har-
vey Fremming, chairman of the
Committee on Social Security, said
meant q tremendous expansion of
the program put into effect under
President Roosevelt"
Dies Name Is Booed.
The resolutions established a
Committee on Social Security. in
dorsed adequate care for the aged,
needy, blind and widows, approved
the Presidents National Health
Committees activities and ordered
survey of the health cooperative
field.
John L. Lewis, chairman OF the
convention and slated to be elected
tomorrow as president of the con-
gress, was praised by Miss Josephine
Roche, Colorado coal operator and
head OF the Presidents Interde-
partmental Health Committee.
She said:
with far-sighted wisdom, with
unfalling courage to cut through all
false emphasis and temporary
urgencies, with devotion to enduring
essentials, and to the dream of equal
Justice for all men and women, John
L. Lewis, beyond any other OF our
generation, has released the con-
structive forces of his felloWmen."
The convention jeered the name
of Martin Dies, chairman of the
House Committee Investigating
American Activities, when a
Texas delegate read resolution he
said had been adopted by the Texas
Industrial Union Council. calling for
an Investigation of the un-Ameri-
can activities of the Dies COM
mittee."
j. E. Grassland of Mr. Dies home
State. offered the resolution and said
OF Mr. Dies:
He looked young and bright,
and they thought he would be an
other Huey Long and not another
Hitler y"
The jeers and boos started when
Mr.. Grassland first mentioned the
name Dies" and continued as he
declared it was impossible to get
rid" of the Representative at the
last election because some people
still believe he may DO some good"
Jeers were loudest as the speaker
added Texans were ashamed of
him"
Then, Mr.. Grassland said, I'VE are
apologizing for him. But we don't
want this convention to go on rec
ord as condemning him, but we want
to read into the record our senti-
ments."
Civil Rights Bureau Asked.
The convention took no action
upon Mr.. Crossland's resolution, but
adapted a Civil Rights Bureau res
olution advocating creation OF Fed
aral bureau to investigate all major
instances in which employers have
conspired among themselves
to deprive labor of its rights
The delegates also advocated
stopping all Federal financial assist
ance to State or local governments
which permit or participate in the
destruction of civil liberties and
rights Of labor"
Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey
City was the target of critical
speech by w. j. Carney, c. I. o. re-
gional director of New Jersey
A measure was approved demand
ing that Federal legislation be en-
acted which would end the use
of the National Guard to "break
strikes and commit violations of
civil liberties"
An anti-strike- breaking legislation
resolution approved declared Strike
breaking policies of certain anti
labor and anti-democratic indus
trialists" were dangerously similar
to those which have been adopted
by Fascist minded industrial barons
in Europe"
The resolution called upon Con-
gress to outlaw what it termed
maintenance of private "arsenals"
to prohibit purchases of gas and
machine guns by employers or the
gift of money and munitions to
police authorities by private cor
porations, as we'll as "organized
espionage"