The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1938-11-17
Dicfu+oriuI Demand
CONTINUED From Pdde One)

Municipal Workers Union; Homer
Martin, head of the United Auto
Workers, and William Dalrymple,
president of the United Rubber Work.
|erS.
Labor Unity Scuttled by Lewis
The representatives Of the Ameri-
can Federation of Labor and the
Committee for Industrial Organiza-
ton, the A. F.. of L. Committee re-
ported to the Executive Council, met,
discussed the main questions in the
controversy, and agreed upon a line
of action which would have united the
American labor movement in one
solid family such as existed for half
a century prior to the rebellion of the
C. l. o. leaders against the principles
Of democratic procedure and majority
rule prescribed by the constitution and
laws of the American Federation of
Labor.
But the despotic chairman of the
| C. l. O., with a ruthlessness COM
bining the racy-destroying and
malevolent totalitarianism autocracies
ruled by Stain, Hitler and Mussolini
irrevocably vetoed the agreement
reached by representatives of his own
c. l. O. unions with representatives
of the American Federation of Labor
and decreed that the conferees must
swallow his undemocratic and un.
American scheme bait, hook anc
sinker.
{. l. O. Dictator Orders Agreement
Scrapped
The American Federation of Labor
Committee held that the agreement
reached by the two committees was
constructive, equitable, would bring
about peace in the labor movement
and should be accepted. But the ir
responsible dictator in charge of the
destinies of the C. |. O. insisted that
his plan must be adopted exclusively
and totally by the peace conference.
Paraphrasing the declaration of {
well-known autocratic King of France
before the French Revolution, 81 an
the State" Lewis declared, in effect
that he was the Committee for Indus
trial Organization, and that any
agreements reached by the repre-
sentatives of the Committee for In
dustrial Organization in conference
with the representatives of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor must bt
scrapped if they were at variance
with the views Of His Majesty, the
King Of the c. |. o.
Philip Murray, chairman of the c
l. O. group and spokesman for Lewis
laid down the ultimatum to the A. F
of L. Committee that unless they ac
cepted Lewis's destructive and i'm
possible scheme further meetings o1
the peace conference were absolutely
useless. And the peace conferenc,
collapsed.
| Text of A. F. of L. Committees
Report
The plain and incontrovertible fact
regarding the responsibility for tn
breakup Of the Washington confer
ence were contained in the report O
the A. F. of l.. committee to the EX
ecutive Council of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor and included by tn
Council in it's report to the Houston
convention.
Following is the text of the A. +
of l.. committees report:
TO the Executive Council of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor.
Greetings:
Your Committee, authorized an,
empowered to negotiate a Settlemen
with the c. |. o. desires to submit it
report of the recent conference witt
representative of the C. |. O.
Your Committee, pursuant to ar
rangements previously made by tn
Convention of the American Fedora
tion of Labor and representatives o
the c. |. O. met in conference with tel
representatives of the C. |. o. il
Washington, ID. c., October 25, 1897
and continued with intermittent con
ferences until December 81, 1887.
During these conferences your Com
mittee advised the representatives @
the c. |. 0. that it had full and com
plete authority to negotiate settle
ment of the controversy and we wer,
dSouIeu ny lile ". 1. ". representa-
tives that they too had similar au
thority. How true their statement was
will be disclosed by facts referred tt
later in this report
First Peace Terms of Both Groups
At the first conference, the repre-
sentatives Of the c. |. o. proposed:
|. That the American Federation o1
Labor establish separate department
within the A. +. of l.. to be known a!
the c. |. o. Department and that thi:
department be granted complete an
tonomy over all matters affecting the
organizations of that department, will
the agreement that the A. +. of l.
could not and would not pass upol
any matters affecting those organiza
tionS.
2. That all C. |. O. organizations bt
chartered and admitted to the A. +
of l.. and given membership in the
G. |. o. Department
3. That all c. |. o. organizations
when chartered and admitted to The
A. +. of L. would be entitled to ant
enjoy the same rights and privileges
as all other affiliated organizations.
A That tho A u of | ouron IN III,