Evening star., 1938-10-07
NEW LABOR PEACE
0vERTURES SEEN
President May Make Another
Effort-Asked to Name
Commission.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y, Oct 7.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt may make a new ef-
fort to bring about peace between
the American Federation Of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial Organi-
zation.
Following the Chief Executives
recent labor peace" message to Presi-
dent William Green Of the A. F. of L.,
two callers at the summer White House
reported late yesterday they had urged
Mr.. Roosevelt to appoint a nom
partisan, fact-finding commission to
investigate labor conditions.
The callers were Haywood Broun,
the columnist, and Morris Watson.
both spokesmen for the American
Newspaper Guild, a c. I. O. affiliate.
Mr.. Broun said Mr.. Roosevelt took
the recommendation under considera-
Facts Might Help.
The writer, chatting with newspaper
men after his talk with the President,
said that the special commission might
do a service to the country merely
by reporting the facts on the present
labor situation.
The group would be similar to that
which recently investigated labor con-
ditions in Great Britain and Sweden,
he said. The commission which went
abroad reported it was impressed by
the friendly relations between en-
ployers and employees.
Besides surveying the organized
labor situation, Mr.. Broun told report
ers, a special commission also could
look into the problems of unorganized
workers and seek to ascertain where
the interests of farmers parallel those
of labor.
He said that among individuals he
mentioned to the President for pos
sible appointment to the commission
were: Gen. Hugh johnson, columnist
and former N. r. A. administrator;
Gov Herbert Lehman of New York,
Ed McGrady, former Assistant Secre-
tary of Labor; President j. M. Patter-
son of the New York Daily News, Will
liam Allen White, the Kansas editor;
Lloyd Garrison. dean of the University
of Wisconsin Law School; Senator
George w. Norris, independent. of Ne
braska, and Chief Justice Stacy of the
North Carolina Supreme Court.
Mr.. Broun said that appointment of
a fact-finding commission would be
effective because it would give the pub
lie needed information on the labor
situation.
The commission report would con-
tain no recommendations, he said,
but It might be followed by legislation,
cooperation between the A. F. Of L.
and the c. /. O.. or presidential media
ton between the divergent labor Or
ganizations
Mr. Roosevelt already has indicated
that the administration may seek some
changes In the Wagner Labor Act dur
ing the next session Of Congress.
Mr. Watson. who once worked with
the w. P. AS living newspaper" prof.
ect in New York, said he discussed
with the President the problems Of
transient jobless newspaper men who
cannot qualify for relief because two
years residence in a community is re-
quired. Mr. Watson said he urged spe-
cial consideration for such workers and
asked that living newspaper" projects
be set up in other cities.
Questioned at his press conference
regarding the suggested fact-finding
commission Mr.. Roosevelt said he had
promised Broun the proposal would be
studied. AS to Watson's suggestion
for some new aid to migratory news
paper men the Chief Executive said
the main problem was developing
projects which would not involve too
much overhead expense.
Pennsylvanians See Victory.
Members of the Pennsylvania Demo-
cratic ticket told the President they
would sweep into office by majority
of 100000.
David Lawrence, Pennsylvania Sec
retary of the commonwealth, said the
President planned no campaign
speeches. but that he had not yet de-
cided whether to make talk in his
home State of New York.
The Presidents luncheon guest yes
terday was Robert Mclean, president
of the Philadelphia Bulletin and the
Associated Press. Mr.. Mclean said he
talked informally with Mr.. Roosevelt.