Evening star., 1939-03-24
By JOHN C.. HENRY,

Secretary of Labor Perkins re-
entered the peace negotiations be-
tween the c. I. o. and the A. F. Of L..
early this afternoon.
Intervention of the Secretary. de-
spite her previous assertion that
she did not believe she would be
called on to participate, came at re-
quest of the conferees, it was
learned.
Shortly before her Temperance
at the negotiations. Miss Perkins
had told a press conference the ne
gotiators were getting along after
q fashion" adding that she still ex-
pected progress would be made
slowly.
The conference resumed at 10
am. after a Today recess had given
both sides opportunity to exchange
several bitter statements which
caused some concern among Gov
ernment officials over prospects of
eventual settlement Of the long
standing dispute.
Meeting at the Labor Department,
the negotiators had before them an
answer from the A. F. of l.. EXecu-
tive Council on the troublesome
question of fixing jurisdictions for
former Federation unions which CO.
operated in establishing the C. I. o.
Although the specific details of this
answer had not been made public
when the conferees met, the council
10 CT int, {1oot 1,oitIar
1t, nor its Negotiating Committee
has power to bargain away the
jurisdictional claims of individual
unions.
Jurisdictional Parleys Proposed.
This particular issue arises out of
the fact several of the old c. I. o.
unions have extended their juriSdic-
tions in the past Is months beyond
the boundaries originally set when
they were in the Federation.
In the pending reconciliation pro-
posal of the Federation, jurisdictional
conflicts involving the new c. I. o.
unions and those of the A. F. L.
would be worked out by joint COM
mittees. 1t is believed likely SINH
lar proposal is being made today for
the original c. I. o. affliates.
That the Federation does not con-
slder the present negotiations suff1-
Gent cause for any truce with the
rival c. I. o. was indicated clearly in
Two parts of the council statement
last night.
I'VE hold that current negotiations
must not Fetard our efforts and that
OF our aft1hates in organizing the
unorganized and in resisting anv
and all efforts made to harm
weaken or destroy our organiza-
tions," the council said.
Wagner Act Changes.
1T is our further purpose and
determination to carry out our
legislative program. We cal,
upon Congress not to be Influenced
IN its Judgment upon pending legis-
lstlve measures other than upon
considerations of merit. We refer
specifically to the amendments pro-
posed to the Wagner Labor Rela-
IONS Act. We hold that further de-
iay OF hearings in this case will lead
70 serious misunderstanding.
IN lne other hand, it is our be-
!le1 tnat an Immediate hearing will
tend largely to clarity the present
situation and aid rather than iniure
current negotiations for an adjust
ment OF existing differences. Further
delay cannot be attributed to i'm
partial desire for the adjustment of
serious situation, for it could only
contribute to the advantage of one
party to the controversy.
Hearings originally scheduled for
March 10 before the Senate Labor
Committee have been delayed be-
cause OF the present negotiations.
Protesting their willingness to go
10 any reasonable length" the coun-
Gil declared it recognizes "the i'm
perative necessity for unity in our
labor movement as we'll as for order
In our industrial life"
AT the same time, it expressed ere
gret that during current negotiations
the chief executive of the c. I. o. has
found occasion not only to criticize
the officials of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor and members of the
Executive Council, but to indicate a
procedure and manifest a determi-
nation that may make more difficult
an adjustment of pending differ
ences."
In New York Wednesday, John l..
Lewis, G. I. o. president, had re-
terred to Federation leaders as
'hidebound aristocrats" and added
tnat the G. I. o. would not consent