The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-12
AMERICAN FED
OF LABOR FIGHTS
Will Take Action to Save
Jobs That Clio Guild
Is Attacking

Cincinnati, o.. Oct. 12-(UP)-
The American Federation of Labor
annual convention yesterday ap-
proved a resolution empowering the
federation's executive council to take
action ito preserve the Jobs" of AFL
employees of q Chicago newspaper
against which the American News
paper Guild, CLIO affiliate, is con-
Quoting strike.
The resolution was sponsored by
the Illinois State Federation of La
Dor. It did not name the Chicago
paper. The Hearst Chicago Herald
American however last December
was struck by the guild.
The resolution requested all state
declarations of labor, city central la
Dor unions and local unions "to
counterfeit the false and erroneous
information being supplied the
members of our organizations, the
public and national advertisers
1t proposed that misuse of the
A. F. of LIS name by the c. I. o.
Guild and its agents be prohibited
by the American Federation of La
bor."
1000 In Danger
The resolution said that the news
paper guild of Chicago has placed
the jobs of 1000 AFL members Gin
Jeopardy" through "a 10-month's
campaign of violence, misrepresen-
tations, false appeals to our men,
bership throughout the country and
intimidation of advertising mer-
chants both in Chicago and on a
national scale.
The Chicago guild, The resolution
said, had appealed to various AFL
unions for funds making the false
claim in all such appeals that Or
ganized labor h Chicago and
throughous the country is backing
the fight of the guild on the Chi
cago newspaper"
The resolution said that many
business houses" had taken their
advertising out of the paper as a
result of "the campaign of terror
carried on by the guild in picketing
places of business ordinarily using
the columns of the Chicago paper
for advertising purposes.
The resolution said that the guild
with the aid of Communists
throughout the country, have car
ried the fight against the paper in
to every state in the union, making
it national boycott against the pa
per on which our 1000 melpbers are
employed"
Made Public
A report of the resolutions COM
mittee, discussing the executive
councils report which had been re-
ferred to it, was made public yes
terday and touched in part on &C
tivities of the labor press.
Commenting on the executive
councils references to the AF'L pub
lie city bureaus activities, the res
olutions committee said that the
labor press" had refused "to be
hoodwinked when the CLIO under
took through one of its organiza-
tons - the American Newspaper
Guild-to capture and control the
Labor Press by offering to cooper
ate with them "a
The Influential part in propa-
gandizing for the C. I. o. played by
the American Newspaper Guild dur
ing the early years of it's existence,
has largely vanished" the resolu-
tons committee report said.
Frank Morrison Quits
Cincinnati. O. Oct. 12-UJP) -
Frank Morrison, 80-year- odd secre-
tary treasurer of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor since 1896, today
announced his retirement from ac-
tive service with the Federation.
Morrison made his announcement
to the seth AFL convention only
few hours before the delegates cleo
ted their officers for 1910 as spe-
cial order of business.