Evening star., 1940-02-23
Labor Bourd
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ordered runoff election with the
A. F. Of L. eliminated.
Discussing the feud between the
A. F. L and c. I. O. as it affected
utilities, the witness said:
1T was one of the worst things
that could happen in Michigan
this thing Of power consumers never
knowing whether they'll be able to
fry their eggs for breakfast"
Mr.. Gill said the c. I. o. had
called strikes at the utility's plants
and at times the power had been
shut OF, but the A. F. L. had never
staged strike.
Mr.. Schram was completely mis-
taken in his testimony" Mr.. Madden
told the committee, referring to the
statement made by the r. r. c.
chairman Tuesday.
The approach" Mr.. Madden
added, was made to the board
through the assistant general coun-
sci Of the r. F. c. to Mr.. Emerson,
The r. F. c. counsel said arrange
ments had been made with other
Federal agencies - believe the
Wage-Hour Administration was
mentioned-that companies violat-
ing their laws would not receive
loans"
Agreed to Exchange Information.
Conferences, Mr.. Madden said, re-
suited in an arrangement between
the Labor Board and the r. F. C..
under which they would exchange
information, and the board would
request the r. r. c. to withhold dis
bursement Of loans authorized to
firms believed to have been guilty of
unfair labor practices.
If we had made the first ap-
proach," Mr.. Madden added, II
would not be ashamed of it. I would
be quite willing to abide by it. The
fact happens to be that we did not. 4"
Mr.. Emerson took the stand and
corroborated Mr.. Madden's state
ment.
Il participated in all the negoti-
ations which led up to the arrange
ment with the r. F. c." he said.
In July or August, 1899, Mr.. Emer-
son testified, Charles M. Wright
assistant general counsel of the
R. F. c., telephoned and pointed out
that the r. F. c. had "an arrange
ment to withhold loans from firms
violating other Federal laws, such as
the Wage-Hour Act" The witness
added:
He asked me if we would be in
terested in a similar arrangement,
and I said thought We would be- ~
Schram's Testimony.
Mr.. Madden and Mr.. Emerson re-
ferred to the testimony in which
Mr.. Schram, when questioned by
Representative Routzohn, Repub-
lican, of Ohio, q committee member,
said: "The board asked us for in
formation"
Mr.. Routzohn asked, 1.-THE board
came to you?" Mr.. Schram said it
did.
The arrangement to exchange in
formation, which the committees
counsel and some members Of the
committee have called "a blacklist, I"
resulted in temporary delays to only
three loans, Mr.. Schram told the
committee.
In describing the runon election at
the utility company, Mr.. Gill said the
board required the employees to decide
whether they wanted the union
which had received . plurality-ir
this instance, the c. I. O.-or none
at all.
Supreme Court Upheld Board.
The A. F. L. carried the case into
the United States Circuit Court o1
Appeals, which enjoined the run.
of election. The board appealed
the case to the Supreme Court
which only q few days ago reversed
the Circuit Court and held tht
courts had no Jurisdiction in repre-
sentation cases under the presen
wording of the Wagner Act.
Mr.. Gill said 1t was the position
Of the A. F. L. union that 1t shoule
have been allowed to remain on tn,
ballot, since there were 2,250 EN-
ployes who had voted in favor of ont
union or the other. In an elimina'
ton election the sos who favoret
neither union-the third faction
which should have been dropped, III
added.
After the first election, he said
G. I. o. organizers went about tht
utility's plants telling workers it wa
| the G., I, O. or no union at all.