The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-06-13
LADIES' GARMENT WORKERS UNION
BACK IN THE AMERICAN FEDERATION
Delegates Cheer Wildly As
President VIM. Green
Restores Charter
MAJORITY 54 TO l
Were Back Aguin Where
We Belong" JoYouslY
States DubinskY

States DubinskY
New York, N. Y.-The Internationa
Ladies Garment Workers Union, one
of the greatest labor organizations iT
the country, with a membership Of
250,0OO, returned officially to the
American Federation of Labor or
June 6. William Green, president OF
the A. F. of L., appeared before the
fortieth anniversary convention of the
I. L. G. w. u, in Carnegie Hall here
and, as the delegates cheered wildly
reinvested the international unions
charter.
Twenty-four hours previously, by an
overwhelming vote of $40 to IL, the
union voted to reaffiliate Immediately
with the Federation. This action came
after David Dubinsky, president of the
I. L. G. w. u, in reporting to the
delegates earlier in the convention,
had pinned fullest responsibility for
the continuance of the division in la
boris ranks solely upon John L. Lewis,
head of the CIO.
President Green received tumr.tu-
Gus ovation upon his arrival at Carne-
gle Hall just before noon. There were
$3.50 persons in the auditorium at the
time, 1000 Of them visitors and the
rest delegates.
For the next twenty minutes nobody
sat down. There was pandemonium.
Cheers rang out, songs were sung,
horns footed, bells changed sand shred
ded pages Of telephone books rained
down from the galleries.
Arrived on the speakers platform,
President Green was hugged by Presi-
dent Dubinsky. When quiet was at last
established, President Dubinsky, in in
Producing the head of the A. F. of L.,
declared:
"Today we are again a part of the
American Federation Of Labor"
He described the experiences of the
l. L. G. w. u, in the last few years.
winding up with the return to the A..
F. of L.
"This is an unqualified unconditional
and immediate affiliation."
AS President Green rose to speak,
another wild demonstration began and
it was five minutes before he could
begin his address.
In his address to the conclave, Pres
ident Green said: 81.
81 predict that this movement which
you have started will reach out into
other fields, bringing all the rank-and-
file of labor back into the American
Federation of Labor"
He declared more constructive step
in the interests of trade unionism than
that taken by the l. L. G. w. u, could
not be imagined. 1t would have
highly beneficial effect upon the
morale of the wage-earners of the ma
ton, he said.
President Green promised further
efforts on his part to bring peace back
in the ranks Of labor.
81 pledge you now," he said, "that
l will do everything in my power to
heal the breach and create solidarity
and unity in the labor movement"
Lauds Union o..
Lauding the decision of the 1. L. G.
w. us, convention, President Green
remarked:
"The delegates to this convention
believe that the way to reestablish
peace and unity is to bring peace and
unity to the labor movement" "'
Inviting other unions still outside
the house of labor to follow the lead
of the Ladies' Garment Workers, Pres
ident Green said: "..'
"When the others come in, III be
standing at the door, bidding them
welcome in the same way am well
coming you today"
He said he held no enmity toward
anyone, adding:
"To me brotherhood and fraternity
are not empty words. regard myself
. as a brother even toward those who
have gone against me, and it is for
that very reason that have begged
and pleaded, day in and day out, with
those who left US, to come in, sit
around the conference table and COM
pose our differences"
President Green pointed out that the
A. F. of L., committee to negotiate
peace is waiting and ready to resume
discussions at any time. He recited
the numerous beneficial social and la
Dor laws enacted by Congress over a
period of years and emphasized their
enactment had been secured by no one
but the A. F. Of L.
The question of evil doers in the la
Dor movement was taken up by Presi-
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