The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-12-27
BRITAIN RELIES
HEAVILY ON U.S..
FOR MUNITIONS
English Labor Chief Says England is
Hard-pressed by Ruthless Foe.

Washington, d. C. (ILNS).-Great
Britain, hard pressed by a powerful
and ruthless foe, will have to rely
more and more upon American pro-
duction of vital war munitions, Sir
Walter Citrine, general secretary of
the British Trades Union Congress,
told distinguished assemblage here.
He spoke at dinner given in his
honor by the American Federation of
Labor at the Willard Hotel.
Declaring the war will be won in the
workshops of the United States and
Britain, Citrine said British unions do
not intend to give up their freedom
because they know economic slavery is
inevitable under the Nazi regime.
The English labor leader gave the
assemblage first-hand picture of the
hardships under which his people are
carrying on their struggle and empha-
sized that the need was urgent and
extensive for increased aid from this
country.
Labor Favors Aid, Green Says
Once the magnitude of the task of
producing munitions and war mate
rials is realized, he said, both employ
ers and trade unions in American in
dustry will willingly devote their joint
efforts to it's speedy accomplishment
President William Green of the A.
F. of L., who introduced Citrine, said
that ''labor in America favors extern
sion of all material aid to Great Brit
ain in this time of need"
He said thai if Great Britain wins
the war the United States will also
win and warned that if democracy is
wiped out the trade unions in Amer
lea will be destroyed"
Labor in America" he added, "is
willing to make sacrifices equal to
those being made by labor in Britain" !"
High Officials Present
Guests seated at the head table in
cluded Secretary Treasurer George
Meany of the American Federation of
Labor; Associate Justices Hugo Black
and Stanley Reed of the United States
Supreme Court; Secretary of Labor
France Perkins; Attorney General
Robert H. Jackson; Secretary of Com
merce Jesse Jones; Secretary of Agri-
culture Claud R. Wickard; Harry Haw-
kins of the Department of State, rep
resenting Secretary of State Hull;
Chairman Harry A. Mills and DR..
William Leiserson of the National La
Dor Relations Board; Administrator
Nathan Straus of the U. S. Housing
Authority; Assistant Secretary of La
Dor Dan w. Tracy; Director James ].
McEntee of the Civilian Conservation
Corps; l. M. Ornburn, secretary of the
Union Label Trades Department of
the A. F. of L.; Thomas E. Burke, sec
retary, United Association of Plumb
ers and Steamftters; John B. Hag-
gerty, president of the International
Brotherhood of Bookbinders; James
Wilson, Labor Counsellor of the Inter
national Labor Office; Edward j. Cal
nor, president of the National Asso-
citation of Letter Carriers; Leo E.
George, president of the National Fed
Grafton of Post Office Clerks; Joseph
v. Moreschi, president International
Hod Carriers, Building and Common
Laborers' Union; Felix H. Knight,
president of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Carmen; William E. Maloney,
president, international Union of OPP
Grating Engineers; C. w. Sickles, sec
retary, international Association of
Heat and Frost Insulators and AS
bestos Workers; Major George L.
Berry, president international Print
ing Pressmen's and Assistants Union;
Harvey w. Brown, president, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists; Ell
mer E. Milliman, president, Brother
hood of Maintenance of Way En-
ployes; James Bennett, president Rail-
way Mail Carriers; Frank P. Fenton,
Director of Organization, A. F. of L.,
and Robert j. Watt, International Rep
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