The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-06
Behind The Scenes In
Washington

npace between the A. F. of L. and
the C.. I. O. is daily growing more
likely. =.
John L. Lewis is as non-pacific
as ever. but events have Slip
ned out from under him, so to
sneak. The C. !. O's archapostle of
peace. Sideny Hillman, is n o W
jabor's man on the National De-
tense Commission. Rumor is that
A, F. of LIS Dan Tobin is also to
get some sort of White House
lob; he's as peace-minded as Hill
man, and the two work well to-
gether.
Another significant straw in the
wind is the return of David Du-
binsky's Garment Workers Union
10 the A. F. of L. Dubinsky is also
all for peace; to get him back
the A. F. of L. had to cancel its
cent-a-month tax which had been
used to raise a war-chest to fight
the C. l. O.
FAIR COOPERATION
ALREADY EXISTS
More important than any of
these developments, however, is
the drawing realization here that
an acrimonious split in the labor
movement is just naturally t o
expensive a luxury to be carried
through the big defense program.
Inside understanding is that the
first jurisdictional fight that pops
up in any of the important de-
tense industries will be the signal
for immediate and drastic White
House action-along the lines of
make peace, boys, or else ..."
Meanwhile, a fair degree of CO.
operation between the two labor
organization already exists. Labor
Secretary Perkins not long ago
named an advisory committee OF
A. F. of L. and G.. I. o. men to
meet with her once a week and
study ways by which labor can CO.
operate effectively in the defense
program. This group is meeting
regularly and harmoniously;
NesSrs. Green and Lewis a
absent, but through thier subordin-
ateS Miss Perkins is getting what
she wants.
sENATE SHIFTS
IN AID TO ALLIES
Profound shift in sentiment in
'Ne Senate on the aid-of-allies
question is indicated by a poll just
'dAen by a private research or
sanitation. This poll-Which COW
eeo all but two of the SO senat-
uS-shoWed only II who can be
.lasSlfled as old-line isolationists,
WIN a dozen more in a rather
..Ofe moderate position working
wi strict neutrality" The re-
.lalnlng II were listed as favoring
ue easures-short-of-war policy
70 defeat Hitler.
r wa TELLS CONGRESS
~ STAY ON JOB
siAef thing that knocked the bot
"ni out of the administrators
cope Tor an early adjournment of
"1sfesS was the members mail
prom back home.
lllS mail has been coming in
uOuS lately, and the overwhelm-
majority of letters here urged
LOT the allied-which is right
ET S"li the administrations alley.
a a.s' OF the letter writer's, how
u' added the injunction-''and
IN session during the crisis"
NV OF members got so many
[nr ssls like this they began figur-
E,So ~ would really be political
niue Tor them to go home.
naere are other factors, of
Es+;1, One is a lingering distrust
onI 1alrly widespread-of what
tsUlSldered the impetuous nature
i'm me residents handling of for
T Sn pohey. Another, seldom dis
asH eu but quite potent, is the
hs D lon that a number of pend
laws which would die if Con-
[bv' adjourned in June can prob
son. set passed if it stays another
rualh. These would include such
ct p"sdnt measures as the Wagner
amendments and the Walter
mite spots marx tbo no1os If