Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-24
Al |. Leaders Urqe
Roosevelt 10 Ease
Mind Of Business
Assert Free Enterprise,
Labor and Democracy
Must Work for Unity
By the Associated Press.

NEW ORLEANS, NOV. 23.-Free
enterprise, labor and democracy
must work hand In hand for the
unity of America, leaders among
delegates attending the American
Federation of Labor convention here
declared today.
At the same time they called on
big business to understand the New
Deal and asked President Roosevelt
in his third term Ito remove uncer-
tainties from the mind of American
business"
The interviews were given by a
group of leaders headed by William
Green, president Of the federation,
during today's interim recess of the
convention while executive commits
tees were struggling with 200 reso-
lutions, including expulsion of rack
eteers from labor, for action next
week.
Capitalism and Free Enterprise.
Declaring democracy and capital
ism were dependent on each other,
Mr.. Green said:
The American Federation of La
Dor supports our American capital
istic system and free enterprise Gas
the labor men wished to call the
SYSTEM just as vigorously as we sup
port trade unions and the right to
organize and bargain collectively.
I'VE regard both capitalism and
trade unions as essential factors in
the maintenance and perpetuation
of our democratic form of Gov
eminent"
Then, turning to President Roos-
evelt, who in message to the con-
vention urged peace moves between
the A. F. l.. and the C. I. O.. Mr..
Green declared that as he saw it the
Presidents great job side by side
with national defense" would be
to remove uncertainties from the
minds of American business men,
define the rules of the game, tell
them there will be a definite period
without change to those rules, and
say to American business:
Here's the green light. Now go
ahead
Wants Understanding.
Daniel J. Tobin, president of the
International Brotherhood of Team
sters, asserted his belief that some
big business men haven't made any
more of an attempt to understand
President Roosevelt and his New
Deal than they made some time ago
to understand union labor"
Intelligent leaders of big business
are paying the price for the actions
OF their less intelligent brothers" he
declared. But free enterprise and
labor and democracy are all vital
parts of one whole and that whole
is the United States of America"
Other labor men expressed similar
views.
A high A. F. L. official said tonight
the Resolutions Committee had
unanimously approved a measure
against racketeering in the A. FL.
The official. who asked that his
name be withheld. said such action
almost certainly carries with it
approval of the convention, satisfy
ing in some degree the wishes of
David Dubinsky. president of the In
ternational Ladies Garment Work.
ers.
Mr.. Dubinsky, whose union intro
ddced the resolution, on Thanksgiv-
ing day said he was thrice attacked
by labor leader because of the
measure.
Later he said he was more de-
termined than ever" to see the
strongly worded resolution meet
with success before the convention
Mr.. Dubinsky said the reported
Resolutions Committee action today
was satisfactory.
Since all transactions of the COM
mittee are secret until laid before
the open convention, it was not
known what terms the measure will
have when it is publicly presented.
The A. F. l.. official who made
known the fact the committee had
OK'd it said it was slightly
changed" from the way Mr. Dublin
sky had worded it.