Evening star., 1941-09-01

ing the year totaled more than three
times the record of the two preced-
ing years combined. and to date res
titution payments to low-paid work.
ers have totaled about $4,000. 900 to
more than 100000 employees.
c. I. o. Chief Murray said Labor
Day marks a great forward wage
movement, a movement that has
brought to workers under the C. I. o.
in the last six months more than
$500, 100000 year in wage in
creases."
Mr.. Murray said IN the year gone
by the C. I. o. has shown again
its ability to contribute constructive
leadership on the national scene.
Its proposals. the Industry Council
Plan and others, for the establish
ment of effective national produc-
ton for civilian and defense needs,
have been about the only major
constructive proposals offered to the
Nation in this period Of stress. As
yet. labor's offer of collective par
ticipation in the defense effort has
not been accepted. We will not
cease, however. in our determined
effort to see that labor takes It's
rightful place"
"Anti-Labor Hysteria."
Referring to a wave of anti-labor
hysteria" that arose in Congress. Mr.
Murray warned that those who
would use these critical days to pur-
sue their purpose of destroying the
organized labor movement will not
rest. There will be new proposals
and new false hysterias. I am con-
vinced, however. that the growing
strength of the c. I. o. is an ever
stronger guarantee that labor's
rights will be maintained" In con-
clusion, he said 1t is the determine
tion of the c. I. o. that this nation
shall be a land worth defending with
every effort"
President William Green called
upon members of the American
Federation of Labor to "redouble
their efforts during the coming
months" on behalf of national de-
Tense
"A crisis is at hand" he said. New
threats to our national safety are
looming, and our country may even.
tually be forced into war to defenc
our way of life. These dangers de-
mand a degree of service which none
but American workers can give, and
which they surely will give in de.
fense of free America"
WoI Salutes British Workers.
A statement issued in New York
by Matthew Woll, chairman of the
American Labor Committee to Aid
British Labor and vice president
of the A. F. L.. saluted Br. ish
workers who are in the front
lines of the worldwide struggle
against Nazism" and asserted Amer
lean workers pledge to them every
possible aid
The Federal Council of Churches,
in message designed to be read
in churches throughout the Nation,
urged that churches make clear
not only that labor has the right
to organize, but also that the
principle Of such organization Is
socially sound"
At the same time, the message
said, as labor grows in power iii
must assume the moral responsibility
which power entails" Labor was
called upon to deal effectively
with elements within its ranks which
weaken confidence in its integrity.
A Labor Day message to President
Roosevelt was made public by %;
members of the faculties. colleges
and universities in New York City
urgin "a Nationwide popular ex.
preston of firm solidarity and fol
the utmost material assistance BY
our Government to England, the
Soviet Union and China"
I'VE, men and women whose serv.
ice to society lies within the cul.
tural spheres, dare not sit back with
| our books and our test tubes while
the fate of our country and of the
world hangs in the balance" ths
message said.
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