Evening star., 1941-08-05
Auto Workers Stage
Demonstration After
Anti-Red Address
Fronkensteen Speech
Touches OF Cheering
At Union Convention
By the Associated Press.

| BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. S.-A
statement by Richard Frankensteen.
national director Of the c. I. O.'s
aviation division, that he would
rather symbolic the American
Army than the red nag Of Moscow"
provoked q five-minute demonstra-
ton at the sixth national conven-
ton of the C. I, o. United Automo-
bile Workers today.
Mr.. Frankensteen called attention
to display Of tin soldiers, airplanes
and tanks on the table of Local 683,
Los Angeles, and sign reading
''Frankensteen Local."
A leader in a move to bar Com
munists from holding any elected or
appointed Offices in the union, Mr..
Frankensteen had termed the strike
at the North American Aviation
plant last June wildcat and out
law" walkout. The strike resulted
in the seizure of the plant by the
United States Army.
Display Is Removed.
After the demonstration, r. j.
Thomas, U. A. W. president, asked
that the display be removed. The
Los Angeles delegation, which said
it represented workers at the Vul-
tee, Douglas and North American
plants, complied, but not before one
of the members said:
Il wish we could get soldiers of
the picket line as easily as we got
them of the table"
Earlier the convention was urged
to oppose any attempt to train
women to replace men on skilled jobs
until all unemployed men have been
returned to work and man power
shortage justifies such training.
A partial report of the Resolutions
Committee submitted to the conven-
tion said there were 5000 900 unem-
ployed in America one year after
launching of the defense program
and added that contemplated so per
cent curtailment In automobile pro-
duction would result In further
drastic increase in mass unemploy-
ment."
Action Deferred on Isms."
The committee took no action for
the present on resolutions barring
Communist, Nazi or Fascist sympa-
thizers from the union.
1t recommended, however, ap-
proval of proposal reafflrming "our
belief in the Constitution of the
United States, and the guarantees
contained in the bill of rights and
our international constitution that
states: To unite in one organiza-
ton, regardless of race, creed, color,
political affiliation or nationality. all
employees under the jurisdiction OF
this international union and that
we work toward that end"
A dozen resolutions condemning
the "isms" are In the hands of
committees.
Opposition resolutions contend the
C. I. o. has attained its popular
ity by being a truly democratic or.
ganization and 1t has been shown
that those people who are red
baiters. - Invariably have some
thing to hide and use red-baiting
only as smoke screen"
Red -Baiters' Are Named.
Henry Ford Homer Martin. for
mer U. A. W.-C. l. o. president, and
Representative Dies were specifically
named "red-baiters" in resolution
introduced by Local lS5, Detroit.
Others opposing the anti-Com-
munist demands asserted every C..
I. o. leader at some time" has been
| labeled "a Communist by re-
actionaries' and a purge" must be
avoided.
Scores of other controversial pro-
posals also are before committees,
which must act on them before they
come to vote Of the l 900 delegates.
One condemned work or fight
edicts" by selective service boards.
Others warned against using troops
or State police as strikebreakers.
Another declared "the friends Of
Hitlerism" must be cleaned out Of
the draft boards and the Army"