Evening star., 1941-11-12

the Steel Workers Organizing Com
mittee, Hugh Lyons, regional di-
rector for New England, and Mr..
Carey.
The man who was going to resign,
he said. was Sherman Dalymple,
president of the rubber workers.
He said that he had not vet been
nate, Emile Rieve. head OF the tex
tile workers, and did not know his
position.
Write to Roosevelt.
In a Joint resignation letter to
President Roosevelt, Mr. Murray and
Mr.. Kennedy aSSailed the Mediation
Board for its decision against the
union shop. The boards action, they
| asserted. denied the unions right
Of normal growth and legitimate as
pirations" and confirmed the ira
! ditional open shop policy OF the
abor employers"
Further, they wrote. the decision
rendered it impossible for labor to
retain any confidence in its the
boards, future actions"
The two c. I. o. leaders also
roundly attacked the decision in a
minority report which preceded their
designations. The majority, in its
report. urged that the boards rec
concentrations be given sober and
( thoughtful consideration" by both
the union and the steel companies
which own the captive mines and
that as result uninterrupted pro-
duction of defense materials might
be achieved without depriving labor
or management of the rights which
they enjoy in a free and democratic
society"
The recommendations were not
binding on either party to the dis
pute, but MI Davis. the board S
chairman. told a press conference
yesterday:
Il hope to God the union will have
the good sense to accept the recon-
mendations."
White House Influence Denied.
In response to a question, Chair
man Davis declared yesterday
that there has been no shadow or
shade OF White House influence in
these proceedings-the President
didn't know what the decision was
until it was made.
"Whei this storm blows over ]
hope 1 will resume with Mr.. Murray
| for whom l have the highest regard
and deepest affection. the same re-
lations we have had in the past"
Mr.. Lewis maintained complete
silence on the subject. but he issued
| the call for the meeting of the U
M. W.'s Policy Committee Friday.
Lewis Dead,ine Near.
When Mr.. Lewis ordered the
$4,000 miners back to work in the
captive pits October 30 he gave tht
Mediation Board until November 1;
to reach a decision on the unior
shop issue, which had caused tn,
three-day strike. Thus Friday
meeting comes on the eve of tha
deadline, and there is psychology.
cal element in the fact that tn,
c. I. O.'s annual convention open.
Monday in Detroit.
There was apprehension in SOM
quarters that if the captive min,
strike is ordered renewed it ma,
be expanded into a general strik'
affecting an additional 330,00|
U. M. w. members employed in th'
other soft coal mines of the Ap
palachian fields With resentmen
running high in C. 1. o. officialdom
the belief was that anything nigh
happen.
In the Senate there we're ris
ing demands that President Roose
velt take the lead in seeking
legislation to curb strikes affect
ing defense production. And IL
the House. where debate opened
on the Senates broad neutralit,
revision, Democratic leaders wer
uneasy lest the strike situation
ALLEVIATE the votes of erstwhile ad
ministration supporters.
There were some reports in con
, gressional circles that Mr.. Roose
velt might transmit legislative rec
concentrations before the Hous
voted on the neutrality issue, bu
there was no confirmation.