The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1942-10-13

Setting Farther Apart
Heps ct Harmony Appear
70 d tsry Sim Affair
New Organizations Add
10 Present Confusion
NJ RAT TUCKER
WAsHIN @ + oN-Under tn
aeEis q = pro-workinkmsn I'D
ministrAtion. organized Labor Il
TIE United States has becom,
more disintexrsted and demoral
tned than ever before In it. IA
multuous history. Instead Of be
fng . unified force susceptible q
strong internal discipline and fed
eral regulations. important critics
change that u has dissolved int
numerous squabbling and suspi
efous banda.
The public knows only about
fhe four major Eroups whose dif.
ferencee have darkened The head.
1ines: TAs American rsderatior
Il Labor. IL Congress 81 Indus.
trial orkaninAtiona. the Railway
DrotheEAoods ana the United Mine
Worhera Int two other factions
have recently arisen 10 threaten
even IN emergsncy semblance Of
harmony Ia fAs eiement that must
butld The weapons with which the
United Nations can win the war.
1hey ennsist q ths so-calisd fed
ernl unions" which ars chartered
directly BY the A. =. Of Z. and
IL c / o. and which have no
ennnecttoh with these bodies IN
ternational organization.
George Msaay. A =. Of L. Sec
fetary-Treasurer. sires these indie
pendent outfits for his eide. while
James ,. Carey. Who holds the
nans office IN the c. !. o. fathers
them for his crowd. These affili-
ates are more beholden to Messrs.
Meany ana Carry than they are to
William Green or Phillip Murray.
In time they may become sepsr-
ate units IN this great American
scramble. Meanwhile, their crea-
tton without regard for old
fashioned trAde-anion boundaries
forecasts . terrific jurisdictional
fight among the toilcrs and their
boeses- II In one Of the unpubli-
eized headaches Of r. d. RS adj
visers IN this field.
The threatening prospect Of
large-scale guerrilla warfare
among al these bodies has forced
the National Labor Relations
Board to rsvamp its philosophy
and procedure. Hitherto 1t mas
confined its intervention to diat
putes involving employers aas
employees. Now II must sp1nd
much Of its time preventing erst-
while Roosevelt friends from sab
staging the White House and
Themselves.
N. l. r. B. expanded its oper-
ations when . certain union broke
away from Philip Nurray's CIo
70 Join District 50, which IL the
Lewis brothers' catchall organi-
nation set up To enroll builders.
farmers. plastic and chemical
workers and almost anybody who |
yin enlist. II In really . branch |
81 John LIS United Mine Work |
ers. When the shift occurred, the
heads Of the deserving group tried |
10 transfer their contracts with |
the corporations involved. The
firms protested. preferring to deal
With tn c. I. O.. ana appealed |
70 ths federal agency for . ruling. |
In The past the Bureau would |
have ducked such . dilemma. But |
h this instance 1t ordered plant |
elections ID which the workers
were permitted 10 decide their |
ewn fate-namely. whether they |
wanted to stay with the c. I. o. |
y 80 With the n. ~. w. affiliate.
chief sienificance 10 that. once
having assumed responsibility for
eollectivs bargaining. Warrington
must NEEDLE IN every petty con-
lroveny throughout the land For
Labor Il nsann. that, having ac-
eeptod favors from the Govern
nent. II must now bow to the de-
IRE Il Presidential poo-hahs.
Henry Agsrd waiisos 10 doing |
} deliherate disappearing act from |
~ national and international
Doene. save for . few speeches
before farm groups. the Vice
Pronfdant hides from the head
dnea- H y not playing the ac-
hive, Aggressive role which F.DR.
Aad scheduled for him at the be-
ginning of the third term
Wallace has numerous assign
nenta but he has wished them
~ a other people. Milo Per
kins = rsmning IL Beard Of Eco
nomic Warfare. which the Iowsn
directa Others arr
1oufh American prob
|ems whkch we're originally en-
trusted IL tie v.P. after he went
10 tt pains u learning Spanish
md made his good YIN trip 20
lGexioo. b fact. Mr.. Wallace rare
b fu1fx1ls his constitutional duty
- prona1ing over thu Senate.
Henry. according to his friends.
1oes not want 70 engage In con-
krovernies connected with the con-
6ucf Of tie war. He prefers to
- = friend q everybody ana to
Docome known ~ an official more |