Evening star., 1942-11-10
British Labor Leader
Urges Extension Of
Ane|o-Saxon Tie
Need for United Nations
Labor Link Stressed
At CIO Convention
BY the Associated Press.


BOSTON, Nov. 10.-Bryn Rob-
erts, British labor leader and
guest of the CIO convention,
said today the Anglo Soviet
trade union relationship forged
by war should be extended to all
the United Nations and made
permanent, Notwithstanding diff
ferences in the social systems.
British labor" said Mr.. Roberts
in a speech to the convention, lis
proud to be associated with the gal
liant Russian people and, without
them imposing communism on us or
us imposing capitalism on them, we
can, through the machinery of the
Anglo Russian Joint Committee, do
much to establish real cooperation
between the two nations, which is
Sc essential to the successful prose-
cution of the war and in the period
Of reconstruction that will follow it.
Extension Expected.
with the principle Of our move
ment guiding us, it is not too much
to expect that such a committee,
now limited to the Russians and
ourselves, will without undue delay
embrace the organized workers Of
all the other democratic countries.
That is our fervent hope. We feel
that it will be nothing short of a
tragedy if it does not quickly ma
terialiZe."
Mr.. Roberts was a fraternal dele
gate of the British Trades Union
Congress to the AFL convention
last month in Toronto. He is at
tending the CIO meeting in an un-
official capacity His speech recog-
nized, without directly touching, the
inhibitions and circumstances which
have kept American organized labor
from a direct relationship with the
Russian labor unions.
Navy Labor Relations Praised.
The AFL has refused to collab-
crate directly with the Russian
unions, preferring to conduct the
relationship through the British as
a liaison. At the same time the
AFL has claimed the exclusive right
to admit other United States labor
unions to membership on the Anglo
American Committee.
Earlier, the convention applauded
a declaration of Ralph A. Bard
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
that management must abandon the
belief that labor-management pro-
duction committees are a scheme to
take over its property.
Mr.. Bard, who received the com.
pliments of President Philip Murray
for the Navy's labor relations policy
made the point that if both man.
agement and labor would modify
their demands and attitudes tn.
manpoWer problem would immedi.
ately become less acute.
Bard Talk Cheered.
The delegates gave Mr.. Bard ar
extraordinary reception, excellee
only by that given Mr.. Murray him.
self. Applause punctuated his speech
throughout, even as he declared
Labor Tor It's part must abandon it,
jurisdictional ambitions and jealou.
sizes, and convince management o1
its sincerity of purpose, if manage.
ment shall be expected to drop its
suspicious of labor. The only work.
ing or management rules that We
should recognize from now on are
the ones which will help win the
war-nothing else counts or should
be tolerated"
The crowd burst into table
humping applause again as he de-
clared: Il understand that many OF
you have been demanding the i'm
mediate opening of second front
Well, you've got it. And I'm sure
that you will realize your increasing
obligation in producing the neces-
sary war equipment to maintain
this second front"
When Mr.. Bard finished, President
Murray assured him that everything
he asked labor to do will be done"
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