The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-10-08
AFL Pledges Aid
In Inflution FIGHT
Green Says Organization
Will Do It's Utmost To Make
The Program A Success

The Program A Success
TorontO-The American Federation
of Labor will put it's weight fully be-
hind the anti-inflation program out
lined by President Roosevelt in his
Executive order creating the Office of
Economic Sterilization.
On the eve of the opening of the
sixty-second annual convention of the
A. F. of l.. Mr.. Green declared that
while he could not express an opinion
on each part of the order he was GER
tain that his organization would do
its utmost to make the program a sue
cess
I'VE will cooperate fully in making
the program outlined by the President
in his Executive order effective" he
told newspaper correspondents before
executive council. I'VE interpret this as
a wage stabilization program rather
than as wage freezing"
Singing out the provision in the
Executive order which permits the
War Labor Board to increase wages
when it feels that by so doing it will
facilitate the war effort, Mr.. Green
pointed out that some of the provi-
sions in the order had been discussed
by SpOkeSmen for the A. f. of l.. and
the Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions many times"
MANY of the recommendations we
made are Incorporated in the EXecu-
tive order" he added.
In discussing some of the features
in the order (which the A. f. of L..
and G. l. O. representatives vigorously
contended for Mr.. Green referred
with approval to the collective bar
gaining sections of the edict, its media
ton program and its grant of author
ity to the War Labor Board lin work
ing out wage scales and in the settle
ment of disputes"
Mr.. Green was pleased that the
power and authority of the WLB had
been preserved and that the Chief
Executives directive continued the pro-
visions of the Wash-Healey act and
gratitied that the order exempted sta
bilization agreements from the author
ity of the WLB and of the OES, "eX-
cept when their provisions are in con
, fict with general policy"
1T is our purpose to go into this
matter carefully and to get an inter
pretatiOn of all sections of the EXecu.
tive Order as soon as possible he
concluded in expressing reluctance to
discuss the order i'm more specific terms
because he had only seen press reports
The executive councils report, made
, public today, outlined the extent tC
which the federation was prepared tC
sacrifice to win the war, declaring
that it was ready to waive for thf
, duration its major social and eco
nomic welfare programs.
For a Place at Peace Table
Labor must have representation al
the peace table, the report went on tt
say, arguing that the workers of al
countries want to use their influence
; for better world organization SO tha
, problems can be bettered by confer
enca rather than by war"
. when the time comes for negotia
tion of political terms and condition:
to prevail in the postwar world" ac
cording to the announcement, organ
izcd labor of the United States mus
be fully and adequately represented il
!, our national delegation that negotiate
:. the peace treaty-with Il voice in de
termining the whole treaty
;. AS representatives of the larges
, numerical group in all nations con
, cerned, we maintain labor should hav,
;. representation in delegations from al
. countries concerned.'
The report called for the Convenin:
of Pan-American labor conferenc;
for the purpose of seeking agreemen
| on pressing inter American problems
D In rccOunting the progress alread,
: made in that direction the council indi
Gated readiness TO call upon agencies o
L the government TO assist, financially, i
n necessary, in bringing about such ;
T. conference.
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