The CIO news. (Cumberland, Md.) 1942-????, 1942-11-09
LOOKING AHEAD
By Len De Caux

President Philip Murray's report to the CIO
convention.
1t gives well-rounded picture Of the tremendous
scope of the labor movements activities for winning
the war.
It reveals that the CIO has converted itself COM
pletely from peacetme to war purposes.
From start to finish, it is the record OF mill
tant labor movement directing its militancy against
the Hitler Axis and those who block the road to
victory.
The struggles of the Go to defend and promote
the workers interests have rot been lessened on
this account. Rather they have increased in scope
and intensity.
For now the CIO must struggle not only for the
workers bread and-butter interests, SO they may
be the healthiest and heartest soldiers Of produc-
tion but it must also struggle for their life-and-
death interests in a world against fascist slav-
cry and destruction.
If an auto can run without engine, If a man
can stand up and fight without backbone il free
dom can survive without free institutions then q
peoples war be fought without unions.
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The Go Presidents report is keynoted by q
call for total mobilization of all our people and
all our resources for an immediate offensive against
the Axis.
Such total mobilization calls for national PLAN
Ming coordination and centralized direction of pro-
ducton, manpower utilization, economic stabiliza-
ton and all other phases of our wartime economy
and our effort, Murray points out
It also calls for the full and direct participation
and representation of labor in the planning and
administration of national war activities.
Murray's report is full of constructive criticism
and of detailed and practical suggestions for bring
ing about the total mobilization we must have for
victory.
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The CIO leader is unsparing in his denunciation
Of "the Lavals the Petains and the Quislings Of
the United Nations" the appeasers and agents Of
Hitler who try to check second front offensive
by counsels of hesitation, weakness and defeatism
He voices emphatically the American peoples
desire for second front, victory may be secured
through a combined United Nations offensive while
Hitler Is so deeply engaged in Russia.
Murray speaks the mind OF every clio member
when he pledges labors complete support to our
Commander-in- Chief in every effort necessary to
enable the United Nations Ito grasp the offensive
and smash forward to the immediate military de-
struction of the fascist Axis"
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The same kind of fighting wn-the-war leader
ship is shown on every page Of Murray's report.
When he advocates American labor unity, the
tombstone of his approach is how best to achieve
the maximum united labor effort for victory.
international labor unity between the unions Of
all the United Nations is urged with the same
purpose in mind
And through all the detailed discussions of man.
power, economic sterilization. production, the
War Labor Board, social security housing OPA.
civilian Defense labor legislation and of other
subjects, the thread runs-what labor
do, what the country do, to mobilize all its
efforts for the speediest possible victory.
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The CLOS peacetime convention reports have
been devoted chiefly to recording organizational
progress achievements in wage increases and i'm
proved conditions, and the legislative and political
efforts of labor to improve its economic and social
status and to expand our democracy
All of these subjects are included in this first
wartime convention report of CIO. But all of them
are related to the main purpose of winning the