The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-11

Iplant you can create the condition (which will attract women workers land hold them in the job"
 Admitting that plant and com- Immunity conditions in war areas con- tribute much to absenteeism, he said Ethat in spite of these it must be lnuelled,"
 McNutt said of the production per lworker that utilization of every last |worker must become an action pro lGram in every plant"
 Practices which waste manpower nre not compatible with victory" lhe warned.
 1 Discussing the nations "tight la hor' areas, McNutt said the with holding or withdrawal of war con- tracts is an effort to overcome mis- IfaEes which cannot be ignored.
 He pointed to the fact that the principle of withholding contracts has caused considerable commotion |an Washington.
 "Many town has spokesmen who take as their motto another little drink won't do us any harm" he said. @ss ts McNutt paid high tribute to the nnanagement-labor policy commit tee for its work in attacking labor pirating.
 "ehortsighted employers practice ing the time-honored traditions of the auction block were bidding Iagainst each other for needed work CTS" he said. Many an employer who denounces labor today for shifting, and demands @ good, tough national service law to check 1t, denounced us then tor interfering" The most dramatic contribution of the committee, he said, was the Order that voluntary enlistments which had been disrupting produc. tion in many plants must be stopped. McNutt pointed out that "be- eause we are nearing the bottom of the barrer many persons overlook the fact that much has been accom- pllshed. Tn June 1940, he said, there was slightly over 48,000,000 men and women either at work or in military service. Tn July 1943 there were well over SS,000.000, an increase of al- most one-third.
 He said. that despite huge with ufewals from the nations civilian labor supply for the armed forces, 1 the number of workers engaged in munitions type industries rose from over 5000. 900 to about l0O00,O0o. l The convention faced @ race" l problem as result of the charge by President A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por- ters that "auxiliary" unions based on race are 'unamerican and anti l labor"
 As chairman Matthey woll of the
 aeolutions committee prepared to
 D0Ft to the 500 delegates on closed
 Bearings held last week, Randolph
 Agaatened to call for vote on the aCllvention floor unless the matter eg "aux1liary" unions for Negroes Wns cleared up. He said the state ment of policy given him last week by WOu and Secretary John P. Frey Tpromised no definite improvement ln existing conditions"
 He asserted that Negro union members pay the same dues as nthers but are not accorded equal privileges, and said Negroes would xather refrain from labor organiza- eion than accept the pesent "Jim Crow system"
 Secretary of Treasury Henry Mor- keuthau, who was to have address sd delegates on the national war 4znd, was unable to appear.
 The AFL is seeking to raise $25,- ae0o00 through it's affiliated unions as Is share in the SIPS, ,0O0, 900 drive. Federation members contributed al- #Qst e25, ,000. 900 to war relief causes iu last years campaign and officials expect to slirpass that record.