The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-10-21


the use of suitable plant-wide
gency" measure. The convention
centive plans lest they merely be
speed up schemes.
The speaker, who was formerly
secretary of the Chicago Federation of
Labor, explained that the new West
Coast plan would establish joint ma
chinery for the effective operation of
yard and postmanagement committees
all along the West Coast to achieve
economies in the use of labor in each
yard and to exchange every technique
found successful in any yard in raising
individual output.
Other Industries Later
The West Coast pattern, according to
Mr.. Keenan,. will be established in
other industries and other areas. Local
solution of production problems, under
these plans, he added, avoided "bottle-
necking" these problems through the
over-congeSted war agencies in Wash
ington.
Praisn" labor for making war pro
duc1ion records, Mr.. Keenan, urged
Government agencies and top manage
ment executives not to take labor for
granted but To consult labor before and
not after decisions were made. He
called upon industry To give labor
proper credit for what it had accom-
plShed and TO take Il no-Squawk
pledge and observe ii as faithfully as
hn t,.il.
pledge"
ConScription of labor, Mr.. Keenan,
said, would slow industrial output If
ii were attempted before every other
course, such as labor-management CO.
operation, was tried.
Industrial cOnScription, he went on.
would involve setting up Il huge adj
miniStrative machinery and "would
take the zip out of the great ma iority
of American workers who ut present
are winning the battle of production"
He referred To the British national
service legislation rs being operated by
the Ministry of Labor through skilled
local officers where labor and manage
ment collaboration ''is II timeriested
reality" Even so, he added, conscrip-
ton had not eliminated absenteeism' OF
strikes in Britain. The British, he as
serted, had minimized the i'll effects of
labor cOnScription because of their
magnificent labor-managcmcnt team
work"
Report On Negroes Adopted
The discussion of the resolutions
committees report on Negro Labor
which began on Tuesday was ended
with the unanimous adoption of the
committees report after vigorous de-
bate. President William Green said
that the Negro question ran deeper
through the national economic and
social structure and was not confined
AFL unions. He charged that the Ir-
ban League and the National Associa-
tiOn for the Advancement of tOlored
People had "boycotted" AFL attempts
To organize Negroes.
The Negro problem, said Mr.. Green,
would be- solved only through cduca-
ton and not by force or by the
presentation of demands" If he could
have his way, II" told I'll" convention,
every Negro worker would be admitted
to union on IN equal plane with
white men.
John L. Frey, head of the metal
trades department, regretted the re-
marks made by Philip Randolph of the
Sleeping Car rorlcrS Union, saying
they constituted the greatest disserv-
Ice 10 the colorcd race since the Negro
becam" n free man
G.. NJ. RugniaZct of the international
brotherhood of Electrical Workers de
MED the charge that his union excluded
Negroes if they were competent I"
work nt their trade.
{. j. MacGOWan of tn" HoicrmakerS
Union and Roy Horn of the Black
smiths Union insisted that colored
workers assigned to auxiliary locals of
their unions had the sam" rights rs
white members Will" formation of
auxiliary locals for Negroes might not
be the entire answer 10 the Negro
problem, said Mr.. MncGowan, you
must meet conditions rs YOU find
them"
W. l.. Allen of the Commercial T"lc-
graphers Union of North America also
denied the accusation that his union
excluded Negroes.
In rcbutlal, Mr.. Randolph suggested
that if part of tn" power used by the
American Federation of Labor to cXpcl
unions which invaded the jurisdictional
rights Of other unions were used in
dealing with the Negro question there
would be no trouble
He denied the charge that "profcs-
sional" Negroes stirred up trouble and
remarked that this was like saying
that meteoroligists who pointed out
that storm was brewing created the
storm. He compared auxiliary unions
formed on racial lines to colonies in an
empire which could not influence
colonial policy. He did not object to
the committee report which stated that
while substantial progress had been
ia In, Al, inp IN.