Evening star., 1943-06-26
AFL and clio Renew
No-Sirike Pledges
To President
Both Green and Murroy
Severely Criticize
Overriding. of Veto
By the Associated Press.

The Presidents of the American
Federation of Labor and the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations re-
newed the no-strike pledges of their
organizations today in letters to
President Roosevelt criticising con-
gressional action in overriding the
Presidents veto of the Connally-
Smith anti-strike law.
William Green of the AFL assured
the President that group will do
everything" in its power to make
application of the law unnecessary
Philip Murray wrote that he was
calling the International Executive
Board of the CIO into extraordinary
session Wednesday, July Z, to give
mature and orderly consideration
to the many perplexing problems
which, as you doubtless know, labor
will be confronted with as a result
of the action of the Congress yes
terday. ......
WLB Members to Stick.
Meanwhile, the labor members of
the War Labor Board said individ-
ually there was no inclination to
quit the agency, as had been indi-
Gated they might do week before
the President vetoed the anti-strike
bill.
One CIO member of the board
said, We'll stick with the board"
and referred to Mr.. Murray's state
ment calling for continued support
of the President despite the con-
gressional action.
Mr.. Green said in letter deliv-
cred to the White House by an aide:
BY their unprecedented pro-
cedure the members of Congress
demonstrated they were moved by
anger and resentment rather than
by careful consideration of the
facts" Mr.. Green added that as
Mr., Roosevelt pointed out in his
veto message the bill will make
prevention of strikes in war indus
tries more difficult.
The American Federation of La
Dor and all of It's affiliated unions
stand committed to our no-strike
pledge for the duration of the war"
Mr.. Green concluded. Il am con-
fident that they will live up to this
pledge in the future just as they
have in the past In this way the
workers of America can renoer the
Connally- Smith Act imperative and
pave the way for It's early repeal"
Mr.. Green's letter was delivered
st the White House a short while
after group of CIO United Auto
mobile Workers from Detroit had
called to present statement to the
President approving his strike bill
veto and urging him to go on the
air in defense Of his food subsidy
program.
Mr.. Murray praised the Presidents s
"statesman-like attitude in placing
your veto upon this vicious anti
labor measure"
Must Lend Support.
I'VE know that your prime inter-
est, like ours, is to win this war
against barbarism and slavery and
that in order to expedite the win
ming of the war it becomes necessary
for all Of labor to lend you, our Ma
tion's leader, every possible degree
of support" Mr.. Murray wrote. "I
am quite sure that every loyal work
er, whether member of organized
labor or not, subscribes to this belief.
You correctly stated the danger
Of strikes and stoppages as a result
Of the enactment of the 30-day pro-
vision contained in Section 8. Be
cause this is true it shall be our pur-
pose to do everything possible to
avert the obvious dangers arising
out of it.
I'm the meantime, let me again
assure you of our wholesome desire
to lend every possible degree of sup
port to you and our country in this,
one of the most trying periods of
our Nations history" Mr.. Murray
concluded.
Call to Executive Board.
In issuing his call to the Executive
Board, a copy of which was dis
patched to the President, Mr. Muir
ray said:
The past month has brought
number of important developments
carrying grave threats TO the nrm-
ness and strength of our home front
In these critical times.
I'm Congress the Presidents price
control program has been sabotaged
and representatives of various pri-
vate interests have run rampant in
onslaughts AGAINST the subsidy pro-
grams and the price rollback pro-
gram
Yesterday, in a treacherous sneak
attack upon the administration,
Congress within minutes of the
presidential veto rushed through a
vote making the Smith-Connally bill
law in the face of the Presidents
warning that the bill would harm
rather than help production.
These developments are already
taking their toll in terms of ma
tional confusion anc discomfort and
in terms of the general morale of
the people"