Evening star., 1943-04-14
Murray Sees World
Labor Collaboration as
Peace Development
President of CIO and
Mrs. Roosevelt Address
Friends of German Labor

Stating that 'the only possible
foundation for the new democratic
Europe must be a reconstructed
democratic labor movement" Philip
Murray, president of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations, last
night told the American Friends OF
German Labor that the CIO stood
for unqualified international labor
collaboration
He addressed more than 600 per-
sons gathered at the Statler Hotel
to consider 'Labors Battle for a
Democratic Europe"
Foreseeing an international coun-
Gil, economic regulation agencies
and police force, Mr.. Murray said
such a world federal system could
we'll be modelled on the principles
Of the American union.
Asks Share in Planning.
To achieve permanent democracy,
liberty and economic security for
European wage-earners, he de-
manded that American labor be
consulted about postwar planning
and be granted place at the peace
table.
Mrs. Roosevelt also stressed the
future collaboration of workers in
all parts of the world.
I'VE must first understand and
put into practice the four freedoms
in our own country" Mrs. Roosevelt
said. THE duty of American trade
unions is the education of the Amer
lean people in these freedoms. When
this education has been accom-
plished, we must work with groups
in other countries which stand for
the same principles
Paying tribute to American trade
unions for their unselfish interest
in German labor movements, Mrs.
Roosevelt continued:
The future world will have a
greater number of workers I see
these workers with their hands
Joined across all borders in the COM
mon cause of freedom.
The day of peace will be only
the beginning of the fight for the
four freedoms. If labor has done
its job of education, We may put
our faith in those people Lincoln
trusted They will understand the
battle and meet the test of whether
we will fight for those things for
which the underground is today lay
ing down lives"
Underground Operatives Speak.
Introduced by Dr.. Reinhold Me
buhr, chairman of the American
Friends OF German Freedom, repre-
sentatives of the underground told
of the determination of their various
countries to achieve a free world.
Bruno Zevi, editor of Quaderni
1taliani, called for a third front
Of new social and democratic free
dom" He stressed the Importance
of reconstruction in occupied coun-
tries and said that what happens
In Germany and Italy will deter
mine whether the Atlantic Charter
has been lived up to.
Paul Hagen, veteran of the Ger
man labor underground and re-
search director of the American
Friends of German Freedom, called
for the postwar freedom Of the
German labor movement. He, as
we'll as Mr., Zevi, demanded that this
movement be free from all forces,
Including that of Russia
Among those present were James
A. Phillips, president emeritus of
the Order of Railway Conductors
who spoke for George NJ. Harrison
In the latter's absence; Representa-
tive Will Rogers. jr; 1t. Col. Karl
Evang, who told of Norway's sub
versive fight for freedom: Mrs. Wiley
Rutledge, Judge and Mrs. Henry w
Edgerton. Rabbi and Mrs. Norman
Gerstenfeld, Mr and Mrs. Gardner
jackson, and Mrs. S. L. Hechinger