Evening star., 1943-04-25
Clio Heads Doubt New
Labor Withdrawals
From VINO Groups
'PorIey Set for Tomorrow
To Consider Changes
In Wage Freeze Order

Assured by War Manpower Chief
McNutt that serious consideration
would be given to changes in his
job-wage freeze order, ranking GIG
officials said yesterday they did not
expect any further Withdrawals OF
labor representatives from VINO re-
gional and area labor management
committees.
Several developments this week
however, are expected to affect
strongly the future attitude of labor
toward the VINO.
The National Management-Labor
Agriculture Policy Committee will
meet tomorrow to consider proposals
for amending the job-wage freeze
order to allow workers in areas not
covered by stabilization plans to
transfer from one regional activity
to another for higher pay.
Distinction Protested.
Labor has strongly protested the
distinction made between stabilized
and non-stabilized areas. In the
latter, at present, workers cannot
transfer for higher pay.
On Wednesday, VINO Deputy
Chairman Fowler Harper will meet
at the Statler with members of the
United Automobile Workers Execu-
tive Board, which voted last week to
instruct its labor representatives on
VINO labor management commit
tees to resign.
This CIO union is protesting not
only the order, but also the present
makeup of the national Manage
ment-Labor- Agriculture Policy Com
mittee, which, it charges, is stacked
with management representatives.
R. j. Thomas, UAW president,
said yesterday that after Mr.. Harper
appears before the board, q COM
mittee will see Mr.. McNutt IF neces-
sary."
Seeks Another Labor Member.
Mr.. Thomas contended that of
the three agriculture representa-
tives on the national policy COM
mittee, only one represented labor
James o. Patton, president of the
Farmers Union. The other two
agriculture members are E. A
O'Neal, president of the American
Farm Bureau Federation, and AL
bert S. Goss, master of the National
Grange.
The UAW is asking for another
labor member on the national COM
mittee or giving half votes to the
two farm management representa-
tiVeS.
Mr.. Harper said he was sure that
before a change in the national
committee was made, Mr.. McNutt
would want to discuss the matter
with the men who set up the re-
Gently established group. The nine
man committee came as a result of
majority vote of the former COM
mittee to request that spokesman
for management, labor and agricul-
ture set up new committee. The
leaders of the three groups named
themselves and appointed alter
mates.
CIO Officials See McNutt.
The CIO officials, who spent more
than an hour with Mr.. McNutt
yesterday. presented mainly the re-
quests set forth by their president,
Philip Murray, in a letter to Mr.
McNutt made public last week.
They were told, Mr.. Harper said
that attention would be given to
Mr.. Murray's proposal that the job
wage freeze order be replaced by
voluntary labor-management agree
ments in each area.
They also asked that provision
be made for allowing workers to
transfer if they could establish
they were being paid standard
wages. This provision was in most
of the sterilization plans adopted
but was eliminated when the job
wage freeze order was published.
The officials were informed, ac-
cording to Mr.. Harper, that it would
be difficult to do anything about
that provision unless the President s
executive order which the job-wage
freeze regulations implement was
modified.
In addition to Mr.. Thomas, those
who met with Mr. McNutt yester-
day were Clinton Golden. assistant
to the president of United Steel
Workers and an alternate on the
national Management-Labor- -Agri-
culture Committee; Sherman Dal-
rymple, United Rubber Workers
president; Emil Rieve, United Tex
tile Workers president; Michael
Ross, Industrial Union of Marine
and Shipbuilding Workers, and
Russell Nixon, United Electrical
Radio and Machine Workers.