The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-03-25

dangerous drug rather than Il cure
for any existing ills and declared the
measure would interfere with the pro-
cess of collective bargaining, particu-
larly i'm the matter of the union shop.
Provisions of the bill provide an op-
portunity for an "opcn-shOp" drive, he
charged.
as il not Self-evident that this pro
pOSal must be defeatodi' the labor
chief asked. Are we to say that free
labor has lost its most crucial battle?
Are we To announce that slave labor
can be defeated only by slave labor
Passing of the bil, Green asserted,
would take from millions of workers
"the very essence and meaning of this
war"
THE American Federation of Labor
must be and is unaIterably opposed to
these bills, and to any similar pro-
posals that so indirectly undermine
the most important props of our
democracy" Green declared.
Let me make ii clear as know how
that the opposition of the AFL has
D'tEi If'i'ii'' 'Iis 'iit'l INV llb''' '"''
fuI and minute study of the provisions
of these bills, the stated reasons for
their necessity, and their purported
relation to the war effort. The federal
tion has come to the conclusion, that
50 drastic and unprecedented mea-
sure is unnecessary"
NO-Strike Record Cited
Senator Holman, Republican, of
Oregon interrupted Green's testimony
at one point to charge that because of
strikes men in the armed forces had
been denied some of the equipment
they needed. lie said the committee
had been informed that three recess
Sions in plane production In the last
two years were attributed to strikes
Green vigorously challenged tn,
statement, pointing out that organized
workers had II near perfect record
of no strikes and had done wonders
in production.
Reading II statement by Robert l.
Patterson, Undersecrctary of War
that $500 planes had been produced
I'm February, he added:
Here's pattcrSon's statement - h,
ought to know"
Yes" Holman rctorted, "but what'S
his standard? What's the goal?"
This is "A record production, th,
most planes ever produced Green re-
piled.
II know" Holman shouted back
I.,,t I,,, Il. I,i,
What's his standardI'
You mean 10 say that The statement
of the IndcrSccrelary of War doesn't
mean anytling?' Green demanded.
Holman IIarEs On Standard
Not unless you know what th'
standard is" Senator Holman insisted
adding hat because he ran 100 ynrdN
in - seconds for the fastest time h'
had ever made nj that distance didn't
mean that he had accomplished any
thing noteworthy.
Green asked Holman If he knew that
deaths and injuries among industrial
workers have been more than five
times greater than the fatal casualties
of Americas armed forces in the first
Il months of the war.
That's terrible" observed Holman
but I'm not going 10 be diverted hA
the balderdash of this man. I'm not
going To set aSd" the testimony oi
lieutenant generals and other officers
who have given figures 10 the commit
tee and ignore them. On the other
hand, men have been impressed int,
the armed forces and they must b,
maintained"
Need OF COmpulsiOn Denied
Declaring the bill raises an issue OF
free labor versus slave labor" Greer
said he assumed 1t lis predicated or
the assumption that there Is dir,
necessity for compulsory labor in orde
effectively to prosecute the war
II categorically deny the truth o.
that assumption" he added. 1T ha'
not and cannot be established that tn,
absence Of compulsion Of labor is ;
factor In retardlng production"
Although Senator Austin, Republi
can. of Vermont, co-author of the legis
lation, previously expressed willing
ness to revise the bill to meet organ
lied labOr's objections, Green said tina
$50 drastic and unprecedented a mea
sure is unnecessary"
Conflicting Policies Blamed
Any delays that have occurred ii