Evening star., 1944-11-22
Clio Expected 10 Vote
Continuance Of PAC
Before NightfaII
BY the Associated Press.


CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-The CIO, ap
preciative of its winning role in tn
recent election, looked to an oppor
tunity today for a formal vote t.
make the Political Action Commit
tee a permanent organization.
CIO President Philip Murray sal,
he was hopeful" that resolution
to continue the PAC would b.
brought before the 600 delegates be
fore tonight.
The resolution, which has beel
prepared was one Of the major pro.
posals for the seventh annual con
vention. It will be backed strongl.
by Sidney Hillman.
1t enumerates the immediate po'
htical tasks of CIO" as being:
Il. To maintain and to stimulat.
the activities of existing Politica
Action Committees established ir
State and industrial union council.
and local unions, and to establish
such bodies where they are not nov
organized.
80. To maintain, extend, and
stimulate the activity Of community
organizations formed under the
leadership, or with the participation
of CIO.
Support for Both Parties.
IS. To promote united action in
the political field in collaboration
with other organizations of labor,
progressive groups, and forward
looking leaders of the two major
political parties.
II. To continue and intensity the
work OF securing the fullest possible
exercise of the right of franchise
by organization for a maximum
registration and vote.
IS. To carry on the work of po-
litical education through the pub
lication and distribution of pamph-
lets, serving the labor press, the use
of the radio and all other appropri-
ate means.
IS. To prepare the groundwork
for effective participation in i'm
portant local elections of 1945 and
in local, State and national elec-
tions in 1946."
Opposes Third Party.
The resolution also contained q
formal rejection OF the third party
principle, asserting that:
THE experience of this election
campaign has fully confirmed the
correctness of our decision to abstain
from and discourage any move in
the direction of a third party. A
third party would serve only to split
and divide the forces of progress at
the very moment when unity is our
greatest need.
The political activity Of CIO must
and will be continued ON an inde-
pendent and nonpartisan basis, CIV
ing support to the progressive forces
in both major parties and basing its
Judgment of candidates solely on
their records"
It was PAC's contention that Re-
publicans as well as Democrats were
supported in the past campaign, and
q survey by the CIO News, Official
publication of the CIO, said that at
least ITO members of the House who
had been Endorsed by PAC were
elected. Seventeen candidates sup
ported for the Senate were chosen, it
said.
The convention also will be asked
to reiterate demand for revision of
the Little Steel" wage formula,
which limits basic pay increases to
Is per cent above January, 1941,
levels. The CIO, like the AFL, is
urging the President to revise the
policy.
Yesterday the convention adopted
resolutions condemning anti-Semi-
tism, pledging new drives for men,
bers in the South and among un-
organized white collar workers and
similar groups, and urging revision
of the Hatch Act to permit 10000
Government workers to engage in
normal political activities
No-Strike Pledge Renewal.
The convention also unanimously
renewed its no-strike pledge in re-
sponse to plea by Mr.. Murray that
the CIO live up to its promises"
and produce every weapon" need
ed by the fighting men. Although
43 resolutions faced the convention
yesterday.
Vice President Wallace yesterday
was the center of the widest dem
onstration thus far in the conven-
ton, when he requested organized
labor to help the President make
10000, 900 jobs possible when peace
returns.
The crowd came cheering to its
feet, chanting wallace in '48" when
the Vice President told the dele
gates that postwar, daring overall
concepts" must be put to work
promptly and carried out vigorous
ly' for the benefit of the laborer
and small h1ISiracS man