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BY our internal disagreements
should be brought home to every
one" he added. asserting that open
discussion would accomplish that
end and give all an opportunity to
present their sides"
Representative Gibson, Democrat
Of Georgia agreed with Senator La
Toilette. and Mr.. Shafer in the belief
that labor had been falsely ac-
cused."
The Georgian said he believed it
most unfortunate and uncalled for
to add insult to injury in the recent
unfounded and malicious statement
uttered with regard to the railroad
workmen of the United States = >"
He said greater unity could be
achieved in the Nation If the Presi-
dents Fair Employment Practices
Committee. charged with ending job
discrimination because Of race, color,
or creed, we're eliminated.
Earty comments.
Mr.. Early, during his discussion
of the criticism of labor, remarked
that he did not believe there was
any connection between the anony-
nous statement and the promise of
Mr.. Roosevelt to take action" 70
dissipate any strike threats.
Senator Ball, Republican, of
Minnesota proposed that Congress
enact an overall labor policy for
the duration of the war, but Sem
ator George, Democrat, of Georgia
said he is inclined to leave labor
control where the administration
and the party leaders wished it at
first-in executive hands"
Mr.. Gibson said an investigation
should be made into the motive
behind the statement.
Truman Won't Act.
Senator Truman, Democrat. Of
Missouri said, however. that such
an inquiry was beyond his War In
vestigation Committees jurisdiction
Personally, he added. he wished the
statement never had been made.
| Mr.. Green called his remarks "a
message of sanity" to the public. He
said:
The statements that recent wage
disputes may delay victory come as
surprise and a shock to labor. 1t
is now reported in the press that
such statments were actually made
at a secret press conference by Gen
George c. Marshall, Chief of Staff
Because of Gen. Marshall's con-
sistently fine record, we are loath to
believe he is responsible for the ir-
rational. uninformed and inflamma-
tory charges published in the press.
Labor's record has had the effect
on the contrary. of silencing Hit
lers propaganda guns" and has
shortened the war, Mr.. Green said.
| Our enemies know the war will be
decided only by force of arms
American workers are producing
those arms and will continue to dc
so until final victory is won."
Mr.. Green, whose unions were not
directly concerned with the rail and
steel situations. said that There
never was the faintest possibility of
an actual walkout on the Nations
railroads -" Setting a strike
date was merely a device, wholly in
accordance with law, to expedite
determination Of dispute which
had dragged IS months"
Mr.. Green called on Mr.. Roose-
velt to investigate "the mysterious
Marshall incident and to reprimand
whoever was responsible for it."
Palmer Hoyt. retiring director OF
the domestic bureau of the Once
of War Information, was asked to
comment on the Friday night state
ment. He replied:
IT think anonymous statements as
a general thing are dangerous for
those who utter them and those
who receive them. But I am not
going to particularize.
In his telegram, Mr.. Murray said:
There must be little psychological
comfort for the enemy in this amaz-
ing record. When our bombers fly
over Europe they drop steel-in-
cased bombs and not psychol-
ogy. -
I'm making reference to psychol-
ogy I am referring particularly tc
the term used by the unnamed
high Washington official' in his
recent irresponsible attack on this
organization"
Mr.. Murray declared the steel in
dustry. through no fault of the
union and perhaps no fault of man
agement," is scheduled to operate
below capacity this week and that
this means some "a open-hearth
and electric furnaces are out of pro-
duction."
This Nation" he said, either
needs maximum output of steel to
win the war or it does not"
Mr.. Murray asserted he sent q
copy of the telegram to Gen. Mar
shall because "he Is entitled to know
the situation in steel on the eve OF
the invasion of Europe"
He ought to know" declared Mr.
Murray's telegram, that the United
Steelworkers of America In 1913
helped give our armed forces more
steel than they could use and that
we are prepared to do the same in
1874. AS Chief of Staff he must have
true facts at his flngertips."
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