The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-01-12

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 A red hot closed and union shop controversy cut across the labor draft problem although all states men concerned so far were avoiding that issue or attempting to deny that 1t existed. The Republican, sponsored Austin Wadsworth na- tional service bill, up for considera- ton today in an executive session of the Senate military affairs commit tee, raised that issue directly in a provision which would relieve draft ed men and women workers of any compulsion to join union even though they might be put to work in a union or closed shop.
 It is understood, however, that the administration has an alternate bill prepared by War Manpower Commissioner Paul V. McNutt mad it was assumed that 1t did not con- tain the non-membership clause to which labor leaders uniformly ob- jected.
 The Republican bill sponsored by Sen. Warren R. Austin, R., Vt.. and Rep. James w. Wadsworth, R., N. Y, was introduced year ago and reintroduced yesterday in a form amended to remove any obligation of union membership upon drafted workers and to provide that the president should appoint director of national service at salary of $15,000 a year.
 The Austin Wadsworth bill was not judged here to represent MT. Roosevelts ideas other than in 8 general way and 1t presumably ran counter to the president of union membership. But Austin seemed confident that the administration would accept the Republican measure.
 T don't believe he could have come out more clearly for the bill if he had mentioned it by name. " Austin said, explaining that he had drafted his revised version after hearings in which he obtained the views of various government depart ments and agencies.
 Neither the Austin-W Wadsworth bill nor the National Service Legis- lation proposed in very general terms by MT. Roosevelt envisaged a general and wholesale draft of men and women workers.
 Conditions
 The conditions imposed by the president upon enactment of draft labor legislation, and its chilling re- ception in Congress, combined with labor's opposition to foreshadow a long and bitter legislative struggle before women are registered and a draft begins. Men in the 1865 brac- ket already have been registered but it would be necessary to sign up the women to put the plan into opera ton. There are about 33,330, 900 KIND women and 40,0O0, GOO men in the in- dicated age groups.
 Murray led labor's attack on MT Roosevelt's proposal, perhaps be- cause Green was aboard train when the message was delivered and did not have immediate access to the AFL mimeograph machine. l GOi LliC Rtob INO yCdIo, odlO Murray, whenever the legislative and executive agencies became frus- trated out of their own failures to accomplish total mobilization of the nations resources, they proceeded to recommend the quack medicine of a national service law. The CIO will continue to oppose the enact- ment of any national service legisla- ton"
 Wadsworth told the United Press he thought Congress would draft labor after fight"
 If you can tap a man on the shoulder" he said, 'and send him to New Guinea to fight for $50 a month, what is so undemocratic about sending a man to the Curtiss- Wright airplane plant to work for SIPS an hour"
 Since MT. Roosevelt offered his plan as one that would end wartime strikes, it seemed inevitable that the congressional bloc which has been adversely critical of labor will at- tempt to include in any labor draft legislation Q provision exempting drafted workers from the necessity of Joining a union if they are as- signed to a closed or union shop. Although most legislators shied