Evening star., 1945-11-10
Clio Continues Fiqht
To Include Wages
In Agenda Of Farley
Green Denies Split
In AFL Delegation
On Discussing Pay
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON.

CIO President Philip Murray
will continue to raise the wage
issue before the National Labor
Management Conference if the
controversial resolution now be-
fore the Executive Committee is
defeated, a CIO spokesman said
today.
Mr.. Murray was represented as
determined to make wages, which
he believes is the root of current
industrial unrest, part Of the
agenda of the conference called to
chart way to peace. If beaten in
one committee, he will try another.
The CIO reported that wires from
hundreds of their local unions, State
and city councils supporting Mr..
Murray's stand are being received
at the conference.
A typical one from a steel work
ers' local in Pittsburgh read: I'VE
wish you would read this telegram
to Mr.. Lewis and Mr.. Green that
our local, 1894, wishes they would
fight for your resolution and sup
port the working class people of
America and quit playing possum." :"
Green Denies AFL Split.
John L. Lewis has clashed sharp
ly over the wage issue with his one
time friend, Mr.. Murray, and is
supported by AFL President Will
liam Green. The Murray resolution
will not be taken up again until the
conference Executive Committee
convenes Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Green denied re-
ports that the AFL delegation was
split over the wage question. Daniel
J. Tobin. head of the powerful
Transfers Union, had told news
men that Mr.. Green was "freelanc-
ing when he told the conference
that wages had no place on the
agenda of the meeting designed to
devise procedures for peaceful set
tlement of disputes.
The AFL delegation held a caucus
late yesterday after which Mr.
Green reported no disagreement
over wages. He said delegates re-
viewed the first week of conference
business and concluded that CON
siderable progress" had been made.
Future strategy also was devised.
Most of the labor and manage
ment delegates had left the city to-
day, taking advantage of the three
day holiday. However, a committee
working on ways of resolving union
]urisdictional disputes scheduled
meetings for tomorrow and Mon
day. This group was reported con-
sidering methods by which unions
themselves could solve interunion
controversies without wild cat"
strikes.
WLB Creates New Division.
In other developments affecting
labor, Price Administrator Bowles
promised Benjamin F. Fairless, pres
ident of the United States Steel
Corp, an early answer on the cor
poration's request for higher steel
prices. Mr.. Fairless refused to bar
gain further with CIO Steel Workers
over their demand for 81 a day
more pay until he had heard from
OPA.
The War Labor Board announced
creation Of temporary new divi-
sion to rule on stabilization uues-
tions pending mid-December liuui-
dation of the agency.
This new division was set up at
the request of President Truman.
who told WLB Chairman Lloyd K
Garrison by letter that he would
establish in the Labor Department
a successor agency when WLB dis
solves.
The temporary division will have
equal representation from the pub
lie, labor and management, and will
act only on voluntary requests for
wage changes, making certain they
do not violate stabilization policy.
It will not handle labor disputes.
Will Make Own Decisions.
Mr.. Truman said the successor
agency would be quasi judicial"
and will be Independent of the La
Dor Department in its policy. deci-
sions and personnel. Presumably,
current WLB personnel would be
used.
This plan has been approved by
Secretary Schwellenbach and the
stabilization office, the President
said, subject to such conclusions
and recommendation, ii any, which
may be made BY the labor or-manage-
ment conference now IN session."
W. willard Wirtz and Sylvester
Garrett were named as the public
members, and Mr. Garrison said the
industry and labor members would