Evening star., 1946-09-03
Workers Back al Posts
After Holiday Appeals
For Record Production
~ the Associoisd Press

by the Associotsd PEsss
Americas millions of laborinf
men and women, after a day oI
play and speechmaking, returned tt
their work benches today, con.
fronted with a challenge for un.
precedented output to meet world.
wide needs.
Yesterday the workers left the
cities by hundreds of thousands t.
take last fling at summers wan
ing sports, on the beaches, at re.
sorts and at favored fishing spots.
Labor leaders and other speaker.
took the occasion to praise the part
the working man played in winning
the war, and to restate labor's aims
for the future. The speechmakins
was marked by some admonitions
barking back to the major labor
management strife from which re-
conversion production has but lately
emerged.
Asks Firmness With Reds.
These were among the significant
Labor Day developments:
!. AFL President William Green
in an address at Tulsa, Okla, called
on the United States Ito be firm
with Russia now or be forced tc
fight her later" He warned Amer
lean labor against dangers of an
'insurrection inspired by Commu-
mist leaders" within and "the forces
Of Fascism in America" without
Mr.. Green openly criticized
United States foreign policy, saying,
The bullying tactics engaged in by
Soviet Russia and her Communist
dependencies are a sign not of
strength but of weakness"
They are trying to cover up their
fear of the atomic bomb. Is it con-
ceivable that nations which must
depend upon our charity to feed
their starving people are in posi-
ton to wage war against us?"
Hope for Concessions.
"Unquestionably the Russians are
clever traders. By acting belliger-
ent now they hope to gain greater
concessions at the peace tables. If
We continue to yield, we will only
add fuel to the conflagration in
stead Of extinguishing the spark of
war"
2. Philip Murray. president of the
C1O. at Pittsburgh declared THE
economic liberty of all of us is being
threatened by greed and profiteer-
ing" He said, I'VE must organize,
we must educate, We must vote" Mr..
Murray claimed for labor a large
share of credit for advancements in
free exercise of civil rights, social
legislation and economic guaran-
tees.
He declared that such rights as
those of free speech, peaceable as
sembly and formation of organiza-
tions for mutual benefit have been
given vitality by the bitter struggle
Of American workers"
Mr.. Murray expressed pride in
labor's role not only in promotion
of wage and hour laws, rules on
women's and childrens work and
regulations on working conditions,
but also in general welfare legisla-
ton and security for the handi-
capped, the aged and the under
privileged.
Can Prevent Strikes.
). A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
said at Chicago, Most of all strikes
are q signal of the failure of Con-
gress to carry out the peoples will
to work and plan together" He
declared that strikes can be pre-
vented if "the economic and social
ills which beset the ajority of u.s.
are eliminated.
4. Secretary of Labor Schwellen-
bach in a radio broadcast from
washington, declared The rights to
organize and to bargain collectively
have become basic concepts in our
democracy-hard-won rights that
are here to stay"
Il know that as labor achieves it's
basic objectives the whole Nation
cannot fail to prosper. They are
simple aims, familiar and approved
by all OF us. They are useful and
remunerative jobs for all, sufficient
income for proper food, clothing and
recreation, freedom from oppression
by monopoly, adequate protection of
health, broader social security pro-
visions and an opportunity for edu-
cation for ALL
5. Secretary of War Patterson, at
San Francisco, said in an address,
1t Is clear to us in the Army that
the man behind the gun will not
have the gun but for the man be-
hind the machine. We intend to
keep those men and women as our
friends" In the war, he said. labor
contributed immeasurably to victory
on every front"
At Camden, N. j., representatives
OF labor, following a 40-year tradi-
ton, made pilgrimage to the grave
of Peter j. Mcguire, father of
Labor Day"