Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Substantial Boosts
in Pay Demanded in
Resolution Given Clio
BY IN. A.soeio,.d Pres.

BY the Associated Press
ATLANTIC CITY, m. j., Nov. 10.
The CLIO convention was asked to-
day by its Resolutions COMMITTEES
to go on record for substantial"
wage increases.
A proposed wage resolution de-
'clareS There is no immediate pros
pect that runaway prices viii be
checked"
A proposed statement on labor
laws asserts I'VE will not permit the
reactionary open-shop employers of
America and their legislative spokes-
men to substitute for democratic
labor relations law, the law Of the
Jungle"
43 Resolutions Received.
With much of their fireworks al
ready exploded, the convention re-
ceived 43 resolutions from the COM
mittee and began the tedious task
Of reading and passing them.
The CIO delegates, now 584 in
number witha few stu arriving, be-
gan the parade Of resolutions by
passing one which pledged con-
tinued cooperation with their wise
and courageous" president, Philip
Murray. They also passed resolu-
lions praising the late President
Roosevelt, whose picture looks down
from the wall Of the convention
chamber.
The delegates also approved a
resolution which urges the lowering
of income taxes on low-paid per-
sons, but asks special taxes on the
loot Of postwar profiteers and specu-
lator."
Other resolutions approved by the
convention:
Assailed Senator Bilbo, Demo-
crat, of Mississippi and asked that
he be barred from the Senate; OPP
posed continuation OF the House
Committee on Un-American Activi-
ties; opposed poll taxes: asked
higher minimum wages and the
payment of unemployment insur-
ance to people on strike, and de-
termined not to take part in any
conferences of the International
Labor Organization until the CLIO is
given equal status with the AFTl in
that body.
The convention also approved a
statement urging enactment of a
code of laws to make "anti-Semit-
ism and anti-racial acts crime"
Meantime, the afternoon session
was shaping up like this:
Van Bittner, director of the
Southern organizing drive, was ex-
pected to outline a program for a
gruelling campaign in the South
lasting several years if necessary.
A. F. Whitney, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
was to come before the $50 delegates
to denounce the Truman admins
tration and pledge 100 per cent CO.
operation with the CLIO in winter
campaign for higher wages.
Charges Machine Control.
Mr.. Whitney prepared an advance
text Of his afternoon speech, and the
gist Of his remarks were made avail
able to reporters by the CIO. In the
text Mr.. Whitney said that with Mr..
Truman in the White House the
Missouri Pendergast political ma
chine was in control Of the Govern
ment.
AS the CLOS eighth convention
moved into its second day, the right
and left wings of the organization
smoldered in an uneasy and incon-
elusive peace.
ALI factions at the convention
agreed yesterday on a strong anti
communist declaration which Presi-
dent Philip Murray said should
answer what he called the "sland-
ers" and propaganda" to the effect
that the CLIO was Communist-con-
trolled. Mr.. Murray effectively
blocked all debate on the declara-
ton, and it was passed unanimously.
In a message to ssxr- Murray yes
terday President Truman said .ethese
are exciting and dangerous times"
demanding the establishment of an
economic balance.
That would require hearty CO.
operation Of industry, labor and a
Government dedicated to the COM
mon good" he said.
Too often in the past labor man-
agement agreements were fixed by
raw economic power which took
no account of human values or hui
man needs" Mr.. Truman declared.
The message continued:
"' If the months ahead usher
in year Of inaction or reaction,
II we again put profits above peo-
pie, we will jeopardize the very