Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-21
It's News
To Me
By O. J. Pecmd

BY far the biggest of the week came of Wash
ngon this week when CIO President Philip Murray announced
acceptance of the AFL proposal to discuss unity between the
organizations
While we all recognize that there has been considerable
feeling has disturbed the file consider
course only pay
have no real reason for wanting to keep the labor movement d
Vded into two opposite warning sides.
Actually occurring that two labor unions
which have been with each other years
and make attempt ground is what is
ing happen eventually Sooner later the labor
will become unified not by voluntary action perhaps by
the actions of the of all labor organizations
The best in the world for labor uniting itself poltI
cy and organcay lies In Washington in the House of
senaves and the Senate And apparently labor leaders
nze that there perhaps only Of two choices to make
unite perish.
SERIOUS PROBLEM
Uniting the labor today presents szable
problems to the people who going sit down and into
which at wide divergence dskes and prejudces
which will need to be before the labor
get itself footing and being do the things which
must be done labor to continue to make social and economic
gains
Remembering that some of the cIo leaders who will meet
with the AFL originally of the AFL and nstru
mental in giving the industrial workers opportunity to
gane there is something which the entire group
upon workers should be given the right to organize.
But nobody should deceive themselves that when Philip
Murray John L. that they not
of the things that happened when Mr. Lewis resigned
president of CIO and after
And because of these memories most of them bitter which
of the leading characters in the unity ave-
cannot help but feel that the fails and it certainly
has better than even chance of falling that because Of
these differences rather than
ARGUMENT is OVER
1t would that the argument between indus.
trial should that 1t should not be in.
Ieced into any conversations that take place between the
The need for political and organic unity stronger
than Possibly stronger than when John Lewis headed
the Committee for Industrial Organization.
In the days the leaders of the unions began
fighting each other the need for unity existed because
qured strongly unified labor movement to the vast
Job Of organizing unorganzed Today the organizing drive
entering upon its final stages whereas the political situation
of abos dun has reached the point all labor
Is faced with serious threat
organize completely legislation which was
sponsored by friendly administration President
welt and passed by liberal and progressive Congress threat
ened, and with 1t, the rights of labor.
Today labor faces hostile and reacionary Congress
which the of destroying all progressive
legislation which has been passed since 1888 which
frankly weaken II possible destroy labor
ment.
Nobody they believe Congress will attempt
destroy labor at fell probably will
that 1t be DONE however just Congress
step by deprng them of everything they gained
the past IA years.
Labor face its crisis with amount
as recognize danger which now threaten
II Washington various states but must recoe
nze that the only meet and by poll
tical and organic unity.
1t appears that Philip Murray is quite right
CARNATIONS cannot cooperate In unity to poll
ca situation 1t will be unable to unite otherwise And il labor
fails now will fall upon 1t and really give 1t the
works II fails to unite God help the workers OF America
You'd get wrong impression Congress you decided
that all the really intelligent legislation out of the office
of Sen week. for instance the Congressional
Record listed the following:
by Rep R. E. Thomson Cd, Tex) HR. 1854 A bill to
build fence along the international border between the
and Mexico"
by Rep Noble Johnson 3D. Ind) H. r. 1444 A bill to
amend act entitled An incorporate Imperial Palace
Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan"