Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1947-02-07
It's News
To Me
By 0. ]. Pecord

BIG NEWS William Green, AFL president invites CIO to
to the fold.
Away back when guy by name of a crack
about news being when bites dog rather than its oppo
site The real in the labor field therefore would be MUIR
ray Invites AFL To Join CIO"
OF course both the CIO AFL recognize the dangers
inherent in the Republican Congress- recognizes
because out of the last Republican dominated Congress
the impetus which brought about the birth growth and threat
of the CIO
The CIo recognizes the Republican Congress-
because 1t is fully that legislation
organization possible be removed that
acted which will weaken the entire labor both craft
and industrial.
Regardless may think of William Green and it is
freely acknowledged that he is bit a panyIvaist
must recognize that he would prefer labor unity the weaken
OF the entire labor
mentality of the present Republican Congress- Nevertheless
those who see in industrial organization the salvation of the
sd workers OF the land cannot agree to accept the AFL
Presidents invitation until the AFL signs awakening
to the fact that the world as Samuel Gompers knew longer
exists.
THE OLD WAY
In the good old days when the AFL reached its zenith
OF power the craft worker who dominated the
Labor organized labor specific was THE THING The
unskled and industry worker
who looked down by the labor asocrat who had
trade and in his way untouchabe who dared not
raise his the Brahmans in the
craft worker.
Those gone forever Thanks to John Lewis who
saw the light left the light and then closed his eyes the light
gasped their opportunity and dynamic
labor movement which needed to elevate labor from the
status of wage slave to economic and political
Today the clash between craft industrial unonism
while had not been completely
the point where the unions they it.
peace and cooperate with each other
UNITY AND COOPERATION
Today both unions could if the AFL desired it. become
force In the economic and political life of this country Yet
and this is fact it has been William himself aided
abeted by the people who advise and work with him.
stood in the way of this unity
forbidden and fowned individual local efforts the
organizations settle their differences together
the common good.
Nobody has done more than the same William Green to
prevent the unificaion of the labor movement
Right here in Toledo there many months
when the AFL and CIO living peace cooperating
with each other TO advance the the unity
movement reaching its highest point along William
Green demanding that the AFL divorce itself from
ton with the CIO and asking for another local union
And in the face of this silly and recurring desire of Green
find absorb the CIO (Which he should know
be Accomplished he asking the CIO
fold and become part of united labor fight the
common foe
William Green is old older than his than
70 of life indicates do think he has reached
his second childhood He should know, he doesn't
younger minds in the AFL who know that the way
labor unity not the that the AF has followed during
the past 10 years.
Every true unonminded worker recognizes
the need for united labor could give Mr. Green
the That the interest the
whole and not the jobs of few labor big shots who despite
their simulated humility think they bigger than the entire
labor movement
1t isn't too late for Mr. CIO big
shots to forget their positions and remember their
no individual s.bigger than the labor movement"