Evening star., 1947-02-19
CI0ReadytoEnd
JuriisdictionaI
Strike Abuses
Murray Asks Senators
ToCuII Him and Green
Together on Subject
By jones Y. Newton

C1O PreSlQenJ Hnlllp murray
proposed today that the Senate
Labor Committee arrange a
meeting between him and AFL
President William Green to work
out a way to settle jurisdictional
disputes without a strike.
The CIO chief faced the COM
mittee after inviting all organized
labor to join in a battle against
restrictive legislation as a prelude
to talks between the CIO and AFL
over the proposal to unite their
13,500,000 members in one organiza-
ton.
Mr.. Murray repeatedly was drawn
into heated exchanges with COM
mittee members. At one point he
was asked by Senator Morse, Repub-
lican, of Oregon, what about "the
labor abuses" involved in the juris-
dictional strike.
mo Moral Justification"
"There is no moral justification
for jurisdictional strike that forces
Oll d lOO Va POoP1SJ
Mr. Murray declared. II am not
going to try to justify it. In my
own organization we have tried to
do something about it. I am def
nitely in favor of something being
done"
After another brief exchange, Mr..
Murray said he had reasonable
workable solution to this problem.
Have your committee" he con-
tinued in loud voice, send for Mr..
William Green of the AFL. Bring
him down here, and let him and me
work out a plan to settle jurisdic-
tional strikes" A Senator inquired
why it was necessary for the COM
mittee to extend an invitation. Mr..
Murray said he had tried to get
together with the AFL and had
failed.
Now come on, Mr.. Murray
shouted to the committee again,
let's perform a reasonable public
service. Get Willie Green down
here, appoint the members OF your
committee to sit in, if you will, and
lGG . WOl Ill4o bI1AiA6 SoN'
Confident of Results.
Mr.. Murray said he was sure his
plan. involving arbitration, could be
worked out with Mr.. Green in way
acceptable to every person IN the
United States"
Committee Chairman Taft, who
was out of the room at the time OF
the proposal, said later he was NOT
in favor of inviting corporation or
labor executives into meetings OF
this committee to help ~us write a
bill" He apparently thought Mr..
Murray proposed a legislative
remedy for iurisdictional strikes.
The CIO head said his plan also
would bar secondary boycotts, al
though mo CIO union is plagued or
troubled with boycotts-they may be
the victims of them" Senator Ball
said the invitation would be referred
to Mr.. Green.
Questions CIO Position.
Senator Morse said the committee
might be willing to follow the sug-
gestion of Mr.. Murray, but he said
he did not see why the C1O was
opposed to settling jurlsdlctlonal
problem by legislation.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, OF
Louisiana entered the argument at
that time, saying;
Just as I told Mr.. Green yeStef-
dav, YOU folks take a negative at
titude toward the situation. why
not solve it by law?"
Earlier, Mr.. Murray described as
vicious. definitely vicious" the IN
PRODUCTION of what he said were
$50 bills in Congress to curb labor
Some $50 bills have been intro
duced here" Mr. Murray said.
Each one of which offers some
measure of punishment to labor.
That is the reward for the patriotic
services labor rendered during the
war.
Urges Calm Deliberation.
God almighty, what crimes have
these organizations to which l refer
committed except to offer efficiency
and patriotism to America.
"I say the members of this COM
mittee must look at the record and
consider it calmly and deliberately.
The latter statement was in rel
erence to Mr.. Murray's contention
that the big strikes of last year in
(See LABOR, Page A-4D