The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-08-26
TYPOS MAP BITTER-END
FIGHT AGAINST TIL LAW

Milwaukee (LPA)-A fighting
program to protect the union from
all Taft-Hartley assaults was for
mulated at the Goth regular con-
vention of the Int'l Typographical
Union here last week.
Delegates voted to battle to the
bitter end-thru the highest courts
against all efforts of newspap-
er publishers, printing industry
owners and Robert N. Denham,
general counsel of the Natl Labor
Relations Board, to wrap the Taft
Hartley straightjacket around the
typos"
Also, they adopted resolution
denouncing Denham's war on the
ITU, as CHASED and unfair" and
demanded his removal. Denham was
accused of "an unethical attitude
and actions" and of "obvious pre-
judices" against the union.
Another resolution adopted over
whelmingly urged the formation of
a Joint national emergency coun-
ell of all labor groups-AFL, CIO,
Railroad Brotherhoods, and inde-
pendent unions-to fight the Taft
Hartley Act on every front. Dele
gates recommended that an emer-
gency congress of all labor be call
ed in Washington to set up such a
council.
The same resolution called for
united action by all tabor organ
izations and friendly groups" to
defeat members of Congress who
voted for the Taft Hartley Act. La
boris experiences with that act dur
ing the past year were described
as Clearly establishing the Taft
Hartley law as an instrument to
disrupt and destroy unions"
At the same time, the convention
rejected a proposal that officers
of the ITU be required to sign the
Taft Hartley "non-Communist" af-
fidavits. President Woodruff Ran
dolph and others opposed the pro-
posal on the ground that the union
should have no traffic with the
TIL act.
"If you accept the governments
protection you accept the burdens
of the law" Randolph said. "The
benefits are non-existent, but the
burdens are heavy indeed"
The typos" he added, do not
want to substitute collective beg
ging for collective bargaining. We
do not have to beg for the right
to organize and bargain collective
ly now any more than we had to
beg for that during the last 100
years." he declared.
Vehemently, the convention de-
nounced Senator Robert Taft (R.,
Ohio) foI~ his action in calling MI
RIB officials to a secret conference
at his office and demanding that
they institute contempt proceedings
against the lTU.
Taft summoned the officials "on
the carpet" at the demand of Chi
cago newspaper magnates. Publish
er John S. Knight Of the Chicago
Daily News and representatives OF
other Chicago dailies were at Taft's
side while the extraordinary session
was under way in the Senator's Of
flee.
Up in arms over that action, the
convention urged President Truman
to have an investigation made Of
what the union described as IAN
unwarranted invasion by member
of the legislative branch Of the gov
ernment into the affairs of the
executive branch with the express
purpose of influencing the judi
ciary."
Truman wired the convention
that he would "thoroly and immed-
lately" investigate TITUS charge
that Taft had intervened with Nj
RIB officials against the union. COP
candidate Dewey has been asked to
disavow this action of his party's
Senate leader.
"Bitter resentment" was voiced
over Taft's attempt "to bludgeon
NLRB attorneys into seeking a con
tepmt citation in a case which is
now in the hands of a Federal
court, thus violating all principles
of fair play and decency."
"We call upon the President of