Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1949-05-27
Inside America
cwritten by the staff of The CIo News)


- most important most significant in organi-
zation's recent history.
Resolutions adopted, and speeches made in
the executive sessions made clear that leaders
of great bulk of CIO unions have about reach
ed the end of their patience, will tolerate little
further sabotage of national CIO policy.
In this connection, one of most important
resolutions emphasized 'solmen obligation" of
Executive Board to enforce CLOS constitution
to carry out convention decisions and Exc
cutive Board decisions
President Murray and others are clearly
disgusted with situation in which some left
wing unions flout policy on which convention
or Executive Board has taken Clear-cut posi-
ton
At press conference, President Murray told
reporters that resolution clearly dealt with
"communistic situation"
Leaders of six unions voted against the re-
solution to uphold the CIO constitution They
were President Harry Bridges Of the Long
shoremen; President Donald Henderson of the
Food, Tobacco Workers; President Joseph
Selly of the Communications Association;
President Hugh Bryson of the Marine, Cooks
and Stewards; President Abram Flaxer of the
Public Workers; President James Durkin of
the Office and Professional Workers.
On the other hand, 30 board members vot-
ed in favor of the resolution. "a number of
members, on both sides of the fence, had left
before the vote came up).
Key policy resolution said all CIO Board
members who are unwilling to enforce" CIO
constitution and policy actions should resign
1t added that if they don't, their unions should
ask them to resign from CIO Board, replace
them with representatives who will agree to
support CIO constitution.
IF they don't" Murray told press confer
ence, 'the convention will be asked to act
It's communistic situation and one that must
be met and dealth with at the Cleveland con-
Vention
Leaders of two CIO unions - Farm Equip
ment and Mine, Mill & Smelter - were sharp
ly criticized by the Executive Board
FE had been ordered by the Board last
November to merge with United Auto Work
ers, which has by far the largest number of
farm implement employees in its ranks (FE
now has $4,000 members down from 73 900
couple of years ago; UAW-CIO now has
more than 115,000 members in agricultural
implement Industry
FE said no, and voiced some sharp cri-
ticisms of CIO for trying to unity workers in
the industry
Board again ordered FE to merge with
UAW-CIO; said that if no merger were effect
ed before CIO convention, it would recon-
mend that FE's charter be revoked
Mine Mill & smelter Workers officials
were sharply censured by Executive Board for
'besmirching" names of CIO. President Muir
ray and the Steelworkers Union: for "use of
racial prejudice threats and intmidations"
during course of recent election between Mine
Mil and CIO local unions at Bessemer, Ala
bama.
Issue arose when members of Mine-Mill at
tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
nTI1nN u
suohg OBJECTIONS to Mine-Mills leftist anti
ClO policies. They threatened TO leave the un-
ION and CIO unless Mine Mill changed course
and that union refused
raced by danger Of mass exodus of CIO
members, CIO chartered five local unions at
besSemer In addition agreement was made
Tor an election to choose between C,IO unions
and Mine-Mill. CIO won. by sizeabIe major
lty among $500 workers; and Board authoriz-
ed transfer of the five locals to United Steel
workers
Mlne-Mills propaganda stopped at moth
ing during the election campaign. Leaflets
SPTeThes' papers etc, compared CIO leaders to
Hitlerites, slandered steel union relied
heavily on distortions to fan racial issue
After clio Board members sau, exar,p1ee
OF tnls type of inflammatory material censIre
resolution was passed.
Clo Board took another step against Com
- iiuIlieeS py formally Withdrawing
iFohn world Federation of Trade Unions.
Az same time, Board gave endorsement IN
plans Tor creation of new international labor
organization composed of democratic labor or
CARNATIONS throughout the world
preliminary meeting to form sucb . reuy
group VIII be held in Switzerland late in ,Iuns
Treasurer James b. Carey and other
Slo representatives will be present
constitutional convention of new den,o-
crauc world group may be held late this wear
or early in 1850. 'N''
CLOS own convention will be held in Gle
veland' Ohio, starting October 81. And it
should be an exciting one
ClO Board, after hearing report of ecor-
orls's and Of Full Employment Committee
sees the nation "once again face to face with
serious economic decisions"
Board pointed out that government snend-
my may staVe off serious break in our econ
oiny tor another year or more" Even now.
production and employment are already he.
ing substantially reduced in certain consumer
goods industries" and some basic industries
are showing signs of decline
Economy will be strengthened and protect-
ca SIO leaders said, through immediate wage
increases lower prices to assure high volumes
ol safes; increasing capacity of certain basic
industries; passage Of federal housing pro