The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1951-03-08
Organized Lobor
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tion itself but only at the way in
which it was being directed. "In
the interests of our country and the
cause of international peace and
freedom to which it is committed y
they said, eve stand ready to meet
with responsible representatives OF
our government to continue to seek
a remedy for the insupportable con-
ditions facing u.s."
Meanwhile, they insisted, etc
continue to serve on defense agen-
cies. would merely delude the
public and the wage earners we
represent into believing that labor
acquiesces in what is being done.
They declared the conclusion Gin
escapable" that the representation
given and offered to labor SO far
was "merely for the purpose of
window dressing"
The "window-dressing' repre-
sentation resigned by labor consist
ed of the following:
Labor Advisory Committee to
Wilson's Office of Defense Mobil-
ization (William Green and George
Meany of the AFL; Philip Murray
and James B. Carey of the CIOi
George Leighty of the Railway
Labor Executives Association.)
Advisory Committee to Eric
Johnston's Economic Sterilization
Agency Green and A. ]. Hayes OF
the AFL; Murray of the CIO)
Labor Management A DIV sorry
Committee to Office of Defense
Manpower of the Department OF
Labor Green, Hayes and Daniel
w. Tracy of the AFL; Murray and
Jacob Potofsky of the CIO; A. f,
Lyon of the Railway Labor Execu-
tives.
Advisory Committee to Defense
Production Administration and Sec
retary of Commerce Green, Hayes,
Tracy and George Harrison of the
AFL; Murray and Potofsky of the
CIO; Lyon of the Rail unions).
Special assistant to Eric John
ston (Harrison). Special assistant
TO. Assistant Secretary of War
Anna Rosenberg (Hayes). Consult
ants to the National Production
administration (Joseph ID. keenan,
of the AFL and Ted Silvey of the
.CIO).
{. Labor's action focused special
attention on President Truman's
press conference the following
ilnorning. Although the ULPCs
Statement was aimed more at Will
son than at the President it
amounted to a request that the
President oust Wilson from his job.
Accordingly, the Presidents press
room in the Old State Department
Building was jammed when the
Chief Executive stopped in at lO:35
a. m. But there weren't any fire
works. The President flatly refused
to comment on most questions
about the walkout. ib
However, he did say rather opti-
mistically that labor's walkout
wasn't a serious development; that
it wasn't a strike against the gov
.ernment but only disagreement;
that two weeks more or less might
pass before he could report wheth-
,er labor's representatives would re-
turn to their posts in the mobiliza-
tion program; that he still had full
: confidence in Wilson. (Some OBJ
servers recalled that the President
expressed similar confidence in eX-
/. Secretary Of Defense Louis john
son shortly before the latter's de-
parture from office. But this might
be a coincidence, the observers
agreed.)
+ What brought matters to a head
Feb. 28 was economic stabilizer
Eric Johnston's announcement the
might before that he'd signed the
Wage Sterilization Boards Regu-
lation Six which had precipltated
The resignation Of the boards labor
members emil Rieye, Harry Bates