Evening star., 1952-11-30
Fight for Presidency
OF CI0 Likely 10 Go
ToConvention Floor
By the Assoeiofed Press

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. 90
CIO leaders just about gave ur
hope today Of settling their hot
fight over selecting a new presi-
dent before the CIO convention
starts here Monday.
The scrap over the unions TOP
Job may go to the convention
floor for a knock-down battle.
The two major contenders for
the CIO presidency-made vacant
by the death of Philip Murray
are 45-year-old Walter Reuther
president Of the CLOS million
member Auto Workers Union, and
Allan S. Haywood, 64-year-old
British-born veteran of the labor
movement.
Mr.. Haywood's main strength
came from support OF the Steel
workers Union, also a million
members strong. He and Mr..
Reuther were maneuvering for
support among a score of smaller
CIO unions.
Reuther Gaining Strength.
Mr.. Reuther was believed to be
gaining the upper hand in the
feud, but both sides said there
seemed to be little chance of re-
solving the issue before the con-
vention opens Monday and there
were doubts that any accord could
be reached to prevent an open
fight in convention balloting.
An important group of CIO
officials was striving to iron out
the situation so that a unanimous
recommendation Of CIO leaders
could be made to the 700-odd
convention delegates, thereby
avoiding a pitched fight that
could result in lasting antagon-
iSmS.
Jacob S. Potofsky, president of
the Amalgamated Clothing Work.
ers, and one Of those striving for
q peaceful solution, was pessimis-
tic Of the chances Of any early
solution.
Vote Mechanics Are Issue.
II the fighting goes before the
convention, the matter may be
decided on test votes regarding
the mechanics Of the voting.
The CIO never has had a roll
call vote in a convention and the
procedure, therefore, was un-
chartered territory.
While Mr.. Murray was the
CLOS leader, he managed to get
all issues settled off the conven-
tion floor, so that convention de-
cisions were largely perfunctory.
In the preoccupation over the
in-f1ghting centering on Mr.. Muir
rays successor little attention ap-
parently was being given to the
recently renewed invitation from
the larger American Federation
of Labor for a merger with the
CIO.
But it was expected that nego-
tiations along this line would re-
sumo soon.
Plan Murray Memorial.
Approval Of plans to set up a
million-dollar memorial for Mr..
Murray were approved at a meet
ing of the CLOS executive board
today.
This money is to be raised by
donations from CIO unions and
from outside contributions.
Nothing has been decided on the
nature of the memorial.
The CLOS Political Action Com
mittee made public a report today
attributing the election Of Gen.
Eisenhower to the generals per-
sonal popularity as a public hero.
The report denied the election
was a victory for the Republican
Party and cited 4 the narrow
margins won by the G. o. P. in the
House and Senate.
This was largely the same posi-
tion taken by the AFL's League for
Political Education in a recent
analysis of the election results.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson, the de-
3eated Democratic presidential
contender whom both the CIO and
AFL supported, is to address the
CIO convention on Wednesday
during convention memorial serv-
ices for Mr.. MURRAY.