Evening star., 1953-11-17
Clio Votes Approval
OF NO-Raiding' Pact;
Already 0K'd by AFL
BY staff Correspondent Of The stor

CLEVELAND, Nov. 1.-THE
CIO convention today approved
unanimously an agreement with
the AFL designed to prevent
warfare between unions of the
two organizations after January
/. The AFL convention already
had approved the agreement.
CIO President Walter P. Reu-
ther described the "no-raiding"
pact as "the first essential his
toric step down the road to or
ganic unity (of :. the AFL and
CIO) which we hope to travel
so that we will have far more
effective labor movement in
America"
Actual merger talks will follow.
Actually the CIO approved the
peace pact with fingers crossed.
To become completely effective.
it must be indorSed by individual
unions, and there have been
signS~-that the AFL Teamst RS
Union, embarked on a drive to
raise it's membership to the
million mark, might balk at ac-
ceptance. Jurisdiction now as
serted by the ambitious team
Sters, under leadership of Dave
Beck. cuts across that of several
CIO unions, including the United
Auto Workers and the Brewery
Workers.
Fair Game for Raids.
Up to this point workers Or
ganized by the AFL were re-
garded as fair game for a raid
by the CIO and vice versa. Un-
der the agreement to be rati-
fed, the unions of one organi-
zation would refrain from try
ing to take away workers al
ready bound by collective bar
gaining agreements signed by |
the other organization. Every
year there have been hundreds
of such contests and hundreds
of strikes resulting from raids.
A part of the CIO resolution
on the subject stated that "the
elimination of raiding between
unions affiliated with the CIO
and AFL would materially bene-
fit the entire nation by eilimi-
mating a potent source of indus
trial unrest and conflict"
While signing of the "no-raid-
ing" pact was regarded as a
necessary first step toward mer-
ger of the CIO and AFL, Mr..
Reuther pointed up the still large
remaining differences between
the two in an attack on AFL
President George Meany yester-
day.
Chester Bowles, former Am
basSador to India, addressed the
convention today and in his pre-
pared speech warned that if the
present Indian government fails
to show major progress under
democracy, her people will de-
spair and communism will take
over. If India, in the strategic
and political heart of Asia, slips
behind the Iron Curtain, the
Communist victory in the rest of
Asia will be assured. Then fright
ened. insecure people everywhere
will begin to say, Communism
is all-powerful.'
Message From President.
President Eisenhower messaged
the C1O yesterday that he would
have suggestions" for amending
the Taft-Hartley labor law ready
for submission to Congress in
January. He said the objective
was to make the law absolutely
fair to the laboring men and
women of this Nation, to man
agement and to the public at T
large" He said he had instruct
ed Secretary of Labor Mitchell
to report back to me your ideas
on matters of legislation and |
public policy" Mr.. Mitchell,
newest member of the cabinet, |
will address the CIO tomorrow.
Meanwhile. David J. McDon-
aid, president of the United
SteelWorkerS' Union, the CLOS
second largest, said he would
miss only two of the five conven-
ton days. There had been re-
ports that Mr.. Mcdonald, who
has had his differences with Mr..
Reuther, might boycott the meet
ing. Today Mr.. Mcdonald was
visiting steel plants in this area
with Benjamin F. Fairless, chair
man Of United States Steel, on
goodwill tour" He may miss
Thursdays sessions because of
an engagement in Washington.
But he said he was not boy
cotting"