Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-22
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NEW ORLEANS. Nov. ~ up
George M. Harrison, vice
president of AFL-CIO. today
accused the Nations editors Of
unfairness to labor in their
coverage of the Mcclellan Com
mittee.
II say that the newspapers
have failed to point out that
the dishonesty and racketeer-
ing revealed before the McClel-
Ian Committee have involved
just as many businessmen as
labor leaders," Mr.. Harrison
said in a speech prepared for
delivery to the Associated Press
Managing Editors Association.
''For every labor man who
took a 'bribe or a kickbacks
there was businessman who
gave It."
Mr.. Harrison, who also is
president Of the Brotherhood Of
Railway Clerks, said that the
committee of Senator John Nc
Clellan, Democrat of Arkansas,
was set up to investigate labor
and management but you'll
find most newspapers have put
the emphasis on the miSdeeds
Of labor"
No Fair Shake
you can probably guess that
I don't think we've had a fair
shake" Mr.. Harrison added,
land that. incidentally, is all we
ever ask, fair shake"
Another request for fuller
coverage came from manage
ment. in a speech prepared for
delivery by Lammot Du Point
Copeland, vice president and
chairman of the finance COM
mittee of E. !. Du Pont De
Nemours q Co.
There is good reason to
doubt that the public UNDER
stands as much as it should
about the operation of the eco
nomic principles that underlie
our social, cultural. educational,
scientific, and even religious
structures" Mr.. Copeland told
the APME.
Mr.. Harrison said that man
agement should follow the lead
of labor and pass ethical codes
to clean up corruption. ~
There was some $500 million
dollars embezzled by business
men last year." he said. "Cer-
tainly there must be many q
juicy story there" 4
Cites Inadequacies -
The labor leader cited these
examples Of management corr
ruption that he said were not
adequately covered by the news
papers:
/. There's the hearing Of
Sydney Albert. president Of the
Bellanca Corp, before the Sc
curities and Exchange Com
mission. He admitted lending
stock without security to his
friends-and he paid them divi-
dends on it while they had it.
"All in all, his financial trans.
actions made Beck and Hoffa
look like pikers.'s Mr., Harrison
said. But how many people
on the street outside this build
ing today have ever read the
name Of Sydney Albert in their
newspapers?"
Dave Beck. former president
OF the Transfers Union, and
James Hoffa, elected to succeed
him. both appeared before the
Mcclellan committee.
2. Mr.. Harrison said some
General Electric statesmen in
New York were accused of pro-
viding call girls for big buyers
of appliances. II,
This could have been devel-
oped into a real story, but
somehow it slipped by most
papers, and the ones which did
run 1t put a boys will be boys
sort Of label on it," he added.
Il contrast this with the
treatment given the Transfers
on the Portland and Seattle
stories"
House Cleaning "a
Mr.. Harrison said labor
would do a thorough Job Of
house cleaning.
When we are through, I
can guarantee you that there
will no longer be any corrup.
ton or racketeering in any Of
our labor organizations" Mr..
Harrison said. .
In outlining management's
plea for better news coverage,
Mr.. Copeland said the public
needs to be educated so it can
make the right decisions and
avoid the collapse that has in
exorably overtaken all earlier
democracies-all, without ex-
ception.' :
Also on today's session Of the
annual convention. which ends
tomorrow, was discussion Of
the Hungarian revolution by
Endre Marion. the APPS Buda--
pest correspondent at the time.