St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-10-26

On his arrival here, Oct.
with an Associated Press report
of the United Automobile Workers,
AFL-CIO, was considering resign
ing from the NAACP Board of
Directors because of the Associa-
tons drive to rid the labor move
ment of racial bias.
Shortly after Mr.. wilkins re-
turn, the JAW issued a statement
from the unions headquarters in
Detroit containing no hint Of res
ignation from the NAlACP Board
by Mr.. Reuther.
The JAW statement expressed
the unions intention ITO continue
our work with the NAACP and
other organizations who have
Joined together to abolish all forms
of discrimination wherever it ex-
lists in American life"
No Quarrel With NAACP
The statement recognized that
"a few unions still have not met
their moral obligations and con-
tinue to deny equal opportunity to
all workers" The JAW, the state
ment continued, has no quarrel
with the NAACP."
Mr.. wilkins statement, issued
after receipt Of Mr.. Reuther's com.
ment, recalled the active cooper
alton" of the two organizations
on civil rights matters over a per
iod of more than 20 years, moi
only in fighting discrimination in
all walks of American life, but es-
pecially in seeking enactment Of
civil rights legislation by the Con-
gress."
The NAACP leader paid tribute
to Mr.. Reuther's vital role in 1.-THE
long and complicated fight for
amending the Senate filibuster
rule which acts as a roadlock to
civil rights legislation"
Earlier, Charles S. Zimmerman
vice president of the international
Ladies Garment Workers Union
angrily quit the NAACP board
over charges that the union has
been discriminating against Negro
and other minority members.
Core Of the breach appears to
be the techniques Of Herbert
Hill, the associations national
labor secretary.
The JAW statement added: 1--WE
are confident that these differences
can be worked out so that we can
continue to work together in the
common cause of eradicating every
form Of discrimination so that all
Americans may enjoy equal rights
and equal opportunities"
The statement was regarded a.
a warning that If the NAACF
wants the continual financial sup
port Of the unions, Hill should be
rendered less troublesome.
However, in addition to Reuth-
er's irritation over the charges
made by Hill, the auto union leader
is now concerned about the Legal
campaign against racial discrim-
nation in labor unions announced
last week by the NAACP.
Tho JAW denied ReUther
would resign from the NAACP,
but tho denial only served to fan
the flames.
The Association, acting in Wash.
ington, announced a frontal attack
on barriers to Negro employment
and job promotion with the filing
Of a series Of actions - two In
regional offices Of the National
Labor Relations Board and one in
us. District court - designed to
halt racial discrimination by three
trade unions and one railway COM
pany.
In addition, Robert L. Carter,
NAACP general counsel, announc-
ed the entry Of the Association into
a third NLRB case originally filed
by a Jim crow local Of an inde-
pendent union in Houston, Tex.
Tho NAACP, Carter said, has
filed a petition for RECESSION Of
certification Of the Seafarers In
ternational Union Of North
America, AFL-CIO. The petition,
filed with the NLRB's San Fran
cisco office, Is the first action to
call for RECESSION Of certifIcation
Of a union on racial grounds.
In Atlanta, charges Of unfair
labor practices were filed with the
regional NLRB against Local 24o1
Of the United Steelworkers OF
America, AFL-CIo. At the request
Of Local No. 2, an all-Negro unit
Of the Independent Metal Workers
Union in Houston. Carter will rep
resent the unit in its complaint OF
unfair labor practices against the
unions all-white Local No. at a
hearing scheduled for Nov. 8, 1862,
in the regional office Of the NLRB
at Houston, Texas.
The Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, AFL-CIo, and the st.
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