The State Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1939 Page: 3 of 8
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A F of L and C I O Fight
To Center in Congress On
Renaming Smith to Na-
tional Labor Board--The
Federation Plan--C I O
Ii Wants No Changes
The Christian Science Monitor
WASHINGTON — The Wagner
Act will be a major test of legis
lative strength between the Amer-
ican Federation of Labor and the
Committee of Industrial Organiza-
tions in the new Congress Already
the two warring camps have held
conferences and two sets of rival
labor proposals have been drafted
Heretofore labor's lobby has
been one of the strongest in Wash-
ington Weakened by factionalism
the present prospect is that a
stalemate may develop in which
some Congressmen will be glad to
avoid committal to either side But
a positive stand must be taken for
or against reappointment of Don-
ald Wakefield Smith member of
the National Labor Relations
Board opposed by the Federation
and supported by the CIO On this
will come the first great test of
factional strength
Chronologically the latest phase
of the new fight has developed as
follows:
In a national broadcast William
Green head of the A F of L
joined with George H Dayis Pres-
ident of the U S Chamber of
Commerce from Chicago Dec 15
a in demanding revision of the Wag-
ner Act
Two days later at Washington
John L Lewis Chairman of labor'
Non-Partisan League announced
an ambitious broadening of the
League program "to work within
the frame-work of the Democratic
Party" in selecting progressive
candidates for 1940
Simultaneously the League is-
sued a seven-point labor program
stressing economic rehabilitations
and the C I O released a brochure
containing a detailed argument
against any revision in the Na-
tional Labor Relations Act
The Split Takes Form
go Next development was the pre-
congressional caucus of A F of L
legislative representatives along
with the railroad brotherhoods
numbering no less than 50 and a
press conference here by Mr
Green Dec 20 Mr Green stressed
two Wagner Act amendments as
the first objective in the Ferera-
tion's program Each amendment
would restrict NLRB power
' Next day Mr Lewis at his own
press conference also centered at-
tention on the Wagner Act The
main C I O objective in the new
Congress he said would be revival
of the Walsh-Healey bill which
would compel Government con-
tractors to Obey the Wagner Act
with protracted severance from
Government contracts of those
corporations found guilty of viola-
tions This - would be linked
to opposition to any amendment
of the Wagner Act itself In other
Avoids the C I O would carry the
Wa g ner Act forward while the
Federation would modify it as it
Sto n(I3
The first test of strength be-
tween the two labor factions will
not be long in coming It Will
touch the rival attitudes directly
The A F of L called upon Mr
Roosevelt not to reappoint Mr
South a member of the NLRB
when his term expired last summer
on the ground that he has been
hostile to the Federation and fa-
vorable to the C J O Mr Roose-
velt defied the Federation and re-
appointed Mr Smith in August
Ills confirmation will come up
right at the start of the new Con-
gress before the Senate Some
members who do not favor the
Wagner Act may vote for Mr
Smith on the ground that neither
of the two labor factions should
dictate the membership of the all-
important three-man board
The Federation Plan
What amendments does the A F
0 of L propose in the Wagner Act?
There are two:
First—This would deprive the
NLRB of power to decide on the
proper unit of employees for col-
lective bargaining whether that
tt unit be by craft plant or employ-
er or any subdivision thereof It
would make it possible at all times
for employees to select their own
bargaining agent rather than to
have the Board select it
Second—the NLRB would lose
power to void contracts made be-
tween independent trade unions
and employers
Both of these proposals it is
generally a zreed Bre aimed to
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give the Federation a strategic ad-
vantage over CI O unions under
the bargaining provisions of the
Act It is important to stress that
Mr Green emphatically denies
that he wants other amendments
to the Act and Jae asserts he will
fight to protect other details of
the measure In other words the
Federation is not giving support
to changes in the Act backed by
the U S Chamber of Commerce
and other business groups to
"equalize" the measure as between
labor and employers even though
Mr Green appears on the same
radio program to urge "revision"
C 1 O Wants No Changes
In the triangular tight that is
developing the C I O wants no
changes in the Act at all the
Federation wants the Act reopened
for change but only for changes
which strategically should benefit
its own forces the business groups
want the Act revised to eliminate
alleged inequalities aimed at em-
ployers How would the proposed A F of
L amendments aid it in its fight
with the CIO?
Federation organizers believe
they have an advantage over the
CI a in many instances due to
the preference of employers for an
older and more conservative un-
ion Every student of recent la-
bor history knows instances where
a militant C I a organization has
been created in a hitherto unor-
ganized industry only to have
employers turn to a moribund or
inactive Federation local or a com-
pany union and seek to select it as
the counter agency for collective
bargaining
The Labor Board has intervened
against such attempts It was on
such general grounds that the
Board ineffectively attempted to
invalidate the contract of the Con-
solidated Edison Company of New
York with locals of the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers
AVould Restrict Board's Power
The two Federation amendments
would end the Board's discretion-
ary power in the matter and tend
to strengthen its own position
against newcomers in any given
field
However if the Board lost au-
thority to determine whether labor
should organize on a craft indus-
trial or plant basis the whole bit-
ter question would be thrown back
immediately Into the irreconcilable
conflict between labor factions
Outside intervention would prob-
ably be necessary in many in-
stances and it is a question
whether this would be preferable
after such a clash to having the
Board decide the matter in the
first place
Many conservatives have found
comfort in the apparent support
to revision put forward by the
Federation But in a recent strong
editorial the politically conserva-
tive Washington Post attacks the
Federation's proposed amendments
as "short-sighted" first because
they do not correct "basic defects"
In the Act and second because
they might seriously weaken the
Labor Board as an industrial
peace-maker
Says the paper:
"It is seldom long-range Wig-
dom to base demands for legista
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With no hgher appeals possible Consolidated Edison forked over
six checks amounting to $13000 of back pay for six members of the
Utility Yorkers Organizing Committee (CIO) whom the IT S supreme
court ruled must be reinstated The men are scheduled to revel e
an additional $8000
(Continued from Page 1)
We managed on $6 a week when
I was carrying my son We can
get along again We can get along
if John can only get a job paying
$6 a week'"
Six dollars!
Six dollars a dozen is what they
paid for 1000 chrysanthemums to
help decorate Brenda's party The
bill for floral embellishments to-
talled $4500
And these bankers coupon clip-
pers stock jugglers dare to speak
of "extravagance"
I do not mean to be unfair to
the World-Telegram Each monopoly-controlled
sheet in its own
way did the same sort of thing
The Sun for example yester-
day devoted its editorial page
cartoon to the ''debt" hovering
over "future generations"
The debt of the tax-dodging up-
per crust and the waste of its
$50000 coining out parties to in-
troduce the latest debbie to "so-
ciety?" Never!
The "debt" is the New Deal's
program of aid labeled "Eccles
defense of spending"
The nation will judge whether
keeping the little Cardinale family
alive whether protecting and win-
ning prosperity freedom and hap-
piness for the people—
Or the habits and practices of
the Sixty Families—
Constitute the "debts" and "ex-
travagances" we bear
It is such dammed-up accumu-
lations of wealth as Brenda's in-
heritance which choke the devel-
opment which would give jobs to
John Cardinale and millions of
others anxious for productive
work
It is these Sixty Families who
so lack the characteristics of pa-
triotism and Americanism as to
attack not only relief but even a
program of armaments to ward
off fascist attack as more "spend-
ing" Wall Street's Sixty Families is
a decadent wastrel disloyal
growth upon the body of our great
American democracy
The reckless spending of $50-
000 upon Brenda Frazier's debut
is a clinching case In point
tive changes upon considerations
of Immediate advantage Yet there
is good reason to infer that the
AF of L is following this policy
in advocating the amendments now
put forward"
WASTED ABUNDANCE
MARTINEZ Calif—Protesting
that orange growers are destroy-
ing "surplus" oranges while mil-
lions throughout the nation live
on an insufficient diet the Costa
County Industrial Union Council
has demanded distribution of the
fruit among the needy The
orange "dump" is now one mile
long 20 feet wide and growing
at the rate of 120 tons a day
Nine of the 20 Wands in the
Hawaiian group are inhabited
High ropes For
New Governor
Lab
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heads At present while the gov-
ernor appoints them with the
senate's confirmation they cannot
be removed except "for cause"—
and the "cause" must be proven
in lengthy and involved court ac-
tion Much of the public optimism
regarding the probable accomplish-
ments of the new governor is
based upon knowledge of Mr Phil-
lips' past legislative experience
and his astuteness as a political
strategist
His opening address before the
legislature Monday is expected to
reaffirm his announced program of
honest efficient and economic gov-
ernment and to chart the specific
course by which its benefits may
be obtained
Jackson Day Dinner
To Be Victory Feast
Democrats — and others — will
gather for a Jackson Day dinner
at the Skirvin Tower Hotel to-
morrow (Saturday) at 6730 1) m
jointly honoring the memory of
President Andrew Jackson and
PRESIDENT ON RADIO
Programs for national Jack-
son Day celebrations will in-
clude talks by Mrs Franklin D
Roosevelt from 4 to 4:15 p m
Oklahoma time Saturday af-
ternoon and by President
Roosevelt Saturday night from
8:30 to 9:00 Both addresses
will be broadcast in Oklahoma
City by Radio Station KTOK
the station announced this
week
The evening program will
also include an address by
James Farley postmaster gen-
eral and democratic national
chairman
celebrating the overwhelming vic-
tory of the democratic party in
Oklahoma
The two main speakers will be
Governor-Elect Leon C Phillips
and Dr Will W Alexander gov-
ernment farm security administra-
tor from Washington
The dinner is described by Ray
O Weems managing director as
"the Tick-off for the inaugural
ceremonies" of Governor Phillips
and other state officials
"A beautiful reception for the
isiting ladies has been arranged
for Sunday afternoon from 4 to 6
in the hotel Biltmore" he said
''The inaugural program will start
Monday morning at 9 o'clock with
the new governor being sworn in
at high noon followed by a public
reception in the Blue Room of the
State Capitol and the Inaugural
Ball that evening The new office
building and the State Historical
Society offices adjacent to the
Capitol will be open to the public
throughout the day
"Every citizen of Oklahoma is
invited and entitled to attend the
inaugural ceremonies
"While the dinner is primarily a
Democratic love feast those af-
filiated with other political parties
are invited"
Plates will be $5 each tin con-
trast to charges ranging as high
as $25 and $100 in some other
sta(us) and the receipts above
the actual cost of the dinner will
go to the Democratic National
Committee to help defray ex-
penses in maintenance of national
headqua rters
By setting a nominal charge
Mr Weems declares Oklahoma
hopes to encourage an overflow
attendance for the event
Tickets have been placed in the
hands of all county chairmen in
the various counties or may be
obtained direct from Mr Weems
at the Wells-Roberts Hotel
ONE OR THE OTHER
The toastmaster grew eloquent
over the next speaker's many fine
qualities
"He attracts to himself both the
greatest bores and the most bril-
liant talkers" he declared "I
have been much in his company
myself"
Who on earth could live were
all judged justly ?-11yron
Success is the child of audacity
—Disraeli
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Page Three
The proposal of Republican
Congressman Claal Hoffman of
Michigan that union organizcrs be
prohibited from crossing state lines
brought lire from Victor ()lankier
secretary-treasurer of the Illinois
State Federation of Labor
"That's the same old cry of the
manufacturer's association before
they felt the touch of reform in
the new swing of affairs" the vet-
eran labor leader told the Record
Reviving the theory of 200 years
ago that the servant is the prop-
erty of the master said Olander
the reactionary manufacturers
want to term anyone who seeks to
interfere with the servants as in-
terlopers "Those days have passed" de-
clared the AFL leader "The
workers today are citizens with
equal rights under the law
"The workers have just as much
right to agitate and to speak their
minds as the employer The work-
er can be called into conferences
public and private entirely lade
pendent of the employer"
Asked his opinion on Rep Hoff-
man's proposal of a law to compel
trade unions to incorporate Olan-
der declared:
"The law never has compelled
private industry to incorporate
Employers incorporate for the pur-
pose of limiting their liability Now
they want to juggle the idea of
incorporation around to increase
the liabilities of the unions That
won't work in this country"
Danger that the constitutional
rights of trade unionists will be
injured was seen by the state labor
leader in the decision of I he state
Appellate Court last Thursday in
a ruling on picketing
The court decided that picketing
was illegal at a place where no
employes belonged to a union
"Carrying of a sign by a picit
comes under the constitutional
right of free press as much as a
metropolitan newspaper" asserteil
Olander "The same general rule
applies to botb cases they are
both means of giving the puhlie
information'
Olander stated I ha t a inling
of representatives of the federa-
tion's affiliated unions will be held
next week at the federation's lic:o
quarters 666 Lake Shore Drive to
map the court light against picket-
ing restriction
"Such decisions Ivould Ilmow the
labor movement back to the flark
ages if they were permitted to
stand" said Minder
The Appellate Court acted on
an appeal of Ross W Swing- beau-
ty shop operator against a de-
cision of Circuit judge Joitepli
who denied ltwing an in-
junction against picketing
The higher court reversed inilge
Burke s decision In en 1 hi!
Appellate Court siii1 that no emu!l
can interfere in a matter lictveen
employer itid employ( is 1Vlicre the
employes (I() mit to
The barber) and liallesiers'
unions Ivhieli were piHieting
Swing's shop charged that he tired
employes for joining the union and
that the higher court's riding au-
thorized employers to diseharg(t
union niendiels
The twatity shop iiites not come
under the proviitions Nit-
tilltjl Labor ilelations Act
THE OLD FAILS
11-Avn ()I I nind p:A
is in a tit t ot (PH a!clit
it pOl'IS that by the latc1 cent
there ale only 25f "loyal
patriots" in the town a agaltr-it
1389 "subversive agitatois" ftnft
supporters of the (VV 'rile co mt
is based on balloting for the
rceveship which gave dcputy-recve
Leslie Couldrey straight CCP' can-
didate the biggest majority in
the town's history over 11-)brt
Pike who ran on a strictly "pa-
t riotie platf ornn"—Ca troll
burnt in The New Commonwealth
AN' OBVIOUS PERSON
Apparently the dist i
judge did not want to make a
speech but the audience was in-
sistent So he got to his feet and
said :
"I believe a jurist should bo a a
obvious person and according- trl
the dictionary the word obvious
means 'foes lthout saying'
"Therefore I go without saying"
and he resumed his seat
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Shelden, L. N. The State Democrat (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1939, newspaper, January 5, 1939; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2091567/m1/3/?q=%22Business%2C%20Economics%20and%20Finance%20-%20Advertising%22: accessed May 22, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.