Labor Conventions Warn FDR on Home Front Muddles
BELL, DANIEL
Labor Conventions Warn FDR on Home Front Muddles AFL, UAW Ask Strong New Deal As Condition of '44 FDR Support By DANIEL BELL Organized labor lashed dot at the Administration's labor policies...
...For, having broken rotations, Stalin is...
...Part of it can be told now, within limitations of revealing military secrets, since the enemy obviously already knows this much...
...The shifting knar' tangled relations of allies and enemies has led to constant confusion...
...The President of the Catholic Confederation, mfree Sharpen tier, denounced the Beveridge and Marsh (Canadian version of the Beveridge Plan) plans in his opening address to the convention...
...Drplssnsts who cavkueo nasV^aUaalSaaVvss^ tions are cool to the idea...
...Labor Exposes The Myth of Willow Run By CLARK RYAN Special to Tax New Leader DETROIT.—"Labor it imply smarter than management," cracked Admiral Land last weak...
...Roosevelt's request to transfer the mssmng place from Moscow to London in order mispere the aging Mr...
...At the last moment Franksnstoes sought to announce that he was against ksesntive pay, hat his 'declarations wore half-hearted and wore lent in the shuffle...
...Savage attacks on the msnnawer urn Isle eajsne frees Waits* Reuther and eourtftated see of the -mesa outspoke^ attacks on, tite ;Xtai*BJ*tration's home front policies...
...Special to The New Leasee BUFFALO, N. Y— While bread national and international political issues crowd the platform here, at the United Auto Workers osovetrtton...
...What diplomatic circles here want to know is whether the Russians intend entering Poland aa liberators or conquerors...
...Ford propagandist, and C B. Sirannan...
...It is understood here that the Flying Fortresses that bombed Rome were equipped with . the new Radar gunsight...
...Regardless whether or not all of those hi charge of the Station agree with the need ef e Second Front they wound not refuse to accept a few hundred pints of blood.-Dlshft somebody one* say this is a global war...
...The fast is that if the Jap or Nasi navy *»ms eat to do battle, their ships would be sunk by naval gunfire before they came up on Ate borison, while they were still out of sight How that's done is quite a story...
...The tanks' guns immediately drew a bead on tivs plane and then—without further human midance—held that bead on the plane despite the plane's gyrations in the air...
...Then he arrives in Soviet Russia...
...Labor was certainly smart enough, to see lyrat through the myths of Henry Ford manPnent—as the special union report on Wil-Run production was made public, with charge that the great and glamourise...
...The UAW demands eqnai pay far equal work and doesn't want any semblance of the speed-up system re-jn trod need...
...She's on friendly terms with Russia, aad mat war with gassriea and Britain Look at Jugoslavia...
...The UAW leader stated that empleyers were hoarding workers ape refusing to step up production because "it is more profitable to work five days than pay overtime...
...What happened to General Tukhachevsky, Bukharin, Trotsky and, the other "fifth columnists...
...It is printed black on white...
...The Willow-Ran Bomber Plant was built and paid for by the U. S. government but operated by Henry Ford.* Capital Comment By JONATHAN STOUT WASHINGTON, D. C—What has happened to the Japanese fleet...
...The aeattM on de Lorenso by the Washington...
...BeS the debates revested where the rank-and-file member steed...
...Slovenes and Serbians is all broken up, with the Croats allies of the Nazis and officially at war with the United States, England and Bosnia, whereas the flat hi sm are our allies and are at war with the Nazis...
...Murray pointed out that Roosevelt's "equality, of sacrifice" program "unfortunately and regrettably has not been fulfilled...
...t which Ford built constitutes /'one of outstanding failures of this war...
...Again not a w«rd about the trials...
...The snowballing of profit* must be stopped," Murray said...
...You guess whom I mean and you know the party I have in mind is the CCF," he added...
...William J. Csstersm...
...the backstairs talk and corridor gossip is eoe-ceraed mainly with one item: the Reuther-Adder fight, and the incentive pay issue en which the two factions have lined up hi opposition...
...Now the WUlow Run local of the J0AW, fCJO faa* called for an investigation by the Senate committee of Harry Truman...
...Saints preserve us, dees this mean that all members of the A.C.T.U...
...She is one ot our allies...
...Nevertheless one recognises on the screen the faces of Churchill, Litvino* and Halifax...
...He offered a comprehensive 6-point program for manpower utilisation and proposed that Government or industry guarantees a minimum weekly salary equal to 48 hours pay...
...Canada's growing Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), which recently scored sensational successes in the provincial elections, was denounced as "dangerous" last week by leading members of the Catholic hierarchy of Quebec...
...It has never even keen ia goestion but that when the Allied armies drive the Naxis from Norwegian soil, -Anglo-American armies will enter Norway as liberators, will return possession of every inch of Norwegian Small to Norway, and win turn over poisticsd aWssmmont of Norway to the Norwegian goaattamant ki-exim which was driven out by the Harris And as for Norway's political future, no one has any idea but that Norwegians will decide that for themselves...
...The question still remains...
...Hull the longer journey 'bo* mote than one reason behind it...
...The'Ford Motor Company has never been able to secruit sufficient manpower to operate this .plant at top efficiency," the union report, which was submitted by Glenn Braytor...
...Is it possible that Russia has cut out the trial altogether...
...And If it were true, it might constitute an item of gratification, for despite differences between Carey and Social Democrats, the latter recognize Carey's obvious great abilities and probably would enjoy ha ring them on their side...
...Tbe answer is American inventive genius...
...Speaking at the convention of the Confederation "dee Travailleurs du Canada (Confederation" of Catholic Workers of Canada), Bishop Arthur Douville of St...
...Tobin charged that the "founders of the CIO had done more damage to labor than any persons engaged m the labor movement...
...The rtaaluttoa is s modification of the unilateral us all Ilia pledge and commits the union to a "no stoma pledge in all plants in which manaceaatat it taking advantage of the war effort te esatrey collective bargaining," the rosohitiea onaohhaee, "the union shall tabs ateps to tenure ossstaaeeea production by government operation ef seek planta...
...Will he permit the Police government-in-exile to-return to Warsaw fsom which it was driven by the Nazis...
...The make-up of Comrade Vish-insky will make our audience smile...
...Quebec has long been the center of reactionary and fascist forces...
...diers on our side the chunk** wffl ho tha jMtee in American lives are medksn...
...now in a position to say that Poland is not an ally of Russia...
...The parallel with Hussia and Poland is not at all clear in the same way...
...The CCF was endorsed recently *by the Canadian Congress of Labor...
...the majority report, introduced by the Reuther group, charged that reactionary elements in the Democratic Party have "emasculated" the progressive policies of the New Deal, and urged that the UAW campaign for Roosevelt's reelection on condition that he "make an aggressive effort" to fulfill New Deal pledges...
...or instance, in recent tests here it was ill-tolled in tanks and sent out against ***hes...
...timed to appear with the convention...
...But now the complete truth is here to stay...
...Will he leave Poland's political future to the Poles to decide for themselves* A complicated factor is that Stalin some time ago brake off diplomatic relations with Poland...
...Will Stalin enter Poland as a liberator...
...And H seema likely that the snssabsr fercos will swsep lanlial ef the anion and oust George Addes from the seeretary-treaaurerahip snd Richard T. FlSsksssstofa th» Haii sVaamaanansm fammaalit fastai SLodgrw»git j»w sr 4Lm\^^f^g^!S^nmm glMttfat m wnnMonnf Tfalv tananti ^minority^tti not evonas* for a rtniesi...
...In a speech to the convention William Green dwelt upon a statement in President Roosevelt's message that labor is "doing voluntarily" everything possible to promote the war effort In a previous address Green denounced any attempt at a draft-labor program...
...And that...
...It proves that leading Anglo-American circles are interested in their powerful Soviet Ally which alone bears the brunt in the struggle against Hitlerism...
...Ford's old-line personnel and Saber relations policy is being continued...
...And it is shw certain that Frankensteen will be opposed by a Reuther man for tile vice-presidency...
...4aaeaff,'1fc« specific charges raised by the UAW were—1) that the Company is practicing racial discrimination in its hiring policies, which is especially significant in view of 2) the Plant haa never operated at top capacity (now on two 9-hour day shifts), and 3) the labor turnover is notoriously fcugh, probably higher than at any other similar plant in the country...
...Earl Drowdar had written av special report which was circulated wioely in the CAM...
...coald rest Russia'* ezwhns to sotoe part of Poland for hsssslf This has been the most eurwas of all war...
...Allied troops are lighting oa the ssnds of the European continent—bat Italy Is no Second Front and the Commanists don't care...
...Is this too grisly...
...Indeed, you will search in vain in .the reviews of the Soviet critics for any reference to the trials...
...The new gunsight is now going into mass Production It is expected that within a short time every Allied ship, tank and plane will be equipped with them...
...And now he completelyjdistSjaiTWu lliiysjsaaaa, als to hire some 6JWe' Negro workers available in the Detroit-Willow Run area...
...Writing in the July 31 issue of "Literature Art," Soviet leading art magazine which just reached this country, the critic K. Osipov writes, obviously with his tongue in his cheek: "This film is particularly interesting for the American and foreign audiences...
...The Russians have consistently placed a more realistic evaluation on propaganda tonaHatonea than either American or British cnTiciel circles . . . and they have grown more adept at it—which mokes pnssihh) a situation in this case where propaganda groups will IS) promoting Russian poli-etos among the American and British publics, whereas efforts to...
...The AFL took no open stand regarding the '44 campaign, but William Green indicated, following the President's message pledging a roll-back in prices, that the AFL would stand by him...
...The "Little Steel" Formula came in for heavy condemnation at the convention, and soon after the President's message pledging s roll-hack of prices a proposal was aubrattted to scrap the "Little Steel" Formula and permit wage increases up to 25 per cent The sore spot of Negro discrimination by AFL unions was raised again by A. Philip Randolph, head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, who proposed a "minorities eonmdtaee" to investigate discriminatory practices to the AFL...
...It does not depend on human guidance...
...The long conservation he had with Comrade Stalin has obviously created an impression upon Davies," What will certain Americans who have sent a telegram to Warner Jeatheis congratulating them on the film because it "has opened their eyes" have to say to this...
...William Z. roster had written.' a vitriolic attack oa Waller leather hiteiaW be opposed incentive pay...
...that the Little Steal fornmk must be "scrapped...
...i The history of Willow Run has bee* a history of dei a ward revision of produc-* tien eaetM, and postponement of dates ea which full production waa to be achieved...
...In its treatment of Soviet reality," he writes, Mission to Moscow "is extremely naive," Not a word is said about the Moscow trials which when shown in the United States took up a major part of Joe Davies' creation...
...But among the reasons Is the fact that the strictly controlled Russian censorship will be in a pumUjm to exercise controls on American and British newspapermen covering the event, and therefore will be in a position to maid world pobjfc opinion...
...Take Norway, for instance...
...It is replete with excerpts from Soviet and foreign newsreels...
...Their resolution endorsing a fourth term unreservedly was withdrawn when the temper ef the date gates was apparent...
...S*6 = , ^Es>«asoj|snM) of^thc^argamunto asm swan What's iBoginsi about siililtoa rtoey -as wa ally, even though she started out as an enemy...
...We see fascist Germany through which Davies had to pass on his way to Russia...
...Is it because Stalin knows that one cannot fool the Russians and he does not dare to show the victims of his purges as "fifth columnists" ? ; Some time ago the New Leader relying on correspondence, reported that Marshall Stalin was displeased with "Mission to Moscow ". The local Communists and fellow-travelers went hysterical with denials...
...One backed by Communist forces insisted on unreserved rapport for Roosevelt...
...Abroad it aroused great interest in the U.S.S.R.—our economic development and culture...
...Eden and Molotov will have to crack is th eproblem of Poland...
...therefore, he is entering sPoland wot aa a nrsend anst liberator, but a«am enemy and assagai isi-On that basis...
...A rssslstkisi by KsaB Masey of Detroit for fndapandaeit poUtionl action was received lukewarmly by the delegates...
...Something has been rotten in Bomber City from the very beginning—when Henry Ford SMpsd off one end of the plans for the gigantic bomber plant ae that all of his structure would be in Washtenaw County (Republican) and none of it in Detroit's Wayne County (Democratic...
...This is the unanimous verdict of the Soviet film critics and in fact from some of the SoVfet YeViews that have reached here it seems that the famous Moscow trial scenes have been eliminated...
...can fool gullible Americans, but not the Russians...
...Roosevelt heeded labor'* charges...
...Pott ejmMh Congress, however, made ^ wMJsserVunnhnw cautious and apparently aoMe^aplmtJvo board member will nan in de I ill iBairrpiecc...
...Kalinin and Moiotov...
...But this much is known about it...
...Will he retufu possession of all Polish soil to Poland...
...Now comes the possibility of another soch complication...
...It loomed likely that John L. Lewis would be re-admitted to the AFL upon a pledge submitted by Lewis that he weald respect AFL jurisdictional righto...
...promote American ssd British policies mnong the Russian public won't get past aha Bnaema border...
...It seemed likely that the renotetton would be shelved...
...At present the international aniens simply report membership and pay per capita tax...
...Poland, of course,' is one of the United Nations...
...Those soldiers, wounded, may need Usee hat the Com anshrts will oaly give Used far • See cos Fres...
...Through a development of Radar—an electrical device which detects the presence of enemy ships, tanks, plsnes, etc, long before Haw some within sight—our naval guns are now •quipped with an aiming device which sends shells to the exact 'spot where the enemy ship ..detected...
...After adjournment, this Stud*baker local snowed movies...
...The UAW attack on manpower and a blanket rejection of any compulsory national service act was echoed at the AFL convention...
...She's at war with Russia and Britain bat is at ssarin shfll itapaOnsn Ttiiiii at Poland...
...Stalin's rejection of Mr...
...29th is even leaf charitable...
...There is an area of common ground between Carey and Social Democrats m that both feel the labor movement should be free -from domination by the Communists or any ether group amenable to control by a foreign government...
...Why can't the Nazi warships hiding in the Norwegian fjords be lured out to do battle...
...Though they are suspicions of where Bocei velt la going, the majority stffl thinks labor's best chances lie, st the moment, in trying to push Roosevelt towards a "more aggressive defense ef New Deal policies," aa towpsaajhjg resolution pots it . . . When the resnhniW an independent Labor Party Was raised at the Reuther caucua...
...Then Davies meets, a representative of the Soviet Government...
...That explains now one of the wonders of that raid in which, it was remarked at the time, the American planes with inhuman precision hit a bull's-eye on each enemy objective they sought, and with equal Precision avoided even disturbing the areas of *rt and religion containing objectives we are hoping to preserve undamaged through the war...
...Hyacinthe told delegates "not to affiliate, like certain other labor unions, With political parties...
...Anti-British and anti-Ally movements have been fostered by French Catholic priests who support separatist moves...
...It seems definite that ltichard T. Leonard will oppose George Addes for the hey post of secretary-treasurer...
...the report added...
...The remainder of en exciting story, however, must await the end of the war...
...At the UAW convention two resolutions were before the Resolutions Committee regarding the "44 campaign...
...Syntax," pseudonym of a (oiuiimtot in The Labor Loader, official organ of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, prints'aa attack on James B. Carey, CIO secretary-treasurer, in the current issue...
...Historians 100 years from now are going to have a fine time untangling this complicated war...
...Read what the Dairy Worker said en September tt la a column prepared by the Communist organisational department called Party Life: "la the month ef October we propose to initiate a campaign to see that every major city party organisation sets aside one day or evening hi order to sjswiliii aB ear friends and ¦sssksts to go m a body to the Red Cross Based Donors Station to give stood far the Second Front...
...Early , la 1940 Heavy Ford boasted or his ability to pntasi Um planes a day...
...Blood—But Only for A Second Front AMERICAN soldiers *" sssy be dying is New Guiana bet that's not a Seconal Front, and the Communists don't care...
...Of course, our military high command has considered the inevitability that sooner or Tate* one of these Sew Radar gunsights will fall into enemy hnnd*—perhaps in the case of a cap-tared tank or downed place—but that probability is ranging littie loss of sleep...
...And as for our ships, it will •teuiue impossible for an enemy ship or submarine to come within sight of them without **mg sunk...
...The American p tblia which* paid for the Bomber plant, 1i»k,fshrtfc and barrel, has a right to know the fe}w*p shout WBlow Run...
...One "surprise" was the vehement attack on CIO by Daniel Tobin, head of the powerful Teamster's union, that appeared In the October issue of the International TaanuUr...
...The new Radar gunsight is still surrounded with great mystery...
...Anyone would'have a difficult time convincing the average Willow Run worker that the officials of our Government are not afraid of the power of jthe Ford Motor Company...
...Reuther Forces Sweep Auto Parley On Incentive Pay' By ROBERT TOWNSEND JR...
...without* let or' hindrance do almost anything it wishes to do no matter how production, arul as a consequence the nation's war effort may be effected by its actions...
...are Social Democrats: Kremlin Cricks Say Nix & Joe Davies Pix By LEON DENNEN Warner Brothers' much-lamented "Mission to Moscow'' .may be okay for the naive Americans but not for the Russians who know better...
...2) action on the part ef the War Department and the President's Committee on Fair Employment Practices (FEPC) to fores the Ford employment all Americans who are available for work, without regard to race, creed, or color...
...Reuther denied there is any real manpower shortage, but only a manpower muddle...
...All the critic N, Bl ajMTn mIl ,, has to say about "Mission to MwiWr.i-am: .' > "The film shows the leaders of the Soviet Union—Comrades - Stalin...
...Kkeiy...
...Italy, whieh started out in this war as sn enemy, wanta to become our ally...
...Labor Conventions Warn FDR on Home Front Muddles AFL, UAW Ask Strong New Deal As Condition of '44 FDR Support By DANIEL BELL Organized labor lashed dot at the Administration's labor policies this week, charging in the bluntest terms that "labor has not received a square deal ". that the manpower situation was a "debacle...
...But for that matter, H is the common understanding that tbt Association of Catholic Trades Unionists also has shared this attitude towards the Communists...
...The UAW convention in Buffalo heard the sharpest words regarding the President...
...X Bray ton and Quilli^o have sent oa their report to Truman, to W ar-feecretary Henry Stxm-son, and to the President...
...tat union report stated...
...Didn't Russia come over to our side after two years of being a pact-partner af Hitler ? Look at Finland...
...The sighting of sn American gun on an enemy objective now becomes almost entirely aa automatic and mechanical process...
...A question of increasing moment is: What will happen whan the jgnssian armies chase the Nazis across the POjash border...
...It ' goes without say ins...
...These workers hive before them every day the surface cv agorat, at least, that the Company can...
...Indeed, it was to protect her territorial sovereignty and to defend her against .the invasion of the Naxis that the war broke out The nature of the question that is troubling Washington diplomatic circles is revealed by a' parallel...
...They called for 1) an immediate end impartial Truman investigation of the Willow Run failure, and a program of «tep> to be taken to make proper an J full use of the plant's facilities...
...But K. Osipov virtually says: you...
...The readiness with which Stalin leaped to the opportunity to break off relations with Poland at that time is saw posened out as- significant at how deeply laid have been the pivots of Russian foreign policy...
...Reuther called attention to the "weekend blackouts" which still occur every week at hundreds of plants in the auto industry...
...One of the tough duts Hull...
...We see in the film," continues Comrade Osipov, "many statesmen and diplomats...
...jMpl it constitutes one of the most encouraging ejtyelppments of the war . . . holding within it possibilities of shortening the war beyond anything practical military men have heretofore thought possible...
...3) the recognition of joint Labor-Management Committees tt work out the improvement of production...
...A i aaahitias was anaaissonsly i n port ad oat by Victor Resteer hailing the IflflTj moats of the^Ua^J«attena snd eaaeeajiag...
...On the no-strike issue, the motion introduces by .the Reuther caucus, which hi foronnv ss the UAW-CIO Committee for a Democratic American Union, will be passed...
...Except for the early part of the war, there •ate heen no significant naval battles...
...The passionate denunciations of incentive pay by yarious delegates were quite revealing...
...Citing Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, Reuther pointed out that the United States was the only Allied nation that did not have a labor man in charge of the manpower program...
...Even Phil Murray who has been, with the exception of Sidney Hillman, the staunchest supporter of Roosevelt in CIO, bent with the wind and made the charge that "labor has not been getting a square deal...
...The review of "Miastoa tb Moscow" in the Pravda, official oiyran ef foe Russian Communis t Party, of July...
...The only one who remained on the officers pintfism to ait them was R. J. Thomas—he had ae eeeces to rush to...
...The chief losers hi this fight are the Ce»-munists who had brought up their biggest gohs on the incentive pay issue...
...Another Tobin action causae comment, his resolution empowering the AFL to investigate the actual memberships of affiliates...
...forceful leader of the Bra water local in the east, sgainst Frankenstosa...
...Together with his family he makes a trip through the...
...She's an ally of Britain and America and is not on speaking terms with lasnas Look at Japan...
...Convention Sidelights: On nearly all issues, the Addos-Frankenstoen-Commantet minority were withdrawing their resowtiaae when It waa certain that their cause was hopeless...
...In -this way rich onions hke the Carpenters aad the Hod Carriers pay on a burger total than their actual membership and gain a larager voting strength...
...ia the world's hi story...
...and Walter Quillico, of local SO, continued...
...Stalin's own hirelings say thumbs down on ^Mission to Moscow...
...The intricacies of the new invention sate each, military engineers oaflniato, that it would take the enemy five years to unravel the mystery ss they could make use of it Aad nobody is worrying any more what file Naris or Japs will be doing fire eirekeals^^ gauaen siiiiaip^asjfit Am*htmf Edatt also will Mm&Jtm^Jm^Igm andWffl^aade experts 0DAs the date o^th* impending meeting of Hull Stalin's ihsshfqiaffi' aaaVs* Are becoming clearer...
...They just don't want any part of it At the last moment the Addea group tried to modify their minority resolution on this issue, bet to no avail...
...It seems beyond question th»t it will make our tanks and plaaas well-«lfh invincible...
...UJ3.S.R., You will also see how Davies meets Soviet people of all walks of life...
...In what role will the Russian armies enter Poland...
...This was the significant story emerging out of two national contentions, the deliberations of the American Federation of Labor in Boston and the sessions of the United Auto and Aircraft Workers in Buffalo...
...vice-president, echoed it...
...abet Ike Ford Motor Company has net ' come within a country mile of having i jeaee gee* the beasts.....Bat the *ste'Janw-sawa, the date for fen SiuiMJjSS ^ilaTwaS yet arrived.' Unless drastic rhsssyss t\im saaes we believe that it never will...
...A more vicious attack on the CGIjJ came from J. H. Leclerc, Liberal members of Parliament for Shefford, who called the CCF the "most dangerous political party in Canada at the present time...
...Ford has, of course, effectively sabotaged the Government's plan (strongly championed by Walter Reuther) \Jnr JWUtow Run housing...
...The authors of the film truthfully portray the warmth and sincerity of the reception he received at the Soviet border...
...Reuther argued that the CAW alone could not press the issue, that tikis was aa issue for all CIO---Curiously symbolic was the scene at the dose of Monday's sessions...
...Those Question i are intriguing Washington's Embassy How...
...Among the charges "Syntax" makes against Carey is that "he is a Social Democrat'' This will come as a great surprise to Social Democrats...
...be fewsrthfe...
...R. J. Thomas will he re-elected without any real opposition At first the Reuther forces thought to nominate Tommy de Lorenso...
...Even now there is on a half-doxen issues "insecurity, discontent, snd anger" among the workers...
...Catholic Leaders Attack CCF as "Dangerous" Special to The New Leader OTTAWA, Ontario...
...Although most of the speeches at the AFL convention were "official" speeches, a number of issues took up the attention of the delegates and most of the back-of-the-hall gossip...
...Although both the A.F.of L. leadership and the UAW indicated they would support the President, it was apparent that this support would be qualified, depending- on the extent that Mr...
...despite the fact that Japan, at least, of the Axis nations, is a great naval power, ranking 1-2-3 with Great Britain and the United States at tfc» start of the war...
...The kingdom of the Croats...
Vol. 26 • October 1943 • No. 41
