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PROMOTION OF INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY, AND CO-OPERATION OF ALL WORKERS ALONG EVERY LINE.
IFTU COUNCIL REFUSES TO
ADMIT SOVIET UNIONS AND
CIO AS MEMBERS OF BODY
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V l Awnnw Th|h«H.—Led by Robert J. Watt of the American Federa
tfinef Labor, the general council of the International Federation of Trade
Unions ref Med to favor a change in the IFTU’a constitution to permit the
of the Congress of Industrial Organisations and the Soviet trade
Mr. Watt severely arraigned the at
titude of American Communists in
pieVetiwg the White House and order
ing strikes in munitions industries
until Germany invaded Russia.
“If the British workers and the
other free trade unions of the world
prefer new-found friends to old and
proven allies,” he said, “we sincerely
regret it But let’s have no hypocrisy
about it Leteio one pretend that we
isolated ourselves by refusing to at
tend the 1945 trade union Munich.”
Mr. Watt explained that the atti
tude of the AFL on the entrance of
Russian unions in the IFTU had not
changed since the IFTU meeting in
Oslo in 19S8. At that time, he said,
kfa organisatlim maintained that th«
Russian unions were not “free-trade
union#” but part of the Government
apparatus.
The AFL, he said, has "great ad
sence of strikes in Russia approved
that trade unions did not exist there
“as we know them."
Concluding with a warning against
any steps that would lead to interna
tional labor disunity, Mr. Watt pro
posed that the IFTU convene a world
trade union conference at the earliest
possible time.
Besides the United States delega
tion, those who opposed any change
in the IFTU rules to allow more than
one national trade union center to af
filiate with tile IFTU were members
from Canada, South Africa, Sweden
and Csechoslovakia.
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attack, Fireman, First Class, David Jack Stephenson, U. S. C. G. R.,
of Clendenin, Va^ went over the side to rescue three men in a small
raft.* He swam to the raft and fastened lines around the survivor**
Stephenson eras cited for his heroic performance. The ropes, rail
and destroyer were paid for out of War Bond funds.
V. S. Treasury Department
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' THE A. F. OF L. PRESENTS
AT 1:15 P. M„ E.W.T. OVER N.B.C.
Feb. 18.—Sunday—Representative Ramspeck—Topic: “White
Collar Workers.” Panel members: James B. Bums, A. F. of L.;
Emerson P. Sehmidt, U. S. Chamber of Commerce; Paul Sifton,
National Farmers Union.
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115 NBC Radio
Stations Carry
A. F.L Program
WASHINGTON, D. C.—
More than 115 radio stations
from coast to coast are now
carrying the AFL’s "America
United” radio program regu
larly each week, the National
Broadcasting Co. reported to
the Federation.
“Our records do not show
any sustaining program, other
than the Army Hour, which
has ever had a comparable ac
ceptance,” Dwight B. Herrick,
manager at NBC’a public serv
ice department, said.
Because of prior commit
ments for commercial broad
casts, some of the stations on
the NBC chain find it impos
sible to carry America United
when it is originally brosui
cast. Many of these stations,
however, have arranged to put
on the program at a later hour
or the following day. Those
who would like to hear these
weekly programs, therefore,
are urged to consult the radio
listings in their daily papers
for tne exact time “America
United” goes on the air in
their home communities.
THE CHEMICAL
WORKERS JOIN
LABEL TRADES
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I. M. Ornburn, secretary-treasurer
of the Union Label Trades Depart-’
ment, this week announced that the
International Chemical Workers Un
ion had become affiliated with that
Department of the American Fed
eration of Labor. Both H. A. Brad
ley, president of the Chemical Work
ers Union, and R. E. Tomlinson, its
secretary-treasurer, are able and pro
gressive leaders and deserve great
credit <for building such a strong un
ion in an industry never before union
ised. Tbe International Chemical
Workers Union in convention recent
ly decided to use the Union Label to
advance the sale of union-made chem
ical products.
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OFF BEAM ..1.
One of the boys in the band tried
to write a drinking song, but couldn’t
get past the first two bars.
OFF THE BEAM
From Baer Field Beacon.
Fart Wayne, lad.
Ah, those were the days, when you
could kiss a girl and taste nothing
but girl.
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College education for women is
futile. If they’re pretty, it’s unneces
sary; if they’re homely, it’s inade
quate.
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A rooster strutting around the
barnyard early one Easter Sunday
morning came across a nest of
brightly colored eggs. He cocked his
head and thought a while—then made
a beeline across the barnyard and
knocked h... out of the peacock.
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A farm lad from Decatur took a de
fense job in Ft. Wayne but after a
few months, returned home flat broke
in spite of the big pay. For an alibi,
he said: “Most of my money I spent
on women and whiskey. The rest I
just wasted.”
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Drunk (lying on sidewalk): "I'll
climb this wall if it takes all night.”
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Cpl. Banks: "I had a beard like
your’s orfce, but when I realised how
it made me look, I cut it off.”
Pfc. Fitzgerald: “I had a face like
yours once. When I realised I couldn’t
cut it off, I grew a beard.”
—V—
We know a fella who offered his
girl a Scotch and sofa. She reclined. <
—V—
She was a* girl with a film person
ality. A negative face, but what a de
velopment 1
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CONVENTIONS
HAVE A SLIM
CHANCE FOR
GOVT. APPROVAL
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WASHINGTON.—Labor organisa
tions planning conventions again are
warned by Col. J. Monroe Johnson,
Director of ODT, and Chairman of
the War Committee on Conventions,
that the chances of approval of any
non-local meeting Involving more
than 50 persons are “extremely
slim.” Of all the applications form
ally submitted to the committee 222
have already been turned down, with
approval given only to two—a Red
Cross meeting and a War Fund meet
ing.
In view of this, all organizations
“should give serious consideration to
the advisability of voluntary cancel
ing or postponing all meetings dur
ing the critical months ahead,” the
ODT Director said “However neces
sary or essential to the work of an
organization a conference or a con
vention might normally be, it Is diffi
cult to think of any assemblage that
could not be put off and its activities i
handled by temporary machinery or*
groups of less than 50 persons, in J
view of the supreme wartime neces- j
sity of conserving transportation,
hotel space, manpower and scarce es
sential materials.”
No permission is needed, Col. John
son said, to hold meetings of fewer
than 50, but the limitation of 60 ap
plies to the total number in atten
dance, regardless of how many actual
ly make use of inter-city transporta
tion or hotel accommodations. Gath
erings of larger size, if of a purely
local character, using no hotel facili
ties and making use of only city or
suburban transit facilities also need
not apply for permission.
Col. Johnson expressed his appre
ciation for the cooperation of scores
at organizations which have volun
tarily cancelled conventions without
burdening the committee with appli
cations. The committee is now re
ceiving about 650 communications
weekly regarding conventions.
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No man can be satisfied with him
self until he becomes all that a man
can be.
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PRES. WM. GREEN OPPOSED
TO PROPOSAL THAT WOULD
FORCE GERMAN LABOR TO
HELP REBUILD EUROPE
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MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 11.—A Soviet proposal that German labor be forced
to rebuild damaged cities in war-torn Europe was assailed yesterday by
President William Green of the AFL as being “economically unsound and
indefensible.” Green declared that the Ruasian plan, voiced at the World
Trade Union congress in London which the AFL refused to attend, would
make slave labor of Germans, and was “indefensible from a social point of
view and contrary to the principles which the United Nations are seeking to
establish when the war ends.”
“Hitler and those responsible for
the war must be punished, but the
Eple throughout the world, includ
labor everywhere, must be made
free and must be guaranteed the right
to enjoy the blessings and benefits of
freedom, liberty and democracy,” said
the AFL president.
Green wondered “what attitude the
representatives of the CIO who are
attending the London conference will
assume toward the proposal.”
He also attacked the CIO for at
tempting, he said, to split the world
labor movement “as they divided la-1
bor in the nited States.”
Green said the AFL's refusal to
take part in the conference had been
vindicated by developments already
apparent The congress opened last
Tuesday.
“All the reasons which the AFL
originally assigned when it declined
to respond to the invitation extended
to participate have been proven to be
sound and unassailable. We are more
firmly convinced than ever that are
are serving the interests of labor best
by refusing to participate in the so
called World Trade Union confer
ence,” Green asserted.
The dO rroup, headed by Presi
dent B. J. Thomas of the United Au
to Workers and President Sidney Hill
man of the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers, is demanding a foie in in
ternational labor movements.
The AFL now is the only Ameri
can organisation in the International
Federation of Trades Unions. The
CIO wants either to gain entry for it
self and the Soviet groups (which the
AFL maintains aren’t “free” trade
unions) into the IFTU, or form a
new world group.
“Evidently differences which have
already arisen between the bona Ode
representatives of the British Trades
Union congress and the Soviet work
ers and their allies are creating di
vision within the ranks of those in
attendance at the conference,” said
Green.
“In the event certain representa
tives of the CIO and their comrades
succeed in their plans to establish a
new international labor organisation,
Sir Walter Citrine and his associates
representing the British Trades Union
congress will be forced to decide
whether they will remain affiliated
with the International Federation of
Trades unions, or become a part of
the newly formed international Fed
eration at Trades unions, or become
a part of the newly formed interna
tional movement developed and cre
ated by their friends of the CIO and
their Russian comrades.”
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