Labor Should Knoy^y
These Coagressmen
•. A total of 176 Representatives
supported each of the 3 amend
ments to the Defense Production
Aet which were opposed most
strongly by organised labor and
ether consumer groups.
Fifty-three Democrats and 123
Republicans backed the Talle (R.f
Iowa) amendment to end price
controls; the Lucas (D.f Tex.)
amendment to reorganise the
Wage Stabilisation Board with a
majority of public members and
to give it only advisory powers;
and the *Smith (D., Va.) amend
ment to request the President to
force etriking steelworkers baek
into the mills through use of the
Taft-Hajrtley Act.
Here are the names of the
members of the House who voted
for all three provisions (Demo
crats in diuck type, tiepuDiicans
in light); g
ALABAMA—Apdrews, Boykin,
ARIZONA—Patten.
ARKANSAS — Gathings, Nor
roll.
CAUFORNIA — Allen, Ander
son, Bramblett, Hillings, Hunter,
Jackson, Johnson, McDonough,
Phillips, Poulson, Scndder, Wer
del.
COLORADO—Chenoweth, Hill.
CONNECTICUT—Sadlak.
DELAWARE—Boggs.
FLORIDA—Herkmg, Rogers.
GEORGIA—Cox, Davis, For
Inter, Wheeler, Wood.
IDAHO—Wood.
ILLINOIS—Allen, Arends, Bus
hes, Chiperfield, Church, Hoffman,
Jeaison, Jonas, Mason, McVey,
Road, Simpson, Springer, g Vail,
Velde, Vursell. v
INDIANA—Adair Halleck, Har
IOWA — Cunningham, Hoeven,
LeCompte, Martin, Talle.
KANSAS—Cole, Hope, Ress,
Smith. ^
MARYLAND—Devereux, Mill
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Grant.
| KENTUCKY—Gregory.
LOUISIANA—Brooks, Lanafe
MAINE—Mclntire.
_ 3- , ' <r
WilliamGreenTells Democrats
Southern Coalition Hurts Party
Democrats Warned Coalition Is
Hurting Labor, Nation, Party
CHICAGO—The American Fed
eration of Labor called upon the
Democratic National Convention
to purge the Dixiecrats so that
the party can make good on its
platform pledges. In an out
spoken appeal for action, AFL
President William Green told the
Resolutions Committee that the
“irresponsible coalition*’ of Dixie
crats and reactionary Republicans
in Congress “has hurt labor, it
has hurt the nation and it has
hurt the prestige of the Demo
cratic Party.’* N
In company with a special com
mittee of the AFL Executive
Council, Mr. Green presented to
the platform makers the same 11
planks which the federation rec
ommended to the Republicans 3
weeks before and which the GOP
convention spurned. The other
AFL leaders appearing with Mr.
Green were Secretory-Treasurer
George Meany and Vice Presi
dents Charles J. MacGowan and
William L. McFetridge.
Replace T.H Act
Those planks called for replace
ment of the Taft-Hartley Act
with a new law fair to labor and
management alike; for an effec
tive stabilisation program; for a
strong bipartisan foreign policy,
coupled with impregnable nation
al defense; for * a billion-dollar
program of federal aid to edu
cation; for a comprehensive hous
ing program; for reform of the
tax laws; for broader social se
curity, with increased ^benefits and
a health insurance system; for
a $1 an hour minimum wage;
for strengthening the Labor De
partment; for the enactment of a
federal FEPC lay and for action
to improve the conditions of gov
ernment employes.
The conclusion to the statement,
however, was especially directed
to the Democratic Party and it
I
constituted a hard-hitting warn
ing against appeasement of .the
Dixiecrats—a move widely pre
dicted as a step toward unity for
the campaign.
In measured tones, Mr. Green
told the Democrats:
44 Four years ago the Democratic
National Convention adopted a
clear-cut, progressive - platform.
Today, after two intervening ses
sions of Congress under Demo
cratic control, that platform
still, in most respects, a scrap of
paper. t
“Promise without performance
will not indefinitely satisfy the
American people. They have a
right to expect the government
they elect to make good on its
pledges.
Sttaled Progteaa
“The fault is only too obvious.
A considerable number of mem
bers of Congress, who are Demo
crats-in name only, allied them
selves with reactionary Republi
cans to stifle progressive legisla
tion. That irresponsible coalition
has hurt labor, it has huft the
nation and it has hurt the pres
tige of the Democratic Party.
“We feel that the time has
come for the Democratic Party
te #dp something about this im
possible situation. It is not
enough to reiterate promises in
the party platform this year. The
Democratic Party must be em
powered to fulfill its pledges to
the people. Otherwise, its friends
will begin to ask whether the
Democratic Party really is fight
ing for the welfare of the people.
“There are many progressive,
statesmanlike members of Con
gress from the South. . We are
not suggesting that punitive ac
tion be taken against any Demo
crat from any section of the
country who occasionally strays
from the reservation. We are
not trying to suppress political
independence for the sake of
blind party loyalty. That would
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AFL
And
Both the' Democratic and *•
publican candidate, for President
may be invited to address the 71s
annual convention of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, the o
flcial call for which has just been
issued by President Wflli.mGreen
and Secretary-Treasurer George
Meany.
The convention opens in
York City on September 15, right
in the thick of the
litical campaign. It wUlbe
in the grand ballroom of the Com
modore Hotel.
Manv Back Candidates
It wffl be up to the delegates at
the convention to decide whether
the AFL will make a Presl^t,‘*
endorsement this year or abide by
the traditional nonpartisan poUti
cal poUey of the fetation-,
Labor's League for Political Ed
ucation will hold the fir
ing of Ha national committee at
one of the convention sessions »»|
the political policy of the AFL m
the campaign will be shaped at
that time.
i
Ths is the first New York e
vention in the AFL's history
it promises to be a big-time af
fair. Leaders of the AFL are de
termined to map a stirring pro
gram and to bring in the out
standing speakers in the nation.
There are expected to be about
800 delegates in attendance repre
senting more than 8 million AFL
members, enrolled in 109 national
and international unions.
Delegates To Set Policies
Aside from politics, momentous
decisions on many national and
international issues face the dele
gates.
They must decide basic AFL
policy for the coming year on
such bread-and-butter issues ;'as
wage and price controls. They
must draft a legislative program
for the new Congress that will
take office In 1953, including rec
ommendations on housing, social
security, health insurance, taxes,
civil rights, and federal aid to
education.
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