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Show LEHI FREE PRESS, LEHI. UTAH ers are not broken because those ana HEARD around the NATIONAL CAPITAL ft Carter Field There is more then possibility that the wages and hours bill will go over until the next session of congress. The probability right along has been that it would be enacted, in some form, but the difficulties are great, the lines of thought which must be reconciled are wide apart, and the number of men in both houses who would like to see the thing put over is very large. It includes the new chairman of the house labor committee, Mary T. Norton of Jersey City, who succeeded to the chairmanship on the death of William P. Connery of Massachusetts. If it were not for the Supreme court enlargement bill right in the senate, the situation might be different. But all house members know that the senate is not going to have jnuch time this session to fool with the wages and hours bill, and they know perfectly well that the senate Js not going to rush through any bill which the house may agree on without extensive debate. The thought of the house, there- do a tremendous is that if fore, surrender they principles and opinions in compromises to get something through and perhaps put themselves on record on things which may prove very embarrassing later the whole thing may be wasted. The senate just might decide not to take the bill up this session. The house members know that the Wages and hours regulation bill is a subject on which there will be widely varied opinions back in their districts, with more than a probability that there may be considerable numbers of their constituents to whom it just is the most important measure on which congress will vote. By the same token, some one of these groups may be so outraged by their congressman's Vote on this bill that they will be inclined to vote against him at the next primary and election regardless of anything else he may have done or failed to do. Washington. Danger Multiplied There is always the possibility of this sort of thing on any controver- sial legislation. But in the wages end hours measure this danger is multiplied. It is a thing which touches the lives and pocketbooks, in one way or another, of a far larger proportion of people than the average measure. In fact, there is probably more selfish interest in it than any other legislation which congress is called upon to consider at this session. Voters ought to be equally interested in a tax bill, for of course every one's pocketbook is affected by that, but there is quite a large percentage of voters who do not believe that their pocketbooks are affected by a tax bill. In the case of this wages and hours bill it is not the outright opponents of the measure who threaten to postpone action on it. As a matter of fact, the number of outright opponents is so small as to be futile against the steam-rolle- r tactics possible, especially in the house. It is just people who do not want to take any unnecessary chance, if they are sure that taking the chance at this time will do no particular good. taking part in them run out of things to say. They are broken for two reasons. Sometimes the physical strain on the participants becomes too great. They give out physically not for lack of ideas. The other is when the country becomes aroused against the endless talking, shows plainly that its sympathies are the other way, and thereby deprives the filibusters of an incentive to go on. No Good Anyway There is no hint of either of these things yet. So it would really do no good for the administration group to clap down on some speaker with a demand that he stop discussing, for example, the wagec and hours bill. For that is one of the tilings that is being talked about under the surface more than anything else. So far no accord has been reached. Some of the participants in the conferences are still worrying about regional differentials whether employees can be worked longer hours and paid smaller wages in the Si.uth than in the North. Others are worried about exemptions, the latest decision of the administration apparently being that there are to be time-killin- g none. Then there is always the government reorganization bill. There is general agreement among congressmen that President Roosevelt can have his additional secretary's. There is a willingness to give h;m several other things he wants. But the measure is not going to pass in toto a3 the President wants it far from it. Just for instance, the army engineers are not going to have their powers even jeopardized, much less threatened. And that is only one. There are a lot more There may be one more cabinet position, but not the two more the President wishes. But the details of both the government reorganization and the wages and hours bills are still under in the cloakrooms, in discussion offices, and even at parties. That is usually the rule during some big filibuster which has reached the stage, as this has, where no other business will be permitted by the side trying to break the talkfest. And it still looks like an October adjournment! Make Up! Not Yet John L. Lewis and William Green are not going to kiss and make up before Christmas, no matter what authentic sounding gossip you may hear to that effect. Neither is Franklin D. Roosevelt going to repudiate Lewis, no matter how much he quotes that "Plague on both your houses." Neither is on the cards. Eventually, the probability is that the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization will unite. But not for some time to come. Not this good year of 1937. It is much too soon. to There is too much be done first, and the time for the gestures is not yet. For either to make any gesture now would be construed by too many of their followers as a sign of weakness. For Lewis to make the move would deter certain important unions which are thinking of jumping the old organization to one that promises more action. It would cool the enthusiasm of so many budding unions about to affiliate with C. I. O. For Green to make the move would be construed by too many as not merely a sign of weakness, but virtually as a surrender. on both But even the sides know that inevitably something must bring about peace. For the time being there is considerable advantage in the present setup from the standpoint of organized labor. face-savin- g face-savin- g die-har- Reminiscence Moreover, there are a lot of members of the house who think that the Actually the present situation is sensible thing for them to do while reminiscent of the bitterness which the senate is wrangling over the back in the Wilson adminSupreme court enlargement bill is to take a nice long recess, with a gentlemen's agreement that nothing will be done and no roll calls forced before a certain day. That would give a lot of them a chance to go home, or to the seashore, or perhaps even to Europe. between the two groups of women who were fighting for woman suffrage. In this comparison the C. I. O. is like the Woman's party, headed by vibrant Alice Paul, the American Federation being like the dignified but rather ineffective association headed by Carrie Chapman Catt. Mrs. Catt's group had WHO'S By WILLIAM C. UTLEY Bill Green, flashy stepper of the American THIS corner Federation of Labor and the craft unions. And in this corner d mauler of the Committee for Indus John L. Lewis, trial Organization and the vertical unions. The stake the "championship" of American labor organization. The figh- ttwo-fiste- , to a finish. It was predicted months ago that the battle would be a live and bitter one and it is. As the weeks roll by it becomes more and more apparent that A. F. of L. and C. I. O. are invading each other's fields. C. I. O. has gained steadily in membership, and A. F. of L. has defended its positions by intensifying its own membership dr ives. Today the A. F. of L. claims a membership of 3,600,0u0, and the C. I. O. is pressing it closely with a claimed 3,000,000. Bulwarks of the Green organization's strength are the printing industry, teamsters and truckers, the building trades end metal trcdes, hotel and restaurant employees, street car workers Lewis finds his and entertainers. power in the basic and mass production industries coal, steel, men's and women's clothing, rubber, oil, textiles, automobiles, etc. But Lewis has clashed and is clashing with A. F. of L. in places which it has assumed were its own grounds. The latest of these is the maritime front. Meeting with 23 representatives of 23 maritime unions on both the east and west coasts, he announced that C. I. O. would attempt to gather the scattered unions into one big organization which will include workers on both coasts, the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico and inland waterways. There are said to be 350,000 such workers. A. F. of L. already has two strong unions in the field. A. F. of L. Wins in Philly. The apathy of one organization for the other among maritime workers is demonstrated almost constantly on the east coast. Scarcely a week passes when there is not a strike of workers affiliated with one or the other of the two groups on some ship scheduled to leave port. The two organizations will not work with each other; if a ship owner makes an agreement with one union, the other walks out. The condition is true even when the workers of one group involved are not engaged in the same industry as the other group. In Philadelphia not long ago, 25,000 teamsters affiliated with the Green organization went on strike. They were protesting the fact that C. I. O. unions had made an agreement with bakery employers. A. F. of L. won; it effected a truce providing for elections in the bakery plants, C. I. O. promising to withdraw if it lest the elections. C. I. O. lost and pulled out. An interesting clash arose on a Seattle newspaper. The dispute was between the American Newspaper guild and the teamsters' union about control over the paper's circulation department employees. The guild was a member of C. I. O., taking in workers in the circulation, advertising and business offices, as well as editorial departments of newspapers. The paper was forced to suspend publication pending settlement of the dispute. Teamsters refused to deliver the papers, until members of the circulation department were ' placed elsewhere and their jobs given to A. F. of L. members. The guild members then went on strike claiming that the newspaper had openly against John Lewis' C. I. O. Winn it began to recognize the C. I. O. threat to its supremacy, the A. F. of L. lost little time in raising its dues from one cent per monn per member to two cents; the old j rate has usually been enough to make both ends meet but it was not enough to finance the fight against John L. Lewis. Until recently the only funds in the C. I. O. war chest were these which affiliated unions contributed to it when money was needed to But now C. I O. press its dr v.- f , - ' '4- - By Lemuel F. Parton struggle is no toy conflict and will or probably take a hand in it sooner later. It hardly seems possible that the administration could overlook a struggle with so many and so broad One solution which is implications. reported to have been suggested by one high in administration circles would attempt to bring the two organizations together. The plan is to offer Green a government post, and let him be succeeded by George M. Harrison, president of the Broth erhood of Railroad Clerks. Within the A. F. of L. there would then be formed a new division over the basic industries; this would be headed by John L. Lewis. But one of the main issues of the present battle within the ranks of labor is over who shall dominate A. F. of L. policy the craft union groups or the basic industries' un skilled workers. Lewis' bloc threat- ens now to get so powerful that it r f - - r ' - filiated unions. Of course there are national unions belonging to one organization or the other which have large treasuries of their own. The bricklayers' union is said to enjoy a balance of some $7,000,000, while the ladies' garment workers are $2,000,000 in the black. Lewis is said to have spent $1,000,000 in the steel workers' A Jsr high-voltag- blood-pres-- that would allow the two groups to share the power. But it does not appear thai either wants to share it, and such a truce would be difficult indeed to effect. Whether or not the C. I. O. is on the downhill because of its failstrikes against independent steel ure way to obtain written contracts in corporations. the strike against the independent What Employers Face. steel companies is still widely de- Employers are often faced with bated. The campaign began a year truly mortal problems as a result ago, and by February some conof the Green-Lewi- s friction. For in- tracts had be e n obtained. The stance there is the case of an auto- United States Steel corporation camobile body corporation which was pitulated and signed C. I. O. consubplanning some major construction. tracts for its Carnegie-Illinoi- s The company's employees are dom- sidiary's employees. This lent iminated by the United Automobile petus to the Steel Workers' OrganWorkers of America, a C. I. O. un- izing Committee drive until today it ion. A C. I. O. union demands the claims 260 contracts involving more work of digging the foundations. The than 350,000 steel workers. contractor is afraid to begin work Companies Woo Public Opinion. on the job for fear the A. F. of L. But the independent companies unions will not work on the superstructure. If he gives the founda- refused to sign contracts and are tion work to A. F. of L. men, he apparently getting away with it. Becourts reprisals by C. I. O. auto- fore the federal mediation board mobile workers in the town. So they opened up an attack concenthe construction is not being done trated upon Lewis, charging that and nobody is benefiting from the any C. I. O. affiliate was irresponsible, threatened to break contracts employment it would provide. Certain aspects of the rise of C. I. and did break them. Examples cited O. have reacted definitely to the included the United Automobile advantage of the American Federa- Workers of America, a C. I. O. aftion of Labor. Industries which in filiate, with which General Motors the past have been none too anxious and Chrysler signed agreements, only to be plagued with hundreds of n r y, 7 and guaranteed 'TTTf e, will be able to vote itself into control of that policy. If the above plan would be successful, some agreement would have to be reached " - current fight: William Green (left), president has started collecting dues of five cents a month per member of af- " 0" the American Federation of Labor, and John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organization. of - Toe of Demoniac Forces JSTEW YORK. Anatole T' concluded his -- Rev0,t Angels" with the observation tw man's only hope lay in "The p quest of the Demons of Yi Fear in His Own Soul." The quS Uon may be a bit awry, iiM book is not at hand, but it is nent to today's news of the eiMdt tion to the arctic in the interest demon slaying the first of its kindrf barring- Siegfried's hunting the land of the ice queen. The above allusion suggests no cf .he purD of Dr. George W. Crile, famous geon and who is head ing a voyage to the Arctic. Specifi! cally, he fights the demoniac force, of anger and fear which now ranse the world and which any newspaper reader can recognize on sight At seventy-threhe hopes to find in the Far North knowledge which will strengthen his arm and temper his sword, supplementing knowledge which he previously gleaned in the African jungles. Seals and walruses, neither of them particularly angry or scared will be studied by Dr. Crile not as examples of dignity and complae-tncbut as the owners and proprietors of certain unique energy, releasing mechanisms that seem to work better than the human carburetor, the suprarenal gland system. Dr. Crile has dissected and studied about 800 jungle animals in the interest of civilized human be- havior, and now, to piece out his mosaic of life energy, he goes North on an expedition not to the ant but the sea lion. These researches have enabled him in certain instances to cure chronic anger and fear. He finds that in this day of newspapers, radio and press agents there are e stimuli loose every-- : where which make high sure the curse of the age. The name "John L. Lewis" will make one citizen apoplectic, while "Tom Girdler" will induce a similar embolism in another. For aggravated cases of this kind, Dr. Crile has a simple "Denervation" operation, in which he throttles down the too rampant adrenal glands. Judging from the past, he could operate on the opposed prin-- : cipals in a labor dispute and have them falling over each other to sign an agreement. A resident of Cleveland, he is the founder and head of the Cleveland Clinic, which is carrying through profound studies of the adrenal and thyroid glands, and of bodily metabolisms generally. His researches in the world war vastly widened and deepened the knowledge of the mechanized functioning of the endocrine glands. These discoveries led him to describe the human body as an auto-- i mobile, in which the brain is the battery, the suprarenal gland sys- tern the carburetor, the liver the gasoline tank, the muscles the mo-- ! tor, and the thyroid gland the gear-- ; ' Opponents in labor's NEWS THIS WEEK... F. of L. Clash Between John L Lewis' C. I. 0. and William Greens A. Broadens on All Fronts; Government May Intervene. ! box. ' In Africa, Dr. Crile shot and dissected hundreds of animals, from the smallest up to lions and rhino- cerosi. He finds that lions have a sympathetic gland reinforcing sys-- j tern which enables the adrenals to deal action hormones with a tre- mendous kick. That's what makes the lion such a good and the sure winner of any jungle track meet. Lions, tigers and ferocious lone workers in general have this starter. self-start- strikes after the agreement had been made. Companies lost no chances to impress the public with the violence on the picket lines that were established by C. I. O. unions. When there was resentment of the employment of vigilantes by local police and by the companies, the raged, istration, Deep, Dark Stuff Two jobs are going on under the just as many arguments and a great was ter- Burface at Capitol Hill while the senate engages in a debate on the merits and demerits or at least that is what the debate is supposed to be about of the Supreme court enlargement bill. One of these is an attempt to compromise that measure itself. One of the compromises being talked about might easily be acceptable to most of the opponents of the measure but the administration is not ready to accept that yet. It may never accept it, for the odds would seem to favor the administration's being able to break the filibuster if it continues to press for such a consummation, with no regard whatever for consequences. The other job is determining, in private conferences between senators and representatives, the fate cf several other important measures, which, under the stringent rules being enforced in the effort to break the cloture, cannot be discussed seriously on the floor. That is, under the strict letter of the rules it cannot. Actually no attempt has ever been made, during past filibusters, to enforce the rule that a speaker must confine himself to the subject. 'The answer is simple. It would not make any difference. Filibust LABOR'S 'BATTLE OF THE CENTURY' hair-trigg- er Herding animals have a less sensitive starting and stimulating mechanism. Less complex, coldb- looded creatures, like crocodiles, with special defensive armament, have an even slower takeoff, but Dr. Crile's main point is that they were upheld on the grounds all have an ignition system which that C. I. O. had regular armies of perfectly serves their survival its own which it continually threatneeds. ened to move in upon strike areas. As Dr. Crile sees it, the maladThe contention is made that with or malfunctioning of our justment the failure of C. I. O. in the indereleases pendent steel strikes, "Big Steel" energy apparatus in body emotions, precipitated and the automobile companies will poisons, and helps put the world refuse to sign again when their coneven more out of plumb than it na-- j tracts come up for renewal. PreAn artificially dictions are also made that C. I. O. turally seems to be. the changed environment with all and aue lor another serious in new problems of urban living drop prestige in its attempt to organize an unstable and complex economy the employees of the Ford Motor makes people keep on getting company. mad about things which they can t the Despite its failure to date in "Litpossibly affect or control, unlikeman tle Steel," the C. I. O.'s leaders are animals, and renders latterday uetcrmmed that they are here to a signal failure in the main business stay, and are going right ahead in of lifp which is "continuous adap tation." organization of other industries. At home In the wider generalizaThe U. A. W. A. is tions of his subject, Dr. Crile sees airing its against Ford in a hearing here the collective elements of sothe national labor relations cial Fuehrers, nml-sinstability board. In "Washington the United messiahs, warkluxers, demagogs, Federal Workers of America are and and inflammatory mongers, trying to organize 00,000 federal provocative inciters of world decmp.oyccs. The drive is on in the mentia in general. He thinks a sclhumaritime field. C. I. O. is seeking eral job of scientific tl'e national organization of man reconditioning is possibly agricultural, cannery and fruit and only answer. . vegetable woikoi-sIt is broadening out into He is a native of Chilo. Ohio, transportation, textiles, lumber tobacco and education. It does several academic degrees not taking his medical educathe completing "Little Steel" failure tion regard of foreign unin a number it can be regarded as iversities. such) as an important one. Ntwi Features. 6 Consollrtnted e Western Newsp.ipcr Union. WNU Service. vig-lkmt- es ;7T van:' - -- H V'K?V deal more money, but it ribly sedate. Mrs. Catt worried a great deal about what was the proper thing to do. Alice Paul kent the "cause" on the front pages. She had women picketing the White House, dropping banners over house of representatives galleries when the President was addressing congress, always was exciting. , ,x & n : A The Woman's party did things and put things over. It obtained the submission of the woman suffrage amendment and its ratification by Scenes like this are hardly (uicommon in labor's current crisis. s of the states at a time taken 19 circulation men out of their to deal with the A. F. of L. arc now when any candid observer will that the great majority of the jobs because they had refused to welcoming it as an alternative to country did not care two whoops leave the union of their choice and C. I. O., of which they are apparwhether women had the right to join the teamsters' union. Police ently afraid. vote or not. It literally heckled the eventually removed the strike pickHere's One Solution. ets and publication was resumed. thing through. Where unions join the C. I. Most people have forgotten how It is said that the order of the O., the A.local F. L. sets out to make of bitter the feud was between the two C. I. O. is not to encroach upon inup a rival union. This has happened A. L. of of F. twenfields women. Most dustrial the which groups people in n number of cases. The A. F. of ty years hence will have forgotten already has "successfully" organL. has been known to borrow emthe present bitterness between the ized, but this order has been vioFederation and the C. I. O. No lated, chiefly by minor organizers ployees from factories where its mere difference between the craft who, in their enthusiasm, have sim- units are recognized to recruit new members in other factories where plan and the one union for each ply ignored it. C. I. O. appears to hold a majority. idea is to industry going keep the Dues. Federation Doubles As one faction or the other has two big organizations apart. But is not so passive sought to break picket lines, viopersonalities will, for many months in The Federation policy. It regards the C. I. O. lence has sometimes occurred, with to come. Though if the feud lasts rival and makes attendant injuries, both serious and until the presidential election in 1940 as an no pretense of foregoing the C. I. O. minor. it will surprise most of the insiders. field. It campaigns militantly and C Bell Syndicate. -- WNU Srvlc. Washington realizes that the labor v three-fourth- nd-m- out-and-o- ut ; ungov-erne- com-p.ain- d ts , he-fo- re |