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Show A. F. OF L DEMANDS END OF PREJUDICE Ask President, Congress To Amend Wagner Labor Act DENVER, Oct. 13 (U.R) The American Federation of Labor convention today unanimously approved a demand de-mand for President Roosevelt Roose-velt and congress to end the alleged prejudice of the National Na-tional Labor Relations board toward the rival Committee for Industrial Organization. The action a roaring shout of approval of the resolutions committee com-mittee report proposing amendments amend-ments of the Labor act came after the convention had heard demands for removal of one board member, Edwin Smith, and at least four regional directors. Edwin Smith and Donald W. Smith of the N.L.R.B., were bitterly bit-terly assailed by Secretary John P. Frey of ' the committee, in voicing a demand that President Roosevelt dean out the allegedly prejudiced members of the board's set-up before "an aroused congress con-gress acts." Board Roundly Scored Although Frev defended Chair- man J. Warren Madden of the board, he and a dozen other speakers before the convention hurled charge after charge at the majority of N.L.R.B. officials on the grounds that they were fostering fos-tering development of the rival John L. Lewis organization. "We not only have to fight the C. I. O.," shouted Jaspar Davis of the Boiler Workers, in bringing bring-ing the discussion to a climax, I "but ye gods and little fishes we have to fight the Labor board, too. And we have to fight for our very existence." Adoption of the committee recommendation came soon after President William Green had rejected re-jected as "insincere" a proposal from the rival C. I. O. war council coun-cil at Atlantic City for a peace conference to end the split in labor's ranks. He offered, instead, to sit down at a table "with no strings attached" and attempt to reach a settlement. |