Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-02 | Page 1 | Patience Urged by Labor Chief

PATIENCE URGED BY LABOR CHIEF I Green Inflation Inflation Inflation Opposes es Rapid tion Stresses Hour 30 Week to A. A F. F of L. L By CLARENCE M. M WRIGHT Associated Press S Staff ff Writer WASHINGTON Oct 2 Appealing 2 for or patience and faith in the new deal dent President William Green told the he American Federation of of Labor convention today that tha-t unemployment would not be eliminated until a 30 hour week was established Opening the third fifty-third annual convention convention con con- he opposed rapid inflation and nd said the federation would press f for or r unemployment insurance adoption adoPtIon tIon ion of the child labor constitutional amendment adequate retirement laws aws for workers and the elimination of f discriminations ms against wo workers kers I 40 0 and 45 years of age Discussing codes drawn under the recovery act Green told the dele dele- gates ates The hours of ot labor and the minimum minimum mini mini- mum rates of pay established in these codes odes are unsatisfactory The hours I are re too high and the wages too low lowit it if f we we ar are to realize the real objective of f the the recovery recovery act Iii In our mature judgment our honest honest hon- hon est st judgment the hours in many of ot these hese codes are arc so high that they will wm willot not ot abs absorb rb a single worker Three million nillion have been taken back to work but ut eleven million are arc still So labor must press with all vigor In n its possession the necessity for re re- ising codes until the opportunity to work vork Is given to all those who want wanto to o work lIn In n my y pInIon opinion the eleven cleven million n will not get back to work until we face ace the issue boldly and uncompromisingly uncompromisingly promisingly and establish in these codes odes a six hour five day week weck Labor must have faith in the n new w deal eal in that great fearless leader the president resident of ot the United States he declared Recalling labors labor's traditional stand against rapid cheapening of ot money Green reen told the convention We Wc are against unrestrained Inflation inna- inna tIon on until they assure us WI that labor will vill get more of these ch cheap dollars to o meet the higher costs In my judgment judgment judg judg- ment labor must stand unflinchingly agaInst r rapid pid Inflation Patience also was advised the delegates dele- dele gates some of whom have said the recovery program was moving too slowly by Senator King D. D Utah V