Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-10-20 | Page 10 | Union Growth Sets Record

UNION GROWTH SETS SETS' RECORD Report Expected to Show Total Total Total To To- tal Many More Than Five Million WASHINGTON Oct 20 Amer P IP Amer American lean ican Federation of Labor Labor officials believe be be- lieve they have boosted their paid up membership considerably above the theold theold thel old time all-time record of 4 who were on the rolls in 1920 1 Exact figures though will not b be available until after the end of the calendar year ear By that time WilLiam William Wil liam Green president and other officers officers of of- expect the total will be many more than Already they have set as the next immediate Immediate immediate imme Imme- diate goal goat As evidence of oC the tho continuing swing toward unionization since N R It A Frank Frnnk Morrison secretary of the federation federation federation fed fed- said today that charters had been issued by his organization to new unions since July Officials of the federation also were elated today by the fact that establishment establishment establishment of new unions had not slumped since the spurt that followed enactment of the recovery act October found more new charters than in all of July and Au August August around around Organized labor spokesmen feel it I must pread unionization to bring sue suc cess s of the recovery program As one one explained it Until we can represent a majority of oC the we wont won't be in the I exact position we should should should-in in the position position tion lion the thc authors of the recovery act expected we would be