| Show t IS SI S. WILL ACT END CIO AFt kABOR GABOR DISPUTE 11 G- G rival Groups Asked b by y Miss Perkins to Mediate COLUMBUS Ohio Oct 15 P P. The The Roosevelt adminis- adminis made its first definite we vie ve veto to end the dispute bethe be- be been en the American Federation Labor and the Committee for ii trial Organization today by gesting that both sides as- as representatives to a median media- media n committee which would beJ be- be ork at once J 1 n l an address at an anniversary bration of an unaffiliated rail- rail d union Secretary of Labor Labores ces es Perkins proposed that the theL L PL and the C CIO cIa I 0 each cach appoint e Crusted rusted and experienced ta ivies i to a mediation comm commit commit- and nd give them authority to bind r respective organizations to agreement they may reach The he io suggested that these 10 n t select three impartial pers perIS' perIS per- per s IS' 5 as additional members of committee and that the chair- chair n n be chosen from these neut neu- neu t 1 members the A F L and the C cIa I O 0 ne- ne tors cannot agree on neutral bers she said aid th their r choice lid Id be left to some ome outside ted tid person If such a plan is Ired pt pled ed some sources believed that ident Roosevelt u ultimately It i mat e 1 y 11 hEbe t be asked to pick the three a rn members embers sS ss Perkins Perkins' address before a at at t celebration of the anni- anni ary of or the Order of Railway actors and the of its la ladies es auxiliary was vas made with with- White House oval t followed by less leso than two ks Mr Ir Roosevelt's personal eal feal to fo the A F L convention iI Houston uston Texas and by only a da days clays s 's an address s to the same by Wage-Hour Wage Adt Ad- Ad t Elmer F F. Andrewsh Andrews h a n prompt settlement the A F L-C L I 0 O dispute lea ca galling ling that labor accord is of eTt est to wage earners manages manage- manage s t and the general public Miss ins said within the now di- di is needed if labor is chieve its proper place of re- re in the United States have ave ve said before dissension and andion andon ion on inevitably lead to loss Joss of once nce and prestige of all those ed particularly in matters e the public interest may be med I ic e said that she had great Ii kiln In the capacity of those on 1 sides of the A F L-C L I 0 O Op I p Continued on Page te Two Column Six 4 I U UI u. S 8 WILL SEEK CIO AFt PEACE Continued from page pace one dispute to make a fair and workable adjustment I suggest the application of a method frequently used in disputes between employers and their workers workers workers work work- ers and also used in proceedings for mediation between conflicting economic interests in business or conflicting family claims she con con- Its a familiar human way of reaching agreements Let each side in the A F L Land and the C CIO r I 0 appoint five trusted and experienced representatives to a mediation committee and give them authority to bind their respective organizations in any agreement they may reach Let these ten meet and agree upon three additional members chosen outside either of the two groups in conflict Let this committee under tInder er the chairmanship of one of the disinterested dis dis- interested members proceed to find a settlement The advantage of this form is that the moral and intellectual capacity of both groups is brought into play and the real adjustment I is made by them That always gives permanence and strength The public or outside members will serve principally to keep alive the spirit of mediation and coun- coun to solve minor and immediate immediate immediate im im- im- im mediate points paints of conflict between the partisan members an and to suggest suggest suggest sug sug- gest new and varied solutions for old problems They also will serve serveto serveto serveto to represent the public interest in inthe inthe inthe the the- effective settlement of this quarrel in labors labor's house Miss iss Perkins Perkins' speech coincided with a C I 0 O declaration that its constitutional convention con in Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh be beginning inning November 14 may aid efforts for labor peace The C CIO I 0 News the organizations organization's organizations organization's organizations organization's tion's weekly publication in an editorial editorial edi edi- edi- edi tonal entitled Light on the Question Question Question Ques Ques- tion of Labor Unity commented today The Houston convention of the theA theA theA A F P L indicates that its leaders do donot donot donot not yet et share the desire of the C CIO I 0 and of most of their own members for restoration of a unified labor movement t. t The C CIO I 0 can afford to ignore the torrents of abuse I which were poured upon it and its members But if peace is to be achieved there must be evidence of a sincere desire for it on both sides The forthcoming convention con of the C I 0 O far from being an obstacle in the path paths of unity is likely to be a most effective e step stepin in Ia that direction WASHINGTON Oct 15 UP J Leaders of the Catholic church Inthe in inthe inthe the United States added their plea today to those of other groups asking asking asking ask ask- ing an end to the warfare between the C ClO I O 0 and the A F L. L The American hierarchy at the conclusion of a three-day three meeting here said in a statement that the labor dispute was a cause for grief |
