Show CIO HIT IN HOUSE HOUSEAS AS DEFENSE FOE WASHINGTON Dec 12 CUP UP- UP Representative Leland M M. Ford R R. Cal CaI charged in the house Thursday that the Congress of Industrial Industrial Industrial In In- organizations has done everything it possibly could to disturb disturb disturb dis dis- dis- dis disrupt and destroy the national national national na na- na- na defense program Does it seem possible Ford said In in what has been called free America that through the leadership of the C CIO I 0 and Sidney Sidney Sidney Sid Sid- ney Hillman national defense commissioner this program program can be stopped our national defense program program program pro pro- gram sabotaged and this country not only left defenseless but eventually eventually eventually event event- turned over to the communists communists communists' nis ts Fords Ford's attack one of several speeches on labor policy during the brief session drew a reply from Representative Jerry Voorhis D D. Cal CaI who said that Hillman had told the C I 0 O convention that national national national na na- na- na defense was labors labor's first Continued on Pale Page Seven Column Four I House Member Scores cores C CIO I 0 Continued from Page One duty He accused Ford of making making making mak mak- ing no distinction between subversive subversive subversive sive forces in the labor movement movement movement move move- ment and patriotic elements Californians Clash There was a heated exchange between between between be be- tween the two Californians when Ford remarked that every time we attack subversive activities someone someone someone some some- one comes to the defense Ford charged that the C I 0 O opposed opposed opposed op op- op- op posed the national defense program program program pro pro- gram from its inception They opposed the neutrality act he said They opposed conscription conscription conscription con con- and I believe it will be conceded that by their every act they have done everything they possibly could to disturb disrupt and destroy the national defense program We all know that many of these so-called so leaders but really the misleaders of the union movement movement movement move move- ment have been made of up racketeers racketeers racketeers rack rack- communists and dangerous alien criminals such as Harry Bridges Lists Ch Charges In their attempt to destroy airplane airplane air airplane air air- plane production they called a astrike astrike astrike strike at they stopped delivery delivery delivery de de- de- de livery of planes that are necessary to our army for training of our men they are striking against the shipbuilding operators there have been jurisdictional strikes that have slowed down our defense program program program pro pro- gram they are arc advocating and putting into effect strikes in the forests interfering with our lumber lumber lumber lum lum- ber industry they have made the statement that they are going to take over all industry including air plants automobile plants shipbuilding shipbuilding shipbuilding ship ship- building steel plants lumber industry industry in industry in- in and shipping and I understand understand understand under under- stand the substance of a remark made by Mr Sidney Hillman was that industry had better get aboard or take the consequences consequences' Representatives John W W. Taher Taber R R. N Nr Y and Clare Hoffman CR R R. Mich also assailed some of labors labor's la labor labors labor's la- la bor bors bors bor's s activities in connection with defense industry Taber charged that union practices of barring employment employment employment em em- on defense projects until until until un un- un- un til workers pay union fees are slowing down rearmament Hoffman Hoffman Hoffman Hoff Hoff- man said that the government needs men but that they cannot get jobs because the unions Dan ban banthem them |