Show A F L Chief hacks ManFor Plan Man For Mediation hoard Board WASHINGTON March 14 UP President William Green of the American Federation of Labor Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day approved President Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roosevelt's Roose Roose- velt's plan for creation of an 11 member super mediation board to conciliate strikes and controversies developing in the national defense program Green announced his approval after a conference with Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt who gave him a a. complete picture picture picture pic pic- pic- pic ture of the projected board Green said it would comprise three representatives representatives representatives rep rep- of the public four of industry and four of labor Green said that Mr Roosevelt had agreed to the A F Ls L's two chief qualifications 1 That the board be clothed with complete mediation powers 2 That the boards board's plans for arbitration should be voluntary and andin andin andin in no way compulsory The presidents president's conference with Green was among the first jn in which he is sounding out sentiments sentiments' of i labor leaders on the plan which I he is expected to to place in effect by executive order next week Earlier in the day Mr Roosevelt had seen seen Secretary of Labor Frances Frances Fran Fran- Fran Fran- ces Perkins Sidney Hillman and labor executives who make up the labor defense advisory committee Mr Roosevelt expected to confer over the week week end end with wit President Philip Murray of the Congress of Industrial Organizations At his press conference Friday morning Mr Roosevelt refused to discuss reports that Wendell L. L Willkie and Bernard Baruch were being considered for chairmanship chairmanship chairmanship chair chair- manship of the board He said he heh h had a d given n o 0 consideration t to o personnel problems as yet The house judiciary committee meantime continued its study of proposed strike control legislation in defense industry Representative Thomas F F. F Ford D D. Cal asked the committee to approve a bill barring discrimination tion against any person because of race color or creed in national defense employment Ford said he understood that employers in some states were discriminating against colored persons and that he believed congress should enact legislation to stop this practice Representative Francis Walter m. m D. D Pa said that Fords Ford's b bill i 11 would place employers in a conflicting conflicting conflicting con con- situation |