| Show Perkins Blames s Strikes s On CIO War i NEW YORK Aug 28 M Look UP-Look- Look LookIng Ing back over eight years as secretary secretary secretary sec sec- of labor Fran Frances es PerkIns Perkin blames the split spIlt between the American Amer Amer- jean ican Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations Organizations for the failure of collective ba bargaining to settle more disputes without strikes strikes Writing in the September issue of Fortune magazine the nations nation's first woman cabinet officer de describes describes describes de- de scribes the A CIO F L-C L 10 schism as largely an Internal fight for con con- and declares that a trot reunion could be made tomorrow without ugly scars of hatred and rancor between the wage earners in each group I have been called incompetent and nd worse because I h have ve not prevented prevented prevented pre pre- vented strikes Miss Perkins PerkIn's writes and I am aware that there Is a theory that if Jl I were a two- two fi fisted ted male I should be able to stop strikes The accusation that I am a woman is incontrovertible As for being t fisted Uvo-fisted Im I'm Im sure sure th that t It 1 Is I unrealistic and lacking Jacking in human huma knowledge to believe that getting gettin tough or cracking down on workIng working working work work- ing people would make things better bet bet- ter Power Limited There have been two fisted males in this office and strikes strike were never prevented because no secretary of labor has ever had the authority or the power directly to stop strikes and it is doubtful i If Ifa a any cl thinking clear a g citizen would b be willing to give to any agency 01 of government the absolute right anc and power to interfere with other citi citizens citi- citi zens The only power I have she declares declares de de- de- de clares dares is to act as labors labor's spokes spokes- m in the government S Sue be says that collective bargaining bargain bargain- ing carried on with mutual re- re and intention to conclude conclude con con- clude elude a a bargain is a constructive process and labors labor's efforts to organize organize organize or or- are not disorder Association brings obligations and standards and mutual mutual rights she adds as as much to carpenters and automobile workers as to doctors doctors doc- doc tors ors and lawyers and I have urged John Lewis former former former for for- mer head of the C CIO 0 over and andover andover andover over again to make peace with the theA A and F L- L Land and he has said over and andover andover andover over again that he expected to tomake tomake tor make peace peate when the right time r comes comes comes' Lewis Irked The president wrote Mr Lewis Lewisa a a. letter asking askine him to make peace neace that irked Mr Lewis It was was was' after that hat that he called me woozy Inthe in inthe the he head I received letters and telegrams from labor organizations both A F Land and CIO C I 0 asking me meo meto meto to o keep trying to make p peace ace People often ask me how I feel about strikes in defense industries MIss kliss Perkins goes on I 1 dont don't feel about them any more than thana a doctor feels about an operation while hes he's performing itI itI it I I think it would be desirable to have no strikes In defense Industries Industries indus- indus tries ries I should like to have all la- la management bor-management disputes settled by jy conference and agreement without without with with- out resort to stop stoppage age of work but butI I cannot make pronouncements damning one side or the other during during dur- dur ing ng an ordinary strike 1 |
