| Show National I Whirligig V By Ray Tucker WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Philip Philip Murrays Murray's willingness to play second or third fiddle In the White House Hous orchestra may cost him the support of the C CI I Os O's I most powerful union The United A Automobile Workers Is on the verge of setting itself up asan as asan asan an entirely independent body or aligning itself with John L. L Lewis A moti motion n to abandon the C CIO I 0 was recently defeated by y a single vote at at a meeting of the theU theU U A Ws W's executive committee The proposal may be renewed after the outcome of the mine chieftains chieftain's chieftains chieftain's chieftains chieftain's chief chief- tain's coming clash with th coal operators for a substantial increase in pay Should the belligerent Welshman gain his point repudiation of the Murray leadership seems assured Other numerically and financially important groups likely to break away from either the C CIO I O 0 or the A P F FLare L are packing house aircraft me mechanics hanics and of f David Dubinsky's New York ork City garment garment gar gar- ment merit workers R R. J J. J Thomas U A W president hinted at his followers' followers attitude in the war labor boards board's h hearing hear aring ar- ar ing on the wildcat strike in the Pennsylvania anthracite field After John L L. L had challenged W L Bs B's authority to intervene in this dispute he w warned that he intended to press for a wage raise in the bituminous industry in spite of the Little Steel formula Although they have not been on speaking terms Mr Thomas walked across the room shook hands with his rival and said Im with you John on every issue you men men men- These prospective desertions would damage I Irreparably the prestige e of the presidents president's key friends within labors labor's Green and I Murray And if the rebels line up with Lewis it will make F D DRs DR's Rs R's foe top kick in the toilers' toilers movement Vinson Patents Parliamentary Scheme When administration forces controlled the house of representatives they devised a a smart trick for throttling hostile enactments Instead of referring embarrassing measures to the proper committees Speaker Rayburn sent them to units certain to smother or ar report on an them adversely New dealers resorted to this plan on almost almos all bills bUls affecting labor and agriculture giving protection protection pro pro- tertian to those erstwhile Roosevelt pro-Roosevelt bodies But Representative Carl Vinson experienced chairman of the house naval affairs committee has patented a parliamentary scheme which other heads intend to adopt At the time the Georgian sought to penalize industrial absenteeism and pry into union finances he confined the scope to workers engaged on orders affecting the navy department When he wanted to compel renegotiation renegotiation renegotiation of allegedly excessive disbursements to contractors he restricted the to plants serving the fleets fleet's needs Soon he will try to wreck A AAA's A As A's acreage reduction and crop payment payment payment pay pay- ment program by providing that it shall not apply to cotton included in naval transactions So these suggestions had to be forwarded to his own men men for consideration This maneuver enables congress to regain powers which it handed over to the various executive executive executive ex ex- branches in the era of ot good will between the White H House use and Capitol hill Japs Fight Brawls Bran Is Not Battles' Battles Major General Alexander A. A has hu I reported that the Japanese he encountered con con- on- on duct war in unorthodox style The hero of Guadalcanal Guadal Guadal- canal says that the foe fights brawls not bat bat- ties The Nips rarely advance or attack according to classic tactics They prefer to take on out our men In clusters dusters at close quarters and at night The Island struggles he recalls were a series of separate and scattered scraps The enemy likewise applies toe toe-to-toe toe to toe battling on the water The conventional distances between opposing vessels range from to yards Nevertheless the general witnessed several clashes with only yards between the contending con con- contending tending fleets Here again the foe has bas unwittingly given en us an advantage Our deliberate policy is to sacrifice speed for tor radius and he heavier vier armor annor whereas Tokyo has accentuated swiftness and maneuverability McClure Newspaper Syndicate One very important principle has been made evident in this war It is that purchasing purchasing- power does not determine the domination of at goods It IC is rather the need for pooling aU all available resources for inflicting as aa much damage as possible on the axis that determines goods production and dis dis- Maximilian P. P Y president president dent Netherlands shipping mission |
