Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-05-20 | Page 4 | CIO Left Wing Refuses to Quit

10 left Wing I Refuses 10 Quit I WASHINGTON May 20 UP CUP C CI I 0 O wingers left Friday defied an order of the executive board to resign immediately They indicated they will force C CIO I 0 President Phil Philip p Murray to t bring up the ouster issue at the t annual C CIO I 0 convention in Cleve Cleve- f land Murray said he will ask that the wingers left-wingers be bo expelled at the It October meeting It is a Communist situation he told reporters It must be met f and dealt with Unquestionably the convention will remove those members who violate C CIO I 0 policy f fIn In the most drastic action In its r year 14 history the C CIO I 0 executive executive 1 tive board Thursday night voted r 6 29 to demand the immediate resignations of those wing left-wing I members who are unwilling to follow follow fol fol- fol- fol low national C CIO I 0 policy The board asked the rank and filers I of the 11 unions involved to insist upon their leaders' leaders removal To Oust Leaders Murray indicated that the C CIO I 10 0 will oust the leaders but expects to retain almost all of the members they represent Harry Bridges president of the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union and one of Murrays Murray's principal targets during the three-day three executive board meeting said his union will not withdraw from the C CIO I O. O Murray said that the vote by Bridges and five other union presidents presidents presidents dents against the resignation demand demand demand de de- de- de mand made them liable for expulsion expulsion expulsion ex ex- ex- ex by the convention Other Presidents The others are Presidents Donald Donald Donald Don Don- ald Henderson Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers Joseph P. P Selly Seny American Communications Hugh Bryson Marine Cooks t and Stewards Abram Flaxer er Public Workers and James Durkan Durkan Durkan Dur- Dur kan Office and Professional Workers In addition Murray said the leaders of f five ve other unions have been unwilling to follow C CIO I 0 policy on endorsement of the Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall plan for aid to Europe and other issues They are Presidents John Clark Mine Mill and Smelter I Workers Ben Gold Fur and Leather Workers Grant Oakes United Farm Equipment Workers A A. A Jurich Allied Fishermen Albert Albert Albert Al Al- bert J. J Fitzgerald and Secretary- Secretary Treasurer Julius Emspak United Electrical Workers