Show INSIDE STUFF TUFF i j k By Ily PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON March 29 The 29 The e of ot the automobile strike settlement set set- 1 lies in the weakness of ot the f union I Labor leaders talked big but they v r could not cover cover up their unfavorable t They did not have havet j t is s many workers as the they said or ox an any t of the highly skilled workers No Noone tot tone one lone m mentioned that f fact ct but the em employers knew it So did President ell Roosevelt The result was that labor f ot probably as good a settlement as ast asIt It 11 t could expect but it did not get 1 the A. A F. F of L. L wanted Those who know New few Setup the thc inside of thC that of f Unions Union game say ay the A. A F. F F F. Expected of L. L will vill never be bek beit bes k it s able to organize the he industry strongly under that set set- They expect the ultimate outgrowth will bean be an entirely new labor abor union setup based on separate raft craft guilds ver vertical cal unions rather th than ban n blanket unionism under the AJ A. A r J of L. L system Th t That t is what Mr Roosevelt had in in mind when he spoke about a new new course in is' social engineering and a anew anew anew new new kind of or works council in Indus try I- I j The A. A F. F of 1 L L. crowd c caught the hidden implication So did Senator He was considerably per per- tinted although he hc did not let the thc white House know about it r The general interpretation was that thai Wr lr Roo Roosevelt was sending up a trial balloon for tor his guild council idea and t that he would not press it if the Uon 1100 on was bad Immediately a rush L W was started backstage to guarantee I that wat at the reaction would be bad William Green issued a statement saying aying the automobile strike settle settle- ment made It absolutely necessary I that that- the Wagner er industrial disputes DU be pass passed cd Indeed it did did from from as is 1 standpoint The W V Wagner grier ner bill DiU C Continued on Pure Pare Twos 10 I I j INSIDE STUFF from Pue One would kill the guild ide Idea It would woul abolish the e c company 0 m p pan a n y Union strengthen the A. A F. F o of L. L system That is the game now now to to force pa passage pas pas- sage of the Wagner bill and squelch the guild idea e a a aThose Those who have seen President Roosevelt work from the inside ar are arc sure he will vill consent He Ic did not R Rout go 10 out far enough o on Other nil Big the craft gui guild Questions limb to be cm em Not Settled no mn mat ter which way th the winds blow Also Aiso he has publicly endorsed endorsed en en- the general theory of th the Wagner bill It is true his crowd has never neve played in very closely with the A A. F F. a of L. L boys There has been some pr private vate grumbling among the higher ups about bout the A. A F. F of 1 L. L leadership The They seem to be a little doubtful about each other under the surface a although al al- though they get along all right on top Stripped down to its roots the automobile automobile au au- au agreement appears to meathe mean mea the president has bas settled the automo- automo automobile automobile bile strike but nothing else The larger arger questions will have t to tobe tobe be settled when the details arc worked are out a a a aThey They are calling in m the lawyers lawyer down at the N R A. A That always alway means trouble Within the last week about 25 a attorneys at at- orneys have been hired so man manhat many 1 that hat space in an outside building ha hato had to be rented for tor them They are t to serve in the trial section of the cod code compliance division Counsel Rich berg has been in charge of setting u uthe up the new organization The implication is that the N R A Ais Ais Ais is soon going to be for enforcement enforcement en en- of ot the codes a a a Wise sources d declined de- de dined to take up up- the Rand Win charge about a brain brein trust plot b believing believing be- be lieving it would surely prove to be a dud |