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Show AFL Meet Favors Labor Act Changes End of Power to Recognize Independent Union in Bargaining Sought DENVER, Oct. 6 (AP) The American Federation of Labor convention con-vention applauded today when Joseph Padway suggested repeal of. the Wagner labor disputes act unless craft unions were protected by It. Psdwsy, representing the Wisconsin Wis-consin Federation of Labor, proposed pro-posed that the American federation federa-tion fight for two amendments to the Wagner act at the next session of congress: First, to remove the labor relations rela-tions board's power to recognise an "independent" labor union as a proper collective bargaining agency, and second, to compel the board to hold employe elections by craft in plants or Industries employing more than one unit. After Padway finished. C. A. Weaver Wea-ver of Oea Moines, musicians' delegate, dele-gate, asked President William Green whether the convention was not justified in believing the labor board waa "created for the purpose of promoting the C. I. O." "Well, not originally," Green replied. re-plied. "It was created to make men free." Arthur J. AHmeyer, chairman of the social security board, told the convention today there was "no question" but that the social security se-curity program would be Improved and broadened. Exclusion of farm labor, domestic domes-tic help, seamen and others from ths old age insursnce program, Alt-meyer Alt-meyer said, was due to "practical administrative difficulties Involved." The board definitely believed, he (Continue on Para Two J (Column Sis I CHANGES SOUGHT IN LABOR LAW (Continued Trim Pt One) ddd. that thej cUun of labor rntually would b Includtd. "3om of th pouiblo movu In thij dlrrttoti which hmv bcn iuf-VMtfld iuf-VMtfld are: Beginning monthly old-act old-act btnofits aoonar, raising tha lowtr UmtU of thabnflt ten It. Ipnytng mart tlbrt bantfltf In tha arliar yaara. and providing aur-vlvora aur-vlvora bneflU and bcneftU for Iphvatcal duabtllty" ha aaid. Tha program a it atood. Attmayar aald. waj "nttthar unchangtablc nor parfact." I Fdral rara for tha alck a 'part of tha aortal nerurity pro-jrram pro-jrram wna ankad todny in a renolu-jtion renolu-jtion iniroducfd in tha convention Commenting on tha resolution, federation aconomiati aaid a atudy of medical roata for families with incomea between $1200 and $2000 a year ahowad that 21S of 1000 families fami-lies apent mora than "S100 for doc-tom' doc-tom' bilU Th crpntrY battle td k?p ChnrlM P. Howard, C. T. O. awert;-tury awert;-tury hnd preiident of the International Interna-tional Typographical union, from takins hia aeat as a ronvention dele-fate dele-fate ram to a itandatill while the credential committee waa ma kin up its mind when to meet. That committee eventually will hold a hearing on the carpenters claim that Howard waa ineligible became he ai(tned a CTO charter for Pacific Pa-cific coaat lumbermen. J. Warren Madden, chairman of the national labor relation! board, told the convention that the American Ameri-can federation would Invite tha re-:turn re-:turn of the company union if it obtained ob-tained an amendment to the Wajf-iner Wajf-iner labor ditputei act to bar the board from tepping into disputes between unions. The federation la conaiderlnr Introduction In-troduction of such an amendment because some leaders say the labor board la pro-CIO. Madden aaid the board was strictly strict-ly Impartial in the APL-CIO fight, and that many of the charges of partiality had grown out of the heat of conflict. The board chairman referred to federation complaints of employer coercion filed prior to the labor split. "You complained to us and we compelled the employer to stop this practice." Madden said. "Yet we had no more right and no more responsibility to act on your behalf in these cases than we have now to forbid an employer to coerce membership in one of your unions, or in one of the CIO unions, or in an independent union." Asked from the floor by James M. Duffy of the potters' union whether the board would order an election in a plant whose employes were covered by a contract with tha employer. Madden replied the board would not. if the contract had been made validly. |