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Show LEVIS DASHES -HOPE-PEACE PITTSBURGH. Dec. II (INS) Peace with the A F L Is impossible because its president, William Green, doggedly refuses to accept the principle of Industrial unionism, union-ism, John L. Lewis, head of the committee for Industrial organisation, organisa-tion, declared today. He addressed a thousand wildly nual convention of the steel workers' work-ers' organising committee today. Lewis denounced his rival. Green, with bitter sarcasm, while the delegates dele-gates hooted every mention of the same of the A F L leader. "The CIO has offered to march into the A F L it it will accept the 4.000.000 CIO members and recognise rec-ognise the principle of industrial organisation." Lewis said. "Green wants only 1.000.000 members, mem-bers, to see how well they can Jl-geat Jl-geat them. "So I will aay to the A F L next Tuesday when I meet them in Washington: You digest all of them or none of them.' "I know personally that Mr. Green's digestion is. bad and It is too much to expect lim to be able to digest 4.000.000 workers. His stomach In that respect is like his mind, a little weak." newapapers Green was so angered at the C I O he was considering srmlng A F L members "with popguns." pop-guns." 1 presume. "He must hsve talked with Glr-dler." Glr-dler." Lewis said. "Girdler must have whispered it Into his ear. These are the. Girdler methods. I can't, believe Green thought of it." |