Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-02-03 | Page 3 | Textile Union Get's AFL's Bid

TEXTILE UNION : GETSM'S BID MIAMI. n Feb. I IrrV-The AiMiieu Federation of Labor executive exec-utive council voted today te re-charter re-charter the United Textile Workers union. sxpsllsd from the A F L a year ago for helping John L. Lewis establish th rival CIO movement. President VVIIUam Orm reported tha action waa takair on tha raquaat af a group of tutila union locals which asksd ta raturn ta tha A F L aftar a Provldanca, R I., court rulad Illegal tha merger of tha union with CIO. Grn outlined plana for merging tha revived union with batwaan to and 100 fadaral textile unions tha A F L claima to havt sat up ainca tha Break with CIO. In tha struggla with tha C I O for aw organisation atrangth tha A F L rtportad spending approximately tSOO.000 In tha organisation of oV rectly affiliated fadaral labor unions hut yaar.