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LewIS tiveness hveness of this tins appeal and the thoroughness of 01 Its us prachce practice prachcem practicein prauiucin ; the recent sit-down sit down slt-down slt - strikes has all America speculatingas speculating speculatingstowhatjs m in C . 1 . I . 0 O . for the sun SUll ce in 1n as stowhatjs to what 1S is the eventual pl place | I Does John L Lewis want to be bePresident be'President7 bePresident7 ' President ? Docs Does he want to be able ableto ableto ableto to name the man who will wIl1 succeed succeedF F DR D R ? ' ' ' Will his left wing wmg labor labormovement labormovement labormovement movement be content to form a apowerful apowerful apowerful powerful force to insure higher higherwages higherwages higherwages wages , better hours , fairer falTer work1Og working work1OgconditIons workingconditions workingconditions conditIons ? Or is it bent on com com- complete complete complete - plete social revolutIon revolution7It ? It is still too early to tell tellBut - But it is not difficult to understand understandwhy understandwhy understandwhy why so many laborstudents labor labor- : - students beheve believe behevethat believethat believethat that C I 0 will w111 assume an 1m- 1m im- im 1mportance importance im importance - - portance to which the craft unionsand unions unions.md unionsand .md md and . the American Amencan Federation of La- La Labor Labor La Labor - bor have never risenThis risenThis risen risenThis This is not to say that C I 0 0sees 0sees sees no place for the craft unions unionsIt unionsIt It approves them-but them but them - but only in in- in industries in industries - dustries dustnes which are organized orgamzed on a acraft acraft acraft craft basis Workers in 10 such m- m in- in mdustrles industries in industries - dustries dustrles are scattered over the thecountry thecountry country m 10 comparatively smaU small smallgroups smallgroups groups . Employees Regarded Impersonally . In the largest mdustries-such mdustries such industries-such industries industries - such as asautomobiles asautomobiles asautomobiles automobiles , steel , textiles , glass glassoil , OIl , and a few others-workers others workers others - workers are areconcentrated areconcentrated areconcentrated concentrated m 10 in a few large groups groupsDevelopment groupsDevelopment Development of the machine machme and andthe andthe the assembly line lme is eliminating ehmmatrng the thenecessity thenecessity thenecessity necessity for skilled craft labor and andequalizmg andequalizing andequalizing equalizmg equalizing the importance of all alltypes alltypes alltypes types of workersIn workersIn workers workersIn In one of these industries mdustrles work work- work109 working working - ing 109 conditions condItlOns are the same samethroughout samethroughout samethroughout throughout the entire industry mdustry If Ifscores Ifscores Ifscores scores of plants are controlled control1ed by bythe bythe bythe the same big corporation corporahon , as in the thecase thecase thecase case of the automobile firms , there thereis IS usually a general labor pohcy policy pohcyWhICh policywhich policywhich WhICh is un uniform orm throughout The Themdlvldual Theindividual Theindividual mdlvldual individual worker feels that he hecounts hecounts hecounts counts for little under such a pol polley policy policy ley icy , especially if the owners of his hisplant hisplant hisplant plant are in lo another city If he IS ISregarded isregarded isregarded regarded so impersonally by hIs hIsemplo hisemploy hisemployers emplo employ ) ers , he must bargain bargam with withthem withthem withthem them just as impersonally This can canbe canbe canbe be accomplished accompl1shed , the C I 0 tells tellshIm tellshim tellshim hIm , when he and his fellows band bandtogether bandtogether bandtogether together in m one big industrial mdustnal , or orvertIcal orvertical orvertical vertIcal umonLarge unionLarge union umon unionLarge Large industries mdustrles are organized orgamzed on ona ona ona a mass production basis Their pol pollCles policies policies lCles icies toward labor are determmed determined determmedand determinedand determinedand and administered admlOlstered from a central centralpomt centralpoint centralpoint pomt point C I 0 even contends that thata a few \ wealthy \ ealthy interests lOterests have con concentrated concentrated concentrated centrated control of all large indus lOdus- lOdus indus- lOdustrIes industries industries - - tries in m Wall Wan Street and present a aumted aunited aunited umted united front against agamst labor There There- Therefore Therefore - fore it is necessary for the worhers workers worhersto workersto workersto to present a united umted front against agamst 10- 10 in- in 10dustry industry in industry - dustry dustryActing dustryActlOg Acting ActlOg on this premise , the C I Io I0 o 0 has built up a closely mtegrated integrated mtegratednetwork integratednetwork integratednetwork network of industrial lOdustrIal unions umons Pol Pol- PolICies Policies Policies - icies for all of them are directed directedfrom directedfrom directedfrom from C I 0 headquarters in m Wash Wash- WashIngton Washington Washington - ington Whenever there is trouble troublein In one industry mdustry , the C I 0 is thus thusable thusable thusable able to bring brlOg the full measure of ItS ItSstrength itsstrength itsstrength strength and wealth to bear in 10 the thesituatIon thesituation thesituation thesituationSit situatIon situatIonSIt Sit down strikes cost money , but butC butC butC C I 0 has.it hasit has . It itIn In these , the early days of its program , the Umted United UnitedMine Mme Mine Workers , , John L Lewis ' first love firstlove , have theexpense borne the brunt of the theexpense theexpense expense They contributed most of ofthe the half million rmlhon dollars needed to toorgamze toorganize hundreds orgamze organize toorganize the steel workers , the hun hun- - dreds of thousands to conduct the theGeneral General Motors strike and financial the fi- fi fi - nancial support tor for the Chrysler strike strike111111ons strikeMullions Chryslerstrike Chryslerstrikemillions \ millions 1\11111ons 1 11111ons Mullions at C . , 1 . . 0 O . Disposal . The advantage of the central or- or or - ganization gamzation organization orgamzation is further emphasized by bythe the speed with which it is able to toassist assIst member unions unlOns in emergen emergen- - - cies emergencies It trains squads of orgamzer-s orgamzer s organizers : - organizersin orgamzersin in one industry lOdustry andIS and is able to send sendthem them in m a hurry to wherea any point pomt where a member union Unlon in that or another - industry needs e\pert e pert e\.pert e.pert .pert expert \ ' . advice and andphysIcal andphysical andphysical physIcal aid in m picketing plcketmg It can cansend cansend cansend send experienced men from the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United Mine Mme Workers to orgamze organize orgamzemember organizemember organizemember member unions in 10 other mdustrIesl'Iahe industriesMahe industries mdustrIes industriesMake \ ' Make l\'Iahe l 'Iahe Iahe Mahe no mistake about it Labor Laborunder Laborunder Laborunder under the C I 0 is big busmess business busmessInitIatIon businessInitiation businessInitiation InitIatIon fees , special assessments assessmentsand assessmentsand assessmentsand and dues place millions mlllIons of dollars dollarsat dollarsat dollarsat at its disposal This means C I 0 0has 0has 0has has the wherewithal to expand irom from iromone fromone fromone one industry to another as rapidly rapidlyas as efficiency permits The part John JohnL JohnL JohnL L Lewis played in 10 swaying swaymg the la- la labor labor la labor - - bor vote votp m 10 in the last election guar guar- guarantees guar- guar guarantees guarantees - - antees that C I 0 shall have haveplenty haveplenty haveplenty plenty of friends in m federal and stategovernments stategovernments state stategovernments governments governmentsC C I 0 leaders are taking takmg full fulladvantage fulladvantage fulladvantage advantage of their power . . The very potentialities potentlahtIes of the C I 0 modus modusoperandi modusoperandi modusoperandi operandi continue contmue to attract brilliant bril brIl- brIlhant brilliant - liant hant , effective young leaders who whoare whoare whoare are a far cry from the traditlOnal traditional traditionallabor traditionallabor labor leaders of the past They are arenot arenot not toughs and loud mouths They Theycan Theycan can read and write Many of them themare themare themare are college educated , some are ac- ac actually actually ac actually - - tually "career career " men " They do not notoperate notoperate notoperate operate in 10 grimy little offices wIth wIthbattered withbattered withbattered battered cuspidors and nothing nothmg but butthe butthe butthe the cobwebs to keep the plaster plasterfrom plasterfrom plasterfrom from falling falImg off the ceiling cellmg When Whenthey Whenthey Whenthey they meet with industrialists mdustrIahsts they theyare theyare theyare are ready to talk the mdustrIahsts industrialists industrialists'language industrialistslanguage ' language Their offices are just as asmodern asmodern asmodern opponentsAnd modern as those of their opponents And frequently they know hnow more moreabout moreabout moreabout about the enemy's enemys ' business busmess than the theenemy theenemy theenemy enemy doesThese does doesThese These nev/ nev new nevleaders / leaders know that thatmodern thatmodern thatmodern modern methods command the re- re re - - , " - v-A v A - 'i i a'i ' a " ' } M Mtia tia tiaa \a a \ af at f t ' " x kfi t yy ; , Y } o 4f F tv D a a atv f 1 ! h " ' , ( VJ ) r . . . - - " " r "a a " dw dwThis This Fhnt Flint (1\llch (1 1 llch Mich ( \ ) striker has aU all the com comforts r orts or of home I theindustries themdustrles spect not only of the leaders of the mdustrles industries in which 1 they are actIve but activebut of their own , following fOllowlOg They Theyuse use airplanes to speed from council to councilto council They engage the best bestsuites suites in m the- the thebest - - best hotels Their of- of of offices fices - are located in lo the finest build bul1d- bul1d buildings bul1dIngs - . ings ingsLeaders Leaders arc are chosen fiom from diversi diversI- diversIfied diversifled - fied fled fields in which 0member there are C I 0 0they member umons unions They boardof form a board of trategy strategy not unlihe unlike the boards of directors of the firms with withwhich which they are dealIngWorkmg dealingworking dealing dealingWorking these harmoniouslythese Working Workmg leaders together ars harmonIOusly , using USl11g the methods meth meth- - . ods of the big industries their selltheir to sell ideas to the the tothe public workers and nnd to They have hired experts e'Cperts eCperts ' in m the creation and dissemmatlonof dissemmationof disseminationof dissemmation dissemination plcture picture plcturenews picturenews picturenews of radio , press and moving news reel propaganda Their speak speak- speakers speakers speakers - travel the road , using sound- sound soundcars soundcars sound-cars sound cars - cars ers where they will be most ef- ef effectIve effective ef effective - - orators oratorsdid oratorsdid oratorsdid fective , just as the political did during durmg the 1936 election cam cam- campaIgn campaign campaign - paign paignThey They tell teU the worker of the rea- rea reasons reasons rea reasons - sons for this new movement which whichwe whichwe whichwe we have covered above They also alsotel1 alsotell alsotell tel1 tell him that his "economic economic " fron fron- frontler fron- fron frontier frontier - - tier tler " has disappeared , he can no nolonger nolonger nolonger longer , if 1f he is dissatisfied , pick up upand upand upand and head west for new ventures , or orget orget orget indus indus- industry industry industry - - get himself hlmsel ! a job in 10 another tryVeIl try . Well \VeIl VeIl Wcll \ Armed With Facts . They teach the worker that it 1f if he hewould hewould hewould would obtain obtam his social soclal rights he hemust hemust hemust must be concerned with more than thanwages thanwages thanwages wages and hours C I 0 O . tells him himhe himhe himhe he must be assured some authorIty authoritym authorityin 10 in determining determm10g the conditions under underWhICh underwhich underwhich WhICh he shall work . He must have havesome havesome havesome some safeguard against agamst the speed speed- speedmg speeding speeding - ing mg up of production to an extent extentwhere extentwhere extentwhere where the pace will hurt him phys phys- physically physically physically - ically and may unreasonably cut cutdown cutdown cutdown down the number of jobs to be had had.He hadHe . He must have assurance that his ills F V a aS /f f / f n AdY ! / S , w a af Igr Igrark ark r rV V ! A AP q ' / Ak k P : K ' y dl . , 9 f fY fha ha + / - - Y o ' p prdjra 4 4M ' . ,6 6 , ( w rdjra ( M ,6fa fa jh j ! { S h Y YC C } tl tla tly a y to to'i 'i i ' ) ' l Aih r h Y k cG a coY co ! ao : H Hk > ) Yk Ykya * L LYk (4Ii 4Ii ( ' , yr ! vJ f yayr ya A 4 ! u . . .n n . .nA 4/ 4 / ! C . I . 0 leaders know the wisdom of keeping friendly fnendly relations withthc withthe with withhe thc the ( he press prcss Chairman John L . , Lewis is JS shonn shown sho n here making makang a statcment statement statementto statcmentto to reporters . _ _ _ _ _ fairly.There fairlyThere grievances will be adjusted fairly . There must be a definite under under- understand1l1g understanding understanding - standing stand1l1g as to the operations of the therules therules therules rules thingsC thlOgsC of seniority semorlty . All these thlOgs things C I 0 promises to accomplish for forhIm forhim forhim forhimC hIm hImC C I 0 leaders seldom can be bebulldozed bebulldozed bebulldozed bulldozed by the representatives of oflOdustry ofindustry ofindustry lOdustry industry They are well enough 10- 10 in- in in - formed informed |