Show WASHINGTON WAS H I LETTER LETTERi i C L 1 I 0 O Grows Rapidly to Become Powerful Po Rival of A F of L L BY IW SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT W The C I 0 has grown so fast that while it 11 is a recognized rival of ot the theA theA theA A F of L technically it is little littlemore littlemore more thin its name implies n a Committee for Cor Industrial Organ Organ- Orean iz in The C I 0 has no constitution constitution tion and it has held no national convention It t had time yet to settle the question of at the future relationship o os ol the inter inter- international international national and local unions There has been no time for these de- de details de details tails in the short turbulent life of the organizing committee which has grown and spread rapidly and is cerl sending down roots of a national central or- or or of labor unions There I no longer loneer seems the tha slightest chance of ot a reconciliation with I the A F of ot IThe IThe I L The C I 0 sprouted last March when In a full tull meeting authority was given for the Is- Is Issuance Issuance is issuance of certificates of aft affiliation lia- lia tion to national international state regional city c central and other local groups International unions affiliated have begun to pay per capita dues to C I 0 just as they used to pay them to A F of ot r L There are tome some local unions which have been chart chart- chartered chartered chartered ered since March in various in- in industries industries in industries but are not covered by bythe bythe bythe the 26 national and international unions affiliated with C I 1 0 so they are responsible to the cen- cen central central cen central C I 0 and pay per capita dues to it it SIMILAR to the state federa- federa federations federations or central labor unions of the A F of L the C I 0 has some 30 industrial union councIls to which it has given charters Beginning with eight affiliated international l w unions ons the C I 0 now claims to be adding about one a n week and about 10 local industrial unions every 10 days Unofficially the C I 0 claims claims about 3 members and says that's more than the A F of L hasIt hasIt has hasIt It is expected that the C I 0 will cell cill a convention some time in 10 the late summer or eary early fall to organize a national labor fed fed- federation federation fed federation on a permanent basis lark Cade in No No November ember 1935 a as self appointed com c committee o m m i t tee t e e of heads of international unions John Lewis Sidney Hillman and other prominent labor lead lead- leaders lead leaders ers got together to promote industrial In- In in industrial unionism and to take advantage of opportunities for organizing welch they thou ot t the A F of L had E for its policy of taking in Inand inand and chartering new unions as ag part of its organization the basic I nature of the committee has re- re remained re remained unchanged d from its m- m in inception WHEN v HEN the plans of the com com- committee committee conflicted more and more with those of the A F of L the committee and most or of orthe the unions It represented broke away from the federation The A F of L has a complex constitution with a system of voting strength allotted to fed fed- federal red fed federal eral unions city centrals and in- in In it unions which has been worked out over many years So far the C I 0 has no such equipment Many small local unions have affiliated with the C I 0 but their relation relationship i- i iship ship in voting strength has yet yetto yetto yetto to be settled The relationship of unions claiming the same field Is complex and must be un- un untangled untangled un untangled tangled But this is In the fu- fu future future fu future ture C I 0 is still a n committee accepting new members as na- na national na national and International unions and their leaders volunteer to join But this g will not and cannot continue for lor ur long that way |