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Show UTAH LABOR NEWS. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. DECEMBER 30. 1938 Industrial Unionism Bound to Prevail LABOR ACT IS BULWARK AGAINST FASCISM The following article under the title, A. F. L. vs. C. I. 0., ap.(Continued from Tage 1) peared as an editorial in a recent issue of the St. Louis Post Dispatch. j.lsS,a cnclse clear and comprehensive analysis of the differences in untold instances to exercise in that divide the two labor forces. practice, Smith recalled. Now that the Act has become A. F. L. vs. C. I. O. a law unto itself and admission law, these same employers have At the C. I. 0. convention in was highly selective. Great masses used every possible device to hinof Pittsburgh, a resolution has been of workers with no special skill der its effectiveness in behalf to was workers the it have no found passed help, adopted declaring for unity in the place in the A. F. American labor movement, with L.. and have been compelled to or- the NLRB members charged. The attack on the law and on the the vital specification that the ganize separately or not at all. In board has had three main phases, principle of industrial unionism most cases, it has been not at all. said. Smith cannot be compromised. President Under the leadership, or lack of it, of the A. la American F. L., the Three Phases Roosevelt, who had urged the A. F. L. convention at Houston last bor movement has been static for n At first employers reSeptember to make peace with the years. sorted to injunctions to keep the C. I. 0., repeated his plea for peace Crafts Outmoded Board from functioning, but this to this convention. In the days of the small factory type of strategy was smashed by The specification made by the C. and shop, the A. F. L. functioned the action of the U. S. Supreme I. 0., of course, is not open to com- well. But in these days of mass Court in holding the Act constitupromise. Industrial unionism lies production, the craft principle is tional. at the heart is the heart of the unworkable as an organizing techHaving failed in this first major C. I. 0. movement, and it is a prin- nique. In a single large plant of the Act's opponents objective, ciple that is bound to prevail be- today, a score or more of crafts sought and are still seeking cause it is the inescapable out- may be represented, along with through Congressional action to growth of conditions in the Ma- thousands of employes who do not achieve changes in the Acts proThis visions, Smith continued. chine Age. In the current labor fit into a craft category. controversy, many of us overlook condition has given rise to jurisOne line of attack calls for takthe woods because some of the dictional disputes, causing disas- ing the power of decision from the trees seem so forbidding. trous delays and financial losses to It has labor and capital alike. has become an Principle Important forced employers to deal with many and petty trade, There is a current supposition different unions in fixing wages anachronism in an economy of that the C. I. 0. is merely the and hours of work, rather than mechanized mass production. When (lengthened shadow of John L. with a single one. And it has de- he began to experiment with this Lewis; that it is an organization nied the benefits of collective bar- basic theory, he was phenomenally formed by him for his personal ag- gaining to huge numbers of work- successful in the organization of the steel, automobile and other grandizement, and that Lewis is a ers. mass production industries. who radical is seeking dangerous Under the industrial principle, as to subvert American institutions. The A. F. L. profited by Lewis' To a large extent, of course, the it ha3 been employed, for example, success because many employers Mine Workers, all resisted the C. I. 0. is Lewis' creation. He is in the United had who mines, regardless of the A. F. L. insuccessfully Into Its its organizer and its leader. But if men in thenature rushed the past of their work, beis less Lewis had not created the C. I. 0., differing it belief in that the arms a single union. The prinand I. C. it would have been created by long to the than radical 0., someone else. Likewise, regard- cipletois even more readily applica- that President William Green is a huge industrial enterprises more stable and conservative inless of the fortunes of Lewis, the ble like steel and motor manufacture, principle of industrial unionism is where the progress of invention fluence than Lewis. At the same the Inhere to stay. has eliminated to a large extent the time, the A. F. L., fearful would And perhaps it may be of value need for special skills and crafts- dustrial union principle to attempt to clarify the funda- manship. Numerous attempts of sweep away some of its own unions a fear that was borne out beF. the A. F. L. to organize the steel mental causes of the C. I. O.-L. war, to bring the woods into failed because it was ap- gan the feud which still rages. focus. The A. F. L. was organized industry The Choice from the craft basis inat a time when the national eco- proached The consequence of wholesale destead of on the basis of all emnomy was far simpler than it is to- ployes in the industry. fection of A. F. L. unions, of day. It is a federation made up course, would be the loss by hunBoth Profited of organizations of skilled craftsdreds of labor leaders who now enmen printers, stonemasons, maLewis, who has been head of the joy handsome pay, prequisites United Mine Workers for many and power of office. The A. F. L, chinists, electricians, and so on to which has been applied the term years, saw that organization of la- is a bureaucracy so tenacious of its aristocracy of labor. It is rem- bor by crafts, while admirably that it is willing to jeoiniscent of the guild system of the suited to an economy of handicraft position the American labor movepardize Middle Ages, when each craft was operation, small-scal- e production ment at the most promising stage in order to retain that position. At bottom, there is no question of radicalism and conservatism beand the A. F. tween the C. L., though, of course, such methods of the C. I. 0. as the strjke, which this newspaper has condemned, are definitely radical, Apqrt from such methods, however, the fundamental question is whether labor organization is still to be dominated by technique or whether it is to be modernized. anti-unio- A. I.-0- board and placing it with the courts, or else dividing the Board, with one group of individuals responsible for issuing complaints, with a separate group responsible solely for making decisions on the facts. Still another goal of opponents of the Act, he noted, is to impose new obligations on labor, in general seeking to curtail the right to strike and to limit the manner in which unions may pursue the task of organization. The attack on the personnel of the Board itself, which has become increasingly prominent, was answered last year by the Senate Judiciary Committee, Smith said. The committee, he recalled, found nothing wrong on the basis of the charges brought by Senator Burke and that attempt to push the investigation farther was abandoned. Court's Delay The proposal by which the courts, rather than the Board, would review findings of fact and render decisions runs contrary to Happy New Year . for a ... tar, 1939 X , . . ( DAVID W. MOFFAT JUSTICE OF SUPREME COURT WISHING MY UTAH LABOR FRIENDS A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! JOHN W. GUY STATE AUDITOR niimiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiinmiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiaimiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiniiinimiiiDiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiin FOR y The Democratic State Committee of Utah extends its most sincere wishes for a Happy and Pros- Democratic State Committee , j W. RAWLINGS, Chairman. By CALVIN j MRS. SCOTT P. STEWART, Associate Chairwoman. PARNELL BLACK, Chairman. ARTHUR MARSH, Secretary. ' iiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiinim g 5 Sincerely Yours, in matters pertaining to the welfare of the Democratic Party. Sincerely yours, minimi 'Ullow, Steve. Come in to die? No, yesterdy. MAY THIS NEW YEAR BE A HAPPY ONE FOR UTAH LABOR We desire your cooperation and suggestions at all times Jiiiiii!iiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiDiiiiiiiiimani! "'Ullow, Bill. A happy 1939 to each and every citizen whose efforts and loyal services make possible the advance- ment and stability of good government, and to those who have so faithfully supported the principles and program of our National and State Administrations. Democracy. : Yesterdy Not Tody Australian, entering hospital; perous New Year. Let the year 1939 mark another milestone in the advancement of the humanitarian program under the leadership of our great President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Let it be a year for greater activity, closer cooperation and a fine spirit of loyalty to the principles and program of our Government and those who are steering our Ship of State. Under the Democratic leadership, the State of Utah has progressed with the nation. Agriculture, Labor, and all other interests have benefited as a result of Democratic administration. In behalf of the Salt Lake County Democratic Committee we desire to express our sincere Good Wishes to you during the year 1939. The Democratic party as progressive party of Utah has passed many laws that have benefited Labor, Agriculture, and business interests who believe in a square deal and upbuilding of the state. It is our duty to continue in our efforts and, with your help, to complete the program that is so desirous to true . Such administrative bodies are an outgrowth of the complexity of modern government. They owe their origin to the inability of courts to deal promptly, and it is contended, efficiently and fairly with the many matters which must be decided and acted upon as government turns increasingly to new forms of regulation of private activity in the public interest. This type of governmental agency came into being long before the New Deal, Smith said, pointing to the Federal Trade Commission, formed in 1887, as bodies whose functions resemble the Labor Boards but which are free from the kind of attacks levelecf on the NLRB. 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