Show NEWS F I j 1 KR 11 THE TIiE r rBy By PAUL MALLON Y 2 Released by Western Newspaper Union T THOMAS Ol FORCES RETAIN CONTROL OF AUTO UNION W A WASHINGTON A revolution In union labor organization Is ls being frequently ly predicted but predicted but It may be bea ben a n long time coming true As an nn aftermath of ot the Reuther- Reuther Thomas contest for control among the auto workers reports have sprung up that Walter Reuther Reuther Reuther Reu Reu- ther CIO is b hobnobbing hobnobbing hob hob- robbing with Dave f Dubinsky A F L 4 x r 4 with a v view I e w to l bringing the auto workers into the A related co-related rumor has John JohnLewIs JohnLewis a aLewis Lewis the puffing puffin g mine boss taking Thomas hold of with his dominating character shunting William Green aside in anticipation tion of developing one big union In and trimming the CIO The facts involved in the report are more apparent than real Reuther Reuther Reuther Reu Reu- ther is a socialist It is true enough he hewon hewon hewon won what might be superficial control control control con of the 4 In the recent convention con con- r 3 Hut But But it is a control so definitely limited he cannot s exercise it much He won the presidency prest- prest d den dency e n c y ousting Reuther Thomas but the fo fa forces r c eel e s behind Thomas packed the executive committee committee committee com com- against Reuther by a margin margin margin mar mar- gin which my superior sources inside inside inside in in- side labor calculate at 13 to 9 In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Thomas majority are art labor politicians poll poll- who run the gamut from tram conservatism to communism communism and am do not for a moment doubt the presence presence presence pres pres- ence of at the communists UNION MEMBERS MEl OPPOSED COMMUNISTIC PROGRAM Their obnoxious practices for Thomas at the convention cau caused d Reuthers Reuther's election Most UA V delegates delegates dele dele- 1 gates did not care much about oustIng ousting ousting oust oust- Ing Thomas at least a plain majority major major- ity did not until the communists became became bej be be- came so active in hi behalf of Thomas j The commies made it easier for Reuther to get the presidency because because because be be- cause the majority in tn the union ha haa has hasa a particular distaste for its own communist element when element when in specific specific specific cases like this one it can se see plainly what they are doing although although although al al- al- al though in cases outside the union Involving domestic and international al affairs the majority is frequently misled by its communist minority But Lewis since his return to th the executive committee has no not been doing anything anything any any- thing about this o or orI I other labor revolution revolution revolution tion matters matters- Indeed Indeed In Indeed deed he has madeI made mad madeno I no move against Green or to asser assert his bulk or any move whatsoever Lewis Is not a socialist sot so so- I t x Dubinsky like Reuther Is although although although al al- though this fact I is isI I Lewis little known Most Mos labor people count DubInsky as a aj aI j I Republican In view of his strong political political po po- resistance to CIO and th the communists Lewis is a free tree enterprise enterprise enterprise en en- man who believes th the greater the profits the grea greater ter the wage The best labor labor labor la la- bor aut authorities h 0 r it i e s doubt that he will i try to fold his massive massive massive mas mas- sive wing over the Reuther Dubinsky h Indeed f if the Thomas faction faction faction fac fac- tion of ot UA W could purge itself of the com communists m it DubInsky might expect to do more business with Lewis than th the Reuther-Dubinsky Reuther faction faction granting granting that Lewis does assert himself in when his coal strike is over and other amusements to occupy hi his time are lacking The Inner lineup of ot union politics poll poll- tics Is such therefore that a split In CIO Is likely and half of ot It U or more may eventually go goto goto goto to but certainly not the tho communist part and possibly not the socialist wingers Also not the Hillman part Here the split runs wider and deeper Sidney Hillman is a socialist but bu butof butof of somewhat the French kind which Is currently playing ball with the communists on political issues facing facing fac tac- ing the nation and world CIO President Phillip Murray is fa 1 actually being faced with an Inner revolt by these leftist groups Lately Lately Lately Late Late- ly has been very quiet runnIng running run run- nIng his political action groups and letting Murray handle the strike campaigns which incidentally have done little to increase his prestige I Murray is a former o of Lewis who brought him up and a Catholic You can see plainly then that hi hl- hl politics of the unions is loading Itself up with dynamite or dynamite or explosive II sive 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