Show economic highlights that affect the h pin tier ncr dividend cheehe 14 inal id tin or livery 1 iiii irma Iti iiii ime parable from I ora oral Ivel faro ilie ominous word strike la no colonger longer round found dally in ili newspaper paper headlines hut tills this doonie does nj mean that labor la Is satisfied cither elther with government labor plans or industry it is so fur far from holding out tile the palm of peace now as it was a ye year arago ago washington observe vcra have boon been forecasting a labor blowup blow up for colne porno months and ami it looks looka no na it that long feared event I 1 put I 1 in ill it ita official appearance february 2 on that day alny burley hard boiled john II if lewis head of tile the united jalane alno workers thrust a thick gilck wed go between tho the american federation i of kabor and the roosevelt atlon tr r bocal cal point of sir mr lewis attack wa was s donald Illch Ille liberg borg who la is often teri termed nied tho assli tant president reason for the attack rene renewal wiil of alio existing brodo which tile federation lias has bitterly opposed in that it permits nien men to work 48 hours per week na as compared to tile tho SO 30 hour week for all industry which tile tho federation paa SlOna tely espouses you yon may inny not believe in III mr air lewis opinions lons of people kimont but it Is generally viroca that hat lie ho Is sincere honest and out spoken lie ile represents the ow olid time type of labor leader who who ila hn definite litO bopf opinions dilons and mind airing theine when lie h involved I 1 in a verbal duel lie nave r wears gloves sir mr lewis said flatly that donald Ilich borg Is a traitor to organized labor lie ile stated that mr RIch Ill chberg bag hos has deserted des orfed fits bis former comrades comrade js it if la Is interesting to remember this connection that mr nic liberg maddt 0 ills his reputation as aa a hard labor Ift lawyer wyer that t when general johnson appointed liliu to the post of counsel conservatives feared lip lie would be ba excessively pro labor in fil hla his attitude mr reply tho the union charge pt p treason w atta that adf U I 1 that I 1 I 1 lie put above loyalty to hla eli government ho Ile added if a refusal to yield to such a do mand lie bo treason lot lei those wio I 1 chargo it make the rhe most of it I 1 mr lewis la Is often at outs with chis A F of L associates and hla fits opinions might have haro beebi been largely disregarded as being or of a purely personal nature had not noi A bof L president green followed him up lip by saying that the lewis statement m ent reflects the hie feelings very shron strongly gly mr gren then wd that lienous ho would shortly go to the white douso with a union protest against delay 1 in codification of the toba tobacco industry that up another ampo import r wit nut point in the widening gap bo be tween the administration andla and la bor leaders cigarette orsi ers afraid of unionization of their I 1 industry will fill luno have nothing to do with the proposed tobacco code that to labors way of Is bad enough and it becomes laclai tely worse in the light of the fact that chatman chairman la Is B S williams formerly president of tho the big three cigarette makers the 11 1 reynolds tobacco company officials have said several umes times that mr williams afrodi when the tobacco code Is being discussed in III tin nn effort to 6 avoid pro pre judice bif labor seem com to ito bo be convinced they dont call the officials airs directly but bit they intimate just about that AI it Is noteworthy that union leaders have not yot yet criticized tho the president all the 4 Is directed 11 toward to feard friou or of lila his aides however sir mr roosevelt makes all present government policies ond mr Rie liberg mr williams and aid others are directly responsible to him it la Is therefore possible that the labor leaders will eventually eventual li come out with direct criticism ot of th the a and the PLO potential political lotical results of that would bo be tremendous A r F of W le s membership Is imposing in size and it la Is usually confide considered red a potent political influence whether that is 1 true ro not will 10 10 wil seen in the future somo some believe that the rank tind and the file of labor does not follow its leaders blindly that mr green and mr lewis and other union binlon heads control fewer votes otea than ja they ley think at any rate tho the labor laboi administration brittle battle Is likely to be one of tho the mot most important Inter internal pal problems of tile next ecat ther strikes wu will result and on all a greater scale than a 0 year ugo ago cannot be 10 safely forecast forc tast now the annalist reports that chat sustained expansion in ill steel output continues to dominate the bugi new out outlook lak I 1 practically all steel usera on an rage pae fait doiy economic highlights High lighta Mon tInned from rate one are increasing their orders with ifie automobile mito auto moble industry showing the greatest advance in demand for ingole ingots also encouraging la is ft a substantial and sustained to in construction contracts tho the building industry avns was liti bit hardest liar deet of 0 nil all by tho the easlon has fang won ik on ilic hio slowest to alck luo up tio tile wall street journal reports a rise in tilio the not net profits of some borao loading lending power and light utilities elds industry ifor for tile pasti jhew years has been selling belling moro more power yot yet has earned smaller min ller profits profeta due to higher toots bosta of nil all kinds filial and taxation electric appliance manufactures are finding it ft broadening market tw for their products tho the general business tilde index 14 1 at about CS 65 per cout cent of normal |