Show v Labor vs Truman WHETHER JUSTIFIED or not TV organized labor is near the breaking point with the administration administration adminis adminis- with top labor leaders as full of venom against Harry Truman Truman Truman Tru Tru- man as a n union league club discussion discussion discus discus- sion Lion of the late In private conversations AF of Ls L's Bill Green and CIOs CIO's Phil Murray Murray Murray Mur Mur- ray make no bones bone of their bitter bitter- ness But since they begged union members to vote for him in 1948 its it's a little hard to attack him pub pub- 11 Holy ely But a telltale sign of labors labor's revolt revolt revolt re re- re- re volt is a stinging editorial Wake Up Labor in the newspaper of the brotherhood of railroad trainmen trainmen trainmen train train- men now being reproduced in labor papers across the country without comment It says If u the rest of the labor movement still has any fair deal Stardust flecks obscuring its vision now is the time tune to apply the towel and face reality Labors Labor's interests were sidetracked in practically practically every move and major appointment appointment appointment ap ap- ap- ap the President has made since his election re-election by the US U.S. working men and women The editorial opens opens- the gate for with the Republican party and recommends Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon as COP standard bearer Sen Paul Douglas of Illinois TIll flU nois is suggested on the Democratic ticket The disillusionment of the labor leaders who went down the line for Truman in 1948 began soon after his inauguration when they found themselves themselves them them- selves no longer invited to the White House for conferences Instead Instead Instead In In- stead Mr Truman insisted that labor labor lar la- la bor r relations be handled through amiable John Steelman Within weeks both Green and Murray were complaining to sympathetic congressmen that Steelman was not carrying their messages to the President that labors labor's requests for policy appointments were side side- tracked backed Its It's Mutual Labors Labor's coolness also had an effect effect ef ef- on the 1950 elections where Democratic losses in the cities were heavy What brought the rebellion to a ahead ahead head lead were 1 Truman's failure to consult with labor chiefs on the wage price-wage freeze formula Roosevelt though often disagreeing with Green and Murray always made it easier for them hem to sell disagreeable news to their heir members by frequent consulta consulta- tion 2 The absence of at a top-flight top labor labor laor la- la bor or man mall on Charlie Wilsons Wilson's staff When Stuart Symington ran defense mobilization he appointed a labor advisory council but not Wilson 3 Truman's c crack r a c k comparing railroad strikers to Russians This convinced labor chieftains that the President was against them for keeps Now its it's mutual Heroic 2nd Division One of the best things about the new and victorious advance in Korea Korea Ko Ko- Ko- Ko rea rca is the way the gallant 2nd division di dl- vision has staged a comeback Last November in the thc tragic retreat from Tom Korea the 2nd division took the heaviest punishment of all It was given the tough assignment of holding off the enemy while the rest of the army pulled back below the parallel This resulted in some bitter bloody punishment with casualties so heavy that General MacArthur cabled Washington that the 2nd division division di dl- vision was unfit for further com corn bat However the 2nd division has now staged one of the most comebacks of the Korean war Under Gen Matt Iatt RIdgway It went back Int into the line along the mountains in the bitterly contested contested con con- tested area and heroically heroically hero hero- cally stopped a North Korean end run around the UN U.N. right flank Then the thc 2nd division reversed the tables pulled back 12 miles drew the North Koreans into a trap hit the trapped Communists on their flank and wiped them out It was wasn wasa n a brilliant maneuver proving that this division with an outstanding record in two previous wars Isnow Isnow is isnow now carrying on its tradition as proudly as ever Washington Pipeline Senator Taft refused to allow one of his speeches to be broadcast over the mutual broadcasting system recently until the network deleted criticism of Taft from the script of mutual commentator Frank Edwards Edwards Edwards Ed Ed- wards who is sponsored by the AF of L. L Thus Taft who has been critical of labor was in the tho position of denying a labor sponsored commentator commentator com corn the right to him Tafts Taft's terms were delivered to the network by his administrative assistant Jack Martin Later network network network net net- work officials examined Edwards' Edwards script found it wasn't as critical as Taft had thought GOP colleagues colleagues colleagues col- col leagues are needling Rep Clarence e Brown of Ohio long considered the leader of Ohio congressmen about the activities of ebullient George Bender Bender they say is stealIng stealIng stealIng steal- steal Ing Browns Brown's spotlight |