Show is i futai arf L A y TI r r WK ia lot arst i Z 4 tr H NE T y ft B R s waw im U 04 Add iiii 0 O A sy i X 4 w A N ABOR in the mass prod production action industries can protect its rights only by adopting the same mass production methods its employers employer suse use that is the theory of the committee for industrial organization headed by bulldog bull dog jawed shaggy john L lewis the effectiveness ti veness of this appeal and the thoroughness of its practice in the recent sit down strikes has all america speculating as to what is the eventual place ce in the sun for C 1 I 0 poes does john L lewis want to be a president does he want to be able to name the man who will succeed F D R ra will his left wing labor ano movement ement be content to form a powerful force to insure higher wages better hours fairer working conditions or is it bent on complete social revolution it is still too early to teu tell but it is not difficult to understand why so many labor students believe that C 1 I 0 will assume an importance to which the craft unions and the american federation of labor have never risen this is not to say that C 1 I 0 sees no place for the craft unions ns it approves them but only in industries dus tries which are organized on a craft basis workers in such industries dus tries are scattered over the country in comparatively small groups employees regarded impersonally in the largest industries such as automobiles steel textiles glass oil and a few others workers are concentrated in a few large groups development of the machine and the assembly line is eliminating the nece necessity tor for skilled craft labor and equalizing the importance of all types of workers in one of these industries working conditions are the same throughout the entire industry it if scores cores of plants are controlled by the same big corporation as in the case of the automobile firms there Is usually a general labor policy which is uniform throughout the individual worker feels that he counts for little under such a po policy especially if the owners of his plant are in another city if he is regarded so impersonally by his employers he must bargain with them just as impersonally this can be accomplished the C 1 I 0 t tells ells him when he and his fellows band together in one big industrial or vertical union large industries are organized on a mass production basis their policies toward labor are determined and administered from a central point C 1 I 0 even contends that a few wealthy interests have concentrated cent rated control of all large industries in wall vall street and present a united un cited front against labor therefore it is necessary for the workers to present a united front against industry acting on this premise the C 1 I 0 has built up a closely integrated network of industrial unions policies 1 a for all of directed from C 1 I 0 headquarters in washington whenever there Is trouble in one industry the C 1 I 0 is thus able to bring the full measure of its strength and wealth to bear in the situation sit down strikes cost money but C 1 I 0 has it in these the early 1 r 11 4 t this flint mich striker has all the comforts of home days of its program the united mine workers john L lewis first love have borne the brunt ot of the expense they contributed mosto Jt the halt half million dollars needed to organize the steel workers the hundreds oath of thousands to conduct the general motors strike and the financial support for the chrysler strike millions at 0 L 0 disposal the advantage of the central organization is further emphasized by the speed with which it is able to assist member unions in emergencies it trains squads squad of organizers in one industry and is able to send th them em in a hurry burry to any any point where a member union in that or another industry needs expert advice and physical aid in picketing it can send experienced men from the united mine workers to organize member unions in other industries make no mistake about it labor under the C 1 I 0 Is big business initiation fees special assessments and dues place millions of dollars at its disposal this means C 1 I 0 has the wherewithal to expand from one industry to another as rapidly as efficiency permits the part john L lewis played in swaying the labor vote in the last election guarantees that C 1 I 0 shall have plenty of friends in federal and state governments C 1 I 0 leaders are taking full advantage of their power the very not only ot of the leaders of the industries in which they are active but of their own following they use airplanes to speed from council to council they engage th the ebest best suites in t the be best hotels their 0 offices f are located in the finest buildings leaders are chosen from diversified fields in which there are C 1 I 0 member unions they form a board of strategy not unlike the boards of directors of ofa the firms with which they are dealing working io together gether harmoniously these leaders ars using the methods of the big industries to sell their ideas to the workers and to the public they have hired experts in the creation and dissemination of radio press and moving picture news reel propaganda their speakers travel the road using sound cars where they will be most effective fec tive just as the political orators did during the 1936 election campaign T they h ey tell the worker of thi the reasons for this new movement which we have covered above they also tell him that his economic fro frontier n has disappeared he be can no longer it if he is dissatisfied pick up and head west tor for now new ventures or get himself a job in another industry well arm armed deith with facts they teach the worker that if he would obtain his social rights he he must be concerned with more than wages and hours ca C I 1 0 tells him he must be assured some kut authority hority in determining the conditions under which he be shall work he must have some safeguard against the speeding up of production to an extent where the pace will hurt him physically anamay and may unreasonably cut down the number of jobs to be had bad he must have assurance that his i 0 PR I 1 I 1 o R 0 C 1 I 0 leaders know the wisdom of keeping friendly relations elat ions with the he press chairman john L lewis Is shown here making a statement to reporters potentialities of the C 1 I 0 modus madus operandi continue to attract brilliant effective young leaders who are a far cry from the traditional labor leaders of the past they are not toughs and loud mouths they can read handwrite and write many of them are college educated some are actually career men they do not operate in grimy little offices with battered cuspidors ors and nothing but the cobwebs to keep the plaster from falling failing off tho the ceiling cel ling when they meet with industrialists they are ready to talk the industrialists language their offices are just as modern as those of their opponents and frequently they know more about the business than the enemy does these new leaders know that modern methods command the re grievances will be adjusted fairly there must be a definite understanding as to the operations of the rules of seniority all these things C 1 I 0 promises to accomplish for him C 1 I 0 leaders seldom can b be a bulldozed by the representatives of industry they are well enough informed to recognize any tricks or misstatements at once their research depa departments arm them with statistics fully as convincing as those of the companies with whom they are dealing C 1 I 0 knows a corporations financial statement from A to Z and its research department part ment has read between the lines the corporations have clever lawyers who can tell their executives how to get around certain legal difficulties and are ever a at hand to advise in negotiations so has the C 1 I 0 its lawyers in new york washington detroit chicago pittsburgh and other cities are a match for the corporation lawyers legal advice is important in keeping the central organization clear of bf charges which might be pressed against it in the conduct of sit down strikes which have been held illegal by most authorities even the high powered propaganda and public relations corps lof ot industry has not been ablo able to outdo the C 1 I 0 newspaper men inen of wide experience handle the th e p press ress relations of the C I 1 0 0 and they have done a good jobin job in much the same way that the industrial press agen agents ts have wooed public opinion by inducing corpo corporation ration executives to co cooperate operate with the press the C 1 I 0 press agents have been careful to cultivate the most favorable ie relations lations with ill all newspapers whether they are friendly hostile or lukewarm luke warm they give reporters tip offs when lt it is likely some big news will break they send out mi mimeographed eo graphe d releases of stories citing citing the unions side of a controversy what is probably most important of all they make sure that individuals in 6 the union behave themselves tn the cresenci greence pre senci ence of the press never r pr preventing a photographer fro from m getting his picture or giving a reporter 1 s discourteous reply they encourage the leaders to sit down with the press and discuss problems frankly there are few tricks of psychology oay C 1 I 0 overl Wits C 1 I 0 0 is deter determined m ined to ta g get et somewhere lome where but how f far ar 0 western union |