ng i is fall be bindine > nal trade secretariats should ptimue to exist as separate en_ Fes and how the general coun- F of the new organization will )tormed, Mikhail Tarasoy, se- tary of the All-Union Gentral incil of Trade Unions of the : SR, disclosed. this week. nm an article in War and the ‘thang Class published follow- his departure for the meet- ' of the world labor conference Painistrative committee in p Shington this week, Tarasov, $> with AUCCTU chairman Va- Kuznetzov is Soviet delegate |the committee, revealed that pse issues were not resolved at | Paris meetings in March, im- liately following the close of ' London conference. ‘When the administrative com- tee Commenced its work,” Tar- lv said, “I more than once re- Fed the speech of Lombardo /2dano (president of the Gon- peration of Matin American tkers) at the world confer- F>, im which he uttered a str one -ning ageinst the inclusion of 'eesentatives of the Amster- E: International (International "eration of Trade Unions) in administrative committee.” 5 ile there was no apparent rea- to object to their inclusion principle,” he asserted, “their Acipation in the work of the /anistrative committee has of- | | hindered rather than helped bwork.”? [AFT REJECTED he administrative committee }not have time to draft the sta- 'S of the new federation, Tar- AM Said, since many members Fe oblized to leave. A draft P7n up by IF TU secretary Wal- » Schevenels was rejected, he fed, because “it was based on ly the same priciples as those which the Amsterdam Inter- onal operated.” The adminis- € committee therefore ap- ited a subcommittee consist- of Sidney Hillman of the CIO, ’ Walter Citrine of Belen. is Saillant of France, H. T. of China and himself 45 draft » Statutes, he said. »1 Citrime’s motion, he stated, 7? ©venels was added to the com- and later, on the motion he Soviet delegates, Toledano also included. The draft which cominittee prepared will be \‘mitted to the full committee Washington for endorsement, wall then be circulated among 4 trade union organizations of countries represented at the ‘don conference. The recom- ’idations of all national trade m centers will then be in- erated into a full report to UssR Delegate Tarasov -ites Issues For World labor At Washington MOSEGOW =— Phe most pressing . ) ashineton meeting of world labor de scisions of the proposed new questions facing the legates are whether world trade union federation on affiliated organizations, whether interna- be presented to the world con- ference when it reconvenes in Paris in _September. The “most complicated and controversial” question that arose during the Paris meetines, Tar- asov asserted, was the existence of international trade secretar- lats. Sc¢hevenels “strongly in- sisted” that these Sseeretariats Should be allowed to affiliate to a uew world organization on the Same basis as they were affiliat- ed to the IFTU, he said. These Sécretariats convened jinterna- tional conferences before each world congress and discussed all problems independently. INDUSTRIAL SECTION The sub-committee decided that the new world federation “must be as solid and united as possible,” Tarasoy said, and therefore proposed that it have industrial sections, which would Exist as departments functioning under the direction of its execu- tive committee. If necessary, the industrial sections could hold “conferences on a specific indus- try, but only on the decision of the executive committee and all decisions would be subject to the latter’s approval. This proposal will be put forward at the Wash- ington meeting _ as the commit- tee’s opinion, but Schevenels stated that he will enter a dis- senting: report. On the question of whether conference decisions should be binding, Tarasov continued, the committee will propose that the decisions of the world conference or its general council should be binding on all affiliates after they have been endorsed by two- thirds of the national bodies. Schevenels also dissented on this point, arguing that the decisions cf the world congress or its elec- ted administrative bodies should not be binding on national organ- izations. On the question of a general council, Scheyenels opposed its election by a world congress, pro- posing: instead that it be consti- tuted of representatives of the various trade union centers and then endorsed by a world con- gress. A clause which did not cause a controversy in Paris “but is likely to be challenged later,” Tarasoy added, provides that all trade union centers of all demo- eratic countries shall be eligible and “makes it obligatory for the leading bodies of the world fed- eration to take all necessary mea- sures to achieve trade union unity in those countries where there is more than one trade union federation.” Volume 1; No. 25, April 21, 1945 World Labor Pays Tribute In Memory Of Franklin Roosevelt WASHINGTON: (ALN)—World labor ae its tribute to the late President Frank- lin D, Roosevelt when the Administrative Committee of the World Trade Union Confer- ence, which opened its sessions at CIO headquarters, adjourned out of respect to the meme ory of the late President. “At its first session in Wash- iugton today, the Administrative Committee of the World Trade Union Conference records with a deep sense of loss its grief at the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, stricken with tragic suddenness jn the hour of victory for the cause to which he dedicated. all his outstanding powers of leadership. “The Committee offers to Mrs. The committee iss ued the following statement: Roosevelt and family its sincere sympathy in their bereavement, with the assurance that the or- ganized labor movement through- out the world will remember for all time the unique contribution made by Franklin Delano Roose- velt to the task of setting free all the peoples of the world from every form of servitude and op- pression. An industry - wide insurance fund providing health, life, accident and other imsurance benefits was established for 100,000 members of Amalgamated Clothing \Workers (CIO) employed in the cotton garment industry with the signing of collective agreements by union officials and employers. Above, Gladys Dickason accepts the employers’ initial cheques. Urges Labor Delegates On Security Council PARIS—Labor representation in the councils of the proposed new world security organization must be “firmly guaranteed,” Louis Saillant, secretary of the French General Confederation of Labor (CGT) declared recently before the first meeting of the CGT national committee to be held since ‘the German occupa- tion. The meeting unanimously ratified the decisions of the Lon- don world labor conference, de- manded the rupture of diplomatic relations with Franco Spain and eonsolidation of the collective se- curity system through pacts with the Allied nations similar to the one recently concluded between the USSR and France. Nationalization of banks, key industries, sources of power, raw materials, social insurance and transport and an energetic purge of industrial and administrative bodies were also unanimously urged by the committee. While stressing CGT independence, the committee also decided to permit regional unions te participate im united lists of resistance candi- dates in the forthcoming muni- cipal elections. The vital role to be played by labor in the organization of the peace and the rebirth of France Was stressed by all speakers at the meeting, which represented 4.500,000 members. Discussing economic recovery, CGT secre- tary Benoit Frachon called upon the workers to exceed production quotas and to extend the system of factory committees. Hmpha- Sizing that the raising of living standards is essential for econo- mic revival, the committee de- manded a minimum of 23 francs (46 cents) an hour for unskilled labor. equal wages for women and an immediate improvement in food supply by raising farmers’ Prices and abolishing the black market. The committee also decided that May 1 will not be a holiday this year, but instead will be dedicated to production to show solidarity with soldiers and pris- oners. Members of the new CGT Bureau are Leon Juohaux, who is still a prisoner in Germany but whose pre-war post of general secretary is being kept open for kim; Saillant and Frachon, acting general secretaries; and Bother- eau, Gazier, Buisson, Daniau, Le- brun, Mommouseau, Racamond, Raynaud and WTollet, secretaries. Stated: “The visiting delegations to the Administrative Committee bear with our American collea- gues their sorrow at the grievous blow that has fallen upon the people of the United States and the whole democratic world. They share, too, with them in thank- fulness and pride that the United - States has been led so far on the read to victory by such a man of high courage, strength of pur- Pose and clearness of vision as Franklin Delano Roosevelt, to whom the ideals of democracy. and freedom are principles call- ing for the fullest measure of de- votion. “Conscious that Franklin Del- ano Roosevelt fell in the battle for the rights of the common man, this Administrative Committee pays tribute to his memory in! the hame of the World Trade Union Conference and pledges the or- ganized millions represented at the conference to continue the fight in the spirit which inspired and guided the life and work of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.” The statement was signed by Philip Murray and Sidney Hill- man for the ClO, Sir Walter Gi- trine and Ebby Edwards for the United Kingdom, Louis Saillant and Benoit Frachon for France, Mikhail Tarasoy for the USSR, Vicente Lombardo Toledano and Angel Cofino for Latin America, Walter Schevenels for the Inter- national Federation of Trade Un- iens, and J. H. Oldenbroek for the International Trade Secre- tariats. Two other members of the Administrative Committee, Vasili Kuznetsov of the USSR and Hi. T. Liu of China, were not in Washington. STAUNCH FRIEND CIO President Murray declared in a separate statement that by the tragic death of the late Presi- dent, “the nation and the world have lost a great leader and a great soldier, and labor its no- blest friend.” AFI President Wil- liam Green stated: ‘President Roosevelt. gave his life for his country. He was the great human- itarian who will forever be re- garded by the men and women of labor as their true friend and champion.” e Ina separate statement, Chair- man Sidney Hillman of the CIO Political Action Committee said: “We must make the high resolve tc carry forward the far-sighted and progressive program for which Franklin Roosevelt fought and died.” In New York, Thomas A. Murray, president of the State Federation of Labor (AFL), “His death is a particu- larly sad blow to organized labor, which had recognized him as a staunch friend from the earliest days of his public career.”