Ins & Outs

On the U.S. labor front last week there was some significant stirring and stiffening of lines:

In Washington, the C.I.O. executive board put a squeeze on the eleven left-wing members it has been trying to purge since last year's convention. It ordered the eleven union leaders to get in line with C.I.O. policies (support of the Marshall Plan, Atlantic pact), get out, or face expulsion from the board at next October's Cleveland convention. The board called on the unions involved (e.g., the United Electrical Workers, the International Longshoremen's Union) to replace their Redline leaders with bosses who would follow C.I.O. policies. The noisy arguments carried out the window of the C.I.O. headquarters overlooking the Blair House backyard, and were overhead by Harry Truman as he got out of his car. He paused a minute, listened to a few words, grinned, went on.

In Cleveland, A.F.L. President Bill Green had some news for his executive board: John L. Lewis, who had marched his United Mine Workers out of the A.F.L. twice, wanted to march them back in again. But his price was still the same as when he "disaffiliated" last time: the A.F.L. should, like him, refuse to comply with the Taft-Hartley Act. The A.F.L. board said no, thanks.

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