been able to follow this appendix A, it consists of a detailed statement of some four different strikes in which it purports to quote the conversation between members of the union and the employer, often in quotes. It makes very lengthy attacks on the courts of California, for instance, in one case relating to the oil company strike. I certainly would object to putting that in the record unless we are going to have a statement from them, or at least inform the other people of the fact that this is being offered with some opportunity to file a statement in reply. The CHAIRMAN. That question hasn't come up yet. Senator TAFT. No, it hasn't come up, but it will come up this evening when perhaps the chairman isn't here. The CHAIRMAN. I think that the Chair would rule on the submission of a document of this kind instead of its being printed in the record it would remain with the committee for future use. Senator TAFT. At least I think until the end of the hearing. I certainly would be glad to consider a motion to put it in. We will consider it in relation to other testimony. If that is the Chair's ruling, I am in full accord. Senator PEPPER. Mr. Chairman, we can decide the whole matter later, but I was just going to suggest for possible consideration also at the time of decision that it might be perfectly proper for anyone who wishes to file for the record a document that might controvert such a document as this to have the privilege of doing so without being heard orally. The CHAIRMAN. That will be put in the record. As to whether it will be printed in the record Senator TAFT. I would like to examine it more in detail before we decide to put it into the record. I suggest that a statement like this. a long, detailed statement of facts requires different associations. We should wait until the end of the hearings before we decide to put it into the record. Senator PEPPER. And that will pertain to all similar things. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Goldberg. Mr. GOLDBERG. Mr. Chairman, I gave my name, I think. I haven't offered any statement yet for the record. I understand I have 10 minutes to make a statement. I should like to make it. The purpose of any statement that I may have to offer Senator HUMPHREY. Does he have but 10 minutes, Mr. Chairman, and then what does he do after the 10 minutes? Senator MURRAY. Whatever we decide. Senator HUMPHREY. I want to submit to the committee that this is the first time that we have had a chance to hear from a man on the outside of Government, and I am much more interested in what people outside of Government have to say on this than what people inside of Government have to say. The CHAIRMAN. He will have full opportunities to talk, I think. Senator DONNELL. Mr. Chairman, supplementing the suggestion of the Senator from Minnesota, I feel when a representative of the CIO comes here, the general counsel, that we certainly ought to not only give that organization time to be heard, but that the members of the committee should have adequate time to examine him. Now I think that this illustrates what we are confronted with by this time limitation. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair has already said there is just one rule that we live up to, which is the 10-minute rule after the formal statement has been given, and that there is no rule which has been laid down governing in any sense the actions of the various members of the committee in asking questions. There has been no suggestion about cutting off questions and answers, and the Chair will meet that situation when it comes. There comes a time always when you have to bring things to an end. Senator TAFT. Mr. Chairman, I wonder if it would be reasonable if we were to adjourn and let Mr. Goldberg start with a clean slate rather than divide his statement. I don't want to change the Chair's routine, but as long as there are only 7 minutes left, I think that when you say 10 minutes, we ought to let a fellow go 12 or 13. The CHAIRMAN. The Chair is perfectly happy to abide by the will of the committee as he did before this. This is a complete reversal of what we did before. Senator TAFT. Would the Chair object, then, if I move a recess until this evening? The CHAIRMAN. The Chair will never object to such a motion. We stand in recess until 7:30. Senator Murray will be in charge this evening. (Whereupon, at 5:25 p. m., the committee recessed, to reconvene at 7:30 p.m., of the same day.) EVENING SESSION (The committee reconvened at 7:30 p. m., upon the expiration of the afternoon recess.) Senator MURRAY (presiding). Gentlemen, the committee will come to order. The witness who is to testify here this evening is Mr. Arthur J. Goldberg. We are ready to go ahead with the hearing. Senator MORSE. Mr. Chairman, I would like permission, before Mr. Goldberg proceeds-an item from the evening newspaper-to read two paragraphs therefrom. The headline is: AFL WILL STAY NEUTRAL ON CAMPAIGN TO SHIFT CONCILIATION AGENCY The American Federation of Labor probably will maintain a neutral position in Secretary of Labor Tobin's drive to recapture for the Labor Department the Federal dispute-handling agency, AFL officials indicated today. That news comes as a blow to the advocates of a return to the Department of the independent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, since the big labor federation in the past always has insisted that the agency should be part of Mr. Tobin's domain. Provision is made in the administration substitute bill for the Taft-Hartley Act, now being aired by the Senate Labor Committee, for transfer of the Mediation Service. It was made independent by the Taft-Hartley Act, and Cyrus Ching, in testifying on the labor bill, asked Congress to keep it so. GOOD ARGUMENTS CITED "We have agreed not to take a position in the matter of the Conciliation Service," AFL Vice President Dan W. Tracy, former Under Secretary of Labor, told a reporter. "There are good arguments either way in the matter, and we just do not want to be involved in it." I ask permission, Mr. Chairman, to have the entire newspaper article inserted in the record. Senator MURRAY. What is the pleasure of the committee? Senator PEPPER. I want to make the observation that Mr. Goldberg is general counsel of the CIO. I have no objection to this newspaper report going into the record. We cannot always assume that everything that is printed in the newspapers is true, unhappily, but for what it is worth it is all right with me to put it in the record. But I think the best evidence of the attitude of the American Federation of Labor will be when their respective spokesmen appear here. Senator MORSE. May I say to my good friend from Florida: In lawyer-like fashion I am trying to lay a foundation for the questions I will ask the AFL official when he arrives, and that is why I want this in the record. Senator PEPPER. I have no doubt that the Senator will have a good many predicates well laid. Senator MURRAY. If there is no objection, the matter will be inserted in the record and it will be subject to further examination by the committee. (The newspaper article is as follows:) AFL WILL STAY NEUTRAL ON CAMPAIGN TO SHIFT CONCILIATION AGENCY (By James Y. Newton) MIAMI, February 3.-The American Federation of Labor probably will maintain a neutral position in Secretary of Labor Tobin's drive to recapture for the Labor Department the Federal dispute-handling agency, AFL officials indicated today. That news comes as a blow to the advocates of a return to the Department of the independent Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, since the big labor federation in the past always has insisted that the agency should be part of Mr. Tobin's domain. Provision is made in the administration substitute bill for the Taft-Hartley Act, now being aired by the Senate Labor Committee, for transfer of the Mediation Service. It was made independent by the Taft-Hartley Act, and Cyrus Ching, in testifying on the labor bill, asked Congress to keep it so. GOOD ARGUMENTS CITED "We have agreed not to take a position in the matter of the Conciliation Service," AFL Vice President Dan W. Tracy, former Under Secretary of Labor, told a reporter. "There are good arguments either way in the matter, and we just do not want to be involved in it." It was understood that Secretary Tobin, through associates, had sought AFL support in his effort to persuade Congress to allow the Labor Department to take over direction of dispute and strike mediation machinery. That was one of the problems before the AFL executive council as it finally began study and consideration today of the new labor bill. Most of the Federation leaders favor the labor bill as a whole, although there is general concern that tough restrictions on unions may be tacked on before the measure has taken its course through Congress. $1 MINIMUM WAGE URGED Some council members still were awaiting interpretations and opinions of their attorneys before stating their views on the new bill. However, it was expected that the AFL's official position will be made clear at the end of today's council session. Yesterday the AFL advocated that Congress go beyond the requests of President Truman's Fair Deal in the matter of social-security legislation, Federal aid to education, and increasing the minimum wage. The statutory minimum wage should be raised from the present 40 cents an hour to at least $1, rather than 75 cents as asked by the administration's bills, the council declared. In the matter of Federal aid to education, the AFL said that the proposed $300,000,000 fund is not enough for an effective program. suggested a fund of at least $1,000,000,000. HIGHER TEACHERS' SALARIES It The program should provide specifically for substantial increases in school teachers' salaries as well as scholarships and loans to needy and qualified students, the AFL said. Mr. Truman's civil-rights proggram was endorsed in entirety. In another action, the federation decided to stop support payments to the Trade Union Advisory Committee of the European recovery program, a group made up of labor representatives of the United States and Marshall-plan countries. The federation objected to the selection of Walter Schevenels, of Belgium, as secretary of the committees. A statement by the International Labor Relations Committee declared Mr. Schevenels had worked hand-in-glove with the Communists and had solicited world aid for last year's French coal strike which was criminally instigated by Communists. The council postponed a decision on whether to join the CIO and British labor in setting up a new world organization of labor. British representatives will confer on the subject with AFL at Washington in March. Senator MURRAY. Mr. Goldberg, you may proceed. STATEMENT OF ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG-Resumed Mr. GOLDBERG. Mr. Chairman, when the committee recessed early this evening I gave my name and affiliation to the committee. That was the shortest speech I ever made on any occasion. I assume that if I finished right there it might have been the most productive speech. I shall, however, repeat and start again. My name is Arthur J. Goldberg. I am general counsel for the CIO, and as I am general counsel for that union I was surprised and amazed-I cannot say I was disturbed, because it is not accurate to have the Senator from Ohio refer to, as an undemocratic union, the United States Steelworkers of America. I shall have occasion in the course of my remarks to make reference to that in some greater detail, but since that has been injected into the proceeding I should like, with the permission of the Chair, at this time to offer for the record and to make available to the Senators, copies of the constitution and bylaws of the United Steelworkers of America. With the permission of the Chair I will hand those to the chairman and ask that they be made a part of the record of this proceeding. Senator TAFT. Does that include the manual for the trial, discipline, and expulsion of members also? Mr. GOLDBERG. It does, Senator. It is the document that you have in your hands. I do not know whether you have the 1948 edition. Senator TAFT. This is the 1948 edition, on the basis of which I made the statement. But I did not make the statement that you attribute to me. Mr. GOLDBERG. I may have misheard it. In any event I take pride in that great union of which Mr. Murray is president, and for which I am general counsel. I may not, in my pride, have heard you accurately. (The constitution and bylaws of the United Steelworkers of America are as follows:) CONSTITUTION OF INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, CIO, MANUAL AND TRIAL, DISCIPLINE, AND EXPUL SION OF MEMBERS ARTICLE I NAME AND AFFILIATION This Organization shall be known as the United Steelworkers of America, hereinafter also referred to as the International Union. The International Union shall be affiliated with the Congress of Industrial Organizations. ARTICLE II OBJECTS First. To unite in this industrial union, regardless of race, creed, color or nationality, all workers and workmen and workingwomen eligible for membership, employed in and around iron, steel, and aluminum manufacturing, processing, and fabricating mills and factories in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland. Second. To establish through collective bargaining adequate wage standards, shorter hours of work and improvements in the conditions of employment for the workers in the industry. Third. To secure legislation safeguarding the economic security and social welfare of the workers in the industry, to protect and extend our democratic institutions and civil rights and liberties and thus to perpetuate the cherished traditions of our democracy. ARTICLE III ELIGIBILITY SECTION 1. All workingmen and workingwomen, regardless of race, creed, color, or nationality, employed in and around iron, steel, and aluminum manufacturing, processing, and fabricating mills and factories, or in any other place now under the jurisdiction of the International Union, in the United States, Canada and Newfoundland, or offices, staff representatives or employees of the International Union, are eligible to membership. SEC. 2. No person having the power, in the management of any mill or factory, to hire or fire shall be eligible for membership. SEC. 3. Persons having supervisory power, excluding the right to hire and fire, shall be eligible to membership subject to the approval of the Local Union and the International Executive Board. SEC. 4. No member shall be eligible for nomination or election or appointment to, or to hold any office, or position, or to serve on any Committee in the International Union or a Local Union or to serve as a delegate therefrom who is a mem ber, consistent supporter, or who actively participates in the activities of the Communist Party or of any Fascist, Totalitarian, or other subversive organization which opposes the democratic principles to which our Nation and our Union are dedicated. This eligibility requirement shall be in addition to any other eligibility requirement imposed by any other Article or Section of this Constitution. ARTICLE IV INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS, INTERNATIONAL TELLERS, INTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD TO THE CONVENTIONS OF THE CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS SECTION 1. The International Officers of the International Union shall be the International President, the International Secretary-Treasurer, and two VicePresidents. There shall be one District Director for each District, three International Tellers, and a National Director for Canada and Newfoundland. |