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810 DAVID HEWES SO R

October I{. 95t7

KUCHEL, O WORK."; KNOWLAN

(CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--Senator Thomas H. Kuchel, Call- fornia's Junior Republican senator, issued a new attack on "right to work" legislationlat week -as the question of labor union freedom assumed increasinsg Importance in state politics. Kuchel.'s position was taken as a direct repudiation of tonal colleague William Knowland. Knowland is vacating his Senate post to run for govern- or. The multi-millionaire Oakland publisher has campaigned for the past month on an open shop basis and has rapped Go- ~:.Wvernor Goodwin Knight for the latter's pledge he will 'vto any "right to work" legislation in California. San Francisco Mayor George Christopher, newly announced GOP candidate for Knowland's Senate seat, added to the labor momentum last week by delaring he favored the union shop and would vote against "right to work" proposals. During the recent California State Federation of-Labor convention in Oakland, the San. rancisco Examiner rev*al that Vice President Richard Nixon was against putting', "P±%ht to work" on the 1958 ballot.. The Kuchel-Chri-stopher pronounlicermrents left Knowland all alone in GOP circles, Knowland has long been the spokesman for ultra-right Republican forces on both domestic. and. foreign policy issues. Demroo ratorteks:aalpp-n red 8sol.i, with botilh-AttorneyGs California State Federation of Labor WEEKLY NEWS LETTER, October 4, 1957

eral Edmund G. Brown and Congressman Clair Engle on record again- st "right to work.," Brown is regarded as a "certain" candidate for governor and Engle for U. S. Senator. Kuchel's announcement made last week in Sacramento strength- ened a previous declaration issued on the eve of the state AFL convention in Oakland. At a press conference in the state capital Kuchel said he considers the question of the union shop to be the business of management and labor and one to be decided through collective bargaining. "As a private citizen, I read into the so-called 'right to work' legislation a connotation of preventing employees from organizing and bargaining collectively," Kuchel declared. "I reject that connotation," Kuchel said he was aware the question had become an issue between Knight and Knowland; he added he was not taking sides in the governorship fight. The Christopher statement came in a press conference in San Francisco's city hall following the Mayor's formal announce- ment he will be a U. S. senatorial candidate. In reply to a reporter's question on the subject, Christo- pher answered: "The 'right to work' issue is not involved in the Senate race. However, I am glad to state my views. "I am for the preservation of the union shop. "As a businessman for many years, I have never had union trouble, We got along beautifully. " California State Federation of Labor WEEKLY NEWS LETTER, October 4, 1957 Page 3,

AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL BACKS EISENHOWER IN TROOP ACTION

(CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--The national AFL-CIO executive council this week commended President Eisenhower for sending federal troops into riotous Little Rock to protect Negro child- ren and uphold the U. S. Constitution. Liberals generally rallied to the President's side, but southern Democrats were frenzied in their bitter denunciations of Eisenhower. Two weeks ago the California State Federation of Labor's 55th convention in Oakland strongly condemned the President for his then indifferent attitude toward Governor Faubus and mob violence against Negro youngsters.

MEANY NAMED DELEGATE TO U.N.

(CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--AFL-CIO President George Meany has been nominated by President Eisenhower as the U. S. delegate to the United Nations General Assembly. Meany is the first representative of organized labor to be nominated as a full delegate, although union officials have been named in the past as alternate delegates or advisers. The AFL-CIO executive council lane week congratulated Meany for the recognition given the labor movement by his appoint- ment and called upon all AFL-CIO affiliates to join in the ob- servance of United Nations Day, Thursday, October 24, 1957.

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PLAN NOW FOR THE FEDERATION' S EIGHTH ANNUAL LABOR PRESS CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 16-17 - SAN DIEGO California State Federation of Labor WEEKLY NEWS LETTER, October 4, 1957 Page 4,

AFL-CIO ISSUES WAGE-PRICE PAMPHLET ON INFLATION

(CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--The national AFL-CIO last week issued a four-page pamphlet on WAGES AND PRICES. The pamphlet is intended for broad popular usage and is designed to answer propaganda that wages are responsible for inflation. Cost of the pamphlet is 5 cents per copy; 100 for $1,50; 1,000 for $10.00. Unions desiring copies for distribution should write di- rectly to AFL-CIO Department of Publications, 815 16th Street, N. W., Washington 6, D. C.

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SENATE INTERIM COMMITTEE TO REVIEW LICENSING AGENCIES

(CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO.--State Senate interim committee hearings will be held in Sacramento and Los Angeles during Octo- ber and November on the reorganization of state licensing func- tions. Possible consolidation of existing licensing agencies will cover present operations of the Board of Barber Examiners and Board of Cosmetology, Board of Nurse Examiners and Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners, Board of Registration for Civil and Professional Engineers, Board of Architectural Examiners and Board of Landscape Artists. Sessions in both citi es will be held under auspices of the Senate Interim Committee on Business and Professions, head- ed by Chairman Luther E. Gibson (D. Solano). The Sacramento henings will be held October 17-18, Room 4oJ4o, State Capitol; Los Angele, 1jearii1igs will be held November 14-15, Police Auditorium, 150 North Los Arigplpe,. Sta'eet.

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* ***+* *** * ** **++*** * ** * ***+* **+* ** *** ** * * * * * STATEMENT OF THE AFL-CIO * * HOUSING AND VETERANS COMMITTEES * * ON EISENHOWER VETO OF VETERANS HOME LOAN BILL * * * * * * "President Eisenhower's pocket veto of the Veter- * * ans Home Loan Bill will deprive thousands of veterans * * and their families of the chance to buy homes at rea- * * sonable cost. Coming immediately after the increase * * in the FHA interest rate to a sky-high effective rate * * of 5-3/4 percent, the President's action killing home * * loans for veterans at reasonable interest rates provid- * * ed one more proof of this Administrationts callous in- * * difference to the housing needs of the American people. * * * * t"The President has attempted to justify his pock- * * et veto on the grounds that the billts continuance of * * veterans home loans at 42 percent in rural areas would * * somehow be 'discriminatory' against veterans living * * outside the area where such loans have been available. * * The President's rationalization of his action simply * * will not hold water in view of the Administrationts * * determined opposition to extension of veterans home * * loans to additional areas and its all-out effort to * * raise the interest rate for G.I. homes financed with * * mortgages guaranteed by the Veterans Administration. * * * * "Veterans home loans at reasonable interest rates * * are an essential part of the overall housing program. * * We call upon the Congress early in the next session * * to restore an effective and equitable veterans hous- * * ing program." * * *

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SUDDEN DEATH TAKES MINERS (CFLNL) SAN FRANCISCO,--Thirty-six coal miners - 30 bituminous and 6 anthracite - were fatally injured on the job during July, it was announced last week by the United Mine Work- ers Union. Two of the dead were teenage brothers killed in an accident at Pikeville, Kentucky,

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