"United Family"

At week's end, Seattle hotel lobbies and clubs, which for two weeks had been cluttered with paunchy, balding, bored-looking men, returned to normal. A.F. of L.'s annual convocation had buttoned up its coats and gone home.

In its two weeks the 61st convention had:

> Repeated A.F. of L.'s command invitation to C.I.O. to return to the fold, blamed C.I.O. for the continued ruckus in labor's house.

> Heard the Carpenters' William ("Big Bill") Hutcheson, recently named to the executive board of the America First Com mittee, declare: "The America First Committee favors aid to the Allies but opposes sending our boys overseas."

> Engaged in a short, bitter debate over charges made by Negro A. Philip Randolph, head of the Sleeping-Car Porters, that A.F. of L. discriminated against Negroes in defense employment.

> Struck out at "antilabor columnists* and newspapers which publish their articles" for "condemning all organized labor for the misdeeds of a few officers. . . ."

> Without a word of debate passed a resolution calling upon affiliated bodies within A.F. of L. to "take prompt action whenever racketeering, wrongdoing or other crime is engaged in by any of their officers. . . ."

> Lambasted the Department of Justice's trust-busting Thurman Arnold for making "scurrilous attacks on labor in vicious articles and demagogic speeches."

> Eased out Vice President George E. Browne, on trial in New York for extortion; picked Edward Flore, chief of the waiters and bartenders, to fill his shoes; re-elected the other twelve vice presidents.

> Re-elected Mr. Green to his 18th term. Said beaming Mr. Green: "We are . . a united family."

* Convention gag: "Everybody look under the table to see if Pegler is there."

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