REUTHER'S FOREIGN POLICIES REBUKED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400550017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: August 23, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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LJ _: _.v2~C~~~?"_="o '~ sr "', and president of the Comm
nications Workers of America
Although the report was no
made public, Bierne told Th
Washington Post that h
sought to refute what, h
' 1 -1, called a number of untruth
about the Institute, amon
J IiI~,CL them charges that the AIFLD:
Victor I.euther is director waiter xeutner would notvicruc asKcu ivicany or .tile.
of the L7 W'S department of comment on today's action. opportunity to defend -tile
O :Internatiol;al Affairs -and has' The Reuthers' earlier defeat AIFLD, which is an outgrowth,
publicly assailed the AIFLD,] on foreign policy came in of pilot projects is Latin
Tune when +T, '1 h 1 America by his own union
0
CnJUA < Aug. 22-Walter eu er, the I NO. e
r as n t i J.S. labor movement, received another sting- in Latin America.
i;,g : huh on foreign policy here today from the leader- ? Intervenes in the internal;
?` ; ?~'L C:O. affairs of foreign countries.
h
sip GT :: Ldemned his brother by in.. ? Supports anti - democratic
he i eceration's executive' direction. They also speculat-.leaders in Latin America.
.ouncii voted, 21 to 2, to "re- ed that a yes vote from Wal-; Bierne said he was not un-
ject out of hand the campaign ter might have implied thafduly disturbed when "this fa-:
of vi,uacat.on that has been he is in accord with overallbric" of allegations was woven'
conducted against the AIFLD AFL, CIO foreign policies.bY individual newspaper. and;
(the American Institute For; when indeed he is not. pres.!magazine writers.
Free Labor Development)." idert George MeanY has;
Public Chan cs
The prime target of the scheduled a special executive ? "
resolution wasn't Reuther, council meeting for after the' It still didn't have ere.
who head both the 1.3 million November election at which fence until someone from the
member ,mired Auto Workers movement (~ actor Reuther)
(UA' V) an the Industrial Un Reuther and his supporters;gave it cl cdonce," he said.
ti~ ill have a? chance to debate;Shortly after Victor first
on Department of the AFL- .these policies.
CIO. but statements made by ., ,made his charges public in a
By l rank Porter
.
argeother thnlgs, he has 18 to 6, the walkout Cof A neri-Today's report was the 'frui?'
;bbarged the AFL.CIO-spoil- n tic>n of that re
gored Institute with working can labor, delegates to the In quest.
with the U.S. Central Intel, ternational Labor Or aniza, .13ierne said his' action was
igence Agency and interfer tion meetings in Geneva after not an attack on, Victor
ng in the internal political of election of a Polish Commu-Reuther as a person but on
airs of Latin American na-1 gist as president. Walterthe statements he made."
Reuther, aided by his brother The CWA chief
, who calle
d
ions. i had the AIFLD "the one bright
protested the action bit= 'v"rc n Attacks terly as inimicable to a free,star in the whole alliance for
Alt hough the quarterly cxe-' labor movement and askedprogress," said he told the
utive council meetings that Meany for a special hearing, council the Institute has
pened here today are closed,! The episode was regarded trained 43,000 Latin Ameri.
ambers said Walter Reuther! as a tempest in a teapot by cans as labor leaders, spent or
onceded his brother had' some rank and-file unionists committed $63 million on ' -
cc-n wrong in his attacks on who contend AFL-CIO'foreign worker housing and spent an-
he AIFLD. I policy holds little interest for, other $100,000 on such "im-
The UAW president non-i the membership as a whole. !pact" items as sewing ma- .
heless voted against the mo-' But higher-ups view botl chines for cooperatives, sanita.
ion along with Joseph Cur-, the ILO and AIFLD incidents' facilities, schoolhouse im.
an, president of the National as greatly weakening : Walterprovements and the like. ' -
Iaritime Union. President Ja-;Reuther's chances-of succeed. ' The council also passed a;.
ob S. Potosky of the Amalga-ling Meany as federation pros="resolution supporting the com-
lated? Clothing Workers of~ident. B v e n some. of his'munications workers in their
niorica abstained and three !,friends, while 'supporting him,: o" efforts to shatter the' "sh.ield".
ther council members were ii the ILO fight in theory,,'. the Administrations 3.2 per,
bpent. were dismayed by what they cent wage guidepost which
Walter Reuther reportedlylconsidered Reuther's decisive' the union says Western. Elce- .
avored the first part of the tactics in bringing the matter;tric has erected to resist CWA ,
esolution, which commended into the op demands for "decent wage
cn before the coun- levels."
he AIFLD for its "work in oil could consider it. It asked the Senate to act
arryin? out the policies of
l le AFL-CIO in the interna- Report Outcomo,promptly on an improved min-
'onal field." Today's resolution was, the;lmum wade bill, asked that
But colleagues said they be- outcome -of a long report de- the House expedite the ?so?
eyed he could not lend supi.fending the AIFLD by Joseph called truth in packaging bill
ort to a?, motipn...wliich. con- A,.Dierne. Its secretarv-treasu- which it said has become
.bogged down in committee,
" - !and gave' "support 'without
reservation" 'to - seven unions
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