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“iru all v || “My. Reuther, who was selected by the delegates at the eee vention in Atlantic City nearly a: month ago, ig here to attend a meeting of the international board,: the members of which were elected at the same convention by the same delegates in What was inter- preted widely to have Been the first step toward repudiation of the administration of the new leader. | Mrs, Roosevelt's column had a bomb-shell effect upon the meeting of the board. “T want to see labor strofig and unified and the kind of thing EADERS IN CLAS cat (UAW POLICY Mrs. Rocseveit’s Criticism of Officials’ Action Is Called ‘Stupid’ by Tnomas Specia! to nt New Yory Times CHICAGO, Apri! 22—The palsy pat the top level of leadership in the| | United Automobile Workers, CHO. : thi grew more pronounced today when ee ere aaa ee “thing! a column written b ; : : a ners written, byl | hich will give the opposition to iting exchanine between Walter, |UNion leadership a great hope that uther, new president, and R.{ [they can control labor groups for homas, the man he succeeded. their special interests,” Mrs. Roose- - Thomas commenting upon} | Ve id. the observation by Mra. Roosevelt Mr. Reuther, refusing to be f that he and George F. Addes, sec- \drawn into a debate on the ques- ‘ retary-rteasurer, and Richard T. ‘tions raised by Mrs. Roosevelt's onard, second vice president, had ‘column and Mr. Thomas’ rebuttal, iven an exhibition of “human na-| S@id that he considered it “most ure at ita worst” in issuing their) Tesrettable that Mr. Thomas ia, is: : 4 elf to hia new position in Lady" said thet the dnupid, " Bir t nion and that during the pa . ; u has geen fit charged that Mr. “Reuther ws) pevers! days he trying to “freeze” him from t | ttack me in public meetings an labor movement. ther meetings.” Mr, Leonard, who disclosed that e had been P' m 2 ee. 2. 26 ry. f- behind the joint statement, de- 4 * ore i"! ' ON May 24 t9er plore dthe fact that Mra. Roose- velt had taken occasion to discuss critically the internal affairs of the union, while Mr. Addes de- clined an invitation to comment upon the turn of events. In her syndicated column Mrs. Roosevelt said that it was “a sorry picture to see human nature at its’ . 4 ance mee = worst as evidenced by the state- ment given to the press In Chicago last Thuraday by three officials of - ‘the United Automobile Workers, CIO, without consultation with the union's newly-elected president, . Walter P. Reuther.” *The anti-Reuther officials were! able to do this apparently because: they have more votes on the execu-/ tive board than Mr. Reuther has, even though the rank and file, lected him President,” Mize, Rooag-| This is a clipping fron page bd —_-_0* the New York Times for | t — 23 > t 57 JUNS - 1946 | Clipped at the Seat of Government.