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"2, The next resoiution was the Labor an resolution, It contains a prohibition agains with ‘Communist dominated' unions and with the NNLC, to the rules, these who wanted to speak on a resolution had to voice objection and call out their name and branch as soon as the reading is completed," bathtime 9 a It is to be noted that after a debate, "the vote was then taken. Failure of the progressives to provide a second for the Ellis motion to strike the 2 paragraphs and insist on a vote on that motion, resulted in the vote being taken on the resolution as read. No count was taken. About half voted for the resolution. A small handful (approximately 20) against. About half the delegates did not vote. "With regard to other sections of the resolution it should be noted that a number of provisions which were t/ introduced in resolutions by the progressive caucus were “i incorporated and adopted. They are as follows: {a) Calling upon Congress to defeat all filibustering measures and pass FEPC; (b) Urging President's Contract Compliance Committee to hold public hearings in major industrial areas to facilitate processing of complaints; (c) calling attention to special “exploitation of Negro women and calling upon the program Committee for the 1955 convention to set up a worksnop dealing with special problems of Negro working women," TN eee ee Ww b> bad